Avisos de televisión y radio aquejan al congresista Lipinski por historial de inmigración

Por Ellyn Fortino, SEIU

Una importante organización de derechos de inmigrantes lanzó hoy nuevos anuncios de radio y televisión en español atacando al congresista Dan Lipinski (IL-3) por su historial de inmigración, que incluye su voto en contra del Dream Act en 2010.

Los anuncios publicitarios que están liderados por la organización ICIRR Action y se dirigen a los votantes latinos del distrito previo a las elecciones primarias del próximo martes, incluyen la historia de Elizabeth, beneficiaria de DACA y residente del 3er Distrito.

La joven Soñadora critica a Lipinski por votar en contra de sus electores sobre asuntos de inmigración e insta a los votantes a apoyar a la oponente de Lipinski, Marie Newman, una verdadera campeona progresista que luchará por las comunidades más vulnerables.

“En 2010, mi congresista Dan Lipinski votó en contra del Dream Act a pesar de considerarse demócrata”, afirma Elizabeth en los anuncios de televisión y radio de 30 y 60 segundos respectivamente. “Además, él favorece la construcción de un muro y más fondos para la frontera”.

“Ahora que tenemos a la candidata, Marie Newman, mi congresista Dan Lipinski dice que apoya el Dream Act. La verdad es que él nunca ha estado del lado de la comunidad inmigrante”, agrega.

Los anuncios concluyen con un llamado a los votantes para apoyar a Newman en las elecciones del 20 de marzo y señalan a la candidata como “una verdadera demócrata” que trabajará para mantener unidas a las familias.

La iniciativa corresponde a un reciente esfuerzo de los principales grupos progresistas para educar a los votantes sobre el historial de Lipinski y promover el apoyo a Newman, su oponente.

www.hrc.org/blog/avisos-de-television-y-radio-aquejan-al-congresista-lipinski-por-historial?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

HRC on Kate Kendell Stepping Down as Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights

HRC released the following statement on Kate Kendell stepping down as Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR):

“Kate Kendall is one of the most fearless and tireless advocates the LGBTQ equality movement has ever known,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Under Kate’s leadership, the National Center for Lesbian Rights has reached new heights, working to secure national marriage equality and defend the rights of LGBTQ people before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kate’s profound work is woven into the fabric of our movement and millions of Americans have felt the impact of her unwavering leadership. I am proud to call Kate a friend, colleague, and a true champion for equality.”

www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-on-kate-kendell-stepping-down-as-executive-director-of-the-national-cen?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Armie Hammer Plays Gay Again in the Upcoming Film ‘Final Portrait’ – TRAILER

Armie Hammer plays gay again in his follow-up to Call Me By Your Name.

In Final Portrait, Hammer plays writer and art lover James Lord, who as a 22-year-old officer in the U.S. Army intelligence service, befriended figures of the postwar French literary and artistic elite after arriving in Paris on a three-day pass.

Final Portrait deals with his friendship with artist and sculptor Alberto Giacometti, and Giacometti’s attempts to capture Lord’s portrait.

What isn’t captured in the film’s trailer are other aspects of Lord’s personality, as told by The Telegraph in Lord’s obituary in 2009:

On his return to Paris in 1947, having left his American university without a degree, Lord resumed his acquaintance with Picasso. Although he had ambitions to become a novelist, Lord devoted most of his time and energy to his boyfriends, throwing and attending parties, buying paintings, travelling in Europe and befriending artists, aristocrats, flamboyant dealers, unscrupulous collectors and various shady types from the Parisian demi-monde.

For most of his life he kept a daily journal, written up at the end of each day in “a fat, black oilcloth notebook”. In it he carefully recorded (often verbatim) conversations with the clever, glamorous, talented and often indiscreet people with whom he mixed.

“My friends say I am secretive and devious,” he wrote in the preface to Picasso and Dora. “They are right.”

Final Portrait opens on March 23 in New York and L.A..

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 15, 2018

TODAY — HRC ON THE GROUND IN CHICAGO FOR MARIE NEWMAN: HRC President Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) is in Chicago joining NARAL President Ilyse Hogue (@ilyseh) to mobilize HRC members to get out the vote for Marie Newman (@Marie4Congress) — the pro-equality champion Illinois deserves.

The people of #IL03 have a progressive champion in @Marie4Congress, who will fight for the #LGBTQ community and women’s rights in the U.S. House Representatives. Be sure to head to the polls and vote on March 20. �� pic.twitter.com/un81u2wx4D

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 15, 2018

CONOR LAMB WINS PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL ELECTION:

Pennsylvania voters have rejected the politics of hate and anti-equality candidates like Rick Saccone. Throughout this crucial special election, @HRC mobilized our thousands of members and supporters in the district to help send Rick Saccone packing. t.co/lGb7hTExqH

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 14, 2018

STUDENTS WALK OUT NATIONWIDE TO PROTEST GUN VIOLENCE:  HRC supports common-sense gun violence prevention measures, including limiting access to assault-style rifles, expanding background checks, and limiting the ability for suspected terrorists, and those with a history of domestic abuse to access guns. More from The New York Times and Reuters.

These young people are showing more courage than @realDonaldTrump and many lawmakers in Washington. They are determined, organized, and ready to change the world. t.co/gLLkXYrjIs

— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) March 14, 2018

• HRC and other LGBTQ groups will join student-advocates at March 24’s March For Our Lives. More from Washington Blade.

THANKFUL THURSDAY: Yesterday, during an appearance on The View, openly lesbian director, actor and trailblazer Lena Waithe (@LenaWaithe) said of being an LGBTQ person of color: “We have to be a bit of a beacon of light for those young kids of color who are wondering like, ‘Am I weird?’ ‘Is something wrong with me?’ ‘What quality of life might I have?’” More from The View.

#JUSTICE FOR KENNE — MURDER CASE OF TEXAS TRANS WOMAN DISMISSED: Mark Daniel Lewis was accused of manslaughter in the death of Kenne McFadden, but charges were dismissed during Lewis’s probation revocation hearing last week. HRC was on the ground with allied groups in San Antonio, including the San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA), the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) and Equality Texas, calling for justice for Kenne. More from KSAT and The Daily Beast.

HRC ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT MARYLAND’S LGBTQ YOUTH: This week, HRC joined advocates from FreeState Justice to advocate for two important pieces of proposed legislation that seek to protect LGBTQ youth across Maryland — the Youth Mental Health Protection Act and the Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. More from HRC.

.@HRC is in Annapolis today with @FreeStateLGBTQ and partners from around #Maryland to lobby in support of #HB902 & #SB1028, two bills that would protect #LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy.” #MDPolitics #MDGA18 pic.twitter.com/bBzThA8Kf2

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 13, 2018

CALIFORNIA PROPOSAL WOULD CLASSIFY SO-CALLED “CONVERSION THERAPY” A FRAUD: The proposal would bring conversion therapy under the state’s consumer-protection laws and allow individuals to sue practitioners. More from Courthouse News Service.

NAT GEO ACKNOWLEDGES RACIST PAST IN POWERFUL PIECE FROM EIC: Nat Geo Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg (@susangoldberg) writes, “[W]e have a duty, in every story, to present accurate and authentic depictions — a duty heightened when we cover fraught issues such as race.” More from Nat Geo.

MORNING MUST WATCH FROM THEM ON OLYMPIAN GUS KENWORTHY: Kenworthy (@guskenworthy)is an inspiration to millions of people everywhere. This is why are so proud to have honored Kenworthy with the HRC Visibility Award last year. Watch Gus’ inspiring story from them.

UTAH PARADE FUNDING ON HOLD AFTER ORGANIZERS EXCLUDED AN LGBTQ ORG: The Utah County Commission is holding back a $113,00 payment to America’s Freedom Festival after it denied a Provo-based LGBTQ youth organization permission to march. More from The Daily Herald.

FRAMINGHAM (MA) PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADOPTS TRANS-INCLUSIVE ATHLETICS POLICY: More from The Metrowest Daily News.

A TRANS MAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE IN PENNSYLVANIA: More from WESA.

• The Trump-Pence administration wants to make this process even more difficult with the creation of the HHS so-called “Department of Conscience” designed to give health care providers a license to discriminate. More from Rewire.

PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND (WA) WOULD MAKE SINGLE-STALL RESTROOMS UNGENDERED: More from the Bainbridge Island Review.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

SAME-SEX ADOPTION LEGAL THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA: The Northern Territory legalized adoption by same-sex couples, making it the last territory in Australia to do so. More from Gay Times.

MEET THE LGBTQ ACTIVISTS FIGHTING KENYA’S LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX ACTS: They include HRC Global Innovator Njeri Gateru, the cofounder and head of legal at the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. More from BuzzFeed.

PRINCE WILLIAM SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL LGBTQ EQUAILTY ON COMMONWEALTH DAY: More from Pink News.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Cosmopolitan interviews 18 bisexual women on their coming out process; Out Magazine praises Asian-American transgender actor Ian Alexander (@ianalexander) for his roles in The OA and Every Day; Reuters reports on a London performance art project to benefit LGBTQ people in Egypt

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26 Things Gay Sex Workers Want You to Know

www.advocate.com/sexy-beast/2018/3/15/26-things-gay-sex-workers-want-you-know

E! News Host Justin Sylvester Asks Adam Rippon Out on a Date on Live TV: WATCH

E! News host Justin Sylvester is determined to go on a date with U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon and made it extremely clear during their interview.

Rippon opened the door, saying, “Anybody out there, let me know,” when the hosts asked if he was dating anybody.

RELATED: Adam Rippon and Sally Field’s Son Finally Got Together

Sylvester jumped right in: “So I’m gonna throw this out there. When you come to L.A. I wanna take you out on a date, and grab drinks, your choice, or I can show you my L.A. and we can just kick it.”

“Wow,” replied a stunned Rippon. “I love it. I love to just kick it.”

But Sylvester reminded Rippon at the interview that he wasn’t kidding: “I will get your number from my producer…and I will hit you up….and we will go on that date.”

But is Sylvester a rough top?

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E! News Host Justin Sylvester Asks Adam Rippon Out on a Date on Live TV: WATCH