Sex and the Singlet Man (Photos)
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
孩子我們挺你？ Massive rally in support of marriage equality
孩子我們挺你？ Massive rally in support of marriage equality
*dans posted a photo:
Taiwan: Hundred thousands participate in a music festival to support “marriage equality” on December 10 2016, International Human Rights Day.
The music festival on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office was one of the biggest gay rights events in Taiwan.
The event, coinciding with Human Rights Day, came amid pressure from some civic groups seeking to push the government on legalization the bill for same-sex marriage.
The organizers invited local and foreign pop music stars including Taiwanese singers Suming Rupi, Dai Ailing. Philippine pop chanteuse Sandee Chan and Hong Kong Canto-pop singer Denise Ho.
Taiwanese lawmakers are currently working on three bills in support of marriage equality, one of which is already listed for review and might be passed within months. Same-sex marriage also has the prominent support of President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president of the Formosa island.
The anti- “marriage equality” camp last Saturday held demonstrations in Northern, Central and Southern Taiwan to protest the same-sex marriage bills, arguing that the draft amendments to the Civil Code were contrary to traditional family values.
世界人權日， 挺同婚團體 十萬人上凱道舉行音樂會。
1210 讓生命不再逝去，為婚姻平權站出來 音樂會
12月10日世界人權日，挺同性婚姻的群眾走上凱道、力挺婚姻平權法案；主辦單位盼12月10日的活動，挺同婚民眾能踴躍參與，「至少20萬人上街」！
12月10日，台灣同志諮詢熱線、台灣同志家庭權益促進會、婦女新知基金會等同志團體，不滿歧視謠言漫天傳佈，甚至挑起台灣社會對立，也將號召20萬人走上凱道，以實際行動告訴政府：人權無法退讓，同志不是二等公民，要求直接修民法。
12月10日在凱道舉行大型抗議，要求以修民法落實婚姻平權。活動主持人、台灣同志諮詢熱線協會資深研究員呂欣潔指出，他們要提醒蔡總統既已席捲同志的選票和捐款，就應積極兌現政見，也要提醒民進黨兌現選前諾言，同時也要向國民黨喊話，站在歷史正確一方。
挺同團體12月10日下午在凱達格蘭大道舉辦的「讓生命不再逝去，為婚姻平權站出來」音樂會，有多名藝人參與演出。
音樂會藝人出席名單
吳亦帆、DJ徐哲緯、廖文強、羅美玲、HUSH、「MP魔幻力量」DJ鼓鼓、JS樂團、符瓊音、戴曉君、「輕鬆玩樂團」主唱Summer、郭蘅祈、于立成、黃宥傑、阿喜、蔡允南、何韻詩、邱沁偉、戴安娜、「南拳媽媽」Lara梁心頤、陳珊妮、「猛虎巧克力」樂團主唱鄭宜農、黃玠、何欣穗、戴愛玲等。
天后張惠妹出資、聶永真設計的3萬支彩虹旗將於現場發送。
Taipei, Taiwan.
2016/12/10
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Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Ten school bus drivers and the Marriage Alliance are believed to have been involved in an ugly incident in which school children were handed gold-wrapped Christmas envelopes as they were being driven home from school. The children believed they contained gifts for their parents, but they really contained anti-gay marriage hate literature.
Wrote Damian Stevens in a post on Facebook:
So, this little gift-wrapped “present” is being given out on school buses in Kyabram to every student on the bus – according to one student “an older looking person” got on the bus and asked the driver to hand them out! “They got on every bus at the school…they went from bus to bus handing them out!” Wanna guess what’s inside? The same anti-safe schools pamphlets that were being given out a few weeks ago in Tongala! Gift-wrapped!? For Christmas!? Can you believe it?!
“Changing the marriage laws will impact your family,” reads the pamphlet.
Kyabram College principal Stuart Bott advised parents the pamphlet did not represent the school’s position on marriage equality but confirmed a ‘member of the community’ had distributed the letters to bus drivers.
Other parents have reported members of the Marriage Alliance boarded the buses themselves to hand out the ‘presents’.
The pamphlet claimed students could be taught about gender and sexual diversity without parental consent or knowledge
It also stated the Safe Schools program used ‘a cover of anti-bullying to promote gender ideology’. A woman whose brother attends the school said he was thrilled to hand the letter over so he could see what the present was, but ended up bitterly disappointed with its contents.
Marriage Alliance responded to the incident:
“Marriage Alliance has been made aware that a volunteer was recently handing out flyers on buses in Victoria,” a spokesperson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
“This was not an action that was part of a campaign from Marriage Alliance and is not condoned or endorsed by Marriage Alliance. This action was taken by an individual who has since been contacted regarding this matter.”
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Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Did Trump Use Kanye to Distract the Media?
Did Trump Use Kanye to Distract the Media?
This week in The Resistance: Russia, Russia, and Russia.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/12/15/did-trump-use-kanye-distract-media
Hollywood's Women Demand Equal Pay (Video)
Hollywood's Women Demand Equal Pay (Video)
The industry used to condescend and call them “starlets,” but now more and more of the ladies who appear on the big screen and on television want to be paid the same as their male costars.
www.advocate.com/women/2016/12/14/hollywoods-women-demand-equal-pay-video
커밍아웃한 오빠에게 그란데가 보인 반응
YouTuber outs boyfriend in series of wildly unhinged videos, now she’s being sued
YouTuber outs boyfriend in series of wildly unhinged videos, now she’s being sued
This story has it all — jilted lovers, legal drama, modern celebrity and onscreen breakdowns.
And yet upon closer inspection, it also has absolutely nothing at all; perhaps less than nothing.
Related: Straight YouTuber Pranks “Gay Friend” And It’s Awful. He’s Awful. Everything Is Awful.
Without getting lost in an examination of modern internet celebrity, let’s just assume that heavily auto-tuned singer Trisha Paytas having 2.6 million YouTube followers makes any earthly sense whatsoever.
These are the days we’re living in.
It’s truly tempting to get hung up on that one contextual fact, but we simply must move on — there’s a lot of absurd ground to cover here. Besides her vocal stylings, Trisha deals in emotional outburst videos. We only just discovered that’s even a genre, but apparently the people love it.
They’re like the moments in life you try to forget about by remembering how much good surrounds you, except recorded and blasted out into the public sphere for consumption, ridicule and with any luck, some revenue.
Related: Wholesome YouTuber’s Adult Webcam Past Just Won’t Stay In The Past
The 28-year-old posted a breakup video on Saturday, after her Snapchat friend allegedly saw Trisha’s boyfriend, Sean van der Wilt (oh come on now) kissing someone at a club.
Is her video, “he cheated. i’m done,” a sly commentary on the fragility of trust and connection in the internet age, or is it merely a sobbing, bizarre mess?
Definitely that second option.
This was followed by the twist that this mystery homewrecker is actually a guy.
Which led to this natural question: “is sean van der wilt gay?”
See what we mean? There’s a lot, and also literally nothing, to process here.
Trisha, for her part, wasn’t processing very well. Shocking — we’d never expect someone who bleeds every thought and emotion out onto the internet to be ill-equipped to handle big change.
She posted her next video as something of a desperate plea to return to Sean’s good graces.
We’ll save you the experience of actually watching it and just give you this detailed analysis: Wow.
Having done all she could do (it must have been tempting to hold back on just one more video), Trisha waited for a response.
That response came in the form of a new legal matter:
“Sean is suing me,” Trisha tells us, now in a near-manic state.
And to close out the rollercoaster that is Trisha’s life, her next video — “I’m a chicken nugget” — is the best advertisement we’ve seen for therapy we’ve seen in a while:
In total, she’s posted another five videos about her mental state over the ordeal that have something of a cathartic arch to them:
These culminate in Trisha herself coming out as gay:
Either Trisha is an internet marketing genius, masterfully orchestrating a “breakdown” while watching the view-based revenue pour in, or–
On second thought, we’re just going to choose to believe that premise. The alternative is far too bleak.
h/t PerezHilton
'Moonlight', Netflix and Paramount shine in SAG Awards nominations
'Moonlight', Netflix and Paramount shine in SAG Awards nominations
Photo Credit: TNT/Cultjer
Early this morning, from the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, nominees for the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced. Moonlight garnered 3 nominations, Netflix surpassed all other television networks with 17 noms, and Paramount led the motion picture studio pack with 6.
Continuing the streak of awards and nominations from major critics and industry associations, the intensely honest and beautiful film about a black inner city Miami youth’s struggle to find himself, his voice and his own sexuality as told through three stages in his life, Moonlight has been nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Additional noms went to Naomie Harris (Paula) and Mahershala Ali (Juan) for Outstanding Performance by a Female and Male Actor in a Supporting Role respectively.
Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for FX’ The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was out actress Sarah Paulson as prosecuting attorney Marcia Clark. Joining her in this category is Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning performer, Audra McDonald who, as the openly bisexual jazz vocalist and song stylist Billie Holiday, delivered a tour de force performance in HBO’s Lady Day in Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Tituss Burgess was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his hilarious and dynamic performance as Titus Andromedon on Netflix’ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. And continuing his streak of accolades for portraying Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman who came out to her family in Season One of Transparent (Amazon), Jeffrey Tambor was also nominated in this category. Earlier this year, when accepting his latest Emmy for this role, Tambor stated that:
“I would not be unhappy were I the last cisgender male to play a female transgender on television.”
With the exception of HBO’s Veep, Netflix ruled the roost in nominations within the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin received their individual noms for Grace and Frankie (respectively).
Ellie Kemper was also nominated in the above category for the title role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and Uzo Aduba for her larger-than-life portrayal of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange Is the New Black.
Three fan favorites received nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Now into its 10th season, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, led by multiple award winning out actor Jim Parsons, has been nominated in this category for the last four consecutive years. ABC’s Modern Family is a 7 time nominee in this category, taking home 4 “Actors”. It has also been nominated for 7 GLAAD Media Awards, winning twice. Netflix’ Orange Is the New Black has won in this category for the last two years and continues to be a favorite for its groundbreaking, creative and moving storylines. OITNB is also a GLAAD award recipient.
In terms of totals: Moonlight garnered 3 nominations (Male and Female Actors in Supporting Roles, and for Motion Picture Cast); Paramount Pictures movies received 6 noms; and Netflix topped all networks with 17 nominations, followed by HBO with 13.
In celebration of decades of being at the top of her career – comedy, acting, writing, and producing – Lily Tomlin will be honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award “for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. As the 53rd recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute, her body of work reflects excellence at all levels of the entertainment industry. In fact, Grace and Frankie was a GLAAD Media Award 2016 nominee.
Tomlin is well-known for her support of philanthropic organizations, particularly within the LGBTQ community, overcoming homelessness, civil rights and animal welfare. She co-founded the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center. On January 7, GLAAD shared that Lily and Jane, her partner of 42 years, married in a low key ceremony on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. GLAAD congratulates Lily Tomlin for this well-deserved SAG recognition of a lifetime’s contribution of talent, mind and heart.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony will be Simulcast Live on Sunday, January 29, 2017 on TNT and TBS at 8 pm (ET) / 5 pm (PT)
December 14, 2016
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www.glaad.org/blog/moonlight-netflix-and-paramount-shine-sag-awards-nominations
Chelsea Handler Gets Frisky With Lesbian Santa Fortune Feimster
Chelsea Handler Gets Frisky With Lesbian Santa Fortune Feimster
Among Chelsea’s Christmas wishes: a gay son for Mike Pence and membership in the Ambien of the Month Club.
www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/12/14/chelsea-handler-gets-frisky-lesbian-santa-fortune-feimster
