Rachel Maddow Joins the CW’s ‘Batwoman,’ Making It Even Queerer

The out MSNBC host will play a key role in multiple episodes of the Ruby Rose-led superhero series. 

www.advocate.com/television/2019/10/04/rachel-maddow-joins-cws-batwoman-making-it-even-queerer

Meet the sweet and charming men of gay Manila
Manilla is at its best when it comes to the queer locals…

www.queerty.com/meet-sweet-charming-men-gay-manila-20191004?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Viral Photo of Black Gay Love Inspires Others to ‘Live Authentically’

Tyler Hightower and Ahdeem Tinsley are bringing diverse representation and a message of love to social media.

www.advocate.com/people/2019/10/04/viral-photo-black-gay-love-inspires-others-live-authentically

Bella Thorne sets an example by falling in love with people, not gender

Name: Bella Thorne, 21

Bio: Thorne grew up in the suburbs of Miami, the daughter of an Italian-American mother and Cuban-American father. Tragedy struck when her father died in an accident in 2007, when Bella was only 9 years old. The death had a drastic effect on the family and it struggled financially. To help her mom make a living, she and her siblings began auditioning for modeling and acting jobs.

Related: Mayor Jim Watson has already done a lifetime of good. Coming out is the icing on the cake.

Thorne nabbed her first role in 2007 just after her father’s death in the drama series Dirty Sexy Money. Other roles on shows such as Big Love followed before she landed a leading role on the Disney sitcom Shake It Up opposite a then-unknown Zendaya. She’s appeared in a score of projects since, including Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, The Babysitter, Scream: The Series and Assasination Nation, as well as in dozens of commercials and print ads as a model.

Coming Out: Though she had dated both men and women in the past, Thorne self-identified as pansexual in July 2019. She explained to Good Morning America: “You like what you like. Doesn’t have to be a girl or a guy, or…you know, he, she, a this, or that. It’s literally, you like personality, like you just like a being. [It] doesn’t really matter what’s going on, over there. If I just like it, I like it!”

Making a Difference: Never one to conceal part of herself, Thorne lives a pansexual life, focusing more on how personality makes someone sexy, rather than adhering to a certain gender type or role. Moreover, she sets an example to her young fans–she has more than 21 million followers on Instagram–as a woman who doesn’t need to apologize for who she dates or loves or for owning her sexual prowess.

www.queerty.com/bella-thorne-sets-example-falling-love-people-not-gender-just-like-20191004?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Disgraceful: Fired Because They’re LGBTQ

Our rights are once again on the line at the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, the Court will hear three major LGBTQ civil rights cases that could decide how federal non-discrimination laws apply to LGBTQ people. In each case, a worker was fired –– not because of their performance or work ethic, but because they are part of the LGBTQ community.

The decision made in these cases will impact millions of LGBTQ people across the country, so it’s important to stay in the know.

Text SCOTUS to 472472 and HRC will update you as the cases progress and send you the decision as soon as it comes down this spring.

In the meantime, check out our explainer infographic and share it with friends –– it breaks down what this case is all about and why the decision will be so significant to us.

GET THE INFOGRAPHIC.

LGBTQ workers like Aimee Stephens, Donald Zarda and Gerald Lynn Bostock don’t deserve to lose their jobs unjustly.

No one deserves to be denied a job or fired simply because of who they are or whom they love, period.

I’ll personally be monitoring the Court closely in the months ahead for all our HRC members and supporters.

For the latest updates on these three cases –– and other important news impacting equality –– text SCOTUS to 472472.

www.hrc.org/blog/disgraceful-fired-because-theyre-lgbtq?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

GLAAD Media Institute launches a 5-city Australian tour to a packed house in Melbourne

www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-media-institute-launches-5-city-australian-tour-packed-house-melbourne