Hooray for Dyke Day L.A.

www.advocate.com/pride/2017/6/19/hooray-dyke-day-la

CNN’s Jim Acosta is Fed Up with ‘Useless’ Sean Spicer, White House Press Suppression: WATCH

CNN’s Jim Acosta has had it with “useless” Sean Spicer and the stonewalling from the White House on issues of national importance.

Said Acosta this afternoon after attending an off-camera press gaggle at which Sean Spicer (who is apparently searching for his replacement) took a question from a Russian reporter and not CNN:

“The White House press secretary is getting to a point, Brooke, where he’s just kind of useless. You know, if he can’t come out and answer the questions and they’re not going to do this on camera or audio…why are we having these briefings or gaggles in the first place?”

Acosta said that Spicer has still not got an answer for the press on whether Trump believes in climate change, a question that was posed weeks ago.

Watch:

Acosta also tweeted: “Make no mistake about what we are all witnessing. This is a WH that is stonewalling the news media. Hiding behind no camera/no audio gaggles. There is a suppression of information going on at this WH that would not be tolerated at a city council mtg or press conf with a state gov. Call me old fashioned but I think the White House of the United States of America should have the backbone to answer questions on camera.”

At off camera no audio briefing, Spicer took a question from a Russian reporter but not from CNN. #pravda

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Make no mistake about what we are all witnessing. This is a WH that is stonewalling the news media. Hiding behind no camera/no audio gaggles

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

There is a suppression of information going on at this WH that would not be tolerated at a city council mtg or press conf with a state gov.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Call me old fashioned but I think the White House of the United States of America should have the backbone to answer questions on camera.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

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‘Real Boy’ Doc Chronicles the Love of a Mother and Her Trans Son

A new film chronicles how a mother and transgender son discover each other for the first time. 

www.advocate.com/transgender/2017/6/19/real-boy-doc-chronicles-love-mother-and-her-trans-son

Man stabbed to death after bisexual menage-a-trois goes horribly wrong
“It’s something out of a horror movie,” a neighbor says.

www.queerty.com/man-stabbed-death-bisexual-menage-trois-goes-horribly-wrong-20170619?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Jane Lynch Is Game, RuPaul Crowns a Winner And More TV This Week

Check out our weekly guide to TV this week, and make sure you’re catching the big premieres, crucial episodes and the stuff you won’t admit you watch when no one’s looking.

The delightful Jane Lynch is back as host for season five of Hollywood Game Night, returning Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC. This season, casts of television shows will compete head-to-head in a series of ridiculous challenges. The premiere features cast members from Veep and The Walking Dead.

Lace up your boots and watch out for flying folding chairs, because the wacky world of Gorgeous Lady of Wrestling is coming to Netflix Friday. Alison Brie plays an actress-turned-grappler on GLOW, inspired by the actual ‘80s wrestling. (If you haven’t watched the excellent documentary GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, that’s also streaming now on Netflix.)

Transparent director Silas Howard dives deep into the lives of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals in Showtime’s new documentary More Than T, premiering Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern.

We’re not sure what a “sudden death lip sync smackdown” entails or how it will factor in to choosing a winner on the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but we definitely will be tuning in to find out. See which gal snatches the crown Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern on VH1, and get a load of what these final four queens are capable of above.

LGBTQ icons are honored at the Logo Trailblazer Honors, airing Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern on Logo. This year’s honorees include the legendary Cyndi Lauper and the co-creators of Will & Grace. Check out an emotional moment from last year’s ceremony above.

What are you watching this week?

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Jane Lynch Is Game, RuPaul Crowns a Winner And More TV This Week

Trump’s Latest Legal Hire Has Extensive Anti-LGBT History

Lawyer Jay Sekulow is a longtime advocate for the religious right.

www.advocate.com/politics/2017/6/19/trumps-latest-legal-hire-has-extensive-anti-lgbt-history

PHOTOS: Show us how you #TakePride and remind the world that love always wins
The 2017 #TakePride photo gallery is bursting at the seams with amazing entries!

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Carrie Fisher’s Autopsy Reveals Cocktail of Drugs, Including Cocaine, Opiates and Ecstasy

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County coroner’s report released Monday revealed a mixture of drugs that were in actress Carrie Fisher’s system when she went into cardiac arrest on an L.A.-bound flight and later died. Fisher’s toxicology review found evidence of cocaine, MDMA (better known as ecstasy), alcohol and opiates when she was rushed to…

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Carrie Fisher’s Autopsy Reveals Cocktail of Drugs, Including Cocaine, Opiates and Ecstasy

Congress Sends Letter to Indonesia to Stop Government-Sponsored Anti-LGBTQ Actions

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) and 35 other members of Congress sent a letter to the Indonesian government, calling on them to put a stop to recent government-sponsored anti-LGBTQ actions there.

The letter was written in response to a number of horrific reports out of Indonesia, including the arrest of more than 140 men suspected of homosexuality on May 21. The police released several photographs of the arrested men to the media, exposing their identities to family and friends and potentially putting them at risk of social ostracism and violence. 

A few days later, on May 23, two gay men in Aceh province were publicly caned and were photographed and humiliated in front of a crowd of spectators. The following day, the police force in West Java announced plans to establish a task force to specifically target LGBTQ people, with the police chief calling homosexuality “a disease,” and that LGBTQ people will “face the law and heavy social sanctions.”

The Congressional letter sends a clear message to the Indonesian government that they “cannot turn a blind eye to the persecution of minority communities, whether women, religious minorities, or LGBTQ people.” It warns the Indonesians that “such attacks can metastasize and put an entire country’s stability, security, and foreign investments at risk.” It therefore urges the government there to “exercise its responsibility to investigate and put a stop to repressive and discriminatory actions against minorities” while asking them to “affirmatively protect the civil and human rights of all its citizens, no matter their identities, sexual orientations, genders, religions, or religious views.”

“The horrific violence targeting LGBTQ people in Indonesia is part of a troubling yet growing trend driven by hate and fear around the world, including in places like Chechnya, Bangladesh, and elsewhere,” HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy said in a statement. “With an absence of action from the Trump administration on these human rights abuses, we are grateful for Rep. Maloney’s leadership in calling for an end to this violence and putting Indonesia officials on notice that the eyes of the world are closely watching.”

“Indonesia is an important leader and regional ally in Southeast Asia – and they have a responsibility over there to set a good example of what a democracy should look like, but lately they haven’t been living up to that responsibility,” Rep. Maloney said in a statement. “Oppressing your own citizens because of their religion, their gender, or their sexual orientation undermines democratic values and erodes civil society and I won’t stand for it.”

The full letter can be found here.

www.hrc.org/blog/congress-sends-letter-to-indonesia-to-stop-government-sponsored-anti-lgbtq?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed