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The Gay-Themed, Fan-Made Vid Of Britney Spears’ “Change My Mind” Is Here
The Gay-Themed, Fan-Made Vid Of Britney Spears’ “Change My Mind” Is Here
Two gay men, one gay anthem: See them prancing and dancing and romancing to the perky pulse of Britney Spears’ “Change My Mind” single. God, this is real.
Related: Acquaint Yourself With Britney Spears’ Harem Of Male Backup Dancers
It’s the inevitable gay-themed video that none of us asked for, but all of us deserve: A hodgepodge of probably conceptual dance moves intercut with familiar scenes from boilerplate passionate relationships: making out while an annoying sunset gets in your eyes, mussy sex followed by broody mornings, over-drinking, smashed cocktail glasses, and looking knowingly into each other’s eyes. That kind of thing.
Related: Britney Spears: “My Twenties Were Horrible.” Well, Yes.
They flit. They flirt. They flounce.
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Keith Olbermann to GOP: ‘Compel Trump to Withdraw Now! This Is Your Responsibility’ – WATCH
Keith Olbermann to GOP: ‘Compel Trump to Withdraw Now! This Is Your Responsibility’ – WATCH
Keith Olbermann called on the GOP to force Donald Trump to withdraw from the presidential race by any legal means necessary.
Olbermann was responding to Trump’s comments during the third presidential debate in which he refused to say he would accept the results of the election.
RELATED – Trump Promises to ‘Totally Accept’ the Election Results–If He Wins: WATCH
Said Olbermann,
“It was the first time in American history, through dozens of venomous painful campaigns and a series of impossibly close elections, the first and only time that a candidate of a major party had violated the fundamental precept of our democracy. It shakes every one of our freedoms, it mocks every dead American soldier, it spits in every sacrifice made under our flag.”
“Donald Trump is not invested in Democracy! Donald Trump is not invested in our Constitution! Donald Trump is not invested in America! Donald Trump is not invested in preventing people from being killed on the streets after an election like this were a Third World police state!
He declared, “Burn. In. Hell!”
Addressing Republicans, Olbermann said,
“Compel him to withdraw now! Litigate against him, find enough doctors and have him declared psychiatrically incompetent. At minimum, cut off his funding completely and denounce him in the strongest possible terms because this nightmare, this fascist, this Trump is now your responsibility.”
Watch, below.
[h/t Raw Story]
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MTV turns up the purple for #SpiritDay
MTV turns up the purple for #SpiritDay
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MTV is pumping up the volume in purple for this year’s #SpiritDay to show support for LGBTQ youth and stand against bullying. The network’s shows, stars, and even on-air logos have all gone purple to celebrate the day. Join them by going purple on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and using the hashtag #SpiritDay. Find out more at glaad.org/spiritday.
We’re supporting #LGBTQ youth and taking a stand against bullying by going purple for #SpiritDay t.co/PS9nw0wBko
— MTV (@MTV) October 20, 2016
Take a stand, make a difference #SpiritDay pic.twitter.com/nSatBHqoMW
— Mary + Jane (@MaryJaneMTV) October 20, 2016
It’s #SpiritDay and I support #LGBTQ and ending bullying across the globe! Love is Louder and I couldn’t be prouder of my Purple’s.
— Ian Bohen (@IanBohen) October 20, 2016
Happy #SpiritDay!!! Every day I stand with the #LGBTQ community against #bullying. Be a new friend to someone today! pic.twitter.com/Q1RkpTcvMS
— Melissa Ponzio (@MelissaPonzio1) October 20, 2016
Got my purple on today. #SpiritDay t.co/Jd4YrGLGjU
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 20, 2016
@JamilSmith and I were thrilled to join folks celebrating #SpiritDay–esp after that debate. t.co/p48XRxRGCh t.co/UKEdKcIY3x pic.twitter.com/kBj6l0m5Vy
— The Puppet (@anamariecox) October 20, 2016
We’re supporting #LGBTQ youth and taking a stand against bullying by going purple for #SpiritDay @mtv I’m Against Bullying @FroCoCoba pic.twitter.com/fTS1mDicKT
— Farrah Abraham (@F1abraham) October 20, 2016
Each year, millions of people “go purple” for Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and to show support for LGBTQ youth. According to a 2015 GLSEN survey, more than half of LGBTQ students report being victimized based on sexual orientation, with a further three quarters of students who report hearing anti-LGBTQ remarks in school. Started in 2010 by high school student Brittany McMillan, Spirit Day now draws the participation of celebrities, corporations, media outlets, sports leagues, schools, faith institutions, national landmarks, and individuals around the world, who join together in a united stand against bullying.
Check out glaad.org/spiritday for more about how to stand against bullying and show support for LGBTQ youth. Also follow @GLAAD on Twitter to keep up to date with #spiritday news.
Spirit Day is made possible by the generous support of its presenting partners Target and Wells Fargo, official partners, NBA and WNBA, NFL, Viacom, and WWE, and supporting partners, American Eagle Outfitters, Barilla, Comcast NBCUniversal, Kellogg’s, Kirkland & Ellis, Toyota Financial Services, and Zipcar. The translation of GLAAD’s Spirit Day Resource Kit into multiple languages is made possible by a generous grant from Google supporting GLAAD’s Global Voices Initiative. Global Spirit Day resource kits are presented by Logo’s Global Ally campaign.
Past participants in Spirit Day include the White House, the Empire State Building, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Cher, Laverne Cox, Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Shaquille O’Neal, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, The Talk, The Tonight Show, MTV, the NBA, the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, WWE, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, the Las Vegas Strip, and more.
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Moonlight Subverts Stereotypes About Being Queer, Black
Moonlight Subverts Stereotypes About Being Queer, Black
Moonlight is a tour de force that captures the beauty and intimacy of coming of age as a queer person of color.
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Joe Wasn’t Allowed To Talk About Sexy Stuff In The Jonas Brothers, So He’s Making Up For Lost Time
Joe Wasn’t Allowed To Talk About Sexy Stuff In The Jonas Brothers, So He’s Making Up For Lost Time
In his younger days as one-third of The Jonas Brothers, the DNCE frontman was barred from talking about sex and romance, for obvious reasons.
“Hollywood Records were under Disney,” he tells NOTION, “and obviously just the age we were, we had to be careful with the certain things we wrote and said.”
We couldn’t be too sexual or romantic in certain ways. And that’s tough because at the same time you’re growing up and you want to write about these experiences you’re having as a young adult.”
Now being older, there’s new experiences that I get to have, or just as an adult, like touring and travelling… you go out for a few drinks after the show.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Jonas talks about his reinvention as your garden-variety, everyday, totally smoldering pop star, and his theoretically raunchy video for their new song, “Body Moves.”
Related: Joe Jonas Opens Up About The Size Of His Manhood, Losing His Virginity & More
The below video takes a behind-the-scenes glance at his “School Spirit” shoot for the mag with photographer Jack Bridgland, where Jonas strikes some “moody, misunderstood, handsome rebel loner” poses in a series of sleeveless denim jackets and slinky sportswear.
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Santa Barbara DA Files Hate Crime Charges Following Assault On Gay Man
Santa Barbara DA Files Hate Crime Charges Following Assault On Gay Man
Police in Santa Barbara, California have filed hate crime charges against a known felon who verbally and physically attacked a 64-year-old gay man.
It is alleged that John Savala (54) approached Richard Schiwietz and a friend on State Street and yelled “Faggot. Your mother’s a whore.” When asked to stop, Savala replied “You say one more word, and I’m going to coldcock you.” When Schiwietz challenged Savala to “Try it,” he was punched on the side of his head.
Today is Nat’l Coming Out Day & 1 week ago a hate crime occurred in downtown Santa Barbara against a gay man: t.co/bpWeG9v7K1
— Pacific Pride (@PacificPride) October 12, 2016
Schiwietz said that although Santa Barbara is “a very comfortable place to live,” he has encountered homophobia on a number of occasions but has chosen “not to be angry about it and just realize it is other people’s ignorance.”
RELATED: NYPD Officers Ignored Anti-Gay Hate Crime, Says Alleged Victim
Colette Schabram, the executive director of Pacific Pride Foundation in Santa Barbara, told KEYT.com:
“Our community is concerned right now. Richard has been living in Santa Barbara for nearly 15 years and is friends with members of our board of directors. Knowing this can happen to LBGTQ+ people any time, anywhere is a reality for many of us. But when it happens in your hometown, with others looking on, that reality is painful. We at Pacific Pride Foundation work hard every day for the equal rights and treatment of our LGBTQ+ neighbors. And we are calling on our community to step in and support one another when you see or hear violence on our streets.”
According to the Santa Barbara Independent, no hate crimes have been prosecuted in the city since 2011. On that occasion, Ryan Zietlow-Brown was sentenced to 22 years in prison after he stabbed a black man multiple times in the forehead with scissors.
Following an investigation, District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced plans to charge Savala with a felony hate crime.
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Spirit Day is in full force at Viacom!
Spirit Day is in full force at Viacom!
Viacom
Viacom’s channels and talent are once again in full Spirit Day mode as part of its commitment to LGBTQ equality and Viacom’s long legacy of pioneering LGBTQ media images! VH1, Logo, MTV, MTV2, CMT, Spike, Paramount and Viacom International are all purple on air and online to take a stand against bullying and support LGBTQ youth.
Additionally, Viacom’s 1515 Broadway headquarters will be illuminated in purple for Spirit Day and will play a Spirit Day video for the Times Square crowds to see. Plus Viacom is highlighting Spirit Day today during its companywide Social Impact Fair.
Go purple NOW to take a stand against bullying and support LGBTQ youth for #SpiritDay! t.co/OD4qOLqMkP pic.twitter.com/8drehOtO2s
— VH1 (@VH1) October 20, 2016
Logo has taken a leading role in working with GLAAD to spread Spirit Day’s message of acceptance around the world this year. Logo’s Global Ally campaign is a sponsor of Spirit Day’s international efforts, including the Spirit Day Kit in six different languages and has been sharing photos of LGBTQ activists from countries including Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Jamaica on Facebook and Twitter.
Happy #SpiritDay! Be a #GlobalAlly & join @GLAAD & our friends @_EQUALGROUND_ in Sri Lanka by wearing purple to stand up to LGBT bullying! pic.twitter.com/LpEBq2aZg9
— Global Ally (@Global_Ally) October 20, 2016
The network will also air spots about Spirit Day throughout the day and the New York and Los Angeles staff posed for a Spirit Day shot.
The reigning winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Alaska, posed for a fierce purple shot and joined Drag Race judges Michelle Visage and Carson Kressley as well as fan favorites like Pandora Boxx and Darienne Lake. Raymond Braun, Logo’s election correspondent is also purple today. Plus Lance Bass, the host of Logo’s Finding Prince Charming, donned purple on The Wendy Williams Show and so did the show’s bachelor Robert Sepulveda and many suitors including Brandon, Sam and Brodney.
It’s #SpiritDay! Wear your best purple outfit to join us & @Alaska5000 to support LGBTQ youth & stand up against bullying! #EverybodySayLove pic.twitter.com/m88wrkMIP0
— RuPaul’s Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) October 20, 2016
Today and everyday I stand with the LGBTQ+ community and today is #spiritday. Wear purple and… t.co/oMXC0XsTIY
— michelle visage (@michellevisage) October 20, 2016
MTV News’ Ana Marie Cox and Jamil Smith reported in purple today and joined cast members of Teen Mom, Holland Roden from MTV’s Teen Wolf, Scout Durwood from MTV’s Mary + Jane, plus Anna Lore, Rip Michaels, David Magidoff, Burpie, and Tonio Skits from MTV2 shows Wild ‘n Out. MTV, MTV2, MTV News plus the network’s Look Different and Elect This campaigns are purple on-air and across social media, reaching over 50 million followers on Twitter and Facebook alone.
VH1 is purple on-air and on social media. Spike and its shows Lip Sync Battle, Bar Rescue, Ink Master and Spike Sports are all purple on social. CMT is also sharing #SpiritDay messages throughout the day and Viacom International posted about Spirit Day on MTV’s UK site.
We’re going purple for #SpiritDay!
Visit t.co/C9zhpjTDnO to go purple and show your support for LGBTQ youth.
— Lip Sync Battle (@SpikeLSB) October 20, 2016
And this year Viacom is going the extra mile to extend Spirit Day’s message beyond today. Paramount will be donating anti-bullying books to partner middle and high schools.
Viacom channels Logo and MTV have participated in Spirit Day every year since its inception. Each year, millions of people “go purple” for Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and to show support for LGBTQ youth. According to a 2015 GLSEN survey, more than half of LGBTQ students report being victimized based on sexual orientation, with a further three quarters of students who report hearing anti-LGBTQ remarks in school. Started in 2010 by high school student Brittany McMillan, Spirit Day now draws the participation of celebrities, corporations, media outlets, sports leagues, schools, faith institutions, national landmarks, and individuals around the world, who join together in a united stand against bullying.
Check out glaad.org/spiritday for more about how to stand against bullying and show support for LGBTQ youth. Also follow @GLAAD on Twitter to keep up to date with #spiritday news.Spirit Day is made possible by the generous support of its presenting partners Target and Wells Fargo, official partners, NBA and WNBA, NFL, Viacom, and WWE, and supporting partners, American Eagle Outfitters, Barilla, Comcast NBCUniversal, Kellogg’s, Kirkland & Ellis, Toyota Financial Services, and Zipcar.
Past participants in Spirit Day include the White House, the Empire State Building, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Cher, Laverne Cox, Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Shaquille O’Neal, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, The Talk, The Tonight Show, MTV, the NBA, the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, WWE, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, the Las Vegas Strip, and more.
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Even Celebrities Struggled With Anti-LGBT Slurs
Even Celebrities Struggled With Anti-LGBT Slurs
On Spirit Day, hear these stories of verbal bullying from attendees of the GLAAD Media Awards.
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