Nonbinary NASA Intern’s Support of Trans Troops Goes Viral
The student accused the Trump administration of “manufacturing oppression.”
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GOP Rep. wants to ban trans people from legally changing gender
GOP Rep. wants to ban trans people from legally changing gender
Rep. Merill Nelson has introduced legislation to end the current legal practice by which transgender people legally change their gender.
Openly Gay Apple CEO Tim Cook and Homophobic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Find Themselves Seated Next To One Another At Davos
Openly Gay Apple CEO Tim Cook and Homophobic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Find Themselves Seated Next To One Another At Davos
Newly installed leader of Brazil and open homophobe Jair Bolsonaro and openly gay Apple CEO Tim Cook found themselves sitting next to one another at a dinner at the the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Tim Cook and Satya Nadella having dinner in Davos with Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right president of Brazil pic.twitter.com/wQgn9b7SuO
— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) January 23, 2019
The photo of the dinner table was widely shared after Axios reporter Felix Salmon posted it to Twitter, likely due to the seemingly conflicting views Bolsonaro holds to those of Cook according to CNBC.
According to The New York Times, which compiled several of Bolsonaro’s most inflammatory statements, the Brazilian president said in 2013 he would “rather have a son who is an addict than a son who is gay,” and was “proud to be homophobic.”
Cook, on the other hand, came out as gay in 2014 in an essay published by Bloomberg, and has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights and equity in the workplace.
Apple Insider, speculating why the two men may have been seated together, said “Brazil is an important market to Apple as the biggest country in South America. The company has retail stores in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and launched Apple Pay there last year. Import costs tend to make Apple products expensive. Assembly partner Foxconn did make a short-lived run in the country, but pulled out partly because it was counting on money from a private investor and the Brazilian government, the latter of which it was hoping would cover 30 percent.”
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Billionaire Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Doesn’t Understand Why Federal Workers Need Food Banks During the Shutdown: WATCH
Billionaire Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Doesn’t Understand Why Federal Workers Need Food Banks During the Shutdown: WATCH
Billionaire Commerce Secretary and ‘serial liar’ Wilbur Ross told CNBC he doesn’t understand why federal workers who aren’t getting paychecks might need to go to food banks.
Said Ross: “Well, I know they are, and I don’t really quite understand why. Because, as I mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake, say borrowing from a bank or a credit union, are, in effect, federally guaranteed. So the thirty days of pay that some people will be out, there’s really no reason why they shouldn’t be able to get a loan against it.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped Ross: “What do they have? They have Wilbur Ross saying he doesn’t understand why oh, when he was asked about people going to food lines and pantries and the rest, he says, he doesn’t understand why they have to do that. I don’t know, is this the ‘Let them eat cake’ type of attitude? Or ‘call your father for money’? Or ‘this is character building for you’? ‘It’s all going to end up very well just as long as you don’t get your paychecks?’”
Nancy Pelosi responds to Wilbur Ross: “Is this the ‘let them eat cake’ kind of attitude, or ‘call your father for money?'” Via ABC pic.twitter.com/2qOpT4472P
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 24, 2019
An explosive report in Forbes magazine in 2017 revealed that Ross lied to them about his billionaire status and the magazine has removed him from its list of richest Americans.
RELATED: Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Failed to Disclose Shared Business Interests with Putin Family: WATCH
Just a year ago, Forbes listed Ross’ net worth at $2.9 billion and included him in the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans by net worth. The new report says Ross had just under $700 million in assets. It cited financial-disclosure forms filed by Ross after being nominated for his Commerce secretary.
After Forbes learned about this, the magazine said, it wanted to remove Ross from the Forbes 400. Ross protested, according to the report, telling the magazine it wasn’t taking into account some trusts created for his family, which add “more than $2 billion” to his net worth and which he did not have to disclose in federal filings.
But the magazine said that after “one month of digging,” it is confident that the more than $2 billion never existed. It said it removed him when it updated its list of richest Americans last month.
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Never Give Up: The Love Story of Brendan & Rebecca
Never Give Up: The Love Story of Brendan & Rebecca
The story begins on a cold September night, when Brendan was looking through Plenty of Fish, with his computer on his chest and his heart on his sleeve, he came across a beautiful, intelligent and energetic woman named, Rebecca…
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HRC, Equality Virginia Call for Passing of Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ Virginians
HRC, Equality Virginia Call for Passing of Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ Virginians
‘Trophy Boy’ Is Being Developed Into A TV Series
‘Trophy Boy’ Is Being Developed Into A TV Series
Trophy Boy, the short film about the life and fall of an insufferable gay Instagram influencer after being dumped by his sugar daddy, is being developed into a TV series according to a press release from the creator Emrhys Cooper.
Production, financing and distribution company Dynamic Television has acquired the adaptation rights to Trophy Boy.
The series will remain titled Trophy Boys and promises to be just sexy as the short film.
The show will follow the lives of a group of interconnected social media stars as they struggle to maintain their carefully crafted #bestlife personas.
Last year filmmaker Emrhys Cooper told Towleroad he made the film because, “Social media has created a generation of self-obsessed narcissists obsessed with self-obsessed narcissists. My goal for ‘Trophy Boy’ is to say look up from your phone, breathe, observe, and think about what really matters; honesty, integrity and deep sense of responsibility. Enjoying the people you love and doing meaningful work. When we do this, we put ourselves on a path toward achieving the dream of living a truly satisfying life. Our #authenticlife, as it were. Zero ‘Likes’ given. Or needed.”
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GLAAD and Ariadne Getty Foundation Host LGBTQ Panel During the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos and Call for Action: “Let’s build a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.”
GLAAD and Ariadne Getty Foundation Host LGBTQ Panel During the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos and Call for Action: “Let’s build a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.”
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GLAAD and the Ariadne Getty Foundation are in Davos, Switzerland during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting to amplify LGBTQ equality on the world stage.
The Annual Meeting welcomes the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The mission of the World Economic Forum is simple: “improve the state of the world.”
Earlier today, GLAAD and AGF hosted a panel discussion and fireside chat about LGBTQ acceptance, the historic ruling to decriminalize being LGBTQ in India last year, and the urgent violence facing LGBTQ people in Chechnya, Tanzania, Brazil, the United States, and other places around the world.
During the event, Dr. Cori Lathan introduced GLAAD’s President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. Dr. Lathan, whose daughter is transgender, spoke about the power of the World Economic Forum and gave a special shout-out to her daughter’s favorite icon, Gigi Gorgeous, who was in attendance.
Sarah Kate Ellis spoke about the current state of LGBTQ acceptance, calling the room to speak out against violence facing LGBTQ people in Chechnya, Brazil, and Tanzania. She also called out this week’s Supreme Court’s decision against transgender service members.
She had one message to send to corporate leaders in the room, noting: “Companies and corporate cultures cannot alone transform societies in which they operate. But they can lead the way for others. It is vital for the corporate community to take positive, affirmative steps to respect and promote human rights through both words and deeds.”
The panel – ‘Making Equality Equal: The Next Move Forward for LGBTI Rights’ – discussion followed moderated by CNN International’s Richard Quest, a LGBTQ champion and leader in business journalism.
The panel featured:
Jim Fitterling, CEO, Dow;
Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis;
Shamina Singh, President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
Krishna Omkar, Senior Associate, King & Spalding.
During the panel, the CEOs of Dow and Novartis spoke about why LGBTQ inclusion was important to their companies and other global businesses.
Vas Narasimhan of Novartis spoke someone very close who transitioned, noting: “When you get to true acceptance and you love unconditionally, it opens your eyes.” Later, he spoke about the importance of LGBTQ inclusion in business: “You are more innovative and more effective when you have diverse teams that accept each other.”
Jim Fitterling, the CEO of Dow, said: “When I started it was all about business. Today the demands on a CEO are totally different. You have to compete for talent. When we go out to hire, LGBTQ people and their allies say how you treat people in the workplace is a priority.” Later, Fitterling continued: “It’s an inclusion agenda, and I just happen to be LGBTQ. It isn’t about me – it’s about how we treat each other.”
Omkar shared insights into his work alongside fellow advocates which resulted in the historic 2018 ruling to decriminalize being LGBTI in India and Singh shared details about the ‘Partnership for Global LGBTQI Equality.’ The partnership launched earlier this week by the World Economic Forum and seven strategic partner companies” Accenture, Deutsche Bank, EY, Mastercard, Microsoft, Omnicom Group and Salesforce. The partnership focuses on leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to accelerate global LGBTI equality and inclusion and drive positive change.
The panel continued with a Q&A moderated by God-is Rivera, the Global Head of Culture & Community at Twitter and featuring GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis and Ariadne Getty, the President and Executive Director of the Ariadne Getty Foundation.
Ariadne’s daughter Nats and her fiancée Gigi Gorgeous introduced the Q&A.
Ariadne Getty spoke about her commitment to LGBTQ organizations including GLAAD and the LA LGBTQ Center. She also updated the audience on the $15 million pledge that AGF made to launch the GLAAD Media Institute, a training program for LGBTI advocates and allies. The pledge, the largest in GLAAD’s history, was announced in Davos last year.
Rivera asked Getty about her two LGBTQ children and what she would tell parents who might not accept their own LGBTQ children:
“Realize you have one chance, one go, one opportunity. You’ve been gifted a life and should embrace it.”
She continued: “If parents stop for a second and think – this child is a gift, why would I ever make this child feel less than or change who they are? Embrace the courage that it took for them to reveal their authentic selves. Use some of that courage yourself.”
When asked about their goal for their LGBTQ advocacy work, both agreed: “Let’s build a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.”
January 24, 2019
OneDrive is now integrated with Skype for easier file sharing and collaboration
OneDrive is now integrated with Skype for easier file sharing and collaboration
Skype users can now share links to files and folders they want to collaborate on in a chat using the OneDrive extension for Skype. Available in all markets, languages, and platforms, the latest version of Skype now also supports OneDrive—enabling you to quickly browse, search, and share files from your personal OneDrive storage into Skype chats. With this integration, sharing Office documents, PDFs, or any of the 300+ file types that OneDrive supports is as easy as a couple of clicks.
This is particularly handy when you use OneDrive to collaborate with other people to edit or review the same document. It is also useful when don’t want to send a large file over Skype. With the OneDrive add-in for Skype, you can just send a link that the recipient can click to view the file.
How to use OneDrive for Skype
When you sign in to Skype with a Microsoft Account, the OneDrive associated with that account is available to you under the Content and tools panel.
Simply open the chat that you want to share your file and click or tap the 
Add-ins button to display the Content and tools panel, and then choose OneDrive. From there, select a file stored in OneDrive and click or tap Send to share in your chat.
If your contact is on a mobile device and has the OneDrive application installed on the phone, the file opens directly in the app—not in the browser. If your contact doesn’t have the OneDrive application installed, the file opens in the OneDrive website. If the user is on a desktop, the file opens in the browser.
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