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Dream becomes nightmare: Dany Vargas saw her loved ones deported and now faces ouster
Dream becomes nightmare: Dany Vargas saw her loved ones deported and now faces ouster
United We Dream
Despite Trump administration assurances that only violent individuals are being targeted for deportation, many others, including LGBTQ immigrants are being rounded up and face ouster. Daniela Vargas, 22, hid in fear and for hours in a closet as agents who’d come to family home detained her brother and father, whom they sent back to Argentina, according to press reports. Then, after she spoke at a rally about their deportation, the Jackson, Mississippi resident was herself detained and faces deportation. Vargas, who was brought to the U.S. as a child, had DACA status (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which had lapsed, but for which she now hopes to apply for renewal.
Thousands have rallied to support her, including the more than 25,000 who signed the “Free Dany” petition asking she not be deported.
Sign the petition to #FreeDany here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/release-daca-recipient-daniela-now-f…
There are roughly 750,000 people who received protection under DACA, a program instituted by the Obama administration that allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation.
Advocates in El Paso, Texas are also concerned about a transgender woman who was waiting in a courthouse to file a protective order against an abusive boyfriend when she was arrested in early February. Media reports appear to use a birth name for the woman, identified as Ms. González. “There’s really a sense now that you can be apprehended at any time,” Fernando Garcia, director of the Border Network for Human Rights, in El Paso told the New Yorker. Ms. González’s arrest, the magazine writes, showed that “you might not be protected even if you are the victim of a crime or abuse.”
Advocates have started a petition to free González.
Sign the petition here: action.mijente.net/petitions/freemsgonzalez
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Russia May Ban 'Beauty and the Beast' Over Gay Scene
Russia May Ban 'Beauty and the Beast' Over Gay Scene
The live-action version of the classic Disney film is being labeled gay “propaganda” by one Russian politician.
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/3/06/russia-may-ban-beauty-and-beast-over-gay-scene
New season of ‘Hey Qween’ hits the ground running with Alaska
New season of ‘Hey Qween’ hits the ground running with Alaska
Jonny McGovern & team Hey Qween wrote in to share this bright ray of rainbow sunshine:
The wait is FINALLY over! Jonny McGovern and Lady Red are back for a fifth season of the gayest show on the internet, Hey Qween! Kicking things off in royal style, we have the winner of “Rupaul’s Drag Race: All Stars” Season 2, Alaska Thunderfuck on the couch! From her triumphant “Drag Race” victory to the unfortunate fan backlash (#Snakegate), Alaska spills all the behind-the-scenes T! Then things take an emotional turn as Alaska discusses the major drama she had with her ex that could have cost her the crown! From there she tells all about her experience meeting Mother Monster herself, the one-and-only Lady Gaga! Last but not least, Alaska slips on a pair of reading glasses and gives her two cents on everyone from Phi Phi O’hara to Nebraska Thunderfuck in a super entertaining round of “Look At Huh!” Make sure to stay tuned all season for some amazing guests, crazy surprises and a whole lot more! Come on Hey Qween season 5, let’s get SICK’NING!
Part II is below:
Ben Carson: Slaves Were ‘Immigrants’ Coming to ‘a Land of Dreams and Opportunity’ – WATCH
Ben Carson: Slaves Were ‘Immigrants’ Coming to ‘a Land of Dreams and Opportunity’ – WATCH
Ben Carson referred to slaves as “immigrants” in his first speech as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development today, addressing a room full of federal workers.
Said Carson:
“That’s what America is about. A land of dreams and opportunity. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they, too, had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.”
Watch:
Reaction went pretty much like this:
OK!! Ben Carson….I can’t! Immigrants ? In the bottom of SLAVE SHIPS??!! MUTHAFUKKA PLEASE!!!#dickheadedtom
— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) March 6, 2017
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Ben Carson: Slaves Were ‘Immigrants’ Coming to ‘a Land of Dreams and Opportunity’ – WATCH
Kentucky Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ SB 17 to Governor’s Desk
Kentucky Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ SB 17 to Governor’s Desk
Today, HRC called on Governor Matt Bevin to veto SB 17, a bill that would, among other things, allow student groups at colleges, universities, and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students. The bill passed the Kentucky House in an 81 to 8 vote after passing through the Senate last month.
“This discriminatory legislation goes beyond protecting students’ already secured First Amendment rights and would allow, in part, student groups, at colleges, universities and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students and still receive public funding,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “We call on Governor Bevin to veto this legislation. All students should have the opportunity to fully participate in school programs, and no public school should have a license to discriminate against LGBTQ students.”
SB 17 undermines inclusive “all comers” policies at public colleges, universities, and now high schools, by allowing student organizations to discriminate against students under the guise of religious freedom. Many public colleges and universities have long had “all-comers” policies that require that student organizations that receive financial and other support from the institute of higher education do not discriminate against students based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. These policies are important because they allow all members of the student body to participate in students groups and prevent such groups from discriminating against students with state funding. The Supreme Court upheld these all-comers policies as constitutional in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez decision in 2010.
The attack on fairness and equality in Kentucky is part of an onslaught of bills being pushed in 2017 by anti-equality activists around the country. HRC is currently tracking more than 100 anti-LGBTQ legislative proposals in 29 states. For more information, visit hrc.im/2017legislature.
Burning bridges
Burning bridges
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The Twitterverse wasted no time in ripping Logo’s “Fire Island” to pieces
The Twitterverse wasted no time in ripping Logo’s “Fire Island” to pieces
Earlier today, we told you about Fire Island, Logo’s upcoming reality show that’s hoping to fill the Finding Prince Charming-sized hole in nobody’s heart.
Well, it took precious little time for Twitter to sink its sharp teeth into news of the show, and let it suffice to say it’s been an apoplectic, irretrievably bitchy afternoon ever since word got out.
Related: Twitter Responds To That Gargantuan (Alleged) Photo Leak Of Reality Star Alex Bowen
Not to say it hasn’t been entertaining. Take a look at a few handpicked Tweets — there are a lot to choose from — and please vote which one you think is the most inexcusably bitched-out.
Let us begin.
Me calling LOGO about ‘Fire Island’ pic.twitter.com/u1bPwO6y1t
— Russell Falcon (@RussellFalcon) March 6, 2017
Logo’s “Fire Island” is yet another artistic instillation in the “how insufferable does a hot guy need to be before he’s unfuckable?” genre
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) March 6, 2017
Why on earth would anyone watch Fire Island on a Drag-Race-free Logo, when you could just look at pictures of those men being silent?
— itsonlyzach (@itsonlyzach) March 6, 2017
We cut off Robert Sepulveda’s head, and six even more horrible heads grew back. t.co/I6FQiUda5r
— sam carb (@samcorb) March 6, 2017
Sam Smith didn’t bravely win the first Oscar ever for a gay man so that Logo could do a crap show about Fire Island trash.
— Alexander M4Milton ? (@thedealwithalex) March 6, 2017
@KellyRipa this fire island nonsense is an outrage!
— Mike Dreyden (@mikedreyden) March 6, 2017
Fire Island is trending. (EDM starts playing) That’s my jam!#fireisland #GayMikePence #SessionsIsCute
— Gay Mike Pence (@Gay_Mike_Pence) March 6, 2017
I haven’t been on Twitter all day and the first thing I saw was that Fire Island trailer so see y’all in another 24 hours after I burn sage
— Petty Buckley (@chocobohomo) March 6, 2017
@bkkirby Fun fact: One of the guys from the Fire Island cast sold me his old Kindle e-reader a few years ago!
— Michael Varrati (@MichaelVarrati) March 6, 2017
College Twink Jon would not have fit in on Fire Island: The Series. pic.twitter.com/hbG3Pp5SqL
— Jonathon Pernisek ? (@jonpernisek) March 6, 2017
genie: 1 wish
me: one of the Fire Island gays gets brutally murdered and the show takes a true crime turn
— Nathan Carroll (@nnnathancarroll) March 6, 2017
I don’t wanna talk about Fire Island by slut shaming or fem shaming or age shaming or obviously smell bad shaming or trying too hard shaming
— Todd Masterson (@Toddmasterson) March 6, 2017
Maybe Fire Island will have a mid-season, Lord of the Flies twist.
— Annie Goolahee (@originalsettler) March 6, 2017
And what is Katie’s problem here? How rude.
Spread the word, folks! @VTShorebirds is now hiring piping plover field technicians for this summer on Fire Island! t.co/mItcv3FprZ pic.twitter.com/4XsWfWp8fL
— Katie Walker (@KatieM_Walker) March 3, 2017
<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/9682637/”>Whose Twitter jab at “Fire Island” was the bitchiest of all?</a>
Muslim Travel Ban, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Amsterdam, David Letterman, Walking Dead: HOT LINKS
Muslim Travel Ban, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Amsterdam, David Letterman, Walking Dead: HOT LINKS
MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN. Trump signs revised Muslim travel ban, which now excludes Iraqis, in private: “The order, which comes about a month after federal judges blocked Mr. Trump’s haphazardly implemented January ban on residents from seven Middle Eastern and African countries, won’t affect people who had previously been issued visas. It will be phased in over the next two weeks to avoid the chaotic, same-day start of the Jan. 27 order, according to Department of Homeland Security officials. The indefinite ban on refugees from Syria also has been reduced to a 120-day ban, requiring review and renewal, the officials said.”
ECONOMIC TERRORISM. NC bill proposed: “Protesters who damage property or block traffic could face tougher penalties under a criminal offense called “economic terrorism” proposed last week in North Carolina’s legislature.”
GERMANY. Military build-up considered: “As the Trump administration ratchets up the pressure on allied nations to shoulder more of their own defense, no country is more in the crosshairs than Germany. If it meets the goals Washington is pushing for, Germany — the region’s economic powerhouse — would be on the fast track to again become Western Europe’s biggest military power.”
CAITLYN JENNER. She’s starting a foundation and sacrificing a precious Porsche to do so:“I had this Porsche, and I thought, What a great opportunity to sell it, hopefully get a good price for it, and then donate all of the money to the foundation as good starter money for the foundation,” Jenner said. “And then we’ll give the money away.”
UK. Man comes forward in Valentine’s Day gay bashing.
OOSTERPARK. Man murdered at Amsterdam gay cruising area: “The stabbing happened around 9:00 p.m. in a spot in the park that is known as a meeting place for gay men. But according to the police, there is no indication that this was a hate crime against homosexuals. “At the moment we assume that he is the victim of a mugging that got out of hand”, a police spokesperson said, according to the newspaper.”
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON. Doing chest fine.
MISSING. Nobody has seen Richard Simmons for 1,095 days: “Since 2014, Simmons, now 68, has not been seen in public.”
DAVID LETTERMAN. Thrashes Trump in NY Mag interview: “I mean, how do you build a dictatorship? First, you undermine the press: “The only truth you’re going to hear is from me.” And he hires the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Steve Bannon, to be his little buddy. Bannon looks like a guy who goes to lunch, gets drunk, and comes back to the office: “Steve, could you have just one drink?” “Fuck you.” How is a white supremacist the chief adviser to our president? Did anybody look that up?”
DO IT LIVE. Josh Gad and Luke Evans sing “Gaston” from Beauty and the Beast.
NORMAN REEDUS. Daryl was going to be gay on The Walking Dead but that was canceled: “There was a time on the show where Frank was going to have me be gay, but he won’t admit it,” he confessed. “If he admits it’s like he’ll kill you. He referred to it as ‘prison gay’, and I didn’t know what that meant.”
MISOGYNY. A look back at 2016: “There is no meaningful public conversation about the role misogyny played in the election, in which the first ever major-party female candidate lost to a confessed serial sexual abuser, while simultaneously winning by 3 million votes. There is no discussion of how the media covered her email for 600 days, nor how a photo of her reading the headline about Mike Pence’s email has been treated more like a punchline than a cause for national grief.”
You guys, my friend is on the same plane as Hillary Clinton. Zoom in on the title of the article she’s looking at. pic.twitter.com/356oE9uT0s
— J??O??H??N (@thelastwalt) March 3, 2017
MALE MODEL MONDAY. Mitchell Wick. More here.
NO LAP OF HONOR FOR YOU. Official tries to stop Britain’s Laura Muir from celebrating her 1500m gold at the European Indoor Athletics Championships:
TAKEOFF. When a camera’s frame rate is synched to a helicopter’s rotor.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Antonin the 2nd.
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HRC Joins Thought Leaders at Harvard LGBTQ Conference
HRC Joins Thought Leaders at Harvard LGBTQ Conference
Post submitted by HRC Global Director Ty Cobb and Director, Project One America Ben Needham
At the end of February, HRC’s Ty Cobb and Ben Needham spoke at the 2017 Harvard LGBTQ Conference. Cobb directs HRC’s global programs and Needham directs Project One America, HRC’s programs in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
Harvard’s annual LGBTQ conference, which gathers thought leaders to discuss issues pertinent to the LGBTQ community, comes at a time at a pertinent time the domestic and international LGBTQ community. LGBTQ people continue to face hostility from populist and nationalist movements, including movements that approved Brexit and the election of President Donald Trump.
Cobb was featured in this year’s keynote panel, The Future of Global LGBTQ Rights, alongside Astraea Foundation Executive Director J. Bob Alotta, World Bank SOGI Advisor Clifton Cortez and Harvard Kennedy School Ford Foundation Mason Fellow David Razú Aznar. The panel discussed the challenges that the international LGBTQ community faces and how those challenges can be addressed.
“We need to show up everywhere,” Cobb explained, when asked about the Trump Administration. “By joining others we are creating power…power that the current administration won’t be able to ignore.”
Needham joined Crystal Richardson, Legal Director of the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Rapid Response Initiative and HRC North Carolina Steering Committee member, to discuss grassroots organizing in the American South.
“The principles of organizing aren’t different in the Deep South,” Needham said during his opening statement. “The challenges to organizing in the Deep South are the lack of protections for the LGBTQ community. So many people are still afraid of losing their jobs and being kicked out of their homes because of who they are and who they love which means we have to be more creative with how we use those organizing principles.”
In 2014, HRC launched Project One America, an initiative geared towards advancing social, institutional and legal equality in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Last month, Project One America released several videos in a series titled “#LoveYourNeighbor,” a storytelling project focused on sharing the experiences of LGBTQ people and allies in Tupelo, Mississippi.
HRC is committed to ensuring that all members of the LGBTQ community are protected from the harmful policies of the new administration. To learn more about HRC’s work to protect the LGBTQ equality movement in the American South, click here. To learn more about HRC’s work to protect the LGBTQ equality movement abroad, click here.