Outfest Helps Acquire 60-Plus LGBT Movies New to Amazon Prime
The streaming service is adding dozens of LGBT-themed films to its library including Howl with James Franco, G.B.F., and modern favorites about queer women like Loving Annabelle.
www.advocate.com/film/2018/4/15/60-plus-lgbt-movies-are-coming-amazon-prime-thanks-deal-outfest
lgbt+ bracelets
merigreenleaf posted a photo:
Today I had the idea to make a pair of chainmaille bracelets in the colors of my lgbt+ flags. The one is in asexuality colors of black, grey, white, and purple. The other is in the nonbinary colors of black, purple, white, and yellow (with some silver rows). These bracelets are made from aluminum jump rings and rubber jump rings, so they’re comfortable and stretchy. 🙂
Handmade by MeriGreenleaf (Elfling Creations).
Must-See LGBTQ TV: Don’t miss the broadcast of the #GLAADAwards, ‘Black Lightning’ season finale
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
The first season of The CW’s Black Lightning comes to an end on Tuesday. The superhero show revolves around the Pierce family, which includes Jefferson, titular Black Lightning, and his daughter Anissa (aka Thunder). In addition to fighting crime, the show focus on interpersonal relationships including Anissa’s romances with other women. In great news, Black Lightning was recently renewed for a second season by The CW. In this week’s finale, the aftermath of the showdown with Black Lightning leaves everyone reeling. Meanwhile, Tobias gathers his forces. Black Lightning: Tuesday, 9pm on The CW.
On Wednesday, Logo will air the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards! The awards honor the best in LGBTQ media, and celebrate those who are changing the culture and accelerating acceptance. Make sure to tune in to see highlights on the stage including Lena Waithe’s empowering speech, Ricky Martin presenting to Britney Spears, and a moment between Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy. The 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: Wednesday, 8pm on Logo.
Sunday, April 15th: The Good Fight (CBS All Access); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8:30pm, Fox); The Walking Dead (9pm, AMC Here and Now (9pm, HBO); Timeless (10pm, NBC); Billions (10pm, Showtime)
Monday: Supergirl (8pm, The CW); UnReal (10pm, Lifetime)
Tuesday: Shadowhunters (8pm, Freeform); Bull (9pm, CBS); Black Lightning (9pm, The CW); LA to Vegas (9pm, Fox); Rise (9pm, NBC); NCIS: New Orleans (10pm, CBS)
Wednesday: Empire (8pm, Fox); Riverdale (8pm, The CW); Famous in Love (8pm, Freeform); The 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (Logo, 8pm); Star (9pm, Fox); The Originals (9pm, The CW); Glam Masters (10pm, Lifetime)
Thursday: Grey’s Anatomy (8pm, ABC); Superstore (8pm, NBC); Station 19 (9pm, ABC); Arrow (9pm, The CW); Champions (9:30pm, NBC); Scandal (10pm, ABC)
Friday: Dynasty (8pm, The CW); Jane the Virgin (9pm, The CW)
www.glaad.org/blog/must-see-lgbtq-tv-dont-miss-broadcast-glaadawards-black-lightning-season-finale
Kate McKinnon’s Laura Ingraham Has New Sponsors You’ve Never Heard Of
McKinnon plays the Fox News host as a clueless, soulless white lady who’s really excited about her new sponsors.
I’m still 2 different people on social media, but I don’t resent it
“On Facebook, I often find myself presenting… differently.”
Gay Civil Rights Attorney Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Brooklyn Park
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David Buckel a gay civil rights attorney who was a lead attorney in the case involving murdered transgender Nebraskan Brandon Teena, died early Saturday morning after setting himself on fire in a Brooklyn park.
The New York Times, which along with several other media outlets was sent a note from Buckel explaining his suicide, said the note urged people “to lead less selfish lives as a way to protect the planet.”
While serving as marriage project director and senior counsel at Lambda Legal, a national organization that fights for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Mr. Buckel was the strategist behind important same-sex marriage cases in New Jersey and Iowa.
Friends said that after he left the organization, Mr. Buckel became involved in environmental causes, which he alluded to in his note as the reason he decided to end his life by self-immolation with fossil fuels.
“Pollution ravages our planet, oozing inhabitability via air, soil, water and weather,” he wrote in the email sent to The Times. “Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result — my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves.”
Buckel was 60 years old.
Camilla Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation and Acting Legal Director, issued the following statement:
“The news of David’s death is heartbreaking. This is a tremendous loss for our Lambda Legal family, but also for the entire movement for social justice. David was an indefatigable attorney and advocate, and also a dedicated and loving friend to so many. He will be remembered for his kindness, devotion, and vision for justice.
“This is a tragic loss for our Lambda Legal family and for the social justice movement. Our hearts go out to all who knew him. David was a beautiful human being who was universally kind to everyone at Lambda Legal, committed to his clients, and devoted to our work.
“David was a brilliant legal visionary. David helped create Lambda Legal’s focus on LGBT youth. His work on Nabozny v. Podlesny resulted in a landmark victory for a high school student forced to drop out of school as a result of brutality perpetrated by other students and inaction by his school administrators. It was the first time a federal court had ever held that schools have an obligation to prevent anti-gay bullying, and put schools across the country on notice that they were responsible for putting a stop to it. His thoughtful and engaging advocacy broke through many stubborn misconceptions and showed it was possible and necessary for our movement to speak up for bullied, ostracized LGBT young people.
As Lambda Legal’s Marriage Project Director, he led our work nationwide seeking the freedom to marry. He brought Lewis v. Harris, resulting in a New Jersey Supreme Court victory that recognized the tangible and dignitary harms to same-sex couples and their children from being excluded from the rights and responsibilities of marriage. He championed filing a marriage lawsuit in state court in Iowa in 2005, at a time when only Massachusetts permitted same-sex couples to marry. When the Iowa Supreme Court delivered us a unanimous victory in 2009, Iowa was only the third state in the country where same-sex couples could marry. The decision vindicated David’s firm belief that we could win such cases even in the heartland, and propelled us to victories elsewhere.
“David also led Lambda Legal’s work to secure justice and accountability for the murder of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was brutally raped and then killed by his rapists after law enforcement failed to intervene.
“Our thoughts and condolences go out to all those who loved David. We have lost a movement leader, a colleague, and a friend. We will honor his life by continuing his fight for a better world.”
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Gay Civil Rights Attorney Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Brooklyn Park
Groovy, baby!
Sarah★Jane posted a photo:
Out at Pinks in my very fab retro dress from Blue Banana and thigh length white boots.
Tortured Trump Thrashes at James Comey in Sunday Tweetstorm
An aggrieved, tortured and manic Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday morning to air his fury about fired former FBI Director James Comey, whose new book has obviously wedged itself well under the president’s skin.
Tweeted Trump: “Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!”
Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Trump then tweeted that Comey should be in prison: “The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?”
The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
And more: “Comey throws AG Lynch “under the bus!” Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give us all a break)!”
Comey throws AG Lynch “under the bus!” Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give us all a break)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Then Trump took a brief break to whine about how his bombing of Syria wasn’t praised enough by the press: “The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term “Mission Accomplished.” I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use often!”
The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term “Mission Accomplished.” I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use often!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
But then back to Comey: ‘I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies. His “memos” are self serving and FAKE!’
I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies. His “memos” are self serving and FAKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
And then Trump turned to the FBI raid of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s office: “Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past. I have many (too many!) lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices, and even homes, are going to be raided with everything, including their phones and computers, taken. All lawyers are deflated and concerned!”
Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past. I have many (too many!) lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices, and even homes, are going to be raided with everything, including their phones and computers, taken. All lawyers are deflated and concerned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
But then it was back to Comey: “Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!”
Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Finally, a knock at Obama: “Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point. With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it’s hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things.”
Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point. With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it’s hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
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Former Lambda Legal Lawyer David Buckel Dies After Self-Immolation
Buckel, an advocate for marriage equality and LGBT youth, left a note protesting environmental destruction.
