At HIV Conference, London Mayor Calls for Broad Access to PrEP

PrEP is key to achieving the goal of London and other cities to eliminate new HIV infections by 2030, Mayor Sadiq Khan says.

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Exposé on Jerry Falwell Jr. alleges group sexts, racy photos, and more about the ‘personal trainer’

An explosive exposé about Jerry Falwell Jr. published by Politico reveals a smutty side to the evangelical leader that many would consider unbecoming for the president and chancellor of the world’s largest Christian college.

According to multiple current and former employees of Liberty University, most of whom spoke under anonymity due to ironclad non-disclosure agreements, Falwell runs a “totally dysfunctional organization” and is “very, very vocal” about his sex life around the office.

One former university official recounted an awkward car ride he took with Falwell about ten years ago.

“All he wanted to talk about was how he would nail his wife, how she couldn’t handle [his penis size], and stuff of that sort,” the former official said.

Others allege that Falwell frequently texts sexually explicit messages to male colleagues, including sending them racy photos of his wife Becki in various sexual poses.

One of the alleged photographs featured Becki dressed in a sexy French maid costume.

Related: There’s so much to unpack in this video of Jerry Falwell Jr. and his ‘personal trainer’

Falwell allegedly meant to send the photo to his and Becki’s personal trainer, Ben Crosswhite, as a sort of “thank you” for helping her to reach her fitness goals, but he accidentally sent it in a group text to a bunch of other people.

Falwell denies this ever happened, telling Politico, “I never had any picture of Becki Falwell dressed in a French maid uniform and never sent such a non-existent photo to Ben Crosswhite.”

Though the claims do compute somewhat with a report published by the Miami Herald earlier this summer that confirmed at least three photos of Becki “in various stages of undress” exist.

Two of them were taken at the family’s farm in Virginia and the third was taken at a vacation lodge in Florida.

Many of the sources also told Politico they were uncomfortable with the couple’s relationship to Crosswhite, who was offered a sprawling, multi-million dollar, 18-acre fitness facility belonging to the non-profit university plus an additional $650,000 from the university for almost nothing in return.

One of the people familiar with the sweetheart deal said, “We gave Ben everything he asked for.”

Crosswhite declined to comment to Politico about the deal or his relationship with Falwell, though when the story first broke last month, he did put out a statement saying: “My wife and I consult each other before every major business deal and we bought the complex from Liberty together. My wife and I both work around the clock to make our business succeed.”

Related: Can we talk about all the gay culture happening on Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Instagram page?

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Boxer Anthony Joshua Says He’ll Fight in Saudi Arabia Despite Death Penalty for Homosexuality, Abysmal Human Rights Record

Boxer Anthony Joshua was asked about his participation in an upcoming world championship fight against Andy Ruiz in Saudi Arabia on December 7 despite the country’s abysmal record on human rights, particularly toward gay people.

Said Joshua to BBC Sports’ Natalie Pirks: “There are certain polices that are in place in the country and there are certain policies we just have to abide by, and I abide by the law and that’s just how it goes in certain places. …

Said Pirks: “If you’re gay, you can be put to death there. That’s not abiding by the law, that’s taking the fight somewhere where a country is…”

“I feel like in this situation I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t, a certain thing I can’t win for,” Joshua continued. “I feel like I stand in the middle and I feel like boxing is just trying to open up the barriers for people to travel and see. If you cant come to the country, you can still watch it, you’re still open to support and I appreciate your support from every community. I feel like so many communities have been through a lot of stuff, even my own community, we’re still going through stuff. If I’m going to fight for one cause, I’m going to fight for every cause and right now the cause I’m fighting for is getting my belts back. I do want to put on that cape and be like the spokesman but I’ve got some big tasks ahead of me at the minute. I feel I’m still young, I’ve still got time – there will be a time where I may be more involved in certain aspects where we stand up and try and make change.”

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Florida Trans Woman Bee Love Slater Found Burned to Death in Car

Investigators in Henry County say the murder is one of the most brutal they’ve ever seen.

www.advocate.com/crime/2019/9/09/florida-trans-woman-bee-love-slater-found-burned-death-car

Trump Attacks ‘Boring’ John Legend and ‘Filthy Mouthed Wife’ Chrissy Teigen, Who Clap Back with Ferocity

Donald Trump attacked John Legend and Chrissy Teigen after the couple appeared on an MSBNC town hall on Criminal Justice Reform hosted by Lester Holt. Trump bitterly raged about how he didn’t get enough credit for it.

Tweeted Trump: “When all of the people pushing so hard for Criminal Justice Reform were unable to come even close to getting it done, they came to me as a group and asked for my help. I got it done with a group of Senators & others who would never have gone for it. Obama couldn’t come close……..A man named @VanJones68, and many others, were profusely grateful (at that time!). I SIGNED IT INTO LAW, no one else did, & Republicans deserve much credit. But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise. Guys like boring………musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is – but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed. “Anchor”@LesterHoltNBC doesn’t even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about………the importance or passage of Criminal Justice Reform. They only talk about the minor players, or people that had nothing to do with it…And the people that so desperately sought my help when everyone else had failed, all they talk about now is Impeaching President Trump!”

Legend and Teigen clapped back swiftly.

Tweeted Teigen: “lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president.”

And Legend: “Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody–ANYBODY–will praise you. Melania, please praise this man. He needs you. Your country needs you, Melania.”

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 9, 2019

THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN MUST CEASE: Bailey Reeves, a Black transgender teen, was killed over Labor Day weekend in Baltimore, and was remembered at a vigil on Friday evening. Tragically, Bee Love Slater, a Black transgender woman, was also killed in Florida last week. Read more from HRC, The Baltimore Sun and Out Magazine.

• The National Black Justice Coalition is calling for action and an end to the deadly violence against Black trans women. Read their full statement here. 

“When transpohobia mixes with misogyny racism it can result in fatal violence.” — @HRC Press Secretary @SarahEMcBride on the tragic death of Bailey Reeves, a 17-year-old trans woman killed in Baltimore over Labor Day Weekend. #SayHerName t.co/hpR99UmFAA

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 7, 2019

HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID (@AlphonsoDavid ) ON THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES — “OUR RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE NOW”: Read more here. 

Trump has put 160 federal judges on the bench and 2 judges on the Supreme Court FOR LIFE. Our rights are on the line now and for the foreseeable future. And he is not done. We must stop it. pic.twitter.com/6JHye5dtJI

— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) September 7, 2019

MONDAY MUST-READ — HRC LEGAL DIRECTOR SARAH WARBELOW ON THE TRUMP-PENCE PROPOSAL THAT COULD ALLOW DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, LGBTQ PEOPLE AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES: “Under this proposal, a for-profit contractor could terminate an employee who uses birth control, an employee who is pregnant and unmarried or a worker who marries his same-sex partner,” Warbelow (@SarahWarbelow) writes in The Advocate. “Contractors could also argue that the exemption allows them to refuse to hire LGBTQ people, deny same-sex couples the health benefits they offer married opposite-sex couples or refuse to allow transgender employees to dress and use facilities consistent with their gender identity.” Read the full op-ed here. 

HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID TO APPEAR AT THE ATLANTIC FESTIVAL: The annual event brings together the biggest names in politics, business, tech and more. Find out more at The Atlantic.

NAVAJO NATIONAL COUNCIL ENDORSES THE EQUALITY ACT: Read the Council’s full statement here:

“It is in the Navajo Nation’s best interest to support US Senate Bill 788 as a step in allowing LGBTQ communities, including our Two-Spirit LGBTQ communities, the freedom from discrimination.”

Thank you @24thnnc for taking this critical action to support the #EqualityAct. �� t.co/0PBe71jttH

— HRC in Arizona (@HRCaz) September 6, 2019

LGBTQ ADVOCATES CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DC TO IMPROVE DISMAL RATE OF PROSECUTION OF BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIME: Of the more than 200 bias-motivated crimes investigated by DC police last year, only a small portion were prosecuted as hate crimes. More from NBC Washington.

HRC JOINED ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE 2019 UNITED STATES CONFERENCE ON AIDS: More from HRC.

.@HRC joins advocates from around the country at the #2019USCA to share insights and learn strategies to educate LGBTQ people and allies about the current realities of HIV prevention, treatment and care. pic.twitter.com/sOeGWOV7ZV

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 6, 2019

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICIAL IAN DUNCAN (@IanDuncanHMG) CONFIRMS THAT PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO ENACT MARRIAGE EQUALITY BY 2020: More from PinkNews.

BOSNIAN CAPITAL SARAJEVO HELD ITS FIRST-EVER LGBTQ PRIDE MARCH LAST WEEKEND TO GREAT SUCCESS: More from Balkan Insight.

COMIC BOOK FEATURING A SAME-SEX KISS SELLS OUT AFTER THE MAYOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO ATTEMPTED TO BAN IT: More from CNN. 

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

Dallas Magazine highlights local LGBTQ business leaders, including Toyota’s Ellen Farrell;

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