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WATCH: Toronto School Board Member Tongue-Tied Over Transphobic Tweets
A Toronto School Board member was struck dumb when a local reporter asked him about his tweets claiming he ‘reserved the right’ to believe that trans people don’t exist and may or may not be mentally ill.
Mitch Kellaway
Violence Hurts Us All: A Different Perspective on the Ray Rice Coverage
As a dad and a huge football fan, I find myself continually disturbed by the ongoing developments in the Ray Rice story. While I commend the Ravens this week for releasing Rice, I only wish they would have done so five months ago when the story first broke. I think we can all agree that there is no place in sports or our society for such behavior.
That being said, I am very conflicted by the media coverage that I have seen. On the one hand, I appreciate the fact that domestic violence has garnered so much attention and people understand the devastating affects it has on families and our society. Yet on the other hand, I feel the bigger issue here is not just domestic violence but violence itself.
Before I get pegged as some radical, peacenik hippie from Berkeley. I am none of those things. I love football. I played in high school and I have been a fan all my life. I can appreciate a good hit — on the field that is. I am not the guy who’s trying to ban UFC fights or video games. I am just a dad who is concerned about my kid growing up in a society that is numb to violence of all kinds.
Since the Rice video was released and the world witnessed him beating his then fiancé, the media attention has been squarely focused on domestic violence. The more light that is shone on the issue the better. There is an incredible amount of education that is still needed in this arena and as tragic as these events have been, the hope is good will come from it. It is with that sentiment that I would like to push the conversation beyond domestic violence.
Nowhere should this type of brutality that we witnessed be acceptable. When it’s a fight between two men, regardless of the victims’ size, age or ability — we should take notice and condemn the aggressor with the same severity. It just seems as though if both have a penis it’s fair game. Ask yourselves if the uproar would have been the same if the victim were his smaller, less athletic brother that was smacked unconscious?
In 2010, Francisco Rodriguez was closing games for the New York Mets when he was in a “one-sided” altercation with his father-in-law at Citi Field. The story made some headlines and cost the pitcher a few games but ultimately he continued pitching for the Mets until he was traded the following year to the pennant chasing Brewers. Notably, that Milwaukee team that traded for him is partially owned by Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner. To add insult to injury, K-Rod finished that season making about $11.5 million and was rewarded the following year by the commissioner’s team with another multi-million dollar contract. Apparently beating up a man that is half your size and twice your age isn’t a crime worthy of a serious suspension or expulsion.
I suspect that many people simply have a visceral reaction to women being hurt and for good reason. But as a society do we no longer cringe when David is getting his ass kicked by Goliath? Is that because all men are more capable of defending themselves? Men regardless of the situation “know what they are getting into” just because they are men? Does a fair fight matter? Is it even about a fair fight?
In the progress column, earlier this month the NFL, after great pressure, came out with a stricter domestic violence policy. Players would receive a six game suspension for their first offence and a one-year banishment for a second one. I would argue that is not strict enough. And I would go further and say this policy should go beyond just domestic violence and cover all violence that is in line with what we witnessed in the Rice video.
The attention on domestic violence is incredibly important and needs to be seen and heard. But I believe we need to broaden the conversation. Let’s tap into the fury that Mr. Rice has created and use our disgust that we all feel to stand up and stop the glorification of brutality.
The Supreme Court Could Take Up a Marriage Equality Case (or Cases) In Less Than a Month
To date, four federal circuit court rulings in cases from five states have been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States
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Jared Leto’s Bulge Makes Us Say “Justin Theroux Who?”
As Summer winds down, it seems the must-have Fall accessory may be a super-sized pendulum for your pants. Justin Theroux got us all pausing the DVR on The Leftovers with his, and now Jared Leto is sporting the hot new fashion trend.
We’ve previously given you our five reasons we love Jared Leto. Well, here’s a sixth, and it’s a big one.
While performing on stage with his band 30 Seconds To Mars, Leto, overcome by the spirit of the music, grabbed what appears to be the fifth Beatle. It looks like Alexis Arquette was right when she told Frontiers that, “it’s not only massive; it’s like a Praetorian Guard’s helmet.”
Leto has been quoted saying, “I don’t dive into the mosh pit any more. It’s the fastest way to lose your penis. And I’m proud to say mine is still intact.”
Now we know why he’s so protective of it.
Here’s the video the stills are taken from, head to the 1:45 mark to see the grab in action:
Dan Tracer
Justin Bieber Booed While Stripping Down To His Underwear at 'Fashion Rocks': VIDEO
Drag-racer and self-proclaimed ‘serious artist’ Justin Bieber made an appearance last night at the Fashion Rocks event in NYC, taking place in conjunction with New York Fashion Week. Almost as soon as Bieber hit the stage he was greeted by loud boos from the audience. He then continued with what was clearly a pre-planned bit where he stripped down to his undies, or more specifically, his ‘Calvins’. Mashable reports:
During the concert, the singer presented alongside supermodel Lara Stone. He began his sketch by saying, barely audible over the boos, “So, uh, I actually don’t feel comfortable unless I’m in my Calvins, so … is that cool?”
But Bieber, ever the professional, worked through the negativity. He later tweeted and posted a Vine about the moment, saying he “killed ’em with kindness.”
Watch a video of Bieber’s strip-down, AFTER THE JUMP…
Sean Mandell
Muita animação nas noites LGBT de Porto Seguro, vem comferir! Porto Seguro GAY
Acesse: portosegurogay.blogspot.com.br/ www.facebook.com/yghfdsyzxgv.
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3 Great Dating Tips Every Single Lesbian Should Follow
By Mary Malia for YourTango.com
Ladies, we’re going to give it to you straight. After coming out, one of the reasons why it’s sometimes hard for us to find love — or jump back into the dating field, for that matter — is because we end up getting in our own way. It makes sense that we’re so caught up in figuring out the protocol for asking a woman that we miss out on a lot of opportunities. It’s okay to be nervous about how to approach that girl that we ran into at the bookstore or on line at the coffee shop; we just have to remember that the only way that anything can happen is if we put ourselves out there. That being said, are there any dating rules that we can follow to make playing the field easier?
More from YourTango: Why Dads Relate To Me As A Lesbian
When dating expert Mary Malia talks about ways to get out of our comfort zone and find love, she couldn’t be more spot on. We don’t need “gaydar” to crack the code of whether or not a woman is interested; we just have to get up and ask her! And if she ends up saying that she doesn’t feel the same, we shouldn’t take it so hard. Just brush it off and smile because the more you ask, there’ll come a day when you get to that “Yes”!
This content originally appeared on YourTango.com as: “3 Foolproof Dating Tips Lesbians Should Follow“
More great content from YourTango:
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The Reason for the Rabbit
Opal the Rabbit has become somewhat of a mascot for the Fayetteville, Arkansas transgender community.
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Topeka Welcomes First “God Loves Gays” Billboard To Taunt Westboro Baptists
God followed through with his promise to incessantly harass the Westboro Baptist Church this week with the unveiling of a brand new “God Loves Gays” billboard in the hate group’s hometown of Topeka, Kansas.
We reported in August that the user behind Twitter’s humorous “God” account had been raising funds on Indiegogo with the intention of taunting the WBC with a year-long billboard that stood in direct opposition to their infamous “God Hates Fags” slur.
Well, the Indiegogo page had raised over $86,000 at time of posting, and Mashable reports that the first billboard was erected and unveiled on Monday morning. Though the billboard has only been reserved through March 2015, it’s just as colorful, eye-catching, and downright gay as anyone would’ve expected.
Thank you, @TheGoodGodAbove & all His supporters for generously providing this new billboard to the @cityoftopeka pic.twitter.com/g5BrHX9VYB
— PlantingPeace (@Planting_Peace) September 8, 2014
Ever the social media savants, WBC blasted the billboard on Twitter with a Photoshopped image featuring their own rebuttal billboard.
Lil Westboro Baptist Church elect sheep immediately noticed man pleasing billboard @thetweetofgod was a BIG FAT LIE! t.co/0vD5sReW0O
— WBCSays (@FalseReligions) September 10, 2014
In an email to Mashable, Shirley Phelps-Roper praised the “lying billboard”:
“Thank God for that lying billboard! Every soul that sees it will either rejoice for the lie and the vain hope of afflicting the servants of God at WBC. Or, they will sigh and mourn for that awful sin and all the parts of it, knowing that every single soul that weighed in with money or words, in favor of that lying billboard, will stand before God in the Judgment, so very ashamed. Knowing also, that when they stand before God in the judgment, it will be TOO LATE for repentance, and eternal torment will follow.”
According to God, the national advertising company that sold him the billboard space was hesitant at first:
“They seemed a tad nervous. Thus far they have only let Me purchase the billboard through March of 2015. I wanted to purchase the full year. I also wanted to investigate other bigger billboards around town. But before they’ll do that the billboard company wants to see if the community accepts it and likes it first.”
But a spokesperson from Lamar Advertising says that’s not the case:
“We support the First Amendment right of advertisers and believe that it is in the best interest of our company and the communities we serve to accept advertising copy openly. We do not accept or reject copy based upon agreement or disagreement with the views presented. We are firmly committed to our copy acceptance policy.”
No overwhelming opposition to the billboard has been reported since its unveiling Monday. Now with nearly $40,000 in excess funds from an overachieving Indiegogo , God has promised to erect similar billboards in other anti-gay cities across America.
Matthew Tharrett
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