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Monthly Archives: December 2018
New series “Growing Up Is a Drag” reveals the next generation of teen queens
New series “Growing Up Is a Drag” reveals the next generation of teen queens
Reminding us that there is more to Snapchat than just fabulous selfie filters is an inspiring new eight-part docuseries “Growing Up is a Drag” which follows a throng of teenage drag queens as they try to make a name for themselves in the competitive world of performing.
The series is both entertaining and heartfelt as we are introduced to young Nathan Swann, Matthew Tronconi, and Trey Jett – otherwise known as Brandi The Kween, Clawdeena, and Anita Kiss…and it’s running every day until December 24 on Snapchat’s Discover Page.
Check out Nathan taking over GLAAD’s Instagram Story here!
The series feels very much like a coming-of-age story and although they are only in their teens, they all recognize the importance of living authentically- even when residing in certain parts of the country make it more difficult at times. We also see how Nathan, Matthew and Trey all use social media as a lifeline to find community, connection and friendship in the teen queen scene.
In this clip from Episode 2, Trey Jett gets a lot of parental support for their big moment as Anita Kiss!
Reality TV production powerhouse Bunim-Murray (“The Real World,” “Keeping Up With The Kardashians) is producing the series with PB&J Television.
Will we see Brandi The Kween, Clawdeena, or Anita Kiss on an upcoming season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race?” Only time will tell!
“Growing Up Is a Drag” is streaming now on Snapchat’s Discover page.
December 18, 2018
www.glaad.org/blog/new-series-growing-drag-reveals-next-generation-teen-queens
Betsy DeVos’s Proposal on School Discipline Will Hurt LGBTQ Students
Betsy DeVos’s Proposal on School Discipline Will Hurt LGBTQ Students
A DeVos-chaired commission says Obama-era guidance on preventing discriminatory discipline should be withdrawn, inciting the wrath of civil rights groups.
Telling The Stories Of Gay Black Men Can End HIV Stigma
Telling The Stories Of Gay Black Men Can End HIV Stigma
While HIV rates spike in Atlanta, Johnnie Ray Kornegay III is seeking to record the stories of Black gay men in pictures.
Kornegay’s journey to professional photographer began when he set out to be a music producer/performer. As reporter Gracie Bonds Staples of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said: “That lasted four years and after graduating from Temple University, he became a recruiter for Independence Blue Cross, which eventually led to a managerial position with Borders bookstore and then Home Depot here in Atlanta and closer, not just to his third dream, but what seems to have been his destiny. I say that because, three days before World AIDS Day, I was with Kornegay in his Stone Mountain photography studio and it was very clear to me the man had discovered his true passion, which comes, of course, with accepting your true self.”
“Be the Flame” and his newest body of work, “Naked,” a photo series of 25 Black gay and bisexual men in the nude, are about body image and self-love and about what had evolved into his third dream: telling the stories of Black gay men.
Kornegay was inspired to come out as a Black gay man in 2015 after he found himself adding his name to an online letter expressing love and devotion to Michael Johnson, the athlete sentenced to prison for “knowingly” exposing or transmitting HIV to six male partners.
To give you some context as to the environment that Korengay is working in, Dr. Carlos del Rio, the co-director for the Emory Center for AIDS research recently said “Downtown Atlanta is as bad as Zimbabwe or Harare or Durban [All in Africa].”
Health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that Atlanta remains in an HIV/AIDS health crisis and ranks fourth in the nation for new HIV diagnoses.
Kornegay told Project Q Atlanta, “I learned about HIV because of 1980s and 1990s pop culture. I remember watching Neneh Cherry’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” video. It was the visual arts from Keith Haring, the music from Janet Jackson, the poetry from Essex Hemphill that gave me courage and knowledge. Art of my childhood was seductive in the way it taught me to think more deeply. I could speak out. Art is indispensable from social change for black folks. It gives us context. It gives us language. It helps us understand the world around us.”
He recently shot the cover of the HIV treatment magazine Positively Aware‘s September/October 2018 issue on HIV decriminalization. “As a person who’s released two bodies of artistic work publicly that included the stories of black gay men living with HIV, I was so honored to do the cover. HIV laws around the country must be modernized. I am committed to being part of that change.”
Positively Aware’s art director Rick Guasco who hired Kornegay called him a, “Great advocate and passionate and energetic artist dedicated to the cause.”
Korengay told Towleroad, “As an artist, it’s important to me to tell the truth about the world and the subjects that step in front of my camera. As a Black gay man, my tribe are Black gay men and other marginalized folks, including people living with HIV. I was enlightened by the art of my childhood, and it’s my responsibility to use my art to tell our truths today. Like Tony Daniels said “We are here,” and like Craig G. Harris before him, ‘[we] will be heard.’”
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Anti-LGBTQ Martha McSally Will Join Senate Despite Losing Election
Anti-LGBTQ Martha McSally Will Join Senate Despite Losing Election
McSally, who lost to out bi candidate Kyrsten Sinema for one U.S. Senate seat from Arizona, has been appointed to fill the other one.
Republicans refuse to repeal unconstitutional sodomy law because they think gay sex is icky
NASA Engineer Thwarts Holiday Package Porch Thieves with Fart-Scented Glitter Bomb: WATCH
NASA Engineer Thwarts Holiday Package Porch Thieves with Fart-Scented Glitter Bomb: WATCH
This year has seen an epidemic of people stealing Amazon and other packages stolen from people’s porches and doorways so much so that some local businesses are offering storage units or places where deliveries can be signed for and safely picked up.
But a NASA scientist has come up with a more fun form of deterrence for determined thieves.
That someone according to Boing Boing is former NASA-JPL engineer/current science YouTube star Mark Rober and “he ain’t playing nice. He’s spent six months crafting a beautifully over-engineered revenge package that looks like an Apple product. After the thief nabs it, it first gloriously sprays a pound of glitter when opened and then follows up by spurting out fart spray every 30 seconds. Oh yeah, it also has several phone cameras inside recording it, so we get to watch it all go down. He says it might be his “Magnum Opus” and I may have to agree. It’s pretty crazy.”
Watch the hilarity below:
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NASA Engineer Thwarts Holiday Package Porch Thieves with Fart-Scented Glitter Bomb: WATCH
HRC se asocia con Presente para promover la inclusión en centros laborales
HRC se asocia con Presente para promover la inclusión en centros laborales
Hoy, la Fundación Human Rights Campaign (HRC, por sus siglas en inglés), el brazo educativo de la organización de derechos civiles de personas lesbianas, gais, bisexuales, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ) más grande de Estados Unidos, anunció su asociación con Presente, el grupo de defensa de derechos LGBT más grande de Perú, para promover la inclusión LGBT en los centros de trabajo peruanos. Por primera vez en Lima y junto a socios corporativos, HRC acompañó a Presente para honrar a American Airlines, Atento, Scotiabank, WeWork y Techo Perú, por su creciente compromiso con una mayor inclusión e igualdad LGBT para trabajadores de todo el país.
Durante el evento, Presente publicó los hallazgos del Diagnóstico de Diversidad y Equidad, una reciente encuesta que evalúa la inclusión LGBT en más de 50 empresas y multinacionales, utilizando el manual de negocios en español de HRC para examinar políticas y prácticas inclusivas. Las cinco compañías galardonadas obtuvieron las mejores calificaciones en el informe inaugural y recibieron el sello de reconocimiento de Presente por su liderazgo en prácticas de inclusión LGBT y continuos esfuerzos por fomentar ambientes de trabajo acogedores para todos los trabajadores.
“Uno de nuestros principios básicos en American es proporcionar un entorno de trabajo seguro e inclusivo a todos nuestros colegas, abrazando el talento único que cada uno de nosotros brinda a la empresa para que podamos desempeñar nuestras funciones al más alto nivel”, dijo Mylene Flecha, Base Manager de American Airlines-Lima. “Perú está en la ruta de un mayor progreso social en cuanto a la igualdad LGBT. Estamos orgullosos de ser parte de este cambio que se traduce en mejores lugares de trabajo, más oportunidades de negocios y condiciones óptimas en las que nuestros colaboradores pueden alcanzar su máximo potencial”.
Deena Fidas, directora del Programa de Equidad Laboral de la Fundación HRC y coautora del Índice de Igualdad Corporativa (CEI, por sus siglas en inglés) de HRC, la principal herramienta de evaluación comparativa de políticas de inclusión LGBTQ a nivel corporativo en los EE. UU., pronunció un discurso de apertura durante el encuentro. Fidas señaló el éxito de los programas internacionales de HRC que están impulsando un cambio positivo en México y Chile, trabajando de manera conjunta con las principales empresas para promover prácticas de inclusión LGBT en los lugares de trabajo en toda la región.
“A medida que HRC expande su participación en las Américas, nos complace asociarnos con Presente para aumentar la inclusión LGBT en los centros de trabajo del Perú y desarrollar pasos viables para crear ambientes laborales acogedores en todo el país”, dijo Fidas, quien dirige también los programas HRC Equidad MX y HRC Equidad CL. “Mientras la región latinoamericana continúa presenciando un progreso significativo en cuanto la igualdad e inclusión LGBT, nos enorgullece confirmar que un número cada vez mayor de compañías y multinacionales reconocen los beneficios económicos y las oportunidades de negocios generadas por valores corporativos inclusivos”.
“Trabajar para lograr la inclusión LGBT en los espacios laborales es una parte fundamental de nuestra lucha integral por la igualdad LGBT en el Perú”, dijo Gabriel de la Cruz Soler, presidente ejecutivo de Presente. “Nos enorgullece asociarnos con la Campaña de Derechos Humanos para expandir nuestra misión y promover prácticas de inclusión LGBT en los centros de trabajo peruanos. El liderazgo de HRC en temas LGBT nos ayudará a desarrollar mejores herramientas para construir una economía más sólida y fomentar nuevos métodos para promover y retener el talento diverso en las empresas peruanas”.
Como uno de los innovadores globales más destacados de 2017, de la Cruz Soler se dio cita junto a 30 líderes y activistas LGBT de 28 países y expertos de HRC Global en Washington, D.C., para aprender nuevos métodos de activismo y técnicas para promover la igualdad LGBT a nivel internacional durante la Cumbre Global de Apoyo Innovador de HRC. Desde entonces, de la Cruz Soler ha ayudado a impulsar un diálogo nacional sobre la igualdad e inclusión LGBT en centros laborales de Perú y ha establecido Presente como la principal organización LGBT trabajando con asociaciones culturales y empresas que buscan promover la inclusión LGBT en el país.
Como parte de la visita, HRC Global convocará a un grupo internacional de activistas LGBT para participar del “Taller Regional de América Latina y el Caribe de HRC”, un evento de dos días que se centrará en las oportunidades y los desafíos de avanzar en la inclusión LGBT en la región. El encuentro reunirá a defensores LGBT de Argentina, Belice, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica y Perú para explorar el nuevo recurso de HRC, Engaging Employers in Advancing Equality, y compartir métodos estratégicos para involucrar a empresas y aliados en el movimiento de igualdad global.
A través de sus programas globales de equidad laboral HRC Equidad MX y HRC Equidad CL, la Fundación HRC está liderando los esfuerzos por una mayor inclusión LGBT en centros laborales de EE. UU., México y Chile, impactando positivamente a más de 14,5 millones de empleados en todo el mundo. HRC se enorgullece de asociarse con Presente y continuar su trabajo por la diversidad e inclusión de personas LGBT en todos los centros laborales de América Latina.
Para obtener más información sobre los programas globales de HRC, visite hrc.im/GlobalWorkplacePrograms y hrc.org/global.
Hunky TV doctor Ranj Singh talks about that time he hooked up with Thom Evans… on the dance floor
Hunky TV doctor Ranj Singh talks about that time he hooked up with Thom Evans… on the dance floor
We first learned about Dr. Ranj Singh earlier this year when he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing.
Miley Cyrus Performs a Live Cover of Ariana Grande’s ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ — WATCH
Miley Cyrus Performs a Live Cover of Ariana Grande’s ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ — WATCH
Miley Cyrus visit BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge and delivered a gorgeous rendition of Ariana Grande’s pop hit “No Tears Left To Cry”.
Cyrus recently told Howard Stern that Grande is one of her favorite artists: “[Ariana is] one of my favorite artists right now because the thing I really like about her…anything I’ve ever asked her to be involved in, whether it’s Happy Hippie, or working with young homeless kids she’s always there. So I can never say a bad thing about her because she’s always great.”
Cyrus said she reached out to Ariana after her break-up with Pete Davidson and sent her a “pussy heart” emoji (cat with heart eyes).
Said Cyrus: “I thought it was slightly even making her feel good, like maybe I was hitting on her a little bit.” Cyrus said Grande responded with a cloud emoji: “I have no idea…I think she was saying like, ‘I’m okay and I’m here…thank you for thinking of me.’”
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In addition to “No Tears Left To Cry”, Cyrus and Mark Ronson also performed “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart”. Cyrus released the video for “Nothing Breaks” earlier this month. In the clip Miley outruns police on an L.A. freeway (the video was actually shot in Kiev, Ukraine) amid chaotic scenes dripping in symbolism – football players taking a knee, children at a shooting range, lesbians in a jacuzzi – until the car chase comes to a chaotic end.
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Miley Cyrus Performs a Live Cover of Ariana Grande’s ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ — WATCH
