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After winning award for tolerance, former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire cracks homophobic “joke” in public
After winning award for tolerance, former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire cracks homophobic “joke” in public
On Sunday, former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire was honored with the prestigious MLK Jr. Award for tolerance in Jerusalem. Two days later, he told a reporter he wouldn’t be comfortable with a gay teammate. Not just that, but he would avoid the person altogether.
“I’m going to shower across the street,” Stoudemire said. “Make sure my change of clothes are around the corner. And I’m going to drive–take a different route to the gym!”
When asked if he was joking, Stoudemire replied, “I mean, there’s always a truth within a joke.”
Stoudemire, who used to play for the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, currently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Premier League.
Related: Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Fined $50,000 For Tweeting Anti-Gay Slur To Fan
Yesterday, Jason Collins responded to his comments by calling them “sad” and “troubling”:
Very sad & troubling to think that @Amareisreal was just given this award. His homophobic comments have no place in sport or in our society. t.co/A81sTzItOi
— Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) March 1, 2017
John Amaechi also tweeted a rebuke of Stoudemire’s remarks, calling him a “man-child” who spews prejudice:
THIS is what I think of Amar’e Stoudemire.#RoleModelFail @espn @LeBatardShow pic.twitter.com/43KuuJ27WL
— John Amaechi OBE (@JohnAmaechi) March 1, 2017
This isn’t the first time Stoudemire has made homophobic remarks in public either. In 2012, he was fined $50,000 for firing off a gay slur at a fan on Twitter. At the time, Stoudemire issued an apology saying he was a “huge supporter of civil rights for all people.”
He has yet to apologize for his latest gaffe.
Related: Out rugby star Keegan Hirst says he knows tons of gay athletes who are primed to come out
Calm Your Nerves with This Brand New Coldplay Track ‘Hypnotised’ – WATCH
Calm Your Nerves with This Brand New Coldplay Track ‘Hypnotised’ – WATCH
Coldplay today announced a new Kaleidoscope EP coming in June and released a track from the five-song set called “Hypnotised”. The track was accompanied by a Mary Wigmore-directed lyric video featuring a calming journey through lush landscapes of bubbling brooks and green forests.
The full EP comes on June 2.
Watch:
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 2, 2017
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 2, 2017
BREAKING — 53 MAJOR COMPANIES JOIN HRC’S AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING GAVIN GRIMM IN SCOTUS CASE: Today, HRC announced that 53 major U.S. companies have joined a “friend of the court” brief supporting transgender student Gavin Grimm in G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. Grimm, a transgender boy, filed suit against the school board alleging it violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by denying him use of the boy’s restroom. The Supreme Court’s decision in this case could have far-reaching consequences for transgender students across the nation. “These companies are sending a powerful message to transgender children and their families that America’s leading businesses have their backs,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Across the country, corporate leaders are speaking out because they know attacking transgender youth isn’t just shameful — it also puts the families of their employees and customers at risk. Transgender students like Gavin are entitled to the full protection of the law, and must be affirmed, respected and protected in the classroom and beyond.” A list of the 53 companies, representing over 1.3 million employees and $613 billion in revenue, can be found on HRC’s blog. More from International Business Times and The New York Times.
53 companies filed a brief to #StandWithGavin who was denied use of restroom consistent with his gender identity. t.co/3Fb2cfXdWg
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) March 2, 2017
●Meanwhile, in another failure of the Trump administration to protect transgender people, the Washington Blade reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has let stand a court order against the implementation of an Obamacare regulation barring discrimination against transgender people in health care. The midnight deadline to appeal the injunction passed yesterday with no action by U.S. Department of Justice. More here.
NEARLY 70 NATIONAL BUSINESSES SEND LETTER OPPOSING TEXAS ANTI-LGBTQ BILL: Yesterday, nearly 70 businesses made public their opposition to Texas’ SB 6, an anti-transgender bill similar to North Carolina’s HB2 law. The businesses, along with several Texas Chambers of Commerce, signed a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker of the House Joe Straus and other lawmakers, voicing their opposition to this discriminatory proposal. The letter was organized by the Texas Association of Business, as part of its “Keep Texas Open for Business” project. “As we have witnessed in North Carolina with HB2, businesses want nothing to do with states that promote anti-LGBTQ discrimination,” said JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs. “It is heartening to see businesses stand up against harmful bills like SB 6, and hopefully lawmakers in Texas are paying attention to the increasingly frequent warnings that anti-LGBTQ laws will be detrimental to Texas’ future.” More on the letter, including full list of signers, from HRC.
●Fierce parent-advocates of transgender children are calling out SB6, describing the ways the bill will harm their children and their families. One parent, Chelsea, already knows the discrimination trans kids face in schools. She had to make the the painful decision to tell her 8-year-old transgender daughter to never use the school restroom if she sees another girl there. More from Salon.
THANKFUL THURSDAY — #LOVETHYNIGHBOR VIDEO SERIES HIGHLIGHTS LGBTQ MISSISSIPPIANS AND ALLIES: Over the next few weeks, HRC will release videos encouraging Mississippians to #LoveYourNeighbor. The storytelling project focuses on sharing the experiences of LGBTQ people and allies in Tupelo, Miss. It is funded by a grant from Toyota, which has a manufacturing plant in Blue Springs, Miss., just outside of Tupelo. More from The Clarion-Ledger.
●The latest #LoveYourNeighbor video features Auston, who wants to represent his city of Tupelo and his LGBTQ community in a positive light. More from HRC.
“IT MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE SCHOOL SAW ME AS A LESSER PERSON”: Drew had a fairly easy time coming out to his family as transgender. His school, which is in a heavily Republican district of Florida, however, refuses to allow him to use the boys’ restroom. Drew and his mother fought back for his right to feel safe and protected in his school, filing a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The resolution, which has not been finalized, is now in jeopardy because of President Donald Trump’s disgraceful decision to roll back of the protective guidance for transgender students. More on Drew’s story and the stories of other trans kids from Rolling Stone.
No student should ever be afraid to go to school. They should feel safe and protected. Now more than ever we must #ProtectTransKids. t.co/bZ9l9vmyyU
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) March 1, 2017
JUST HOW MUCH DISCRIMINATION ARE YOU OKAY WITH?: In a powerful editorial in The Charlotte Observer, the Editorial Board reminds the North Carolina General Assembly of the real question behind using LGBTQ equality as a bargaining chip – just how much discrimination are you willing to stomach? They write, “If you can tolerate a lot, HB2 is the bill for you. If you can stomach just a medium amount, you’ll probably like HB186, the leading repeal bill being discussed at the legislature this week. If you are OK with just a little discrimination, you’ll probably back HB186 minus its referendum provision that lets voters decide whether to discriminate against LGBT citizens.” Shortly after the piece was published, NC House Democratic Leader Darren Johnson filed a clean HB2 repeal — a NO gimmicks, NO discrimination option for fair-minded North Carolinians. Read the full piece from The Charlotte Observer.
●Last week, HRC joined EqualityNC for its annual Day of Advocacy at the General Assembly in Raleigh.
●Sarah Belk Gambrell — a well-known North Carolina philanthropist whose family founded the Belk department store — will donate $1.5 million to Time Out Youth, a LGBTQ youth center in Charlotte. The donation, made in the name of her gay grandson, will help fund a soon-to-be-built shelter for LGBTQ youth. More from The Charlotte Observer.
INVEST IN AN ANTI-LGBTQ RETIRMENT FUND? BETTER TO STUFF YOUR CASH UNDER THE MATTRESS: An investment company has created two new exchange-traded funds that specifically exclude LGBTQ-friendly businesses…which means it locks out investments in 82 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Here what HRC Foundation Workplace Equality Director Deena Fidas has to say about that: “Anyone thinking of investing in a retirement fund that excludes these and myriad other LGBT-friendly companies is probably better served stuffing money under the mattress and hoping for the best.” More from Gay Star News.
HRC RECOMMENDS BOOKS FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES: In the last few weeks, as executive orders to fund a border wall with Mexico and suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program have been handed down, elementary school teachers are again in the position of not just explaining new rules and policies to students, but supporting those who are understandably worried for themselves and their families. For teachers wanting to address issues concerning immigration as they pertain to children, HRC has developed the following list: Books for Students: Children, Families, and Immigrants. More from HRC.
DISNEY AIRS FIRST SAME-SEX CARTOON KISS: The Disney show Star vs. the Forces of Evil featured the first-ever same-sex Disney cartoon kiss. More from Teen Vogue.
FINALLY! WEDDING BELLS IN FINLAND: While the Finnish parliament passed marriage equality legislation back in 2014, it finally went into effect yesterday. More from The Huffington Post.
READING RAINBOW
The New York Times reports that French Vogue’s March cover will feature transgender model Valentina Sampaio… Author Mary Robinette Kowal tells the story of her grandmother’s acceptance of her trans brother in 1913 on Twitter…
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New Vermont Gay Bar Under Fire Over Name Some Say is Transphobic
New Vermont Gay Bar Under Fire Over Name Some Say is Transphobic
The Burlington, Vermont area’s first dedicated gay bar in eleven years is set to open next week, but its questionable name has drawn sharp criticism.
The previous establishment, the Oak45 wine bar, is slated to reopen as Mister Sister. Owner Craig McGaughan says the name is meant to reflect the inclusivity he intends with the rebranding:
“It is a term that has been used among gays and drag queens for decades intended to be positively gender-bending,” McGaughan wrote. “Mister Sister is for the Misters and the Sisters, those that identify as both and everyone in between. The official description of Mister Sister is ‘a gay bar for him, her and them.’ I have been very intentional in using a pronoun that isn’t specifically male or female as a way to include anyone that identifies as part of the LGBTQ community.”
In his Facebook announcement, McGaughan stated that “the LGBT community in Vermont has been missing a place to call our own and through luck, a lot of support and hard work, we have the space to offer that.” He has since, however, taken to directing any concerns over the name to an unspecified elsewhere while deleting any unfavorable comments.
This is because the proposed name has encountered opposition among some members of the community.
Transgender man and Burlington resident Wiley Reading told the Burlington Free Press that he felt “‘mister sister’ is a transmisogynistic slur, and it is deeply uncomfortable.”
Meanwhile, the interim executive director of the Pride Center of Vermont, Josie Leavitt, also expressed reservations:
“Personally, I do find the name offensive,” Leavitt said. “I know Craig, and Craig is a good man. … His unwillingness to meet is what I’m finding to be the most troubling.”
This impasse led to the abrupt resignation of two other board members, Timber Adams and Bailey Cummings, late Tuesday. They faulted the Center for not taking a more active stance on the matter.
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BREAKING: Major Companies Join Amicus Brief Supporting Trans Student Gavin Grimm in G.G. v Glouce
BREAKING: Major Companies Join Amicus Brief Supporting Trans Student Gavin Grimm in G.G. v Glouce
Today, HRC announced that 53 major U.S. companies have joined a “friend of the court” brief supporting transgender student Gavin Grimm in G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. Grimm, a transgender boy, filed suit against the school board alleging it violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by denying him use of the boy’s restroom.
The Supreme Court’s decision in this case could have far-reaching consequences for transgender students across the nation.
“These companies are sending a powerful message to transgender children and their families that America’s leading businesses have their backs,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Across the country, corporate leaders are speaking out because they know attacking transgender youth isn’t just shameful — it also puts the families of their employees and customers at risk. Transgender students like Gavin are entitled to the full protection of the law, and must be affirmed, respected and protected in the classroom and beyond.”
Leading American businesses have long expressed a commitment to LGBTQ diversity and inclusion in their workforces as evidenced by inclusive policies, practices and benefits. Businesses realize being inclusive is not only the right thing to do — it just makes good business sense as well. Companies that are inclusive of LGBTQ people and employees with LGBTQ family members are able to attract and retain the best and brightest across a wide spectrum of diversity, reap the benefits from increased engagement and productivity, and actively participate in the vibrant LGBTQ consumer marketplace.
Having built inclusive workplaces for their transgender employees or even transgender dependents of employees, companies have a vested interest in the legal landscape in which those employees and their dependents live, work or go to school.
The 53 companies, representing over 1.3 million employees and $613 billion in revenue, signing the brief are:
Affirm, Inc., Airbnb, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Apple, Asana, Inc., Box, Inc., Codecademy, Credo Mobile, Inc., Dropbox, Inc., eBay Inc., Etsy, Fastly, Inc., Flipboard, Inc., Gap Inc., General Assembly, GitHub, Inc., IBM, Intel Corporation, Kickstarter, PBC, Knotel, Inc., LinkedIn, Lyft, M Booth, MAC Cosmetics Inc., Mapbox, Inc., Marin Software Incorporated, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Microsoft Corporation, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, MongoDB Inc., NetApp, Inc., Next Fifteen Communications Corporation, Nextdoor, Pandora Media, Inc., PayPal Holdings, Inc., Postmates Inc., Replacements, Ltd., RetailMeNot, Inc., Salesforce, Shutterstock, Inc., Slack Technologies, Inc., Spotify, The OutCast Agency, The WhiteWave Foods Company, Tumblr, Inc., Twilio Inc., Twitter Inc., Udacity, Inc., Warby Parker, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yelp Inc., Zendesk, Inc.
The brief is was authored by BakerHostetler, one of the nation’s largest law firms.
In June, a federal court ordered the Gloucester County School Board to allow Grimm full access to the restroom that corresponds with his gender identity, consistent with a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In August, the Supreme Court of the United States halted the lower court’s order, allowing the school board’s discriminatory policy to remain in place while the court awaited an application by the school board to have its full appeal heard.
48 hours after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General and a day after being sworn in, the Department of Justice moved to eliminate the Obama Administration’s challenge to a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the guidance, allowing the nationwide hold to continue. Despite this action, transgender students facing discrimination can still file suit under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Allowing transgender people to access facilities consistent with their gender identity — something compelled for years by laws in 18 states as well as embraced by hundreds of cities and school districts around the country — has not resulted in problems. On the other hand, forcing transgender students to use sex-segregated facilities contrary to their identity can impose real harm on transgender students, further compounding the discrimination and marginalization they already face.
A recent study correlated the high suicide rates of transgender students with discriminatory bathroom restrictions, and, according to the Youth Suicide Prevention Program, more than 50 percent of transgender youth will have had at least one suicide attempt by their 20th birthday.
5 Lessons LGBT Folks Can Learn From the Peace Movement
5 Lessons LGBT Folks Can Learn From the Peace Movement
After a nine-year,global journey making A Chance for Peace, gay documentarian Tyler Batson learned that love is the answer in resisting oppression.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/3/02/5-lessons-lgbt-folks-can-learn-peace-movement
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Jeff Sessions Spoke with Russian Envoy During Campaign, Lied About It Under Oath: WATCH
Jeff Sessions Spoke with Russian Envoy During Campaign, Lied About It Under Oath: WATCH
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. twice last year and lied when asked under oath during his confirmation hearings, the Washington Post reports:
One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race.
The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump’s associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.
When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers.
Watch Al Franken question Sessions, under oath, on contacts with Russia:
Said Sessions:
“I’m not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
Democrats quickly seized on the revelation to amplify their demand that Sessions recuse himself from any federal investigations into contacts between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) went so far as to call for the attorney general to resign.
“When Senator Sessions testified under oath that ‘I did not have communications with the Russians,’ his statement was demonstrably false, yet he let it stand for weeks — and he continued to let it stand even as he watched the President tell the entire nation he didn’t know anything about anyone advising his campaign talking to the Russians,” Cummings said in a written statement.
Said Pelosi:
“Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate. Under penalty of perjury, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, ‘I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.’ We now know that statement is false.”
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