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‘Sexually Fluid’ Nico Tortorella Reveals Whether It’s Tougher to Date Women or Men: WATCH

‘Sexually Fluid’ Nico Tortorella Reveals Whether It’s Tougher to Date Women or Men: WATCH

Nico Tortorella sexually fluid

Nico Tortorella, who plays Sutton Foster’s younger boyfriend on TV Land’s series Younger and launched a successful podcast, The Love Bomb, earlier this year, sat down with Access Hollywood to expound on his sexual fluidity.

Tortorella came out as “sexually fluid” earlier this year.

The hosts ask him what that means.

Says Tortorella: “It means I do whatever I want whenever I want it. And I don’t really have a problem with it!”

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He adds:

“I think everybody has the right to do what they want and be the person that they want to be as long as it’s effecting positive change in the world.”

“I just love people,” he adds.

He also reveals that when it comes to dating, women are more difficult. The hosts agree.

Said Tortorella to Elle magazine, earlier this year:

Look, a lot of people don’t think that the way that I live my life is a real thing, that it exists, that having a broad spectrum of sexual orientation is even possible. I get told all the time on social media. God forbid you open up a Reddit article. But it comes with it, you know? I’m not trying to redefine sexuality or humanity or say that my answer is right and yours is wrong. I’m just happy with who I am. I am driven by love and I have been in love with a handful of different people, men and women. It’s like, if you go to a bookstore and you know exactly what kind of book you want, you have to look it up in the system because it’s in a specific section of the bookstore. I fit into a handful of sections in the bookstore.

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GLAAD releases tenth edition of Media Reference Guide, affirms commitment to queer-identified people

GLAAD releases tenth edition of Media Reference Guide, affirms commitment to queer-identified people

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GLAAD today released the tenth edition of our Media Reference Guide, the industry standard style guide for reporting on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and the issues that affect their lives.

For more than two decades, the GLAAD Media Reference Guide has provided journalists with the essential information they need to report fairly and accurately on the LGBTQ community. The GLAAD Media Reference Guide has also informed the style guides of leading news organizations including The Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and others.

The newly released tenth edition of the guide includes an updated terminology section and, for the first time, encourages journalists and other media content creators to adopt the use of ‘LGBTQ’ as the preferred acronym to most inclusively describe the community. 

GLAAD today also renewed our commitment to working on behalf of queer-identified people, updating our mission to include “queer” in the organization’s work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people. GLAAD’s powerful media programs will continue to share stories from the LGBTQ community that lead national dialogue, build understanding, and drive acceptance forward.

“The GLAAD Media Reference Guide is the industry standard for fair and accurate reporting on the LGBTQ community, and informs the style guides of the world’s leading news organizations,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “This latest edition reflects the increasingly diverse ways LGBTQ people, especially young people, talk about their identities.”

Additional updates to the GLAAD Media Reference Guide include an updated glossary of terms that includes “Asexual,” “Aromantic,” and “Intersex”; an updated transgender terminology section; and updated In Focus sections for reporting on the bisexual community, nondiscrimination laws, religion and faith, and HIV & AIDS.

October 26, 2016

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HRC Launches Ad With Mother of Pulse Nightclub Victim Asking Americans to Vote for Hillary Clinton

HRC Launches Ad With Mother of Pulse Nightclub Victim Asking Americans to Vote for Hillary Clinton

Today, HRC released a new digital ad featuring Christine Leinonen, the mother of Christopher “Drew” Leinonen a young man shot and killed along with his boyfriend, Juan Guerrero, and 47 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

In the ad, Christine speaks directly to American voters, saying, “We have to continue moving forward as an inclusive society. If you love a gay person, if you know someone who’s gay, and you truly really love them, I don’t know how you could justify a vote for Donald Trump.”

“This heartbreaking plea from Christopher’s mother is a sobering reminder of the responsibility we have to the 49 LGBTQ people and allies who lost their lives in Orlando that tragic night at the Pulse nightclub,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “We have a responsibility to not only find commonsense solutions to gun violence, but to ensure we continue moving forward as a nation towards full equality for LGBTQ people. While Donald Trump threatens to drag us backwards, time and again Hillary Clinton has demonstrated through her words and actions that she has the vision and leadership to unite us and move this country forward. Let’s make sure the voices of Christopher, Juan, and the countless others who have lost their lives to hatred are heard on November 8.”

In the digital ad, Christine says about her son, “He had the kind of personality that brought people together — all people. And that’s why he supported Hillary Clinton. He was impressed with her as a leader. She wants to bring everybody to the table.” In her appeal to voters, she goes on to say, “Think about Christopher. He lost his right to vote. You still have the right to vote. Vote for the future you would want Christopher to have. He’ll be happy you gave him his vote for Hillary Clinton. I would be happy that you gave Christopher a voice.”

Watch the full digital ad here. Two 30-second versions of the ad can be found here and here.

In June, HRC made a significant policy announcement in the aftermath of the hate-fueled attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, endorsing common-sense gun violence prevention measures. They include limiting access to assault-style rifles, expanding background checks, and limiting the ability of suspected terrorists and those with a history of domestic abuse to access guns. For decades, LGBTQ people have been a target for bias-motivated violence; easy access to deadly weapons has compounded this threat.

In addition to her historic pro-LGBTQ equality platform, Hillary Clinton has a long record of advocating for commonsense approaches to reduce gun violence. While making clear her support for the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, she has promised as President to expand background checks, take on the gun lobby, and keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and other violent criminals. More on her platform can be found here.

The new ad is part of HRC’s unprecedented get-out-the-vote digital campaign aimed at 10 million LGBTQ voters and millions more of potential pro-equality voters nationwide.

Paid for by the Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee

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Westworld, Colin Powell, Peter Thiel, Gilmore Girls, Game of Thrones, Laverne Cox: HOT LINKS

Westworld, Colin Powell, Peter Thiel, Gilmore Girls, Game of Thrones, Laverne Cox: HOT LINKS

hectorREMEMBER. Why aren’t the male hosts on Westworld being equally sexualized as the female hosts? “A nude man lies silently at Logan’s side, stroking his arm and chest, as Logan busies himself more directly with two women. And… that’s it. If this is the closest we’ll come to seeing a male host engage in sexual activity with a guest (or the closest we’ll come to seeing two men having sex at all), I’ll be disappointed in Westworld, in which the female hosts are rarely depicted as anything but sex objects. It’s as if anything that doesn’t directly conform to the heterosexual male gaze is an afterthought, which is especially ironic considering this is supposed to be a place where guests can live out their every fantasy.”

HILLARY’S LEAD. Pundits come around to the idea that it’s not just because Trump is an awful candidate. 

colin_powell_official_portraitENDORSEMENTS. Colin Powell is with her: “At a business event in Long Island, New York, Powell called Trump “not qualified.” Acknowledging he will vote for Clinton, he called Donald Trump a “national disgrace,” who “insults us every day” and is “selling people a bill of goods,” as The Daily Beast notes. Newsday’s Robert Brodsky first reported the news.”

LIP SYNC FOR YOUR LIFE. Laverne Cox takes on Nicki Minaj. 

BAD BLOOD. Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and John Mayer all attended Drake’s 30th birthday last night.

TECH. What to expect from Apple’s MacBook Pro event this week. 

Peter Thiel fascistSORRY, NOT SORRY. Peter Thiel’s politics are causing problems for him in Silicon Valley: “Dismay over the billionaire venture capitalist’s stance on the Republican candidate has been showing up all across the technology landscape — from a startup founder saying he regrets taking a Trump backer’s money to a prominent diversity group refusing to work with any company associated with Thiel. In one recent case, it also throttled the flow of cash into a fledgling VC fund.”

BUT FIRST, LEMME TAKE A SELFIE. Justin Timberlake may get in trouble with the law for taking a voting booth selfie.

SPOILERS! On set photos reveal major plot point from upcoming season of Game of Thrones. 

WHERE YOU LEAD, I WILL FOLLOW. Return to Stars Hollow in new Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life trailer.

INSTAHUNK. Zachary Jones. 

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「選挙区に住んでいない」と言われたことも。LGBTの法律どうなる? 自民党の牧島かれん氏と宮川典子氏が語る

「選挙区に住んでいない」と言われたことも。LGBTの法律どうなる? 自民党の牧島かれん氏と宮川典子氏が語る
自民党の牧島かれん議員、宮川典子議員がスピーチし、LGBTについての思いや党内の取り組みなどを語った。

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www.huffingtonpost.jp/2016/10/25/ldp-lgbt_n_12634488.html