Army Secretary Nominee Says 'Liberal Left' Falsely Paints Him as Anti-LGBT
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1982 – Superhuman Song
1982 – Superhuman Song
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Gigi Gorgeous Wins Shorty Award For YouTuber of The Year
Gigi Gorgeous Wins Shorty Award For YouTuber of The Year
Transgender actress, model and YouTube sensation Gigi Gorgeous on Sunday night took home the YouTuber of the Year award from the Shorty Awards, three months after her self-focused documentary was released.
The Shorty Awards, in their ninth year, recognize engaging and innovative content produced on social media, including Twitter, Tumblr, Vine (RIP) and instagram.
I can’t believe it ?YouTuber of the Year @shortyawards ✨ Thank YOU!!! ??? #ShortyAwards pic.twitter.com/PMAk5DCWV5
— Gigi (@TheGigiGorgeous) April 24, 2017
Gorgeous, whose real name is Gigi Loren Lazzarato, came out as a lesbian in September and boasts almost 2.6 million subscribers on YouTube with videos garnering hundreds of thousands of views each. Gorgeous has collaborated with fellow superstar YouTubers Kingsley, Joey Graceffa and Tyler Oakley as well as A-lister Kylie Jenner.
Gorgeous made a name for herself doing makeup tutorials before publicly coming out as transgender in 2013 in a video that currently has nearly 3.7 million views alone. Gorgeous’ documentary This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, released in January on the video giant’s YouTube Red platform, explores her gender transition and has been nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary, Tubefilter reports.
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Transgender Man Sues Catholic Hospital For Refusing to Perform Scheduled Hysterectomy: VIDEO
Transgender Man Sues Catholic Hospital For Refusing to Perform Scheduled Hysterectomy: VIDEO
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender man who was refused a hysterectomy by a California hospital.
The lawsuit alleges that Dignity Health’s Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Sacramento discriminated against 35-year-old Evan Michael Minton when he sought a hysterectomy as part of his transition from female to male. It is claimed that the hospital abruptly canceled the procedure a day before it was due to take place.
NOT FAIR! ‘Evan Michael Minton was denied a hysterectomy at Mercy San Juan just hours before he was scheduled to… t.co/vFEjgjtBvz
— TransValid (@TransValid) April 20, 2017
Minton’s doctor performed the hysterectomy at another Sacramento-area hospital three days later, but he said the initial denial still causes frustration and disappointment.
RELATED: ‘Stonewalled’ North Dakota Transgender Woman Sues Hospital for Discrimination
The Sacramento Bee reports:
The case pits the desires of transgender patients seeking sexual reassignment surgery against Catholic doctrines, which bar sterilizations such as hysterectomies in most instances. And it comes as federal and state lawmakers across the country are attempting to roll back protections of transgender persons, according to the ACLU, which joined the firm Covington & Burling in filing the lawsuit.
“Given the national context, where legal protections for transgender people are under attack, it’s particularly important that in states like California the law is really clear,” said Elizabeth Gill, senior staff attorney for the ACLU Northern California.
She said the hospital’s denial is a “clear-cut case of discrimination,” based on the state’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals based on their sex, race, religion, age, disability, marital status or sexual orientation. The suit seeks $4,000, the minimal amount of damages under the law, Gill said.
Said Dignity Health Mercy San Juan officials in a statement:
“We have not been served with the complaint and cannot speak to the allegations until we have the opportunity to review them.
“What we can share is that at Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center, the services we provide are available to all members of the communities we serve without discrimination. We understand how important this surgery is for transgender individuals, and were happy to provide Mr. Minton and his surgeon the use of another Dignity Health hospital for his surgery within a few days.
“We do not provide elective sterilizations at Dignity Health’s Catholic facilities in accordance with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) and the medical staff bylaws.”
Minton, who came out as transgender six years ago, said: “It’s almost magical, just to be able to be congruent with who I am – to have my outer body match my inner self. When I got my complete body, I said, ‘The rest of my life starts here.’ ”
Watch an interview with Minton below.
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PHOTOS: Students Against Hate rallies across Texas stand against anti-LGBTQ bills
PHOTOS: Students Against Hate rallies across Texas stand against anti-LGBTQ bills
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More than 100 students and local supporters from across Texas rallied today, April 25, against hate and spoke out to protect their LGBTQ communities. Add your voice to the movement for full equality here.
Student leaders from five cities around the Lone Star state joined members of the community for an afternoon of speeches, marching, and silent protests against the 25 harmful anti-LGBTQ bills currently being proposed in the Texas state legislature.
University of Austin
The Students Against Hate rallies united Texan LGBTQ students and their allies to increase local and national awareness of proposed legislation threatening harm to LGBTQ people in Texas, stand together to end hate, and stop oppressive legislation.
We’ve teamed up with @TFN @HRC @EqualityTexas @ACLUTx & @TransTexas to protect LGBTQ Texans. Add your name to help! t.co/v2Mjn5PWil
— GLAAD (@glaad) April 24, 2017
Participating universities included University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, University of Texas San Antonio, University of Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Rice University, and Texas State University.
University of Houston
Becca, a graduate student at the University of Houston rally said, “These attempts to push certain groups out of public life would place gender-expansive groups at risk for further harassment and abuse. It would place trans women of color at even higher risk for violence and murder, when we already know those rates are incredibly high.”
Becca went on to call their peers to action by saying, “If you believe in compassion, dignity, integrity, hope, justice, and the beauty of diversity that makes UH feel like home, please make a call to your state senators and representatives, and ask them to oppose unjust legislation targeting and bringing harm to our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex friends.”
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University of Texas, San Antonio
By rallying together, these students showed their community, state government, and the nation that the LGBTQ community, including transgender youth, deserves to be respected, protected, and safe.
The Students Against Hate rallies are a part of a larger campaign with GLAAD, the Texas Freedom Network, Equality Texas, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), ACLU of Texas, and the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) to accelerate acceptance and equality for LGBTQ Texans.
University of Texas, San Antonio
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Five Lesbians Attacked by Group of Men Outside Bar in England
Five Lesbians Attacked by Group of Men Outside Bar in England
More than 15 men were reportedly involved in the attack in Portsmouth.
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Zeke Thomas opens up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a man from Grindr
Zeke Thomas opens up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a man from Grindr
“It’s definitely something that I never imagined would happen to me,” Thomas, who is the son of NBA legend Isiah Thomas, says.
More Than 30 Men Arrested For ‘Sodomy’ In Iran Face Death Penalty if Convicted: Reports
More Than 30 Men Arrested For ‘Sodomy’ In Iran Face Death Penalty if Convicted: Reports
More than 30 men were arrested after a private party in the Bahadoran region of Isfahan, Iran was raided by the police, Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees reported Thursday. Their charges are sodomy, drinking alcohol and using psychedelic drugs and they face the death penalty if found guilty.
The men, between the ages of 16 and 30, the Canadian charity reports, were rounded up late April 13 amid gunshots and beatings from police, according to the Jerusalem Post.
“IRQR received several reports in last few days and were able to confirm that police attacked guests and physically beat them. Police detained them all at the Basij (Revolutionary Guard Militia) Station and then transferred them to Esfahan’s Dastgerd Prison. A few people managed to escape and we received reports that there were several heterosexual individuals among those arrested,” IRQR reported.
IRQR also reported that those arrested were forced to name their LGBT friends to authorities. In Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death, according to the International Society for Human Rights.
IRQR reports that a special prosecutor has been named and that those arrested will be subjected to anal examination to prove the homosexuality charges.
In Iran, LGBT citizens are afforded very little, if any, civil rights. Presently, LGBT citizens cannot marry, cannot adopt, cannot serve openly in the military and are not protected from any discrimination, according to Equaldex. In 2007, then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad infamously declared while at Columbia University that there were no gay people in Iran.
European civil rights leaders are calling for the EU to step in.
“While the Islamic State throws gays from rooftops, the Islamic Republic hangs them. Iran’s regime forces homosexuals to flee the country and the EU turns a blind eye,” Stefan Schaden, an LGBT rights activist and spokesman for the European “Stop The Bomb campaign” said in an email to the Jerusalem Post. “The EU is, however, required in their dealings with third countries to comply with binding guidelines laid down in the Union’s ‘LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex] Toolkit’ to combat state violence against LGBTI persons. The EU must clearly step up its efforts in this regard and consider more human rights sanctions against the Iranian regime.“
This incident comes on the heels of reports that in Chechnya, gay men are being rounded up, tortured and in some cases even killed.
Photo: By Elvert Barnes licensed under CC 2.0.
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HRC to Honor Transgender Trailblazers Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado at Time to THRIVE Conference
HRC to Honor Transgender Trailblazers Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado at Time to THRIVE Conference
Today the HRC Foundation announced that it will honor transgender advocates Jazz Jennings, star of TLC’s I Am Jazz, and Ruby Corado, founder of the renowned LGBTQ center Casa Ruby, at the organization’s annual Time to THRIVE Conference. They are being recognized for their tireless efforts to advance the visibility, public understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ people and identities.
Jennings and Corado will receive Upstander Awards at HRC’s Time to THRIVE, the nation’s premier gathering for K-12 educators, professional counselors and other youth-serving professionals on LGBTQ youth safety, inclusion and well-being. This year’s conference will be held April 28-30 in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the National Education Association and the American Counseling Association with Toyota and AT&T as the presenting sponsors.
“Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado have set powerful examples for LGBTQ young people across this country,” said Vincent Pompei, chair of Time to THRIVE and director of the HRC Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Project. “Jazz’s visibility has helped shatter stereotypes, open hearts, and demonstrate the power of authenticity to youth and adults alike. Ruby’s tireless commitment to empowering LGBTQ youth has literally saved lives and allowed more young people to pursue their dreams. As we join together with hundreds of youth-serving professionals at Time to THRIVE, we are privileged to welcome and honor these extraordinary advocates with our Upstander Award.”
Jazz Jennings’ activism began at age six when she appeared on 20/20 with Barbara Walters. Now 16, she is stars in TLC’s GLAAD Award-winning docu-series, “I am Jazz” and is one of America’s most well-known transgender youth. She has been featured on a variety of major programs and news outlets, including two interviews with Katie Couric and Oprah. Jazz is an HRC Youth Ambassador, a program amplifying the voices of LGBTQ youth leaders. She has been recognized by The Trevor Project, GLAAD, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, and was on the 2014 Trans 100 list. Jazz is the co-author of the book, I am Jazz, and released her memoir, “Being Jazz” in 2016. She is the co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which assists transgender youth. She has also been named one of TIME’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 and 2015, and was the youngest Grand Marshal in the NYC 2016 Pride Parade.
A prominent activist and leader in Washington, D.C., Ruby Corado grew up in El Salvador, fleeing the country at the age of 16 during a civil war. She is the founder and executive director of Casa Ruby, the capital’s only bilingual, multicultural LGBTQ community center. Casa Ruby provides live-saving and -affirming services and support to many of the most vulnerable within D.C.’s LGBTQ community. As an activist in Washington, Ruby helped add gender identity and expression to the D.C. Human Rights Law and worked with local and national experts to secure regulations ensuring access to transition-related healthcare for transgender people. Ruby has been featured in Newsweek, the Washington Post and on NPR. Among her awards and recognitions, she was named one of the 25 Most Influential Latino LGBT activists by Latino Voice; Activist of the Year by the African American Prism Awards; and a Capital Pride Hero.
HRC’s Time to THRIVE Conference features 72 workshops by more than 45 national and grassroots organizations dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ youth. Other special guests at the conference include Executive Producer of National Geographic’s Gender Revolution Katie Couric, Senator Al Franken (D-MN), New York Times columnist Charles Blow, Miss America contestant Erin O’Flaherty, and Out of Iraq stars Nayyef Hrebid & Btoo Al Lami.
To register, visit www.TimeToThrive.org.