Transgender Woman Pushed Onto NYC Subway Tracks

New York City Police are hunting for the deranged man who assaulted a transgender woman and pushed her off a subway platform.

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Dawn Ennis

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16 Weirdly Adorable Ways To Say 'I Love You'
Not every couple’s brand of romance is best summed up by a sappy quote from a Nicholas Sparks novel.

Take heart in knowing that there are plenty of other ways for couples to say “I love you” that are a whole lot more relatable. Below are 16 weirdly adorable ways to flatter your boo via Daily Odd Compliment.

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Katie Couric Sits Down with HRC Supporter & Named Plaintiff Jim Obergefell

Today, Yahoo News featured Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that could bring marriage equality to same-sex couples in all 50 states.
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A Night With Nick Jonas, “Truth Or Dare,” Restored “54” Screenings Among Highlights At Outfest 2015

Outfest 2015 will undoubtedly go down as one of the most spirited film festivals in memory, with anniversary screenings of queer classics such as Truth or Dare, 54, Velvet Goldmine, as well as an evening with actor-pop star Nick Jonas on the incredible roster this year. To mark the queer film celebration’s 33rd anniversary this summer, the festival will offer screenings of dynamic new LGBT-themed films from around the globe, in addition to many recognized classics, as well as various panels and special events that will take place between July 9-19.

Many of the gala screenings, such as the opening night selection Tig, about comic Tig Notaro, and Out to Win, a non-fiction look at openly LGBT athletes, were announced last month. As with every year, there’s more than just movies to watch, with illuminating panel discussions, intriguing sneak previews and sure-to-be memorable live performances. Jonas, who has become both a bona-fide hearthrob and ally to the LGBT communities, will appear in person July 12 to chat about his turn as a gay MMA fighter in the provocative DirecTV series Kingdom and offer a sneak peek at season two. Festival-goers will also get an advance look at other fall TV shows including Bill Hader and Fred Armisen’s Sandy Passage, a parody of the beloved doc Grey Gardens, and the new reality series I Am Jazz, which chronicles the life of transgendered teen model Jazz Jennings. Lypsinka (left), one of the indisputably brilliant living drag performers, will perform her recent New York hit, The Passion of the Crawford, on July 10. This year we’re particularly excited about the 10th anniversary of Outfest’s Legacy Project, which will showcase many essential queer films, including a restored print of the powerful AIDS-themed comedy-drama Parting Glances and the world premiere of the remastered Totally F***ed Up, the first of Gregg Araki’s “teenaged apocalypse trilogy.”

Scroll down to learn about a few classic films we’re most looking forward to seeing with an audience next month.

Killer Films, the production company headed by maverick producer Christine Vachon and which has given us such acclaimed works as Boys Don’t Cry and Far From Heaven, will celebrate 20 years as an industry leader with a July 11 screening of Todd Haynes’ breathtaking 1998 glam musical Velvet Goldmine.

Approximately 40 minutes of footage that was excised from 54, the drama about the heady days of notorious NYC nightspot Studio 54, when it was released in 1998, has been lovingly restored by director Mark Christopher. A July 16 screening of 54: The Directors Cut at the iconic Hollywood Forever cemetery promises to be a lively event. 

Funeral Parade of Roses, a rarely-screened 1969 Japanese New Wave film about transgender women in Tokyo from director Toshio Matsumoto and that is said to have been an influence on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, will be shown on July 18. 

Born in Flames, Lizzie Borden’s nervy futuristic tale that follows the aftermath of the assassination of a black feminist leader, will screen July 12. 

Late filmmaker Bill Sherwood’s gripping comedy-drama Parting Glances was one of the first unapologetic depictions of gay lives during the AIDS crisis, and will be shown July 11. 

Gregg Araki’s Totally F***ed Up, which chronicles a group of angst-y young people navigating the mean streets of L.A., remains one of the seminal films from the New Queer Cinema movement of the early ’90s, and will screen July 11.

Fearless prediction: The place to be in gay L.A. on July 12 will be the screening of Alek Keshishian’s Truth or Dare, the vividly entertaining look at Madonna and her merry band of backup dancers as they travel the globe during her Blond Ambition tour.

For more information and the full lineup, go here.

Jeremy Kinser

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It's Official – God Loves Gay Mormons

Jim Redmond

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Don't Misuse Religious Freedom to License Public Officials to Discriminate

On Monday the North Carolina Senate voted to override Governor McCrory’s veto of a bill that would authorize government officials across the state to refuse to perform marriages or even issue marriage licenses when they have a religious objection. As a pastor, I consider this bill an affront to both the dignity of all North Carolinians and the principle of religious liberty, and believe that the governor’s veto should be sustained.

The bill was prompted by federal court decisions holding that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) individuals have a constitutional right to get married. That issue is subject to the case that the Supreme Court is expected to decide shortly. Of course, no minsters or other religious officials can be required to perform or recognize any marriage that violates their religious convictions. But public officials must do their jobs without discriminating against any segment of the public regardless of their religious or political beliefs. As Governor McCrory said in explaining his decision to veto the bill, “no public official who voluntarily swears to support and defend the Constitution and to discharge all duties of their office should be exempt from upholding that oath.”

The bill wouldn’t just apply to officials who object to same-sex marriages. Government officials could exempt themselves from performing an interracial marriage or from issuing a license to people of different religions, or divorced people, or anyone else if they claim to have a religious objection.

In a failed attempt to mask the clear discriminatory intent of the legislation, the bill states that a magistrate who decides not to perform a particular wedding must refrain from performing any marriage for at least six months. If the result is that all officials in a county are precluded from issuing licenses or performing marriages, the chief judge or register is responsible for ensuring that some official can issue licenses and perform marriages at some time. If enforced, this provision could hurt anyone trying to get married in North Carolina, forcing couples to go from official to official or even county to county to find someone who will marry them. So the result of creating a way for magistrates to discriminate against same-sex couples could well be hassles for straight as well as LGBT people.

As a pastor, I certainly agree that the principle of religious liberty must be protected. The freedom of individuals to practice, or not to practice, any religion they choose was a founding principle of our country. Laws that actually protect individuals’ exercise of religion prevent the government from infringing on our constitutional rights under the First Amendment. But this bill is a blatant attempt to misuse religious liberty to license public officials to ignore laws they don’t like and to discriminate. If this bill becomes law, should we expect next a bill allowing police officers to refuse to investigate robberies at mosques or permitting firefighters to decline to put out fires at synagogues because of religious objections? That is disturbingly similar to the rationale being offered by supporters of this anti-gay bill.

A vote on the override in the House could be as soon as this week, and I urge members of the House not to follow the wrong-headed example of the Senate. Governor McCrory was right to veto the bill. Let’s keep his veto in place and avoid letting this discriminatory bill become law.

Reverend Dr. Terence K. Leathers is pastor at Mt. Vernon Christian Church in Clayton, North Carolina and a member of People For the American Way’s African American Ministers In Action.

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Guam: Where America’s Day Begins and LGBT Equality is Moving Forward

HRC has been organizing LGBT equality supporters on the island of Guam
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Dustin Lance Black and Tyler Glenn Have a Bad Break-up in Neon Trees' 'Songs I Can't Listen To' – VIDEO

Kyler Geoffroy

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