Christopher Bowles Live in Technicolor @MagpieManMCR 17-18 July @kingssalford #LGBT #poetry #spokenword

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

Christopher Bowles Live in Technicolor @MagpieManMCR 17-18 July @kingssalford #LGBT #poetry #spokenword

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CHRISTOPHER BOWLES: LIVE IN TECHNICOLOR
Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 July, 7.30pm, FREE.
King’s Arms Studio 1, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN.
Award-winning playwright and performance poet Christopher Bowles explores a myriad of different colour-themed stories through spoken word, poetry and soundscape.
Adapted from his flash-fiction collection ‘Spectrum’, he offers more variety than a Dulux colour chart, guarantees more fun than watching paint dry, and is your favourite crayon.
Solo show,Spoken word,Poetry,LGBT
@MagpieManMCR
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The short film “Wonderkid” explores the challenges of being a gay professional athlete

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

The short film “Wonderkid” explores the challenges of being a gay professional athlete
Being gay is a considerable challenge when you’re involved in the world of competitive sports.

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Chelsea Manning Introduces Herself to the World in Instagram Photo

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

Chelsea Manning Introduces Herself to the World in Instagram Photo

Chelsea Manning, who was released on Wednesday after seven months in confinement, introduced herself to the world on Thursday in an Instagram photo.

She wrote: “Okay, so here I am everyone!! ?”

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Chelsea Manning Introduces Herself to the World in Instagram Photo

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WATCH: After striking out, Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar calls pitcher a “f*g”

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

WATCH: After striking out, Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar calls pitcher a “f*g”
He’s already made a statement and apologized.

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Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar Calls Atlanta Braves Pitcher a ‘Fag’ After Striking Out: WATCH

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar Calls Atlanta Braves Pitcher a ‘Fag’ After Striking Out: WATCH

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar called Atlanta Braves pitcher Jason Motte a “fag” from home plate after Motte struck him out during the seventh inning during Wednesday’s game.

Wrote CBS Sports: “You didn’t have to be a professional lip reader to see that Pillar appeared to say the six-letter gay slur that starts with the letter ‘f.’”

Pillar responded to questions about the slur following last night’s game:

“It was immature. It was stupid. It was uncalled for. It’s part of the game. It’s…I’m a competitive guy. You know, heat of the moment. Obviously I’m going to do whatever I need to do to reach out and apologize. He didn’t do anything wrong. It was on me.”

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Major League Baseball is investigating the slur.

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Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar Calls Atlanta Braves Pitcher a ‘Fag’ After Striking Out: WATCH

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How SB 2095 aims to block transgender Texans from participating in school athletics

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

How SB 2095 aims to block transgender Texans from participating in school athletics

The Texas House Committee on Public Education is considering a bill, already passed by the State Senate, which could be used to ban transgender students on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from athletic participation by allowing the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to label their medical treatment as steroid use.

Currently, the UIL already bars the use of steroids but protects students who receive hormones as part of HRT prescribed by a doctor.

So why are politicians at the Texas State Capitol pushing to pass Senate Bill 2095?

Senate Bill 2095 is an anti-trans response to yet another anti-trans policy in place by the UIL which demands birth certificates to be used to determine the gender division for student athletes in Texas. This rule forces transgender athletes to either play against students who do not align with their gender or to go through the long and costly process of amending their birth certificate in order to participate in sports according to their gender identity. The process to amend a birth certificate even more difficult in Texas because there is no legal standard for gender-marker changes.

This current discriminatory policy has led to athletes like Mack Beggs, a transgender male wrestler at Euless Trinity, to be forced to compete in the female division, despite repeated calls to be allowed to play with his male peers. Now, instead of correcting the UIL policy to be more aligned with regulations rooted in science rather than anti-transgender fearmongering, such as those adopted by the International Olympic Committee and other sport governing bodies, Texas lawmakers aim to ban athletes like Beggs from participating in sports altogether.

SB 2095 is one of the 24 anti-LGBTQ bills constituting the “all-out assault on LGBT people” being waged by members of the Texas Legislature this session. Among them are SB 6 and HB 2899 which would establish state-sanctioned discrimination against transgender Texans by barring them from public accommodations. These anti-transgender bills are rooted in ignorance, fear, and hatred that put the privacy and safety of transgender Texans at risk.

Targeting transgender athletes with bills like SB 2095 is not the solution for this self-made problem. If the UIL and Texas Legislature is truly interested in addressing the current misguided and discriminatory birth certificate policy, the LGBT Sports Foundation has created a model policy for trans-inclusive high school sports working with LGBTQ organizations such as GLAAD and the founder of TransAthlete.com, Chris Mosier.

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Former FOX News Chief Roger Ailes Dead at 77

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

Former FOX News Chief Roger Ailes Dead at 77

Roger Ailes

Former FOX News Chief Roger Ailes has died at 77.

Ailes wife Elizabeth confirmed the news in a statement to the Drudge Report:

“I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal friend to many. He was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity to work hard, to rise—and to give back. During a career that stretched over more than five decades, his work in entertainment, in politics, and in news affected the lives of many millions. And so even as we mourn his death, we celebrate his life…”

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Former FOX News Chief Roger Ailes Dead at 77

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Members of Congress Honor IDAHOT 2017

May 18, 2017 GayFriendschat.com

Members of Congress Honor IDAHOT 2017

On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), members of Congress reaffirmed their support for global LGBTQ equality and denounced the atrocities taking place against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya and called for an end to the horrors.

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