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Alabama Gov. Will Obey Marriage Ruling; Justice Roy Moore Stays Defiant
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley recognizes the federal court system’s authority, but Roy Moore still doesn’t — and is worried that bisexuals and transgender people want polygamous marriages.
Trudy Ring
'RuPaul's DragCon' Coming To Los Angeles Convention Center
Are you ready for the next evolution in drag herstory?
Last week the legendary RuPaul and World of Wonder announced “RuPaul’s DragCon.” Described as a mash-up of “Comic-Con,” “BeautyCon” and “Hello Kitty Con,” “RuPaul’s DragCon” will kick off the 2015 Pride season as the “art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all” in a convention framework.
“DragCon” will act as a platform for fans of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and drag culture in general to meet some of their biggest drag idols and celebrity guests within a safe, queer environment. The convention will also offer a range of programs for participants, ranging from “Lady MacBeth to Lady Gaga: Drag in the Mainstream” to “A Drag Revolution: Stonewall Riots.” This is certainly shaping up to be interesting and uncharted territory for the world of drag.
“I am thrilled to bring this one-of-a-kind event to Los Angeles,” RuPaul said in a statement. “DragCon is not just a showcase for the most talented drag queens in the world. It’s a chance for all lovers of drag culture — young and old, gay and straight — to come together, to inspire each other and to let their freak flags fly high.”
The list of those involved with drag icon is massive, including RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Michelle Visage, Big Freedia, Coco Peru, James St. James, Peaches Christ, Chi Chi LaRue — and, of course, your favorite girls from “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
“DragCon” is slated to occur on May 16-17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Head here for tickets and more information.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/rupauls-dragcon_n_6738254.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices
News: Arkansas, Scott Walker, Spider-Man, Oscars, Presbyterians
Spokesman for Asa Hutchinson says the Arkansas governor “will not change” his position on letting the bill banning local LGBT non-discrimination ordinances from becoming law.
Did you miss Dakota Johnson and mom Melanie Griffith’s awkward mini-fight on the red carpet last night?
Wisconsin Gov. (and possible 2016 contender) Scott Walker slams “gotcha” media after fielding questions on President Obama’s faith, evolution, and Rudy Giuliani’s “Obama doesn’t love America” comment.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) inches closer towards welcoming same-sex marriage.
Will the next Spider-Man be black or Latino?
This weather map pretty much sums up what we’re all going through this month.
Longtime Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma addresses whether or not Tingle, the 35-year-old fairy loving map maker from the video game series, is gay.
The Daily Beast talks to actor Ross Marquand about his new role as one half of The Walking Dead‘s new same-sex couple Aaron and Eric. “We really did our best to create a backstory for these two men. It’s not expressly laid out in the comics how long they’ve known each other. Did they know each other before the apocalypse began? We wanted to think they did. We thought it was a stronger choice that they had known each other before everything went to hell. It’s a really endearing love story that way, that these two men had bonded beforehand and then stuck together and protected each other throughout this really difficult time in human history.”
Eddie Redmayne promises to always polish his statue after winning last night’s Oscar for Best Actor.
WATCH: Canadian PM blames tight underwear for leaving his seat during a vote on the floor.
See who slayed the red carpet at the Academy Awards last night.
Male model Monday: Mitch Baker.
The ratings for last night’s Academy Awards hit a four year low.
Fox News is standing by Bill O’Reilly’s war-reporting record.
Wade MacLauchlan has been sworn in as Prince Edward Island’s openly gay premier.
The murder of D.C. attorney David Messerschmitt in a downtown hotel is raising concern among LGBT activists for its similarity to a “pick-up” murder.
The Washington Post shows which European cities will be the most polluted by 2030.
Turns out the darling of the climate change denial scientists has been getting quite the handsome paycheck from oil and coal companies.
The real reason why
Kyler Geoffroy
LGBT Girlfriend tag (Maddie & Gabbie)
WATCH: Anti-Equality Officials Resort to Increasingly Desperate Tactics
From Arkansas to Texas to Washington, D.C., antigay politicians are frantic for some way to stem the tide of equality.
Matt Baume
Creating Change for All LGBTQ Advocates and Allies
By Russell Roybal and Sue Hyde
The National LGBTQ Task Force warmly welcomed 4,000 activists and organizers to the 27th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change in Denver, Colorado, which took place on Feb. 4 – 8, 2015. Among them were people from every race, creed, immigration status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. We strive always to have such a diverse and representative gathering at our annual political conference. We are told by many, and we agree, that the Creating Change conference is the most diverse and representative gathering in the LGBTQ movements of the United States.
Last year, we received 800 proposals for workshops, trainings and caucus sessions for Creating Change 2015. We think carefully and purposefully when selecting proposals for scheduling, seeking useful, relevant, innovative, and skills-building sessions. Included in our review process is consideration of the skills, integrity, ethics and principles of session facilitators, especially when the subject matter is such that attendees may make themselves vulnerable with personal disclosures such as immigration status. We are confident in the facilitation skills of the presenters/facilitators for both “Queering Immigration” and “Our Parents Are the Original Dreamers.” We believe that the presenters/facilitators were adept and sensitive leaders for attendees in sessions that both created safe space for personal disclosures, for those who wished to do that, and opened up space for deep discussions of political organizing strategies to reform our very broken immigration system. Both of these sessions were valuable contributions to the program at Creating Change 2015.
Each year at the Creating Change Conference, we, in collaboration with our local Host Committee, organize hospitality suites that serve specific groups of attendees for whom the cost of food may be prohibitive. In Denver, hospitality suites were open and serving no-cost food and non-alcoholic beverages beginning Thursday, Feb. 5 and ending Saturday night, Feb. 7. The hospitality suites welcomed youth, seniors, people of color, disabled people, trans, gender non-conforming people, and bisexual people. With one exception, the youth suite, five of the suites were open to any person who wished to visit them, enjoy no-cost food and beverage, and share in the community being built within those suites. The hospitality suites were launched at Creating Change 1997 for the express purpose of creating greater access for youth and young attendees; the program has since expanded to include other groups of attendees for whom hospitality suites provide both no-cost nutritious meals and a respite from the hurly-burly of Creating Change.
As mentioned above, we received 800 proposals for sessions at Creating Change 2015. Submission of a session proposal is a primary and important way that attendees shape the conference program. The session proposal process is open to anyone and everyone who wants to submit a proposal, on most LGBTQ-related political and cultural topics, for consideration for scheduling. Our link for session submissions is posted at www.creatingchange.org in mid-summer; the deadline for submissions for Creating Change 2016 is September 30, 2015. We invite proposals from all who are interested in presenting sessions at Creating Change 2016.
We aim to create a safe and welcoming space to all who attend Creating Change. If any attendee feels harassed, threatened, or unsafe, there is a standing offer, published in our program book, that we are accessible 24/7 to help folks find resources for on-site assistance, including trained professionals who make themselves available to us, and thus, to conference attendees. We recognize that our attendees can encounter any kind of harassment and threat to personal safety that we experience in our daily lives and in our home communities. No matter how safe any of us may feel at Creating Change, an ugly world is at our doorstep and, sometimes, unfortunately, even in our host hotel. We take seriously that our attendees may be made vulnerable and afraid by the actions of others and we are committed to engaging in productive and constructive follow-up with anyone who feels unsafe at our conference.
For whom do we organize Creating Change? For all of us who commit to building a world where each of us can be ourselves, every day in every environment in which we live, work, study, worship and play. We hope that all who share this goal will join us in Chicago for the 28th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, Jan. 20 – 24, 2016. We hope you will join us.
Russell Roybal is the Deputy Executive Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force and Sue Hyde is the Director of the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change at the National LGBTQ Task Force.
Graham Moore: Nope, he's not gay
Oscar winner’s ‘stay weird’ speech after win for The Imitation Game screenplay led many to assume
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www.gaystarnews.com/article/graham-moore-nope-hes-not-gay230215
WATCH: Robbie & Eddie on The People’s Brief
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