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Daily Archives: February 21, 2018
Trump Needed a Note to Express Empathy to Shooting Survivors: ‘I Hear You’
Trump Needed a Note to Express Empathy to Shooting Survivors: ‘I Hear You’
He’s what he “heard.”
www.advocate.com/politics/2018/2/21/trump-needed-note-express-empathy-shooting-survivors-i-hear-you
Read the horrible advice Billy Graham gave to a gay youth
Read the horrible advice Billy Graham gave to a gay youth
It’s part of his legacy that can’t be ignored.
HRC Endorses Mark Phariss for Texas State Senate
HRC Endorses Mark Phariss for Texas State Senate
HRC announced its endorsement of Mark Phariss to represent Senate District 8 in the Texas State Senate.
“Mark Phariss will fight for all of his constituents — no matter who they are or whom they love — if he is elected to the Texas State Senate,” said HRC National Field Director Marty Rouse. “We are proud to endorse Mark’s candidacy and look forward to working with him in the Texas Legislature, where he would be the first openly gay state senator in the Lone Star State. Following an especially tough year for LGBTQ Texans, Mark’s voice is needed now more than ever in Austin.”
Mark has been a civil rights advocate for the past 20 years. He fought for pro-equality legislation, like the Equality Act and non-discrimination ordinances in San Antonio and Plano, and against harmful, anti-LGBTQ legislation. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations that have advanced equality, including the Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Texas. In the fight for marriage equality, Mark and his husband, Vic Holmes, were one of the two couples who successfully sued the State of Texas for marriage equality, and they filed amicus briefs supporting marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. This endorsement follow another Dallas-area HRC endorsement, for Julie Johnson, who is running for Texas State Representative in Texas House District 115.
| Pol. adv. paid for by Human Rights Campaign PAC and authorized by Mark Phariss for Texas Senate |
www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-endorsed-mark-phariss-for-texas-state-senate?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
LGBTQ Olympian Gus Kenworthy Thanks HRC for Saving Lives
LGBTQ Olympian Gus Kenworthy Thanks HRC for Saving Lives
‘Daily Mail’ Defiant After Backlash Over Article Bashing Tom Daley, Gay Parents
‘Daily Mail’ Defiant After Backlash Over Article Bashing Tom Daley, Gay Parents
The tabloid said those who objected to their homophobic, transphobic article were “political zealots.”
Before Moonlight: 10 films that celebrate the African American LGBT experience
Before Moonlight: 10 films that celebrate the African American LGBT experience
Paying It Forward with @shaistadeen To see more of Shaista’s…
Paying It Forward with @shaistadeen
To see more of Shaista’s…
Paying It Forward with @shaistadeen
To see more of Shaista’s life and work, follow @shaistadeen on Instagram.
Photographer Shaista Deen (@shaistadeen) is giving the world the role model she wanted. “Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, I never saw any female hijabi photographers,” says the 22-year-old great-great-granddaughter of Indian immigrants.
At age 14, she saved up for her first camera. With a bedroom desk lamp as her studio light and a stack of books as a tripod, she captured what was closest: her friends, her family and herself. “I was very different with regards to the way I saw myself back then,” she remembers. “I was depressed for a period of time as a teenager. Photography was one of the main things that helped me out of that. I was extremely insecure about myself, pessimistic and doubted my abilities a lot. After I was able to get past all of that, I wanted to help others do the same.”
Now, she’s a university student (and freelance photographer) living in the UK, but Shaista misses her homeland — and the Caribbean sun. “I love my little island and I’m proud of where I’m from,” she says.
SF The Castro
SF The Castro
CSUMB-Japan Exchange posted a photo:
My first visit to the Castro in San Francisco is one that I will never
forget. Rainbow Pride flags adorned the city streets in a declaration of
strength and resilience. Honestly, I couldn’t believe a place like this
exists. I was raised to have a lot of hate for this community which
eventually manifested into self hate. Walking into this city block I saw a
place where couples weren’t afraid to hold hands, where they weren’t
afraid of being called names, where they were free of all the hate that
myself and so many have been subject to. They didn’t have to be afraid and
that meant that I didn’t have to be afraid either. Being raised to hate
every aspect of yourself and then stepping into an environment that instead
accepts and loves you, is an absolutely incredible, liberating experience.
Mississippi Town Shuts Down Pride Parade, Leaving Organizers in Tears
Mississippi Town Shuts Down Pride Parade, Leaving Organizers in Tears
The aldermen denied a permit for the parade and offered no explanation why.
www.advocate.com/pride/2018/2/21/mississippi-town-shuts-down-pride-parade-leaving-organizers-tears