Carrie Preston Receives the HRC Ally For Equality Award
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Female SNL Staffers Defend Al Franken. Why?
Female SNL Staffers Defend Al Franken. Why?
The senator’s former colleagues seem to believe that if Franken did not personally harass or grope them, he must be a good guy.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/11/21/female-snl-staffers-defend-al-franken-why
Oficina da diversidade- Renata de Brito-1-10
Oficina da diversidade- Renata de Brito-1-10
Prefeitura do Município de Bertioga posted a photo:
Foto: Renata de Brito
Robert Mugabe Resigns: Activist’s Tears Of Joy Underline Zimbabwe’s Jubilation
Robert Mugabe Resigns: Activist’s Tears Of Joy Underline Zimbabwe’s Jubilation
A Zimbabwe activist breaking down in tears of joy after Robert Mugabe’s resignation has embodied the celebrations across the country that have welcomed the end of his 37-year rule.
Thousands of people have poured onto the streets of Harare to celebrate the 93-year-old quitting by letter on Tuesday. Mugabe has been in power since independence from the UK in 1980 and transformed a prosperous nation into an economic basket case.
As footage showed cars beeping and people dancing as they waved flags, one woman who appeared on the BBC captured the mood.
When asked by reporter Ben Brown what the end of Mugabe meant to her, the unnamed woman said:
“We did not want Mugabe at all. We were tired of this man, we are so glad he has gone. We don’t want him any more and, yes, today is victory. It is victory in our hearts and victory for our children. I’m so sorry …”
“I think pretty much everybody in Zimbabwe is crying,” said Barnes as she paused. The correspondent then asked if she thought she would live to see this day. She replied:
“I never thought I would. I am an activist and I have been fighting and speaking for the people, and I’ve been saying to the people if it is not for my generation it is for my children’s generation. I have two children who are in school. Every day you wake up, and you don’t know where to get food, you don’t know whether you’ve got enough, you have mouths to feed. It has been the worst experience. “People are scattered all over the world. The word family does not mean anything to us anymore because families are all over the world, in England and America. They only see each other on the internet so for us this is what we have always wanted. We don’t want him any more.”
Please watch this….for over twenty years Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace have terrorized Zimbabweans and stolen a fortune from government coffers (along with kickback schemes)….this video is heart wrenching. t.co/S3xmLcKIZ7
November 21, 2017
During his reign, Mugabe took the once-rich country to economic ruin and kept his grip on power through repression of opponents, although he styled himself as the Grand Man of African politics and kept the admiration of many people across Africa.
Mugabe’s stunning downfall in around a week is likely to send shockwaves across Africa, where a number of entrenched strongmen, from Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni to Democratic Republic of Congo’s Joseph Kabila, are facing mounting pressure to quit.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/activist-tears-zimbabwe-robert-mugabe_uk_5a14661ae4b03dec82488e4c
HRC & West Elm Partner on Giving Tuesday “Love Is Love” Effort in Support of LGBTQ Equality
HRC & West Elm Partner on Giving Tuesday “Love Is Love” Effort in Support of LGBTQ Equality
Post submitted by Madeleine Roberts, Communications Assistant
Today, HRC is proud to join forces with West Elm to launch a special “Love is Love” effort one week from today on Giving Tuesday, a global day that encourages giving back to your community — with time, a donation, a gift or speaking up on important issues. The “Love is Love” collection includes a trinket dish, candle, dinnerwa
To honor the day, West Elm is committing 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of items in its “Love is Love” line, available online and in stores, including the popular “Love is Love” mug, to HRC’s work protecting historic gains the LGBTQ community has made in recent years, fighting discriminatory laws and practices, and mobilizing members and supporters to advance equality. For more than a year, half of the proceeds from the sale of the unique mug at West Elm and the rest of the Williams-Sonoma family of brands, as well as other “Love is Love” items, have helped HRC continue its increasingly essential work.
“At West Elm we forge partnerships with brands and organizations that share our values of impact, and leverage the power of design and human connection to enrich our communities. When we started working with HRC in support of the “Love is Love” campaign — and its mission to ensure that LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights — the response from our customers was overwhelming. We knew we had to do more,” said West Elm President Alex Bellos. “This holiday season, with HRC, we are proud to expand the “Love is Love” collection to include dinnerware, trinket dish, ornament and candle. We believe that the power of a purchase can inspire and create change, and this holiday, bring more love as well.”
“Today, despite the progress we have made, LGBTQ people are still at risk of being fired, evicted or denied services in most areas of our country,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “The expansion of our “Love is Love” collaboration offers a powerful way to recognize Giving Tuesday and help advance the pace of progress toward equality. We are grateful to West Elm President Alex Bellos’ leadership and the dedication of the entire West Elm team to achieving equal rights for all.”
The mug, candle, trinket dish and dinnerware are patterned with multi-colored tiny hearts, while the ornament is filled with multi-colored hearts. On all of the products, the statement “Love is Love” is featured prominently. The “Love Is Love” mug is also available online at the HRC store, with proceeds benefitting the organizations and its work fighting discriminatory laws and practices, and mobilizing members and supporters to advance equality.
GLAAD Media Institute announces TransMilitary as the first feature length project to receive grant
GLAAD Media Institute announces TransMilitary as the first feature length project to receive grant
Jesse Ehrenfeld III
GLAAD announced a grant for TransMilitary on the heels of Trans Awareness Week, which marks the first feature length film project to receive funding from the GLAAD Media Institute. Deadline.com just broke the news. The documentary chronicles the lives of four American transgender troops defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own, and the larger efforts to help rescind the military ban on transgender service members serving openly. Director Gabriel Silverman, Co-Director Fiona Dawson, and Producer Jamie Coughlin previously created the popular Emmy®-nominated 2015 New York Times Op-Doc “Transgender, at War and in Love.” TransMilitary will make its world premiere in 2018.
Earlier this year several subjects of the documentary joined GLAAD on the red carpet at the MTV VMAs to speak about their service in response to President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people in the U.S. military. And just today, a second federal judge has ruled against Trump’s transgender military ban.
The GLAAD Media Institute provides engagement training and education for LGBTQ and allied community members and organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Using the best practices perfected by GLAAD for more than 30 years of experience leveraging media to create change, GLAAD is training a new generation to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people, as well as other marginalized communities. The GLAAD Media Institute is providing a grant to the film, which includes promotion, media outreach, and visibility assistance for the project.
“We are so thrilled GLAAD is supporting TransMilitary,” said Dawson. “By providing resources for this film GLAAD will help amplify the stories of transgender Americans that will help change hearts and minds.”
“With an administration fixated on removing rights from trans Americans and banning them from military service, it is more important than ever to amplify the experiences of trans service members,” said Zeke Stokes, VP of Programs at GLAAD and a veteran of the fight to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. “The powerful stories in ‘TransMilitary’ are vital to fighting against Trump’s proposed military ban and ensuring full equality for all service members, who wish to do nothing more than serve the country they love and keep their commitments to the military.”
To learn more about the film, visit transmilitary.org.
November 21, 2017
Issues:
Mel Gibson’s Voice Is Not the One Sexual Abuse Survivors Need to Hear
Mel Gibson’s Voice Is Not the One Sexual Abuse Survivors Need to Hear
The actor who threatened to kill the mother of his child in an expletive-laden phone rant is happy harassers are being exposed.
www.advocate.com/people/2017/11/21/mel-gibsons-voice-not-one-sexual-abuse-survivors-need-hear
PsychedEly… fall 2017
Armie Hammer addresses Call Me By Your Name’s age-gap romance
Massachusetts Anti-LGBT Hate Group Launches Conference with Faaaaabulous Flag Dance: WATCH
Massachusetts Anti-LGBT Hate Group Launches Conference with Faaaaabulous Flag Dance: WATCH
MassResistance is an awful Massachusetts-based anti-LGBTQ hate group which authored a 600-page book called The Hazards of Homosexuality, warned that gays are “preying” on children at LGBT youth centers, said that anti-gay violence is the natural reaction to too much gay PDA, and pushed for the cancellation of Red Sox Pride night because of the children, among other things.
They just had their annual summit, and launched it with the performance you see below.
No further commentary is necessary.
Watch:
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