“The Advocate Is You”: Activists Look to LGBT Past and Future at 50th Gala
The Advocate‘s editor in chief renewed the magazine’s commitment to LGBT rights alongside Candis Cayne, the mayor of West Hollywood, and the CEO of Here Media.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/6/16/advocate-you-activists-look-lgbt-past-and-future-50th-gala
106 Photos Show Sitges Pride as Stunning and Glam
www.advocate.com/pride/2017/6/16/106-photos-show-sitges-pride-stunning-and-glam
Valentina distances herself from her bullying fans, and the queens aren’t having it
The ‘Drag Race’ reunion episode airs June 16.
Columbus, OH School Staffer Hopes Pride Festival ‘Turns Out Like the Boston Marathon’
Chris Dodds, a garage assistant supervisor for Columbus City Schools, posted a message to the Facebook page of the Columbus Pride Parade and Festival that should get him fired.
Said Dodds, who has worked for the Columbus school system since 20014:
“I hope this event turns out like the Boston Marathon a few year’s (sic) back. All fag’s (sic) should be killed or at least relocated.”
The Columbus Dispatch reports that the school is looking into it as is law enforcement:
“Columbus City Schools values and celebrates its diversity. Please know that we are working with authorities to address this matter and his actions. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind,” said Scott Varner, a spokesman for the school district. “We are currently working toward Mr. Dodds’ termination.”
…Denise Alex-Bouzounis, a spokeswoman for Columbus Division of Police, said: “We are aware and (are) looking into it.”
Karla Rothan, executive director of Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and Parade, said hate is nothing new.
“We get protesters quite often. We’re used to it,” she said. “I think we’re going to come out and have a wonderful day. We make (police) aware of any threat. We let them handle it.”
Samuel Shamansky, a Columbus defense attorney, said Dodds’ post just falls short of meeting the standard for aggravated menacing under Ohio law. The law states “no person shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause serious physical harm to the person.”
A visit to Dodds’ Facebook page reveals that he’s also a Trump fan who supports the Confederate Flag.
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Columbus, OH School Staffer Hopes Pride Festival ‘Turns Out Like the Boston Marathon’
Oregon Is First in Nation to Approve Third Gender for State IDs
Oregon authorities OK’d the move after courts recognized some residents’ nonbinary gender identity.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/6/16/oregon-first-nation-approve-third-gender-state-ids
What made Davey Wavey giggle and blush his way through SF Pride?
Pride season is upon us.
Mike Pence, Okja, Milo Ventimiglia, Gay Golden Girls, Whole Foods, DJ Khaled, Lynne Patton: HOT LINKS
TRUMP’S WEDDING PLANNER. She’s now running HUD: “Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York. Patton was appointed Wednesday to head up the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region II, which includes New York and New Jersey, where she’ll oversee distribution of billions of taxpayer dollars.”
SEATTLE. Anti-gay Bible verse found on gay organizer’s home: Over the weekend, Shaun Shaffer put up gay and trans Pride flags outside his home in South Seattle. But Sunday morning, Shaffer says he noticed something strange: his neighbor quietly carving something on a nearby fence. Later, Shaffer saw the full carving: “Leviticus 20:13 & 18:22,” two verses condemning homosexuality. Leviticus 18:22 warns, “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable,” and 20:13 explains that people who engage in these “detestable” relations “are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”
ROD ROSENSTEIN. The Deputy Attorney General may now recuse himself from the Russia probe: “The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel’s probe of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged to colleagues that he may have to recuse himself from the matter, which he took charge of only after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ own recusal, sources tell ABC News.”
OREGON. First state to add third gender to driver’s licenses.
MIKE PENCE. He’s lawyering up. “Vice President Mike Pence has hired his own lawyer to represent him in the special counsel investigation and congressional inquiries into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.The lawyer, Richard Cullen, is a former Virginia attorney general and a former US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. Pence interviewed several lawyers before selecting Cullen, who is based in Richmond.”
TRUMP’S LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN. Has now hired his own lawyer:
Exclusive: Trump personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has hired his own counsel: Stephen Ryan, of McDermott, Will & Emery.- source w knowledge
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) June 16, 2017
COMING SOON. A gay Golden Girls?
17.4 MILLION. L.A.sanitation worker wins discrimination verdict after being taunted over perceived sexuality.
TAKEOVER. Amazon buying Whole Foods: “Shares of Whole Foods Market rocketed 28 percent on Friday after Amazon said it plans to acquire the grocery store chain for $42 a share, in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. Amazon’s offer represents a 27 percent premium to Whole Foods’ closing price on Thursday. With Whole Foods shares trading around Amazon’s offer price, investors appear to be speculating that another suitor could make a play for the grocery chain.”
BAT-SIGNAL. Adam West got a fierce L.A. tribute.
ON SET. With Milo Ventimiglia: “The funny thing was that I showed up to work that day and there was just these flesh-colored patches of cloth and tape,” the 39-year-old actor revealed to Stephen. “(Creator) Dan Fogelman, he wasn’t joking around. Like, it’s gonna be like me covering my manhood and, you know, that. They gave options.”
TRAILER OF THE DAY. Okja.
NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller.
FRIDAY FLASH. Li Li.
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Wonder Woman and the ‘P Word’
The new Wonder Woman movie helped this gay dad end his ban on calling his daughter a “princess.”
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/6/16/wonder-woman-and-p-word
