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Pulse Victim Dances For First Time After Being Shot Multiple Times
Pulse Victim Dances For First Time After Being Shot Multiple Times
Jared Leto: Gay Actors Don’t Get Same Opportunities As Straight Ones
Jared Leto: Gay Actors Don’t Get Same Opportunities As Straight Ones
I definitely don’t think a gay leading man would have the same opportunities as a straight leading man. I don’t think that. Not for a single second. I don’t know if that’s offensive or not, but that’s my thought right now. It shouldn’t be that way. I don’t think you’ll have as many opportunities. And I think you could say the same for minorities. What a word, “minority.” Have we taken that word off the list yet? ‘Cause it should be. Anyway, no, I think that this is still a very conservative business.”— Jared Leto to GQ Style when asked if America would accept a gay leading man.
Tom Daley, Indonesia, Orlando Bloom, Cher, Rafael Nadal, Cameron Douglas: HOT LINKS
Tom Daley, Indonesia, Orlando Bloom, Cher, Rafael Nadal, Cameron Douglas: HOT LINKS
INDONESIA. Constitutional court considers criminalizing homosexuality: “A group calling itself the Family Love Alliance says an existing law that criminalizes sex between adults and minors of the same gender should be amended to also apply to sexual acts between adults of the same gender.”
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS. Donald Trump is reportedly obsessed with nuclear weapons and doesn’t understand why we don’t use them.
FROG SWALLOWING. Things got really weird at Google’s conference for the uber rich and famous, The Camp.
BY THE NUMBERS. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 10 points in new national poll from — wait for it — Fox News.
THIRD PARTY. Green party candidate Jill Stein courts Bernie Sanders voters in new ad.
PARDON ME. President Obama commutes sentences of 214 federal inmates: “With 562 total commutations during his presidency — most of which have come in the past year —Obama has now used his constitutional clemency power to shorten the sentences of more federal inmates than any president since Calvin Coolidge.”
ROAD TO RIO. Openly gay Team GB diver talks about the 2016 Olympics and coming out.
SKIN. Orlando Bloom goes paddle-boarding naked with Katy Perry in Italy.
REVISIONIST HISTORY. Donald Trump think his ‘Muslim ban’ would have prevented 9/11.
HATE MONGERING. NYT shares video documenting slurs and violent language that has been used at Trump rallies for the past year: “f*g”, “n*gger”,”Hang the b*tch.”
OPINION. Why a Hillary Clinton presidency will be good for boys too.
TOMMY BOY. Rafael Nadal strips down and models for Timmy Hilfiger’s underwear line.
P-TOWN. Cher to attend Hillary Clinton fundraiser: “With Cher by Clinton’s side, the event is sure to be a big hit with locals.”
‘HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY.’ Michael Douglas’ son Cameron Douglas shows off his ink after being released from prison.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Iago Botelho.
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The AFA Goes After U.S. Navy Over Harvey Milk Ship
The AFA Goes After U.S. Navy Over Harvey Milk Ship
The American Family Association (AFA) is going after the U.S. Navy for announcing they would name a ship after gay rights icon, Harvey Milk.
The Navy announced last week it would a name one of its oiler John Lewis class oiler ships for the civil rights icon, who served in the Navy during the Korean War.
The AFA is no stranger to homophobic hate-mongering. Just recently they got bent out of shape about a gay-inclusive Hilton ad that was featured in Conde Nast Traveler.
AFA is now urging people to contact their elected officials to make clear how incensed they are that the Navy would name a ship after Milk.
The group wrote on its website,
“Harvey Milk was the first homosexual activist elected to public office in the United States and was assassinated in 1978. That record plus the fact that Milk, who bragged about being a pedophile, served in the Navy at a time it was illegal for homosexuals to do so, apparently justifies naming a Navy ship in his honor.
Harvey Milk was a sexual predator who preyed upon teen boys.”
The petition it wants people to support reads in part,
“It is incomprehensible to think that our military leadership has descended to the point that it would even consider naming ships after someone who sought out and took advantage of a minor. Unfortunately, Secretary Mabus has offered such a proposal.”
You can read the AFA’s full remarks on Harvey Milk and the U.S. Navy here.
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‘Gay Is Not Normal,' Says Trump Spokeswoman
‘Gay Is Not Normal,' Says Trump Spokeswoman
The Republican presidential nominee has tried to convince voters that he is a “friend” to LGBT people, but his spokeswoman’s views may trump his.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/8/03/gay-not-normal-says-trump-spokeswoman
13 Tweets From @DonaldJGayTrump That Give Us Life
13 Tweets From @DonaldJGayTrump That Give Us Life
Who is doing this?
www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/8/03/13-tweets-donaldgaytrump-give-us-life
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SCOTUS Blocks Transgender Teen from Using Boys’ Bathroom During Appeal
SCOTUS Blocks Transgender Teen from Using Boys’ Bathroom During Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively blocked a transgender student from Virginia from using school bathrooms matching his gender identity while his court case is appealed.
The Court was responding to request from a Virginia school board to stay a lower court’s ruling which found its transgender bathroom ban to be discriminatory and illegal.
News of the action was first reported on Twitter.
#SCOTUS steps into bathroom dispute, blocks district court order allowing transgender student to use boys’ bathroom
— Amy Howe (@AHoweBlogger) August 3, 2016
Breyer provides “courtesy fifth” vote in transgender dispute; Ginsburg, Sotomayor, & Kagan would have denied school board’s request
— Amy Howe (@AHoweBlogger) August 3, 2016
The stay of the lower court’s ruling is temporary while the Supreme Court decides if it will take up the case.
The justices split, 5-3, on the issue, with Democratic-appointed Justice Stephen Breyer joining with the court’s four GOP appointees to lift—for now—the obligation of the Gloucester County school system to allow student Gavin Grimm to use the bathroom of his choice in accordance with Obama Administration guidance.
Here’s the order.
#BreakingNews – #SCOTUS puts transgender bathroom decision on HOLD. Until court decides if it will take the case. pic.twitter.com/lUKDhRw8Vn
— Mike Valerio (@MikeNBC12) August 3, 2016
The case in question is centered on transgender teen Gavin Grimm, who sued the Gloucester County school board for the right to use school bathrooms and facilities that match his gender identity. The 4th Circuit ruled in favor of Grimm in April, declaring that denying Grimm the right to use the boys’ bathroom violates Title IX of the Education Act of 1972. Title IX bans discrimination based on sex.
The 4th Circuit’s ruling is being closely watched given that it has jurisdiction over North Carolina, which this year passed HB 2, a bill that made it illegal for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity.
This is the first time the Supreme Court has weighed in on the transgender bathroom war.
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While GOP Jumps Ship on Trump, Log Cabin Republicans May Still Endorse Him – VIDEO
While GOP Jumps Ship on Trump, Log Cabin Republicans May Still Endorse Him – VIDEO
Gay GOP group the Log Cabin Republicans may still endorse Donald Trump despite his abominable record on LGBT rights and his tacit approval of the most anti-LGBT party platform in the history of the Republican party.
Log Cabin president Gregory T. Angelo told The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson that an endorsement for Trump is still on the table and will depend on the feedback from the group’s members:
“Any inclinations I have right now would be pure conjecture at this point,” Angelo said. “I clearly have members around the country sharing their thoughts and opinions with me as I’ve traveled around on behalf of Log Cabin Republicans, especially over the course of the last three months, but that’s all just anecdotal at this point.”
The board of directors, Angelo said, will make the endorsement determination no earlier than during an upcoming meeting in late September in D.C. The exact date for the meeting isn’t yet decided, and as is customary for Log Cabin board meetings, the discussion won’t be open to the public, Angelo said.
Angelo added that Log Cabin members will make their decision not solely based on LGBT rights issues:
“What I will say is that we don’t view any candidates that we provide with endorsement considerations for any single issue, and I will say that there are members around the country, and even members on our national board of directors who have strong reservations about Donald Trump outside of any considerations that he might have in regards to LGBT issues,” Angelo said.
The Log Cabin Republicans cannot endorse a candidate that is not the Republican nominee according to its bylaws. So the most the group could do to rebuke Trump is to withhold its endorsement. Log Cabin Republicans have withheld their endorsement only once before, in 2004, over President George W. Bush’s support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
RELATED: Dan Savage Blasts Log Cabin Republicans for Continuing to Support the GOP That Hates Them
It was only two weeks ago that the Log Cabin Republicans placed a full page ad in USA Today during the RNC, condemning the GOP platform as the most homophobic in its history. Angelo also personally condemned the party’s platform for it’s anti-gay language.
In the meantime, reports have surfaced indicating that Trump and his ilk put up no fight about the anti-LGBT planks in the platform. In fact, the only thing the campaign seemed to care about was softening language that was tough on Vladimir Putin and Russia pertaining to Ukraine. And while Trump may have name-checked the ‘LGBTQ’ community in his RNC acceptance speech, he has yet to demonstrate any support for LGBT rights that surpasses rhetoric.
News that the Log Cabin Republicans are still considering endorsing Trump is particularly surprising given the events of the past 24 hours. In that time, Trump has continued to attack the family of fallen Army Captain Humayun Khan and refused to endorse fellow Republicans Paul Ryan, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte. Add to that the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by prominent Republicans Meg Whitman and Congressman Richard Hanna, reports of a looming intervention staged by top RNC officials, plus the rumored preparations for what the party would do if Trump drops out of the race, and the Log Cabin Republicans’ continued fence-sitting makes even less sense.
Watch a report, below.
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