16 Trans and Fluid Musicians Who Transformed Music
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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Exclusive: This week’s eliminated queen says the judges “completely” made the right call
Exclusive: This week’s eliminated queen says the judges “completely” made the right call
This post contains spoilers for RuPaul’s Drag Race season 10, episode 2.
Jim Carrey Just Added a Horrifying New Political Portrait to His Body of Work
Jim Carrey Just Added a Horrifying New Political Portrait to His Body of Work
If following up his highly-publicized portrait of the “so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked” which looked suspiciously like White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was a challenge, Jim Carrey has risen to it.
And this is one image that’s difficult to unsee.
Dear Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @NPG, I know it’s early but I’d like to submit this as the official portrait of our 45th President, Donald J. Trump. It’s called, ‘You Scream. I Scream. Will We Ever Stop Screaming?’ pic.twitter.com/LrCmlXXpv7
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) March 29, 2018
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Anchorage Residents Must Vote NO on Dangerous Prop 1
Anchorage Residents Must Vote NO on Dangerous Prop 1
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On Tuesday, HRC President Chad Griffin and HRC National Field Director Marty Rouse visited Anchorage, Alaska, to support local coalition efforts to defeat Proposition 1. The dangerous and discriminatory ballot measure would rip away crucially important non-discrimination protections and enshrine discrimination into law by forcing transgender people to use facilities that are inconsistent with their gender identity.
Griffin and Rouse were able to meet with local transgender residents and HRC members whose lives would be negatively impacted by the dangerous proposition, including David and Col Lockard, a father and his transgender teenage son that have spoken out in campaign ads to show the real people that Proposition 1 would harm. Griffin and Rouse also met with Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who signed the city’s LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance into law in 2015, and with other Anchorage residents
With just a few days remaining in the campaign, a growing list of bipartisan Anchorage community leaders and businesses have come out against the discriminatory proposition including leaders from faith communities, the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the superintendent of public education and both mayoral candidates.
Christopher Cooke, HRC Western Regional Field Organizer, will continue to work on the ground in Anchorage with coalition partners until the final ballots are cast on Tuesday, April 3. Anchorage residents can sign up to volunteer here and find information on voting here.
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Ricky Martin talks about sneaking around with men while he was still in the closet
Ricky Martin talks about sneaking around with men while he was still in the closet
“I wasted so much energy trying to manipulate my sexuality,” he says.
Kacey Musgraves Regrets She Once Stood by While a Gay Guy Was Bullied
Kacey Musgraves Regrets She Once Stood by While a Gay Guy Was Bullied
Country pop crossover Kacey Musgraves, who is on the verge of a massive breakout with her new album Golden Hour, spoke to Billboard about her changing career, and how she’s changed as well.
Musgraves told Billboard that getting out in the world transformed a homophobic upbringing and allowed her a different perspective on how people should be treated.
She said she regrets that once she was a party to bullying.
Said Musgraves: “At 18, I was a lot more redneck than I am now. I think back to who I was then: being in a small-town high school and seeing a gay guy get made fun of, I’d like, laugh along and not really think much about it. A best friend came out to me right after high school, and that’s when I started getting it — my perspective completely changed. Moving to Nashville, I started hanging out at this gay club called Play all the time, and I made so many friends. It really hurt my heart that I had ever even been close to being the opposite of that.”
Earlier this month she told HuffPost that she’d love to see a gay country music icon.
Said Musgraves: “I keep dreaming of the day when we have a gay country music icon, that is loud and proud and really, like, a hero for country music fans, especially in these small towns where [LGBTQ people] are terrified of being themselves and feel like they have to hide….If we had someone who could be that voice, a first-person account of that voice in our genre…I think it could be a really powerful thing.”
Why not her? Vulture offers a good argument.
Listen to some tracks from Golden Hour:
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Devocional de Cuaresma: La llegada de la Pascua
Devocional de Cuaresma: La llegada de la Pascua
La gente considera su fe como una fuente de orientación e inspiración; las personas LGBTQ, sus familias y amigos no son diferentes. Durante esta temporada de Cuaresma, HRC ha compartido devocionales de líderes religiosos, personas LGBTQ y aliados. La campaña busca crear un ambiente en el cual las personas LGBTQ de fe y sus aliados puedan practicar las tradiciones espirituales en un ambiente acogedor e inclusivo.
La temporada de Cuaresma marca los días que conducen a la crucifixión de Jesús y posterior resurrección.
Para los cristianos, la resurrección es tanto una celebración de la vida como un recordatorio de que la gente continúa sufriendo, incluidas las personas de la comunidad LGBTQ.
La Pascua marca el final de ese trayecto y el comienzo de una nueva vida, así como Cristo resucitó de entre los muertos.
Es importante notar que el tiempo de Cuaresma es una celebración de muchas denominaciones cristianas y puede no concernir a todos los lectores. A lo largo de esta serie, HRC busca ampliar y honrar las voces de los líderes de fe que apoyan a las personas LGBTQ en muchas tradiciones religiosas.
La siguiente publicación concluye esta serie y fue escrita por la Reverenda Marie Mainard O’Connell de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Park Hill en North Little Rock, Arkansas. Para obtener más información sobre el Devocional de Cuaresma, visite hrc.im/Lent.
Salmos 23 contiene frases que normalmente relacionamos con la canción de la muerte y confianza, pero sobre todo con funerales: “El Señor es mi pastor; nada me faltará…”. Sin embargo, Salmos 24 afirma una verdad más profunda; le habla al alma que, en la aurora, despierta. Resurrección.
De Jehová es la tierra y su plenitud; el mundo, y los que en él habitan. Porque él la fundó sobre los mares, y la afirmó sobre los ríos. ¿Quién subirá al monte de Jehová? ¿Y quién estará en su lugar santo? El limpio de manos y puro de corazón; el que no ha elevado su alma a cosas vanas, ni jurado con engaño. El recibirá bendición de Jehová, y justicia del Dios de salvación. Tal es la generación de los que le buscan, de los que buscan tu rostro, oh Dios de Jacob. Selah. Alzad, oh puertas, vuestras cabezas, y alzaos vosotras, puertas eternas, y entrará el Rey de gloria. ¿Quién es este Rey de gloria? Jehová el fuerte y valiente, Jehová el poderoso en batalla. Alzad, oh puertas, vuestras cabezas, y alzaos vosotras, puertas eternas, y entrará el Rey de gloria. ¿Quién es este Rey de gloria? Jehová de los ejércitos, Él es el Rey de la gloria. Selah – Salmos 24, NVI
El intercambio
De Jehová es la tierra y su plenitud; el mundo y los que en él habitan.
Soy del Señor y de aquellos a quienes amo, esta tierra en la que vivo y todo lo que existe.
Porque él la fundó sobre los mares y la afirmó sobre los ríos.
Él, en efecto. Las aguas de la creación fluyen, se aceleran y calman conectándose.
¿Quién subirá al monte de Jehová? ¿Y quién estará en su lugar santo?
¿Quién puede acercarse a Dios? ¿Me atrevo a esperar pertenecer aquí?
El limpio de manos y puro de corazón; el que no ha elevado su alma a cosas vanas, ni jurado con engaño.
Pero he sido expulsado, rechazado, castigado. ¿Es posible que me acepten?
El recibirá bendición de Jehová y justicia del Dios de salvación.
¿Yo también?
Tal es la generación de los que le buscan, de los que buscan tu rostro, oh Dios de Jacob.
Busco la cara de Dios. Oro para que Dios me busque a mí.
Alzad, oh puertas, vuestras cabezas y alzaos vosotras, puertas eternas, y entrará el Rey de gloria.
Abre los ojos, no bajes la mirada más – prepárate para ser conocido, para ser parte de todo.
¿Quién es este Rey de gloria? Jehová el fuerte y valiente, Jehová el poderoso en batalla.
¿Quién es el que desafía la muerte? Es el poder de la creación, del amor victorioso.
Alzad, oh puertas, vuestras cabezas y alzaos vosotras, puertas eternas, y entrará el Rey de gloria.
Abre tus ojos, tus brazos. Alza tus manos – Cristo entra y te acepta tal y como eres.
¿Quién es este Rey de gloria? Jehová de los ejércitos, Él es el Rey de la gloria.
Eres parte de todo. Eres libre. El Dios de la creación te ha salvado de la muerte. Ahora vive. ¡Vive!
Deja que Cristo te dé la fortaleza hoy.
Resucitado, gracias a Ti por mi existencia. Gracias por nuestra conexión. Gracias por tu renovado entendimiento. Gracias por aceptarme, por seguirme, por recordarme que soy parte de Ti…y de este mundo, tal y como soy. Amén.
El Devocional de Cuaresma es un recurso de fe que recopila meditaciones escritas por 47 líderes de fe en Estados Unidos. Este proyecto y otros trabajos de educación pública con líderes religiosos en los estados de la iniciativa Project One America y el Programa de Religión y Fe de HRC es posible en parte gracias al generoso apoyo de E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
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The GLAAD Wrap: The Handmaid’s Tale has a new trailer, Hayley Kiyoko and Todrick Hall release albums, and more!
The GLAAD Wrap: The Handmaid’s Tale has a new trailer, Hayley Kiyoko and Todrick Hall release albums, and more!
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1) Ready Player One comes out this weekend in theaters. The movie follows a young man named Wade Watts who begins his journey to save the OASIS (an incredibly popular virtual reality program) from the hands of an evil corporation. Out actress and writer Lena Waithe appears in the movie as a queer woman and online best friend to Wade. She becomes part of the team to help save The OASIS and the world within it. Check out a trailer below and click here to see GLAAD’s interview with Waithe!
2) After Louie is out in theaters and on demand today. The film stars Alan Cumming as Sam, a gay man who, while making a film about a friend that he has lost to AIDS, becomes disillusioned with the world around him. Sam connects with a younger gay man, and their relationship allows him to learn about the current gay community, and to become involved with his world. After Louie also stars out actor and activist Wilson Cruz. Check out the trailer for the film below!
3) Sundance hit The Miseducation of Cameron Post has just been picked up by FilmRise. Based off the book of the same name and directed by out filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, it follows young Cameron Post as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy camp. Along the way she meets other young people, who band together in order to fight and survive. The film stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane, among others. The Miseducation of Cameron Post won the coveted Grand Jury prize at Sundance, where GLAAD interviewed the cast and crew. Check out the interview below!
4) In casting news, out lesbian actress Cherry Jones has joined the cast of comedy Wine Country, Amy Poehler’s directoral debut for Netflix. The cast also boast other comedic actors including Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and out writer and comedian Paula Pell. Another film that recently announced casting is a heist feature from Miranda July that will star out bisexual actress Evan Rachel Wood, as well as a cast including Richard Jenkins and Gina Rodriguez. The title and release date of the film is forthcoming.
5) The trailer for season two of GLAAD Media Award-nominee The Handmaid’s Tale was released this week. This new trailer shows many returning characters including the lesbian characters of Emily and Moira, portrayed by Alexis Bledel and out actress Samira Wiley. It was just announced that Wiley will be receiving the Vito Russo Award at the New York GLAAD Media Awards. Check out the trailer for season two of The Handmaid’s Tale below, and watch it on Hulu when it’s released on April 25!
6) The Originals has just released a trailer for their final season. Over the course of their five seasons, the show has included multiple LGBTQ characters, including bisexual werewolf Keelin and gay vampire Josh. The trailer shows the Mikaelson family as they deal with more and more action and drama. Watch the season when it premieres on April 20, and until then check out the trailer below!
7) Netflix has just announced that critically acclaimed comedy One Day at a Time will be returning for season three! The sitcom includes LGBTQ characters that are well-rounded and fun to watch, and has much needed representation of queer Latinx characters. Specifically, we see young teen daughter Elena discover her own sexuality and her own relationships going forward. One Day at a Time seasons one and two are currently on Netflix to stream. Check out their trailer below. Netflix has also just announced it will be renewing Queer Eye for a second season! This remake of the life-style make over show gained popularity for its heartwarming and nuanced take on the original premise. Queer Eye season one is currently streaming on Netflix.
8) Starz has greenlit Now Apocalypse, a half-hour series co-written and directed by bisexual writer Gregg Araki. The show follows Ulysses and his friends “who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame.” However, a supernatural twist lurks in the background. Araki is best known for writing and directing 1992’s The Living End, a gay road trip drama, which is regarded as influential in LGBTQ cinema. He currently is a writer on 13 Reasons Why and Riverdale.
9) Out singer Sia has partnered with David Guetta to bring us a new song! Titled “Flames”, the song is an inspirational pop hit, and the lyric video that was released brings us images of sunshine, beautiful trees, and sunsets. The message of happiness and empowerment was not lost, and you can watch the video here. Star of Love, Simon Keiynan Lonsdale also released a new song and lyric video titled, “Kiss the Boy.” The out actor talked about the song, saying that Love, Simon just gave him inspiration to do something that really encompassed these feelings. The inclusive video features many different couples in love. Watch it below!
10) Todrick Hall, the beloved gay singer, actor, and YouTube sensation, has just released his new album! Forbidden includes over 30 songs and is available to purchase on iTunes, and to stream on streaming services. This album iscoming off Hall’s recent Broadway run on Chicago and his documentary about his life and his journey, Behind the Curtain. Forbidden also has a visual component, and you can watch the full length star studded visual album below.
11) In other music news, Hayley Kiyoko’s new album Expectations has just been released! With her first full length album, Kiyoko continues to write music and direct videos specifically about queer love stories. The singer’s tour for the album also begins on April 11. You can get tickets here, and listen to “What I Need,” off the new album featuring out queer artist Kehlani.
12) Lemonade Summer is a short comic series written by Gabi Mendez, that provides kid-friendly queer stories through characters that are going on fun, crazy adventures. The comics include many LGBTQ characters, and different discussions of gender and sexuality, all blended into the adventurous, cute story-telling. The series is still in funding, but you can learn all about it here, and check out the Kickstarter video below!
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Democratic Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Says Gay Opponent ‘Prances Around’ – WATCH
Democratic Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Says Gay Opponent ‘Prances Around’ – WATCH
Alec Ross
Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alec Ross has come under fire for saying his opponent, gay longtime lawmaker Rich Madaleno, “prances around Annapolis.”
WATCH: Maryland gubernatorial candidate @RichMadaleno was just accused of “prancing” around the issues. Sign up to stand against anti-LGBTQ attacks: t.co/0vFZxIVLoO pic.twitter.com/uqAYvZsYWG
— Victory Fund (@VictoryFund) March 28, 2018
Madaleno’s campaign put out a statement that called Ross’s choice of words “poor and insensitive.” In an interview, Madaleno said he was proud of his legislative record and thought Ross’s word choice was “interesting.”
“Alec Ross certainly wouldn’t say Rushern Baker is ‘prancing around’ Prince George’s County, or that Krish Vignarajah was ‘prancing around’ while serving on first lady [Michelle] Obama’s staff,” the campaign’s statement read, referring to two of the other Democratic candidates in the gubernatorial race.
Ross said he wasn’t talking about Madaleno’s sexuality. Julie Verratti, Ross’s openly gay running mate, called Ross a “good + decent person who made a poor language choice.”
Said Madaleno on Facebook: “I’m proud of my extensive record of accomplishment in Annapolis. As an elected official I have pranced my way to victory with: the assault rifle ban; marriage equality; the fracking ban; free community college tuition… And I will keep delivering results by fighting in the Senate for all Marylanders. Trust me to prance my way to the Governor’s mansion this November.”
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