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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Still Won't Say 'Gay'
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Still Won't Say 'Gay'
The Indiana Republican managed to ignite a massive backlash for signing an allegedly homophobic law, yet continues to only utter the words ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ on rare occasions.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/06/19/indiana-gov-mike-pence-still-wont-say-gay
The 21 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week
The 21 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week
The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant — but succinct — wisdom. Each week, HuffPost Women rounds up hilarious 140-character musings. For this week’s great tweets from women, scroll through the list below. Then visit our Funniest Tweets From Women page for our past collections.
In order to attract the African American vote, Donald Trump has declared his running mate will be Rachel Dolezal
— (maura) (@behindyourback) June 16, 2015
My new moisturizer has a special organic “nutri-soil” complex in it so I can look sexy AND grow heirloom tomatoes on my face if I need to.
— Mariya Alexander (@MariyaAlexander) June 16, 2015
Marriage is mostly just attempting to make compromises in which you get the better deal.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 17, 2015
I miss the days before the internet, when you didn’t know some person’s every awful thought until they died and you cleaned out their attic.
— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) June 18, 2015
male doctor: I’m afraid you have mercury poisoning
me: *ahem* HERcury poisoning
md: ok but still you literally have minutes to live
— Ali Garfinkel (@aligarchy) June 16, 2015
Fact: Everything is a fact if you don’t know what the word fact means.
— Jess (@jessokfine) June 15, 2015
My vocabulary is just varying lengths of sighs.
— LazorTits (@lorigonzalez28) June 18, 2015
One time I invited a guy over for dinner but I didn’t feel like cooking so I just poured us each a bowl of cereal really romantically.
— Baby Swayze (@buhsbaby_baby) June 15, 2015
Unless my horoscope says “you should absolutely eat 26 chicken nuggets today” I’m not really interested.
— The Alicianater (@leechee420) June 18, 2015
911 what is your emer-
A HOT GUY W/ TATTOOS IS PLAYING W/ A BABY BY THE COFFEE STAND I WORK AT
Ma’am, that’s no-
I THINK MY OVARIES EXPLODED
— Jayne Complains (@jaynecomplains) June 13, 2015
*dumps a bag of sugar on you* An now you’re my Peep.
— Kaylee ☂ (@Sinfullee) June 15, 2015
After spending a day thinking too much and over analyzing, I’m pretty sure I’ve created a portal into another world with no exit
— Ella Fraser (@ella__fraser) June 15, 2015
What’s it called when you love animals more than people?
I’m that.
— OneFunnyMummy (@OneFunnyMummy) June 13, 2015
The year is 2075. Gender & race no longer exist. There are just 2 types of people: Vegan or Paleo
— Randi Lawson (@RandiLawson) June 14, 2015
It’s a lot harder to find a late night parking spot now that they deliver drugs 24/7
— Jessica Delfino (@jessicadelfino) June 13, 2015
Have you ever been unsure whether you’re angry because you’re hungry or you’re angry because it’s Tuesday?
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) June 16, 2015
it must be really hard being lebron. i remember doing group projects in school
— Alexis Wilkinson (@OhGodItsAlexis) June 17, 2015
Sometimes the conversational utility of “It’s so cold in this office, right?!” is worth it being so cold in this office.
— Amanda Duberman (@AmandaDuberman) June 16, 2015
With my massive snack collection and willingness to do the sex, my single status is puzzling.
— heather lou* (@heatherlou_) June 19, 2015
Maybe people would be happier if they just spent more time looking at pictures of dogs wearing wigs
— Pugnado (@LuvPug) June 19, 2015
Can you imagine the type of monster that eats a suggested serving size?
— bourgeois beth (@bourgeoisalien) June 16, 2015
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Zac Efron Lets It All Show In A Wrestling Singlet, Magic Mike XXL Guys Don’t Worry About Shrinkage
Zac Efron Lets It All Show In A Wrestling Singlet, Magic Mike XXL Guys Don’t Worry About Shrinkage
If you’ve seen awesome comic Alec Mapa perform live, you know he isn’t one to hold back. Check out this deleted scene from his hilarious film Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy (directed by the incredibly talented Queerty contributor Andrea James). You can download the rest for a mere $5 here.
So perhaps we haven’t seen the last of Jessica Lange on American Horror Story after all. The celebrated actress left the series after the fourth season , but now reveals she’d “absolutely” come back if creator Ryan Murphy offered her “a small character for a couple of episodes.”
It’s been a while since we’ve had new music from Robyn, but the club-banger “Love is Free” with La Bagatelle Magique was worth the long wait.
Doesn’t everyone work out this way?
If you’ve been wondering how shrinkage affects the Magic Mike XXL cast, Entertainment Weekly asked Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and the other stars how cold air might have impaired their ability to deliver peak performances.
Channing Tatum: It don’t matter. Adrenaline takes care of all that sh-t.
Joe Manganiello: One thousand people screaming, including crew.
Kevin Nash: Tommy the turtle finds his way into the shell quickly. [Group laughs.]
Amy Schumer, will open for Madonna‘s Rebel Heart tour September 16, 17 and 19, revealed she’s been a fan since childhood.
Guess who auditioned for @Madonna and got the part? See you in NYC on Sept 16, 17 and 19.
A video posted by @amyschumer on Jun 18, 2015 at 8:07am PDT
Zac Efron was snapped in a very revealing wrestling singlet while filming Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Adam Devine in Hawaii. He can pin us anytime he wants.
No Complaints Here! Zac Efron? literally lets it all hang out in skintight, spandex uniform! t.co/pqKp2oq3mC pic.twitter.com/yiXXf8LUPF — OK! Magazine USA (@OKMagazine) June 18, 2015
If you’re in the mood to redecorate and have a few extra thousand lying around, maybe you can pick up a Warhol or two (like the one below). Christies is auctioning off many iconic works of the late pop artist. Check out some of the auction in this Flipagram.
Jeremy Kinser
Chris Pratt Is A-Okay That His Body Is ‘Totally Objectified’ By You
Chris Pratt Is A-Okay That His Body Is ‘Totally Objectified’ By You
Promoting his role in blockbuster “Jurassic World,” Chris Pratt has spoken out regarding the issue of “men’s objectification.” He is decidedly not team Jon Snow on the issue.
In a new radio interview with the BBC, Pratt was unequivocal that in order for there to be true equality between the sexes, men should be treated the same way as women, even when it comes to being leered at. Though Pratt says he feels “totally objectified,” he says he is not “appalled” by this. In fact, Pratt believes this is a step in the right direction.
Said the actor:
I think it’s appalling that for a long time only women were objectified, but I think if we really want to advocate for equality, it’s important to even things out…Not objectify women less, but objectify men just as often as we objectify women. There are a lot of women who got careers out of it, and I’m using it to my advantage. And at the end of the day, our bodies are objects. We’re just big bags of flesh and blood and meat and organs that God gives us to drive around.
Listen to the radio interview with the BBC, embedded below:
[h/t The Guardian]
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Jake Folsom
Chris Pratt Is A-Okay That His Body Is ‘Totally Objectified’ By You
Pride 2015
7 Things List: June 19, 2015
7 Things List: June 19, 2015
Our entertainment and events highlights this week include Pride in the Windy City, the sweet sound of out singer Olly Alexander from Years & Years, and that star-studded video from her majesty — Madonna.
Advocate.com Editors
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/06/19/7-things-list-june-19-2015
The Anticipation Builds
The Anticipation Builds
As the day draws near for the Supreme Court to issue its decision in the marriage equality cases, the urge to decipher any clue as to what the Court will decide heightens. A few weeks ago, the New York Times reported that as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently pronounced two gay men married “by the powers vested in her by the Constitution” at a swank D.C. wedding, she did it “[w]ith a sly look and special emphasis on the word ‘Constitution.'” The newspaper also reported that the wedding guests’ wildly enthusiastic response seemed to have “delighted” the Justice. The New York Times’ speculation that Ginsburg’s intonation and reaction may be a “hint” of what the Supreme Court will decide set the news world abuzz.
The things the Justices said during the Supreme Court’s late April oral argument in the marriage equality cases have also been ripe for speculation. Several of the Justices upon whom we are relying asked questions or made statements that most observers have interpreted as favorable to marriage equality. For instance, Justice Kagan seemed to indicate that she believed the current cases were “exactly what” the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Loving v. Virginia, that struck down all state bans on interracial couples marrying, was about. In Loving, the Court held that such marriage exclusions violate Americans’ fundamental right to marry and the guarantees of equality that the U.S. Constitution provides. Justice Kagan described how Loving showed that “liberty and … equality are intertwined ….”
Justice Breyer also observed that “marriage is about as basic a right as there is” and that the Constitution prohibits a state from “depriv[ing] a person of … basic liberty, without due process of law ….” He questioned opponents’ counsel as to same-sex couples’ argument that they have “no possibility to participate in that fundamental liberty” in states without the freedom to marry. Breyer further stated that opponents’ argument that upholding tradition justified states’ same-sex marriage exclusions was “the same way we talk[ed] about racial segregation” during the era of Loving. Justice Sotomayor seemed to agree, apparently rejecting opponents’ argument that LGBT Americans somehow seek a Constitutional right to “gay” marriage and understanding that same-sex couples simply assert their fundamental right to marry that the Constitution guarantees everyone else.
Justice Ginsburg said favorable things as well. She recognized how the evolution of marriage under the law from “a relationship of a dominant male to a subordinate female” to an “egalitarian” institution made it something that same-sex couples would seek to participate in. She also seemed to reject opponents’ argument that same-sex couples’ marrying would somehow harm heterosexuals’ marriages, noting that the freedom to marry for same-sex couples would not “tak[e] away anything from heterosexual couples.” Justice Kagan appeared skeptical of similar arguments from opponents, noting that some people find it “hard to see how permitting same-sex marriage discourages people from being bonded with their biological children.” Justice Breyer asked opponents’ attorney for “empirical” evidence of such a connection, none of which was availing. Soon thereafter, Justice Kagan told opponents’ counsel that he found his reasoning “inexplicable.”
Much attention focuses on Justice Kennedy, who is considered the “swing” vote on the Court in many cases and has written all three of the Court’s landmark LGBT rights cases. Kennedy said relatively little during the argument but asked questions and made statements that observers have interpreted as favorable to both sides. LGBT supporters were disturbed when early on he gave voice to the argument that a purported “definition” of marriage had been “with us for millennia” and that “it’s very difficult for the court to say ‘Oh well, we know better.'” Justice Breyer also wanted an answer to questions about the issue.
However, Justice Kennedy also stated that he thought “the whole purpose of marriage” was to bestow dignity on the couple and that same-sex couples seek the same “ennoblement” that other married couples have. In questioning opponents’ counsel, Kennedy recognized same-sex couples’ argument that they seek marriage “in order to show that we, too, have a dignity that can be fulfilled.” Kennedy also noted that approximately the same amount of time has elapsed between the Supreme Court’s landmark LGBT rights decision in Lawrence and the current cases as had elapsed between Brown v. Board of Education and Loving, two of the Court’s landmark race discrimination cases.
Justice Kennedy’s references to the importance of the dignity that marriage confers are heartening. Dignity was central to Justice Kennedy’s opinion in United States v. Windsor, striking down section 3 of DOMA. He emphasized that the State of New York’s decision to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage reflected the state’s decision to “protect” same-sex couples “in personhood and dignity.” Justice Kennedy wrote that “essence” of DOMA was “interference with the equal dignity of same-sex marriages” and that the “injury and indignity” that DOMA inflicted on married same-sex couples was “a deprivation of an essential part of the liberty protected” by the Constitution. He stated that DOMA “tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition,” thereby “plac[ing] same-sex couples in an unstable position of being in a second-tier marriage.”
Justice Kennedy asked questions that appeared favorable to both sides during oral argument in the marriage cases two years ago, but the ultimate result of Windsor was unambiguous, and some of the language stronger than most observers anticipated. No one can predict the outcome of any Supreme Court case with surety based on oral argument or other comments Justices might otherwise make. The actual motivations for Justices’ questions are unknowable in advance. Justices may want to probe an argument fully by making statements and asking difficult questions to both sides. Further, Justices may be poised to ask particular questions, but before they speak their colleague might ask the very same thing, or the time allotted to the argument may expire.
Anticipation will continue to build as we approach the end of June, when the Justices will likely render their decision. We know that if justice prevails, marriage equality will be the law of the land and the U.S. Supreme Court will recognize that LGBT Americans deserve full equal protection under the law in our lives.
John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney, together for nearly three decades, were plaintiffs in the California case for equal marriage rights decided by the California Supreme Court in 2008. They are leaders in the nationwide grassroots organization Marriage Equality USA.
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Achieving Health Equity for LGBT Arkansans
Achieving Health Equity for LGBT Arkansans
HRC Arkansas made history on June 11 after hosting the first statewide conference to address LGBT inclusive healthcare.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/achieving-health-equity-for-lgbt-arkansans?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Steve Grand’s Parents Learned He Was Gay By Reading An AOL Chat
Steve Grand’s Parents Learned He Was Gay By Reading An AOL Chat
They found out from an AOL Instant Message Chat I was having with a friend when I was 13. They confronted me about it shortly after. Like a lot of parents in their position, especially at the time, they didn’t know what to do. So they sent me to a Christian therapist to help figure out what to do. There was a lot of ex-gay literature going around back then and I think it gave them false hope that I could actually become straight. We’ve all come such a long way. I don’t like to dwell on what happened so long ago. They definitely regret the way they handled it, and so do I, but we all have to move on in life at some point.”
— Singer Steve Grand, who’s previously discussed undergoing gay conversion therapy in a new interview with aTeen magazine
Jeremy Kinser
