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Michelle Obama Won't Back Down from Criticizing Trump
The First Lady told People that just because she and her husband are aiding in the transition effort doesn’t mean she takes back anything she said about Trump during the election.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/12/08/michelle-obama-wont-back-down-criticizing-trump
Russell Tovey Was Very Upset Over His Femme Controversy
Stop what you’re doing — Russell Tovey is upset.
Last year, the actor ruffled feathers by saying he was grateful for all the childhood bullying that cured him of being “really effeminate.”
Related: WATCH: Fleshy First Look At Russell Tovey’s Gay Football Film “The Pass”
Well, now he’s a year older and perhaps wiser. Or perhaps not.
In a new interview with Attitude, he says he “never meant to upset anyone.”
Things come out the way you don’t intend them to. It was a very upsetting time for me. … I learned from it and I’ve grown from it. … I’ve found you’ve just got to be true to yourself, be a good person and the work should speak for itself.”
Related: Russell Tovey’s Very Revealing Selfie Is The Stuff of Dreams
At least he recognizes that he said something hurtful, intimating that that there’s something wrong with being effeminate.
Well, now that he’s committed to being himself and being a good person, it’s a perfect time to explain how being effeminate is totally great.
Go ahead, Russell, we’re waiting.
Check Out These Show-Stopping Highlights from ‘Hairspray Live!’ – VIDEOS
If you missed Hairspray Live! last night, you’re in luck because many of the musical numbers featured in NBC’s latest live musical from producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have been posted online.
The show had an all-star cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Harvey Fierstein, Garrett Clayton, Ariana Grande, Dove Cameron, Ephraim Sykes, Derek Hough, Billy Eichner, Sean Hayes, Andrea Martin, Rosie O’Donnell, and more.
Jennifer Hudson and Kristin Chenoweth were particular standouts for their powerhouse performances.
Check out highlights from the show, below.
“Good Morning, Baltimore!”
Maddie Bailie makes her debut as Tracy Turnblad.
“The Nicest Kids in Town”
Enter Derek Hough as Corny Collins.
“Welcome to the 60s”
This was pretty spectacular.
“Run and Tell That”
Plus Garrett Clayton in short shorts.
“Timeless to Me”
“I Know Where I’ve Been”
Jennifer Hudson slays all day.
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Check Out These Show-Stopping Highlights from ‘Hairspray Live!’ – VIDEOS
Congress Passes Annual Defense Bill Without Anti-LGBTQ Amendment
Today, HRC issued the following statement after the U.S House of Representatives and U.S. Senate passed the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The final version of the legislation did not include a House-passed provision that would have dramatically expanded religious discrimination with taxpayer funds and undermined President Obama’s executive order prohibiting LGBTQ discrimination in federal contracting. The provision — proposed by Representative Steve Russell (R-OK) under the guise of so-called “religious liberty” — had been previously included in the House version of the bill, but not in the Senate version. Conferees did not include it in the conference report.
“While we won this battle, the threat to fairness and equality remains. Now is the time for all of us to double-down on our work. Put your lawmaker’s number on speed-dial, thank them for rejecting the Russell Amendment, and make clear you won’t stand for any attempt to deny or rollback critical protections for LGBTQ people, women, people of color, or any other group of Americans,” said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy. “The next administration and members of Congress should look at the lesson learned in North Carolina, where anti-LGBTQ discrimination cost Governor McCrory his election. That sentiment is not unique to the Tar Heel State. Seven in 10 voters across the nation — including 55 percent of those who voted for President-Elect Trump — support the Equality Act’s non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. The federal government should never be in the business of creating taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.”
The Russell amendment could have allowed sweeping, taxpayer-funded discrimination in an attempt to promote anti-LGBTQ religious-based discrimination in all contracts and grants across the entire federal government. With far-reaching intended and unintended consequences, the vague amendment could have even undermined existing non-discrimination provisions that protect workers, and perhaps even beneficiaries, against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and more.
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, NW PA Pride Alliance and Dramashop held Painting With Pride 2, a joint fundraiser at Dramashop, 1001 State St, Erie PA. Thanks go out to Angela, our instructor, and Dickey's Barbecue Pit for the use of tables. The event was w
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On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, NW PA Pride Alliance and Dramashop held Painting With Pride 2, a joint fundraiser at Dramashop, 1001 State St, Erie PA. Thanks go out to Angela, our instructor, and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit for the use of tables. The event was well attended and very enjoyable.
Groundbreaking New Study Reveals The Most Popular Positions In The Bedroom
A new survey asked people from all around the world about their favorite sexual positions. The study was conducted by a team at Dr. Ed, an online doctor, and included roughly 2,000 people in the United States and Europe. Here’s what researchers found…
Nearly 54 percent of men said they got most of their sexual inspiration from adult films. 22 percent said they got it from the internet, but not from skin flicks. And 16 percent said they got it from their partners.
Related: Great News! Study Finds Gay Couples Have Happier, Healthier Sex Lives!
Doggy style rated the #1 preferred position for all men–gay, bisexual, and straight. According to the experts, the position “allows for deeper penetration,” making the G-spot easier to access. From there, both gay and straight men said missionary was their #2 choice, while bisexual men chose cowgirl as #2.
When it came to things they’d like to try, gay men rated 69 standing up as #1, followed by tabletop at #2 and kneeling wheelbarrow at #3. Meanwhile, both bisexual and straight men chose tabletop for #1, followed by 69 standing up at #2 and kneeling wheelbarrow at #3.
Related: Bisexuals Are On Track To Take Over The World, Study Suggests
Finally, when it came to their biggest fears in bed, nearly 38 percent of men said they were most afraid of hurting their partners. 23.5 percent said they feared they weren’t flexible enough to do the job right. And 21 percent said they were afraid they’d mess up and seem inexperienced.
Check out the rest of the survey results.
Zac Efron Bares His Hard Body in First ‘Baywatch’ Trailer – WATCH
The lead-up to the release of the Baywatch movie could be described as a giant thirst-trap in which Zac Efron’s rock-hard body has a starring role.
After months of teasing, we now get to see that body in motion.
In the first trailer for the movie-remake of the famous(ly cheesy) 90s TV series, we learn that Efron plays a hard-partying former Olympian who’s brought in to help revamp the Baywatch brand after a series of budget cuts.
Lochte-esque, no?
Efron joins Dwayne Johnson, who’s already a sort of lifeguard-in-chief, but the pair don’t hit it off right away. The two start to get closer after a dead body is dumped on their beach and they struggle to discover what sort of sinister force is at play.
Watch the trailer, below.
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HRC Joins White House for “Advancing LGBT Progress in Rural America”
Last week, JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President Policy and Political Affairs, joined the White House for a discussion on “Advancing LGBT Progress in Rural America.” The White House convening brought together leaders from across the country to discuss the problems that LGBTQ Americans are facing in rural America.
Winterhof sat down with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay to talk about how LGBTQ Americans have used storytelling to create change. When people know someone who is LGBTQ, they are far more likely to support equality under the law. Beyond that, our stories can be powerful to each other.
Other topics of conversation at the convening included media, arts and technological tools to advance progress, race and gender LGBTQ issues in rural America, economic barriers and opportunities and issues facing rural LGBTQ youth.
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, gave the closing remarks.
This convening is just one of many actions President Obama has taken to help and advance LGBTQ rights.
HRC was honored to be a part of this event and thanks the Obama Administration for uniting LGBTQ Americans from different parts of the country to share their story.
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Vatican Repeats Decree It Made in 2005: Gay Men Should Not Be Priests
Former senior Vatican priest Krzysztof Charamsa, who was defrocked by the Catholic Church after coming out of the closet in 2015.
In its first official pronouncement on the topic since 2005, the Vatican reiterates its declaration that gay men should not be priests, the Washington Post reports:
People who have “deep-seated homosexual tendencies” or who “support the so-called ‘gay culture’” cannot be priests in the Catholic church, the Vatican said in a new document on the priesthood.
The document, called, The Gift of the Priestly Vocation, mentions homosexuality near its conclusion:
The Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question, cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture.’ Such persons, in fact, find themselves in a situation that gravely hinders them from relating correctly to men and women. One must in no way overlook the negative consequences that can derive from the ordination of persons with deep-seated homosexual tendencies.
While that paragraph might seem to lay people to be a very clear ban on gay men from becoming priests, some experts said Wednesday that in fact it leaves large loopholes for many gay men to enter seminaries.
It comes down to the definition of “deep-seated” tendencies. While some might say that one’s sexuality is a deep-seated part of a person, so any man attracted to men is ineligible for the priesthood, others find wiggle room in that language. A man who is gay but who believes the church’s teaching against gay sex and who can commit to a life of celibacy — just as straight priests do — does not have “deep-seated homosexual tendencies,” in the view of some bishops.
But many see the paper as part of a predictable pattern in Pope Francis’s papacy: “The pope’s words, often in extemporaneous remarks, lead liberals to hope that church policies will change. Then the Vatican reaffirms its traditional positions.”
In January, Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga, the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, told the Honduran newspaper El Heraldo that a long-rumored “gay lobby” does indeed exist within the Vatican and Pope Francis is attempting to “purify” it.
Reports of a “gay lobby” within the Vatican go back to early 2013, when it was reported that Pope Benedict had resigned due to various lobbies within the Vatican, including a gay lobby.
The Vatican denied those reports in a statement that was described as “unusual” at the time:
“It is deplorable that as we draw closer to the time of the beginning of the conclave … that there be a widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories that cause serious damage to persons and institutions.”
In June of 2013, newly-anointed Pope Francis was said to have addressed the existence of a gay lobby in a private meeting with with CLAR (the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious Men and Women).
“In the Curia, there are truly some saints, but there is also a current of corruption,” he was quoted as saying. “There is talk of a ‘gay lobby’ and it’s true, it exists. We have to see what can be done.”
A month later he denied its existence at the same time he made his famous “who am I to judge” remarks about gays:
“So much is written about the gay lobby. I have yet to find anyone who can give me a Vatican identity card with ‘gay’ [written on it]. They say they are there,” the Pope said.
He said that all lobbies are bad and “the gravest problem for me.” Citing the Catechism’s teaching against marginalizing homosexual persons, he said, “If a person is gay and seeks the Lord and has good will, well who am I to judge them?”
A week later, the Italian magazine L’Espresso published an article linking prelate Battista Ricca, who had recently been appointed by the Pope to a vital position with the Vatican bank, to the “gay lobby”. The article reported that Ricca had been involved in numerous relationships with gay men including a Swiss army captain and a young man who some speculated to be a male prostitute.
The magazine reported that the Vatican had no idea of Ricca’s past before his appointment by Francis and that there was an internal bid to protect him and cover it up.
A Vatican spokesperson denied Ricca was a member of the “gay lobby” and called the L’Espresso piece “not credible.”
In January 2014, a former member of the Swiss Guard, which provides the Pope’s security, said he was solicited for sex more than 20 times during his service at the Vatican by cardinals, bishops, priests and other members of the so-called ‘gay lobby’.
The former guard recalled being called in the middle of the night by a senior official who invited him into his room. In another case, he found a bottle of whiskey in his room with a visiting card left by a bishop. A priest, he said, invited him to dinner, saying that the guard would serve afterwards as dessert. He also claimed that a high official fondled him.
The ex-guard said that he reported the cases to his superiors, complaining of harassment, but received no support for his allegations.
The Vatican dismissed the claims, calling them “not credible”.
Shortly thereafter, Archbishop Angelo Becciu, No. 2 in the Vatican’s secretariat of state, urged the guard, Elmar Maeder, to provide names to back his accusations in an interview with Italian paper La Repubblica.
In recent months, Krzysztof Charamsa, the Catholic priest who made international headlines last October after he came out as gay and was subsequently relieved of his position by Pope Francis, told reporters that although me met “isolated” homosexual priests like himself, he had no knowledge of an organized “gay lobby” within the Vatican.
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