After Trans Teen Takes Her Life, Her Mother Shares Story to Help Others

“Do not slam the door on your son or your daughter,” says the mother of Miami trans teen Hope Verbeeck.

www.advocate.com/transgender/2018/3/15/after-trans-teen-takes-her-life-her-mother-shares-story-help-others

Katy Perry and ‘American Idol’ Play Up Sexual Harassment During Era of #MeToo

The new Idol just premiered, and already the pop star has flirted heavily and questionably with two young men over whom she wields power as a judge. But it looks like producers wanted it that way. 

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2018/3/15/katy-perry-and-american-idol-play-sexual-harassment-during-era-metoo

HRC Trying to Toss Antigay Democrat off the Ballot

Incumbent congressman Dan Lipinski has a poor record on LGBT rights and more, making Marie Newman a better choice, progressive groups say.

www.advocate.com/politics/2018/3/15/hrc-trying-toss-antigay-democrat-ballot

10 fabulous ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ GIFs for everyday situations
Life gets rough. Fortunately, Drag Race has gifs to get us through the day.

www.queerty.com/10-fabulous-rupauls-drag-race-gifs-everyday-situations-20180315?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

‘Love, Simon’ Director Greg Berlanti Tells Andy Cohen How He Met Husband Robbie Rogers: LISTEN

Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers / Instagram

Love, Simon director Greg Berlanti spoke with Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show Radio Andy about the film which is released this weekend.

Cohen asked Berlanti if he feels any pressure over releasing Love, Simon.

Replied Berlanti:

“I’m old enough now to remember how hard we had to fight and I had to threaten to quit to get a gay kiss on TV [on] Dawson’s Creek…I was given the job to run the show and in turn for the job I said, ‘ok but will you let me have the gay character kiss the other character at the end of the season. And they said ‘ well we’ll discuss it at the end of the year, we’ll discuss it then’ and then we got there and they said ‘well, can we do it next year maybe?’ And I said ‘no, no you promised and if you don’t do it I’m not going to do the job anymore. It was the first romantic kiss between two gay characters on television.”

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Cohen also asked Berlanti about how he met retired L.A. Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers, his husband.

Berlanti said that a friend told him he wanted to “introduce [him] to [his] next boyfriend” at a party, and Berlanti and Rogers became friends for a while before things got romantic.

Listen:

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Pulse Survivors Offer Terrifying Testimony on Their Fight for Survival in the Club

As the trial begins for the widow of shooter Omar Mateen, survivors of the massacre share their horror stories with the jury.

www.advocate.com/crime/2018/3/15/pulse-survivors-offer-terrifying-testimony-their-fight-survival-club

Anderson Cooper breaks up with boyfriend of 9 years
They had a good run.

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‘Dear Mommy, I Am So Sorry to Do This But I Have Killed Myself.’ A Transitioning Teen’s Tale

MIAMI — Many Miami Herald readers couldn’t help but notice a half-page obituary notice that ran Tuesday. The sheer size of it and its large photo made it hard to miss. Also grabbing attention, the age. Eric Peter Verbeeck was only 17 when she died on March 6. The smiling, bespectacled boy who grew up in…

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