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Last Survivor of Pulse Shooting Is Discharged from Orlando Hospital
Last Survivor of Pulse Shooting Is Discharged from Orlando Hospital
Of the six victims who were in critical condition following the shooting, all of them survived.
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Craig Jungwirth In Police Custody On Terrorist Threat Charge, Court Appearance Cancelled
Craig Jungwirth In Police Custody On Terrorist Threat Charge, Court Appearance Cancelled
Craig Jungwirth mugshot.
Craig Jungwirth, who threatened a Pulse-style shooting after his Beach Bear Weekend event was revealed to be little more than a scam to bilk money out of the LGBTQ community, is in federal custody.
Orlando NBC affiliate WESH2 News reports that Jungwirth, 50, was arrested Saturday by the FBI on charges of “threatening communications.”
Related: Jungwirth Bans All Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence From Beach Bear Weekend, Tells Them To “Man Up”
Jungwirth denied making the threats and refused to speak to authorities further. The FBI subpoenaed Facebook, which identified Jungwirth as the user of the account that posted the threats.
Jungwirth was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday but that hearing was postponed when he complained of chest pains and was taken to the hospital, according to WESH2 News.
Update: Court hearing for Jungwirth postponed. Suspect charged w Pulse-type threat hospitalized w chest pain @WESH pic.twitter.com/GdVGSxQIKY
— bob kealing (@bobkealingwesh) September 6, 2016
In a post to Facebook user David Herbert, Jungwirth wrote, “My events are selling out cause you f**gots are total patsies. None of you deserve to live. If you losers thought the Pulse nightclub shooting was bad, wait till you see what I’m planning for Labor Day.”
Related: Orlando Hospitals Will Not Charge Pulse Survivors
When Herbert said he was contacting police, Jungwirth doubled down.
“I’m gonna be killing you f*gs faster than the cops kill n**gers. It’s time to clean up Wilton Manors from all you AIDS infested losers,” he wrote.
Jungwirth, who allegedly has a history of stalking and harassing his neighbors, is facing a possible sentence of five years in prison if found guilty. He could face arraignment as early as today.
This Week In Leaks: Steve Grand Shows The World His Giant, Oozing Caulk Gun
This Week In Leaks: Steve Grand Shows The World His Giant, Oozing Caulk Gun
Let the groan-inducing double entrendres begin.
“All-American Boy” artist Steve Grand took to Instagram to show the world that he’s been doing odd jobs around the house, particularly caulking. Yes, caulking. The people have a right to know.
Related: Steve Grand’s Perfect Message To Anyone Bothered By His Tiny Speedo
“Shooting this white stuff out of my big gun into every hole I can find,” he writes. “Possibly getting carried away, but it’s hard! not to get excited! I even got some in my hair and on my face.”
Related: Steve Grand Wants You To Pay Less Attention To His Underwear, More To His Music
Really hitting his stride, he continues: “I will have hopefully filled up every hole and crack in the structure so that no screaming… I mean singing… Can be heard from the outside.”
Related: Steve Grand Wants Everyone To Stop Posting His “Half Naked” Pics, Accuses Queerty Of “Slut Shaming”
In another post, he writes, “Now how am I suppose [sic] to find someone to love me with all this mysterious white stuff caked on me?!”
Oh, wait a second. We see what he just did there.
Shooting this white stuff out of my big gun into every hole I can find. Possibly getting carried away, but it’s hard! not to get excited! I even got some in my hair and on my face. It’s fun to make a mess sometimes, but never so fun to clean. :/ Mostly can’t wait for this to be finished. And by that point, I will have hopefully filled up every hole and crack in the structure so that no screaming… I mean singing… Can be heard from the outside. Hope you guys at enjoying your Saturday! 🙂 #DIY #VocalBooth
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One Direction, Harlem Hate Church, Lana Del Rey, Fabric, Burning Man, Zayn Malik, Donald Trump: HOT LINKS
One Direction, Harlem Hate Church, Lana Del Rey, Fabric, Burning Man, Zayn Malik, Donald Trump: HOT LINKS
I LOVE WAR. Hillary Clinton Super PAC Priority USA’s new $5 million ad buy: “The spot, ‘I Love War,’ which was shared first with NBC News, will run widely in North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Iowa starting Friday. It includes no narration, opting instead for images of war juxtaposed with Trump’s own words.”
HARLEM HATE CHURCH. Pastor James David Manning plans to burn Gay Pride flag after foreclosure and sale of property is vacated by court: “‘The foreclosure & sale of Atlah Church has been vacated. To celebrate we will burn the rainbow fag flag in our courtyard TBA,’ the sign read on the church’s marquee at West 123rd Street and Lenox Avenue.”
SAN DIEGO. Police identify one of two women caught vandalizing a gay bar in Hillcrest last month. “One of the women in the video has been identified as 23-year-old Raquel Bonilla. ”
IRELAND. Man says police ignored coordinated homophobic assault on him in Dublin park: “The whole thing from the start seemed organised. They were all on bikes and in front of them were there guys in the black Golf goading them on. They were out hunting for victims. The men in the car were shouting and yelling, ‘Kill the faggot’.”
DAVID KIRBY. The story behind the photos that changed the face of AIDS.
LONDON. Iconic Fabric nightclub closing: “The sense of disbelief among DJs and clubbers that its licence has been revoked might have something to do with the fact that Fabric was a nightclub that thrived against the odds. It was a 2,500-capacity venue – with three areas, a state-of-the-art soundsystem and dancefloors equipped with “tactile transducers” that caused them to vibrate in time to the music – that opened in 1999, just before the clubbing bubble of the 1990s burst.”
ONE DIRECTION. Zayn Malik and Dick Wolf plan drama series about a boy band: “Written by Sherri Cooper Landsman and Jennifer Levin, Boys does mirror some of Malik’s real-life experiences. It follows the formation of a hugely successful boy band and captures all the excitement, competition and fun, but also provides an inside look into the pressure that follows.”
NYC. Recycled toilets become NYC’s largest oyster breeding ground in Jamaica Bay: “The $1,375,000 initiative, led by the Department of Environmental Protection(DEP) in partnership with the Billion Oyster Project, seeks to restore healthy oyster populations in the bay, which was once blanketed in bivalve mollusks.”
BURNING MAN. What it’s like talking to someone who has just returned from the Playa.
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. ILM shares a visual effects reel for the film: “We are pleased to share a sample of the visual effects work created for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The history of ILM leads all the way back to 1975 and origins of Star Wars and The Force Awakens gave us the opportunity to once again push the boundaries of what is possible in character animation and visual effects while combining cutting edge practical effects and physical sets. ILM studios in San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver and London each contributed to the film effects as did our partners Hybride, Base FX and Virtuos.”
RESISTANCE. A new leak from Lana del Rey.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Alternative rock lover, gamer, and gymnastics enthusiast Eduardo Montero.
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Julian Assange Says More Clinton Leaks Could Come as Early as Next Week – WATCH
Julian Assange Says More Clinton Leaks Could Come as Early as Next Week – WATCH
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he may release new private or personal documents intended to disparage Hillary Clinton as early as next week.
You’ll recall that WikiLeaks was behind the data dump of internal DNC emails that implicated party leadership as being against Bernie Sanders and led to the ouster of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Assange told FOX News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday, “The first batch is reasonably soon. We are quite confident about it now. We might put out some teasers as early as next week or the week after.”
Assange would not speculate on what the data dump will contain specifically but that there will be multiple batches of leaks.
Hannity lauded Assange for exposing what he called corruption at the highest levels of the US government.
When Hannity posed a question about how WikiLeaks accounts for violating innocent peoples’ privacy, Assange responded by saying, “We specialize in bringing the first amendment to the world.”
RELATED: WikiLeaks Outed Gay Men in Saudi Arabia, Where Homosexuality is Punishable by Death
Assange also insisted that Hillary Clinton lied when she told the FBI she didn’t know that “(c)” marking on emails sent to her during her tenure at the State Department meant that information included in that email was classified.
“It’s incredible for Clinton to lie about not knowing what (the marking) is,” Assange said. “And it’s a little bit disturbing (FBI Director) James Comey is along with that game.”
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
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Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump’s Visit to a Black Church – WATCH
Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump’s Visit to a Black Church – WATCH
Seth Meyers ripped Donald Trump on Tuesday night for his paltry attempt at outreach to African American and Latino voters.
Despite Trump’s “well documented history of stoking racial resentment and attracting the support of white nationalists,” Trump apparently thought he could “overcome all that by going to a church in Detroit and awkwardly swaying back-and-forth like a dad who brought his kids to a Demi Lovato concert,” Meyers quipped.
He added, “Also, I love how anytime Trump engages in even the slightest physical activity, he has to check to make sure his hair is still there.”
As for being “the original Birther”, Trump now says only that he’s not talking about that anymore. Which as Meyers points out, isn’t exactly a sufficient answer to questions about accusing the President of the United States of orchestrating a vast left-wing conspiracy to hide the true country of his birth. Joked Meyers, “You’re a presidential candidate. Not Ben Affleck being asked about Gigli.”
Despite his attempts to appeal to non-white voters, Trump can’t seem to escape the fact that his campaign has been built on “tough talk” meant to reassure “white voters who think they’re an endangered species.”
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Architects Inspired to Design Gender-Neutral Bathrooms; Speak Out Against Outdated Building Codes
Architects Inspired to Design Gender-Neutral Bathrooms; Speak Out Against Outdated Building Codes
Over the past several months, lawmakers across the nation have introduced and passed harmful anti-transgender legislation, including a number of measures targeting transgender students by seeking to prevent them from using the correct sex-segregated facilities.
But those discriminatory efforts have inspired an unexpected group to advocate for gender-neutral public restrooms: architects.
“The public restroom has become a symbol of change—or resistance, depending on which side of the debate you ask—at both a societal level and a legislative level,” Fast Company’s Co.Design.com reports. “For transgender rights to progress, social norms need to shift and laws need to hold people who discriminate by gender accountable. But because this civil rights debate is centered around a public space, it’s also a design issue. Thoughtful design can transform a public restroom into a space that is equitable and comfortable for all, and subtly change social attitudes in the process.”
Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books extending to transgender people non-discrimination protections in access to public accommodations and the ability to use the restroom consistent with their gender identity. More than 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies have adopted gender identity protections.
Architects are pushing back on measures like North Carolina’s hateful HB2 law, which forces transgender students in public schools to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity. They are finding their own creative solutions to make safe space for everyone.
“Architects have been missing from this fight,” Maxwell Ng, an architect at Boston-based DiMella Shaffer and steering committee chair for Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, told Co.Design.com. “I do genuinely see it as a design issue. And I genuinely believe that anything can be solved with good design. Architects love a good challenge.”
To learn more about what architects are doing to create gender-neutral bathrooms, click here.
For more information, check out the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers.
#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: September 7, 2016
#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: September 7, 2016
TONIGHT’S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FORUM COMES AT CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS IN THE MILITARY: Ahead of tonight’s “Commander-in-Chief Forum” on NBC featuring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, HRC warns about the disastrous effect Trump would have on the historic gains made by the LGBTQ community — including the repeal of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. “I’ve seen firsthand how the progress we’ve made toward LGBTQ equality in the Armed Forces has improved military and family readiness,” said HRC’s Stephen Peters (@StephenPeters2), a Marine veteran and founder and president emeritus of the American Military Partner Association. “LGBTQ service members can go to work and serve their country without having to worry about hiding who they are. We cannot allow Donald Trump and Mike Pence to take that away from our brave men and women in uniform.” The forum will focus on national security, military affairs and veteran issues — Hillary Clinton would continue building on President Obama’s equality legacy, ensuring that all service members are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. More here.
MISSOURI MURDERS INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE HATE CRIME: Law enforcement officials have arrested Steven Endsley in connection with the Missouri murders of Theresa Jackson and her daughter, Danielle Smith. After learning that Endsley and Smith had an “ongoing disagreement” over Smith’s sexual orientation, officials began investigating whether the murder was a hate crime. Jackson and Smith’s deaths come in a year of disturbing and heart-wrenching attacks on LGBTQ people and their communities. Earlier this year, a Georgia man and his boyfriend were attacked with scalding water while they were sleeping, leaving them with severe burns. At least 17 transgender people have been murdered in the U.S. since 2016 began—most recently 28-year-old Rae’Lynn Thomas of Columbus, Ohio, who was killed by her mother’s boyfriend. And in June, 49 LGBTQ and allied people — almost all Latinx — were killed in Orlando at Pulse Nightclub. It was the country’s deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter. More from HRC.
- Attack in Washington State also possible hate crime: Police in Olympia say an assault on two women early Sunday is being investigated as potentially motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity. “Hate crimes will not be tolerated in our community,” Police Chief Ronnie Roberts said Tuesday.
SIA’S POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO PULSE: Sia’s (@Sia) latest music video for “The Greatest” is a powerful tribute to the 49 LGBTQ and allied victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. It features 49 dancers, including Maddie Ziegler, who paints rainbow-colored tears on her face. More from NewNowNext.
Must watch: Powerful music video tribute from @Sia to honor the 49 victims of the #Orlando shooting. #StopTheHate t.co/ER8UISFGyV
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) September 6, 2016
ALL 35 PULSE SURVIVORS AT ORMC DISCHARGED: Yesterday, the Orlando Regional Medical Center tweeted that all the survivors of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in their care have been discharged.
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) September 6, 2016
WHAT WE’RE READING WEDNESDAY: The Associated Press breaks down a new study released by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism about diversity in the movie business. The study shows a slight — but not significant — increase in LGBTQ portrayals in the past year. Read the full piece here.
STATE DEPT. TO FUND EFFORTS TO COMBAT GLOBAL STIGMA, VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQ PEOPLE: LGBTQ people have long faced violence in many parts of the world, which often prevents them from seeking or receiving HIV-related services. To help combat this, the U.S. State Department’s Global AIDS Coordinator recently announced the creation of a $100 million fund to reduce stigma and violence against LGBTQ people and other groups. The Global AIDS Coordinator’s Office is accepting funding applications through October 21. More from HRC.
SPEAKING OF… NIGERIAN PRESIDENT REUPS ATTACKS ON LGBTQ PEOPLE: Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari has reintroduced his so-called “War Against Indiscipline” (WAI), which is being used to directly attack the LGBTQ community. In this Washington Blade piece, LGBTQ Advocate Adebisi Alimi (@BisiAlimi) shares his experience growing up under WAI, and what the reintroduction means for the country.
READING RAINBOW
The Telegraph profiles the first openly gay athlete carrying British flag at Rio Paralympics… The Guardian interviews the Church of England bishop speaking out about being in a same-sex relationship… Sky News profiles the first openly-lesbian Miss America pageant contestant… Erasing 76 Crimes breaks down a new study on corporate influence in countries with anti-LGBTQ laws… Advocate details a new program in San Francisco that’s creating safe spaces and community-based resources for LGBTQ survivors of violence…
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