The Price We Pay for 'Manterrupting'

A new study found that the three women on the Supreme Court are often subject to “manterrupting,” and it’s not good for society. 

www.advocate.com/women/2017/4/06/price-we-pay-manterrupting

Bryan Fischer Epically Mocked on Twitter for Claiming LGBT People Stole God’s Rainbow: VIDEO

Dinosaur right-wing hack Bryan Fischer has become the oppressed victim of some epic Twitter trolling after he claimed that LGBT people “stole the rainbow from god” and should give it back.

Speaking on his American Family Radio programme Tuesday, Fischer – who in 2015 claimed he was born pigs**t ignorant – reiterated his widely mocked rainbow flag claim, calling it “the worst example of cultural appropriation in history is the LGBT community stealing the rainbow from God.”

Worst example of cultural appropriation ever: LGBTs stole the rainbow from God. It’s his. He invented it. Gen. 9:11-17. Give it back.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) April 2, 2017

@mittopotahis @BryanJFischer Can u believe the nerve of this poptart cat appropriating a rainbow from the very hands of God in space? And then POOPING IT?? pic.twitter.com/s2GeDpj7YG

— Rohan’s almond (@RJSalmond) April 4, 2017

@BryanJFischer ok you can have it back but…sure you still want it? pic.twitter.com/0oFzcG6sac

— AmyDunneVEVO (@missunitedface) April 4, 2017

Also suggesting that global warming is a hoax, he continued:

“The rainbow is God’s. God invented the rainbow – look at Genesis 9:11-17 – He invented it, it’s His thing, He put it in the sky as a promise that he would never again destroy the earth through a flood. Are you listening Al Gore? Al Gore, you do not need to worry about the planet being destroyed by floodwaters. Why? Because God has put His rainbow in the sky to let you and everybody else know, ‘I’m never going to do that again.’”

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@BryanJFischer @RJSalmond yeah Rohan give it back. What you think God just GIVES humans things? Can’t believe you’d appropriate Heaven culture.

— Mathew Dyason (@mittopotahis) April 4, 2017

@BryanJFischer pic.twitter.com/O9Oqok0Pze

— michael fight (@TheMichaelFight) April 3, 2017

He concluded that the rainbow is god’s idea and “you need to give it back.”

Ok so.

@BryanJFischer Nah, it’s cool man pic.twitter.com/tUwTGBOo8r

— jfcass (@jfcass) April 3, 2017

Have a listen below via Right Wing Watch.

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New Modus Vivendi underwear ad wants to make polka dots sexy
Models Christos Kitsiou and Christos Efremidis have something to show you.

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NYC Pride Announces 2017 Grand Marshals

Four Grand Marshals have been named for the 2017 NYC Pride March. The ACLU, Brooke Guinan, Krishna Stone, and Geng Le have been chosen to lead the 48th annual march.

More from NYC Pride on the honorees:

The American Civil Liberties Union has been the United States’ uncompromising defender of individual
rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution for nearly 100 years. The ACLU brought its first LGBT rights
case in 1936, brought the first case seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in 1970, litigated the
Supreme Court cases that took down the Defense of Marriage Act that won marriage equality nationwide, and
represented transgender student Gavin Grimm before the Supreme Court.

Brooke Guinan is a 29-year-old trans woman; an advocate, civil servant, firefighter, and native New Yorker.
Guinan has been honored by the New York City Comptroller’s office, the Public Advocate’s office, the
Metropolitan Community Church of New York, and the FDNY for her service to the LGBTQ community.

Krishna Stone is the Director of Community Relations at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). She originally
connected with GMHC in 1986 as a walker in the first annual AIDS Walk New York and became a staff
member in 1993. In 2014, Stone received an award from the NYC Health Department for outstanding
dedication to combating the spread of HIV.

Geng Le is a leader in the burgeoning movement for LGBT equality in the People’s Republic of China. Geng
set up one of the earliest gay social websites in China—Danlan.org in 2002. In 2012, he created Blued—a gay
men social networking app after quitting his job working as a policeman for 16 years. On World AIDS Day
2016, Geng donated 1 million RMB to China AIDS Fund to support Chinese non-governmental organizations
for HIV prevention.

The March is set to kick off at noon on June 25, at 5th Avenue and 36th Street in Manhattan and proceed down 5th Avenue to Christopher and Greenwich Streets.

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NYC Pride Announces 2017 Grand Marshals

More Than 130 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Introduced in 30 States

As lawmakers continue to meet in state capitols around the country, HRC is tracking more than 130 anti-LGBTQ bills in 30 states —  a shameful number of discriminatory bills surpassing the number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the first year of the 2015-2016 legislative session (102).

Last week saw the beginning of what will become a steady increase in the number of legislatures adjourning sine die. Legislatures have adjourned in Arkansas, Arizona, Kentucky, Montana, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, and thankfully, equality advocates have successfully stopped anti-trans measures from passing in those states. The Daily Beast recently took a deep dive into why lawmakers rejected those vile proposals.

Here are the major updates from this week:

Arkansas

After introducing a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills on the final day of filing three weeks ago, Arkansas legislators adjourned Monday for the remainder of the year without any anti-LGBTQ legislation making it through both chambers. Of particular note, after opposition from Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson and business leaders, a dangerous anti-trans bill that mirrors North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2, was killed in committee.

Mississippi

On Monday, in Lubbock, Texas, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments on Mississippi’s HB 1523, which was blocked from implementation last summer, hours before going into effect. HB 1523 is a broad “license to discriminate” law — the only such one in the country. Robbie Kaplan, the litigator who argued on behalf of Edie Windsor in the landmark U.S. v. Windsor case, argued against the law. The panel is currently deliberating and could release its decision at any time. More from The Associated Press.

North Carolina

On Thursday, Governor Roy Cooper brokered a back-room deal with Republican leadership in the General Assembly to pass a shameful piece of legislation they are trying to sell as an HB2 “repeal.” Making North Carolina the latest state to enact an anti-LGBTQ bill into law this year, this legislation is not HB2 repeal. Rather, it replaces one discriminatory, anti-transgender, bathroom bill with another.  It bans local LGBTQ non-discrimination protections statewide through 2020 and substitutes the previous anti-transgender bathroom provisions with a new provision that forbids state agencies, public universities, primary and secondary schools, and cities from adopting policies ensuring transgender people have access to restrooms consistent with their gender identity.

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat. McCrory — who lost his seat because of his support of HB2 — and the Family Research Council — an anti-LGBTQ hate group — have come out in favor of the bill, but condemnation for this sham “deal” has been widespread. Indeed, news of the fake repeal was met with a huge national outcry from major civil rights organizations including HRC, Equality North Carolina, the National Center for Transgender Equality, Lambda Legal, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Voto Latino, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; corporations including IBM, Salesforce, Dow and Levi’s; and celebrities like Ellen Page, Jane Fonda, Janet Mock, Tegan and Sara, Montel Williams, Rob Reiner, Jason Collins, Martina Navratilova and Raymond Braun.

States and cities issued bands on taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina as a result of HB2, and several have reaffirmed these bans after the new anti-transgender bathroom bill was passed last week.  Minnesota, New York City and Washington, DC, join San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Santa Fe, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City in keeping the pressure on North Carolina to repeal its latest anti-LGBTQ law.

Tennessee

While equality advocates have successfully stopped anti-LGBTQ legislation from passing in neighboring states,, we continue to keep a close eye on Tennessee where we are now tracking 15 discriminatory bills. Last week, two bills were killed in committee, companion bills HB888 and SB771. Both bills dealt with regulating bathroom and locker room use for transgender individuals.

HB54, a religious refusal First Amendment Defense Act, was removed from the calendar and rolled to the 2018 session, effectively killing the bill for the this year. The companion legislation, SB127, already passed the Senate.

www.hrc.org/blog/more-than-130-anti-lgbtq-bills-introduced-in-30-states?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

20 Vocab Words that Describe Queer Women — For Good or Bad

www.advocate.com/women/2017/4/06/20-vocab-words-describe-queer-women-good-or-bad

Madonna responds to Pepsi controversy with grade-A shade
We should have guessed this was coming.

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Don Rickles, Sean Hannity, Nyle DiMarco, Colorado, Ivanka Trump, Dirty Dancing, Iowa, TLC, Madonna: HOT LINKS

DEATHS. Insult comic Don Rickles has died at 90. “Rickles died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin confirmed. Though he appeared in films and on television, Rickles’ mainstay was always nightclub performances, appearing in Las Vegas and elsewhere into his late 80s. He also found late success as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” films, which were exceptional box office performers, and popped up frequently on latenight talkshows.”

SECRET MEETING. Ivanka Trump met with Planned Parenthood president: “The first daughter requested a sit-down with Cecile Richards, the head of Planned Parenthood and a vocal surrogate for Hillary Clinton on the 2016 campaign trail, to talk about an organization that is being targeted by Republicans seeking to defund it because it provides abortions, among other women’s health services like cancer screenings.”

BUBBLE BUBBLE. The most adorable Jacuzzi ever.

OH, PLEASE. Sean Hannity says Adam Schiff should recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

COLORADO. Federal judge rules that Fair Housing Law protects gay couple: “The ruling by Denver federal Judge Raymond Moore is the first in which a court has extended protections to people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity under the federal Fair Housing Act, lawyers for the couple said. The act bans housing discrimination because of race, religion and sex, among other ­factors…The Colorado case stems from a 2016 lawsuit against property owner Deepika Avanti by Rachel and Tonya Smith, a same-sex married couple who sought to rent a house in a small town about 20 miles northwest of Denver.”

AWWW. It “hasn’t all been fun” for Steve Bannon.

DIRTY DANCING. The 2017 remake just released a massive gallery of 200 stills.

HOOKER. Secret Service agent on Mike Pence’s detail suspended for hiring a prostitute.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. Being gay there can be tough, according to this testimonial.

IOWA. Legislature votes to ban abortions after 20 weeks: “Current law in Iowa prohibits abortions after the end of the second trimester. The new measure would make Iowa the 18th state to ban abortions after 20 weeks, and the third state to set the new limit this year, along with Ohio and Kentucky. The bill also requires women to undergo a three-day waiting period before obtaining an abortion.”

WOOF. Nyle DiMarco strips down.

TLC. The CrazySexyCool group (minus Left Eye) is holding a Kickstarter to name its new album: “Tionne and Chilli have been working night and day to hit this date. The video and a photo shoot on April 18th, 19th, 20th. I hope that you all read the article in The Guardian last week on why TLC’s comeback is so important, it is a great read on the group that you love and you should be proud that you made this album happen. The Waterfall’s version from the voice was magical and received 40 million views in a week!! Ed Sheeran gave some of his publishing to the writers of No Scrubs and TLC sold out in London in one minute…it was a blessed month for us and we finally feel a little wind at our back.  ”

SHADE. Madonna posted a photo yesterday in response to the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad:

THIRSTY THURSDAY. David McIntosh.

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