50 Cent joins chorus of homophobes mocking Young Buck for hooking up with trans woman
Of course, this is hardly the first time 50 Cent, who himself has been the subject of gay rumors, has made disparaging remarks about LGBTQ people.
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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Underrated Magic of Just Letting Things Go
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Underrated Magic of Just Letting Things Go
Pet peeves. Mood swings. Bad days. We all have them, especially in relationships, and sometimes it’s just too easy to let something seemingly meaningless turn into the.biggest.deal. Overreacting happens to the best of us, myself included. Just last week I accused my boyfriend of purposely sabotaging my well being just because he forgot to pick […]
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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Underrated Magic of Just Letting Things Go
Gay Valedictorian Kicked Out of Home Gets Help from Ellen DeGeneres
Gay Valedictorian Kicked Out of Home Gets Help from Ellen DeGeneres
A GoFundMe page set up for Seth Owen raised $141,000 to help with his Georgetown tuition. Now, DeGeneres has another surprise for him.
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 11, 2018
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 11, 2018
NEVER FORGET — REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11: On this somber day, let us work toward a safer world and unite in the quest for peace and equality for all.
On this somber day, let us work toward a safer world, a stronger nation and unite in the quest for peace and equality for all. #NeverForget #September11th pic.twitter.com/s1PnmgYery
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 11, 2018
EXCLUSIVE — JONATHAN CAPEHART (@CapehartJ) INTERVIEWS HRC PRESIDENT CHAD GRIFFIN: “I have never seen in my career the kind of grassroots energy and activism like we see today,” Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) said. “I really do believe if you fast forward two years, four years, five years, we will look back at this moment and see it as one of the great awakenings of our democracy. Marginalized communities all across this country are turning out in massive numbers for a host of reasons, but at the forefront of that is who Donald Trump is, and what Donald Trump is doing to our communities… I have never seen more coordination and more collaboration across social justice movements to stand up to fight back and to turn resistance.. I find that word a bit too passive. But really turning the corner from resistance to action.” More from The Washington Post.
HRC president Chad Griffin declares, ‘We are going to get our country back’ t.co/9H0rS8Jx2B
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) September 11, 2018
HRC PRESIDENT CHAD GRIFFIN — BRETT KAVANAUGH “HAND PICKED” BY ANTI-LGBTQ EXTREMISTS: Said Griffin: “For the LGBTQ community, the urgency of our fight against Kavanaugh’s nomination is not abstract. It is literally about millions of people having a right to live their lives free from discrimination and with access to affordable health care. For decades, anti-LGBTQ extremists have attempted to use our courts as an instrument of oppression against the LGBTQ community. Now, for the second time in two years, they have hand picked one of their own to sit on the nation’s highest court.” More from OutTake Media.
ICYMI – HRC TO HONOR ACADEMY AWARD WINNER ANNE HATHAWAY AT HRC NATIONAL DINNER: “Through her incredible talent and bold activism, Anne Hathaway uses her global platform to stand up for the LGBTQ community,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “From speaking out against discriminatory legislation targeting the LGBTQ community to her leadership on workplace equality for women, Anne is making a real difference in the lives of countless people around the globe.” Hathaway will join Joe Biden, Eric Holder, Stacey Abrams, Danica Roem, Nelson Araujo and thousands more at the weekend of events raising crucial funds in the fight for LGBTQ equality. More from On Top Magazine.
NEW HRC VIDEO FEATURING TRANS TEEN FIGHTING TO PRESERVE PROTECTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS: The stakes couldn’t be higher for trans people like 16-year-old Nicole, who is at risk of losing vital non-discrimination protections in Massachusetts. Opponents of equality are pushing for the repeal of Massachusetts’ trans non-discrimination law this November. Equality Voters must vote YES on Prop 3 to preserve the dignity and respect of transgender Bay Staters. Watch here.
Massachusetts’ non-discrimination law has made it possible for trans people like Nicole to:
�� Dine out…
�� Go shopping…
�� Be themselves in public spaces……free from discrimination. That could all change if the law’s repealed. Vote #YesOn3 this November. #TransLawMA pic.twitter.com/PfHCR1oj8E
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 10, 2018
TUESDAY TWEET — LOGO NAMES HRC YOUTH AMBASSADOR SAMEER JHA AS ONE OF SIX YOUNG, FEARLESS LGBTQ ACTIVISTS: Jha is a South Asian LGBTQ activist working to make schools safer for LGBTQ students, and started a nonprofit called The Empathy Alliance to ensure other LGBTQ youth would not have the same experiences he did. More from NewNowNext.
“My hope for my generation is that we recognize the issues and hate within our society, and remember them after we work to change them, so history doesn’t repeat itself.” – @HRC Foundation Youth Ambassador Sameer Jha (@sameerjha2001) t.co/PRmTDMQKiy
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 10, 2018
HORRIFYING — DEATH THREAT, SLURS SPRAY PAINTED ON FLORIDA TRANS WOMAN’S HOME: The Alachua County Sheriff’s department is investigating the incident as a hate crime. More from The Gainesville Sun.
SINGER AND SONGWRITER LAUV JOINS HRC’S EQUALITY ROCKS CAMPAIGN: More from HRC.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
THE GUARDIAN EDITORIAL BOARD — OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW INDIA IN OVERTURNING COLONIAL-ERA LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX RELATIONS: The board writes, “Conservative religious forces as well as machismo can reinforce prejudices, with LGBT issues presented as a western form of deviance… By coming out so publicly and so bravely, the petitioners — including a dancer, a journalist, a chef and an engineer — showed that they were part of Indian society.” More from The Guardian.
ARMENIAN PROPOSED BILL WOULD BAN “PROPAGANDA OF HOMOSEXUALITY”: The measure would go so far as to ban same-sex kissing in public. More from PanARMENIAN Net.
LGBTQ SOCIAL MEDIA APP GRINDR’S CHINESE IPO POINTS TO GROWING CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE: More from Bloomberg.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Variety interviews Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) on her upcoming film and her LGBTQ advocacy; QNews reports on a LGBTQ ski festival in Thredbo, Australia
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National LGBTQ Journalists Group Taps First Leader of Color
National LGBTQ Journalists Group Taps First Leader of Color
CNN editor Sharif Durhams wants his organization — and journalism as a whole — to better reflect the American audience.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/9/11/national-lgbtq-journalists-group-taps-first-leader-color
Remembering 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham
Remembering 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham
Revisit the 2002 Advocate issue that honored Mark Bingham, who worked to save his fellow United 93 passengers and the plane’s intended target.
www.advocate.com/people/2018/9/11/remembering-911-hero-mark-bingham
Billie Jean King Slams U.S. Open Umpire for Sexist ‘Abuse of Power’
Billie Jean King Slams U.S. Open Umpire for Sexist ‘Abuse of Power’
In an op-ed for The Washington Post, King praised Serena Williams for standing up to tennis’s double standard that unfairly punishes women of color.
www.advocate.com/sports/2018/9/10/billie-jean-king-slams-us-open-umpire-sexist-abuse-power
Share your pronouns on your OkCupid profile
Share your pronouns on your OkCupid profile
Match over what matters to you
OkCupid is proud to be the first and only leading dating app to create a dedicated space on profiles for LGBTQ daters to share their pronouns. Pronouns now appear right along with the other critical attributes that make you who you are, including your gender and sexual orientation. At OkCupid our goal is to empower daters to match on what matters to them and a dedicated space for your pronouns is an important way to share your authentic self and form meaningful relationships with deep human connections.
At OkCupid, we aim to provide a fun, affirming experience for all members. To ensure this new feature accurately represents and empowers members wanting to share their pronouns, we collaborated with GLAAD, a leader itself in the promotion of LGBTQ acceptance.
“Everyone should be able to express who they are, in their own words, and to have the opportunity to find romance with someone who respects and appreciates them,” said GLAAD Vice President of Programs Zeke Stokes. “By creating a dedicated space for personal pronouns on profiles, OkCupid has taken an important step forward that raises the bar for LGBTQ-inclusion on dating apps.”
If you want to share your pronouns on your OkCupid profile, here’s how:
- This feature is available to non-binary people and other members of the LGBTQ community. Make sure you’ve selected your gender(s). You can do this by going to your profile and clicking on profile details (where you also enter your sexual orientation, relationship status, etc).
- Once you’ve done this, you can update your pronouns on your profile (by the ?) by either selecting a dropdown option (he/him, she/her, they/them) or typing in whatever pronouns you want — you can also remove pronouns here by selecting (leave this blank).
- If you’ve entered your pronouns, they will show up in your details section for all other members who see your profile.
Match over what matters to you on OkCupid right now.
Share your pronouns on your OkCupid profile was originally published in The OkCupid Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
Transgender Contestant Defends Robbie Williams After X-Factor Host Gets Slammed for ‘Deadnaming’ Him: WATCH
Transgender Contestant Defends Robbie Williams After X-Factor Host Gets Slammed for ‘Deadnaming’ Him: WATCH
X-Factor UK judge and pop star Robbie Williams was slammed on social media after asking Felix Shepherd, a transgender contestant, his birth name before his audition this week. Asking a transgender person their birth, or “dead name”, is considered offensive because it is seen as invalidating their gender identity.
Hey @robbiewilliams I must say I felt it was offending from you to ask Felix’s deadname… I’m sure there was no bad intentions Behind the question but Felix’s name is Felix. He changed it because the other one didn’t fit and I don’t think it was relevant to bring it up? #Xfactor
— céline (@quidditchfranta) September 8, 2018
Can’t believe @robbiewilliams just asked Felix Shepard his Deadname so Ignorant #XFactorUK
— Rae Smyth (@RaeOfSunshine58) September 8, 2018
@robbiewilliams made an honest mistake. It’s not his fault that he wasn’t educated on trans issues ect, it’s important to educate people! Education is important! Let’s learn from this and stop using #deadname
— Katrina Marie Scanlan (@Katrina_Scanlan) September 9, 2018
@robbiewilliams a trans person’s name is what they tell you. Asking them for their deadname is in no way appropriate, especially not on national TV. Don’t be a dick next time maybe
— Apollo (@apollinares) September 9, 2018
But Shepherd, who earned a standing ovation from the audience, defended Williams in later remarks: “I was in no way offended by Robbie’s question and he did ask me if it was okay beforehand but they didn’t show that on the episode. He was extremely sensitive about it and said ‘do you mind me asking?’ It’s a shame viewers didn’t get to see that. After my audition he even came backstage and shook my hand and said another well done. He was very much on a level with me. It’s just not a common every day thing to hear about on Saturday night TV and it’s not something people have pocket knowledge about; it isn’t always in daylight for people to see. I don’t take it personally; I just know people don’t have a great understanding of it.””
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 10, 2018
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 10, 2018
KAVANAUGH COULD DESTROY BALANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR DECADES: In an oped for The Hill, HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow writes: “The Supreme Court could soon take cases that would determine critical issues for the LGBTQ community including whether our nation’s nondiscrimination laws include protections for LGBTQ people; whether individuals, organizations, and businesses have a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people; and whether qualified transgender people can be excluded from serving in the military, simply because of who they are… If confirmed, [Kavanaugh] could be a part of the majority that votes to dismantle all of the progress we’ve made. It’s time for our senators to answer: Do the rights of your LGBTQ constituents matter to you?” More from The Hill.
- Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, and Louvon Harris, sister of James Byrd took over HRC’s Twitter to discuss how Kavanaugh’s nomination potentially threatens hate crimes protections nationwide. More here.
16/ We — the families of Matthew & James — demand answers. With reported hate crimes on the rise, we need to know that the HCPA will continue to protect countless Americans. – @WyoJudyShepard & Louvon #HRCTwitterTakeover t.co/K5nT1yIGM2
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 7, 2018
MONDAY MUST READS — HRC’S SARAH MCBRIDE, WE MUST ADDRESS THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN: The recent deaths Shantee Tucker in Philadelphia, Dejanay Stanton in Chicago and Vontashia Bell in Louisiana — all Black transgender women — underscore the urgent need to address this epidemic of violence. Said McBride: “There is a growing epidemic of violence targeting transgender people, particularly Black transgender women. This is an urgent crisis that is a by-product of the toxic and violent combination of transphobia, misogyny, and racism. As a society, our policymakers and lawmakers must do more to combat this violence.” More from Pink News and Philly.com.
ICYMI — PENCE, HELLER AND LAXALT BRING DANGEROUS ANTI-LGBTQ ATTACKS TO NEVADA: HRC exposed the records of anti-LGBTQ U.S. Senate candidate Sen. Dean Heller and Nevada gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt, campaigned with Mike Pence in Las Vegas on Friday. More from HRC.
EMMYS HONOR LGBTQ CREATERS AND CONTENT: Among the winners were the casts and crew of Queer Eye and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Check out the full list of winners from Vulture.
MELROSE, MASS., BOARD OF ALDERMAN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES RESOLUTION TO PROTECT TRANS CITIZENS IN FACE OF STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE: More from Melrose Patch.
GREY’S ANATOMY TO INTRODUCE FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON CHARACTER: Actor Alex Landi will play Dr. Nico Kim. More from Entertainment Tonight.
NATIONAL LGBT CANCER NETWORK RECEIVES $2.5M FROM CDC TO EXPAND RESOURCES: More from Gay RVA.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FACULTY GROUP RECOMMENDS NEW SYLLABI ON PRONOUN USE: more from The Daily Texan.
MAJOR SCHOOLS IN HRC RISING STATES NAMED TO CAMPUS PRIDE INDEX AS “BEST OF THE BEST” FOR LGBTQ POLICIES AND PRACTICES: Among those named are Lehigh University; The Ohio State University; The Pennsylvania State University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire; University of Wisconsin – Green Bay; and University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. More from Campus Pride.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
NOTORIOUS EXPORTER OF ANTI-LGBTQ HATE TURNS UP IN TAIWAN TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Brian Brown – who has unsuccessfully worked to undermine marriage equality in the U. S. for at least 11 years — is now peddling his hatred in Taiwan. More from HRC.
POWERFUL QUOTES FROM INDIAN SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING COLONIAL-ERA LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX RELATIONS: Chief Justice Dipak Misra wrote in the decision: “The ideals and objectives enshrined in our benevolent Constitution can be achieved only when each and every individual is empowered and enabled to participate in the social mainstream and in the journey towards achieving equality in all spheres, equality of opportunities in all walks of life, equal freedoms and rights and, above all, equitable justice.” More from Quartz.
- The Indian Supreme Court’s decision is already galvanizing decriminalization efforts in other British Commonwealth countries. A veteran Singapore diplomat is calling for similar change in his country because of this historic decision. More from Reuters.
HORRIFYING — TRANS WOMAN BURNED ALIVE IN PAKISTAN: The woman, misgendered in media reports, was attacked by four men. Local activist group Trans Action Pakistan is working to identify the woman. More from Pink News.
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HRC interviews 2018 HRC Foundation Youth Ambassador Miles Sanchez; Refinery29 profiles Angela Ponce, Miss Universe’s first openly transgender contestant; into shares the power of the trans community and why cis LGBQ people should address their biases; Outsmart Magazine reviews a new local theatre production with LGBTQ themes
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