Two high school coaches suspended over an LGBTQ charity basketball game

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Beyoncé, Martin Shkreli, FKA Twigs, HomePod, Katy Perry, Plastic Dive, Pink, Claudia Tenney: HOT LINKS

DISGUSTING PLASTIC DIVE OF THE DAY. Diver finds himself in plastic garbage patch off coast of Indonesia. “The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, brunches, fronds, sticks, etc…. Oh, and some plastic. Some plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic sheets, plastic buckets, plastic sachets, plastic straws, plastic baskets, plastic bags, more plastic bags, plastic, plastic, so much plastic! Surprise, surprise, there weren’t many Mantas there at the cleaning station today… They mostly decided not to bother.”

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT. The 1940s-era law that has become a key weapon against Trump’s agenda: “Under that law, the Administrative Procedure Act, federal agencies are required to provide a reasoned justification for their policy decisions and offer the public an opportunity to weigh in when they are creating new regulations, making notable changes to existing rules, or scrapping them altogether. Trump’s critics have seized upon these requirements as a mainstay of their lawsuits against his agenda, arguing not only that the policies are harmful, but also that the administration flouted the formal rule-making process in enacting them.”

ON THE RUN. Beyoncé and Jay-Z summer tour leaked…

GAYS 4 TRUMP. Rally draws meager 100 people.

CORRUPTION COSTS. Michael Flynn selling home to pay legal bills: “Michael Flynn, the retired Army general and ex-Trump national security adviser who pleaded guilty last year to lying to FBI agents about his Russian contacts, has put his Virginia home up for sale to pay mounting legal fees, friends and family members told ABC News. Flynn’s 13-year-old, three-bedroom townhouse in Old Town Alexandria outside Washington, which he bought three years ago, was listed for sale in December with an asking price of $895,000 — money he will use to pay his high legal defense debts, his brother Joe Flynn said Monday.”

NORTH KOREA. We’re willing to discuss giving up nuclear weapons: “The North Korean side clearly stated its willingness to denuclearize,” the statement said. “It made it clear that it would have no reason to keep nuclear weapons if the military threat to the North was eliminated and its security guaranteed.”

EXAMPLE 2,543,543. Trump is appallingly ignorant.

EUGENE TRUONO. Gay Republican runs for U.S. Senate in Delaware: “A financial services industry executive and business consultant who says he’s been openly gay for his entire adult life and married his husband in 2011 announced last month that he is running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Delaware. Eugene Truono, 59, who most recently served as chief compliance officer for PayPal, is running for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Tom Carper, an LGBT rights supporter who first won election to the Senate in 2000.

WIGS FLY OFF. Katy Perry explains what happens when somebody sings really well.

NEVER-ENDING BRUNCHES. Woman racks up $10K in debt trying to become Instagram star.

STRAIGHTWASHED. One of Us, a documentary about the Brooklyn Hasidic community, cut out a key fact about one of its subjects: “A woman who was featured in a hit Netflix documentary about former Orthodox Jews says the fact that she was openly lesbian was cut from the film.”

MARTIN SHKRELI. Pharmadouche must forfeit $7.36 million: ‘Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said that in order to satisfy that award amount Shkreli — who was said to be completely cash-broke last year by his lawyer — must forfeit his interest in a set of “substitute” assets. Those assets are: $5 million in cash in an E-Trade brokerage account that previously had secured his release bond; Shkreli’s stake in the drug company Vyera Pharmaceuticals; the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”; the Lil’ Wayne album “The Carter V”; and a painting by Pablo Picasso.’

FAKE NEWS! GOP Congresswoman Claudia Tenney claims she didn’t say that many mass murderers end up being Democrats.

Claudia TENNEY walks away from TV interview when confronted by her Democrats/mass murderers comments:

“It’s fake news! I answered your question every which way, it is fake news. Bye. Done. It’s ridiculous.” t.co/k52X5SHFQT

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 5, 2018

COOL AD OF THE DAY. New Homepod ad featuring FKA Twigs directed by Spike Jonze.

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Pink “Whatever You Want”.

TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY. Kaiser Arms.

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20 Best Love Quotes from the Movies

When you’re dating, it’s easy to let a bad date or two make you cynical. You can end up feeling like you’ll never find a relationship or love, and that your quest to find a partner is doomed. 

If that sounds like you right now, you might need a heartwarming (and slightly cheesy) pick me up to remind you why finding love is worth it. To help you out, AA Executive Cars have put together this infographic celebrating love across seventy years of cinema. It includes some of the most inspirational and beautiful quotes about love and relationships from films across all genres, ranging from classic rom-coms like Sleepless in Seattle and Dirty Dancing to epic fantasies like The Lord of the Ring. You can even get your Disney fix, with a few choice selections from films including Finding Nemo and The Princess and the Frog!

These quotes celebrate the highs and lows of love in all its forms, from the fairy tale world of The Princess Bride to the dystopian future of The Terminator. Who can forget Julia Robert’s Anna Scott in Notting Hill telling Hugh Grant’s Will Thacker “I’m also just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”?  And perhaps we should all follow the sage advice from Juno in our own love lives (and on your next POF date): “In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find someone who loves you for exactly who you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you.”

We hope that these 20 quotes will leave you feeling re-inspired by love and dating, and positive about all the opportunities they can bring. Okay, so you might not meet a world famous actor right outside your front door, or perform a perfect dance number in the style of Dirty Dancing’s Baby and Johnny. But you might well go on interesting dates, discover new places and meet amazing new people. And sooner or later, we’re sure you’ll find love that will match anything out of the movies!

Without further ado, take a look at our selection of the twenty most romantic movie quotes of all time: 

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20 Best Love Quotes from the Movies

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 6, 2018

#HereToFight — HRC RALLIES WITH DREAMERS ON TRUMP-PENCE DACA DEADLINE DAY: Yesterday on Capitol Hill, HRC joined a rally and march to keep up the pressure and demand that Congress create a permanent solution for the Dreamers NOW. Despite the Trump-Pence Administration’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects Dreamers — including approximately 75,000 LGBTQ Dreamers — from deportation, court action has kept it in place for the time being. More from the Latin American Herald Tribune. Más de Hoy Digital.

• Morning Must Read: “For this young LGBT man, the DACA fight means coming out of two closets,” reports Jenny Manrique (@JennyManriqueC) at The Dallas Morning News.
• “Consideramos que lo que han hecho el Congreso y el presidente es inaudito, dejando a cientos de miles de personas en el limbo; es tiempo de que se resuelva de una vez por todas”, dijo Milagros Chirinos, jefa de prensa bilingüe-español de HRC. Más de LaVanguardia.

They are #LGBTQ.
They are undocumented.
They are unafraid.
They are #Dreamers.
They are #HereToStay.
They are #HereToFight. pic.twitter.com/YYacM37vba

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 5, 2018

HRC OPPOSES TRUMP-PENCE JUDICIAL NOMINEE THOMAS FARR: Today, HRC sent a letter to senators urging them to oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Farr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. “Farr’s long career undermining the fundamental rights to vote raises concerns about his ability to enforce equal treatment under the law, particularly for African Americans and other historically disenfranchised groups of Americans,” said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy.” More from HRC.

TAKE A LISTEN TUESDAY: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, is the troll capital of the U.S. It’s also an extraordinary town that banded together to lift up an LGBTQ child. Check out this interview with local parent-advocate Amy Lyle about her work supporting the child, and starting the national I Am Jazz day of reading. More from Our Americana.

NEW POLLING SHOWS THAT MARIE NEWMAN AND DAN LIPINSKI ARE TIED IN ILLINOIS DEM PRIMARY: HRC has staff on the ground in this race and is joining a more than $1.3 million campaign partnering with other groups, including direct mail, digital persuasion ads and TV ads. Lipinski has an abysmal record on LGBTQ equality and the shameful distinction of being the worst-scoring Democrat on the HRC’s Congressional Scorecard. The people of Illinois’ third district deserve a champion of equality fighting for each and every one of them in Congress — Marie Newman. More from Politico.

TODAY — OFFICIAL RELEASE OF HRC’S SARAH MCBRIDE’S MEMOIR: Along her path to becoming an LGBTQ civil rights pioneer were moments of heartbreak and struggle, as well as love and transcendence, as McBride (@SarahEMcBride) recounts in her new memoir, “Tomorrow Will Be Different.” She recently spoke to HRC about her book, the fight for equality and the unexpected power of vulnerability. More from HRC.

MORNING MUST READ: THE PLAGUE OF ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION IN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES: Seven states have passed laws granting a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people in foster care and adoption services. Laws like these allow agencies to refuse to work with LGBTQ people; some even shockingly allow them to refuse to provide certain types of medical treatment to LGBTQ children in their care. More from Advocate.

GOTV IN TEXAS FOR SYLVIA GARCIA: HRC Texas field organizers have been hard at work mobilizing equality voters across the Lone Star State for the March 6 primary to support pro-equality candidates including Sylvia Garcia, who is running for Congress. More from HRC.

HRC MOURNS TA’RON M. CARSON, LGBTQ ADVOCATE SHOT IN KANSAS CITY: “Ta’Ron was always himself,” friend Gary Junior of Kansas City told The Kansas City Star. “He was not ashamed of his sexuality. He did not hide himself from anybody. He was really about standing up for the LGBT community.” More from The Kansas City Star.

ACTOR LEE PACE COMES OUT AS QUEER IN TWITTER THREAD:

Thank you @leepace for sharing your truth. We are proud to have you as a member of the #LGBTQ community. ��️‍�� t.co/zUSohxvpPQ

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 5, 2018

ONGOING STORY — PRINCIPAL FORCED TO GO ON LEAVE AFTER COMING OUT AS TRANSGENDER AND RECEIVING THREATS: Stanley School (Mass.) Principal Shannon Daniels planned to return to her position, but will remain on a temporary leave of absence indefinitely. More from The Daily Item.

THE VOICE TO HAVE FIRST OPENLY TRANS CONTESTANT: More from Yahoo.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

ISRAEL MAY DEPORT LGBTQ ASYLUM SEEKERS TO COUNTRIES WITH DANGEROUS ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS: The country announced plans to deport LGBTQ asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda, claiming they do not count as part of an excluded group of people who cannot be deported. More from The Jerusalem Post.

MEET THE LAWYER FIGHTING FOR PANAMANIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY: More from Michael K. Lavers (@mklavers81) in the  The Washington Blade.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

The New York Times reflects on the life of openly gay actor David Ogden Stiers; New York Daily News reports that there will be a LGBTQ-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Parade held in Queens on Sunday; Teen Vogue reports that Demi Lovato helped her friend propose to his boyfriend on stage at a recent concert; AlJazeera reviews the landscape for trans rights in Pakistan

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HRC Opposes Trump-Pence Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr

Today, HRC sent a letter to senators urging them to oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Thomas Farr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

“Thomas Farr’s long career undermining the fundamental rights to vote raises concerns about his ability to enforce equal treatment under the law, particularly for African Americans and other historically disenfranchised groups of Americans,” said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy. “Farr’s nomination is another example of the Trump-Pence Administration’s attempt to impede progress towards equality by putting forth extreme and unqualified nominees to serve on our courts. The Senate must reject Farr and his callous disregard of the rights of millions of Americans to meaningfully participate in the political process.”

HRC will join numerous civil rights groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, for a rally in front of the Supreme Court to highlight the terrible records of Thomas Farr and Kyle Duncan.

Thomas Farr’s shameful track record includes defending North Carolina’s voter suppression law and representing Jesse Helms’ Senate campaign — notorious for their racist tactics to intimidate and disenfranchise African American voters. According to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, “Mr. Farr has developed a niche legal practice defending discriminatory electoral laws that make it harder for African Americans to participate in our democracy.” Throughout his career, Farr has also defended employers who were charged with employment discrimination and resisted efforts to create safe working conditions for their employees.

HRC previously joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in calling for the committee to hold additional hearings after it was discovered that Farr failed to provide full and accurate testimony to the Committee.

Thomas Farr’s nomination is part of a larger trend of the Trump-Pence Administration naming extreme and unqualified nominees to serve on the bench — some of whom will serve lifetime appointments. HRC has opposed several anti-LGBTQ nominees including Gordon Giampietro, Howard Nielson, Kyle Duncan, Matthew Kacsmaryk, and Mark Norris. Last year, anti-LGBTQ nominees Jeff Mateer, Stephen Schwartz, and Damien Schiff were defeated following months of opposition from HRC and coalition partners.

www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-sends-letter-opposing-trump-pence-judicial-nominee-thomas-farr?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Jack Pierson Finds the Future in the Past in Tomorrow’s Man (Art)

www.advocate.com/media/2018/3/06/jack-pierson-finds-future-past-tomorrows-man-art

Lee Pace Comes Out as Proud ‘Member of the Queer Community,’ More Comfortably This Time

Actor Lee Pace has spoken out about his sexual orientation following an awkward interview last week in W magazine, in which it appeared he was coming out begrudgingly.

Pace clarified the situation in a series of tweets on Monday morning.

Said Pace: “In a recent phone interview, I was asked questions that I wasn’t expecting and found myself momentarily at a loss for the right words. My privacy is important to me, so I protect it. When interviewed by the media, I keep the focus on my work. As a member of the queer community, I understand the importance of living openly, being counted, and happily owning who I am. That’s how I’ve always lived my life……just as it’s been important to me to portray queer characters with dignity for my entire career: A Soldier’s Girl (Showtime. 2003). The Normal Heart (Broadway. 2011). Halt and Catch Fire (AMC. 2014-2017). Angels in America. (Broadway. NOW.) Onward, with Pride.”

As a member of the queer community, I understand the importance of living openly, being counted, and happily owning who I am. That’s how I’ve always lived my life…

— Lee Pace (@leepace) March 5, 2018

…just as it’s been important to me to portray queer characters with dignity for my entire career: A Soldier’s Girl (Showtime. 2003). The Normal Heart (Broadway. 2011). Halt and Catch Fire (AMC. 2014-2017). Angels in America. (Broadway. NOW.)
Onward, with Pride.

— Lee Pace (@leepace) March 5, 2018

Pace is starring as Joe Pitt in the Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s iconic play Angels in America.

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Call me by her name: Daniela Vega, St. Vincent, and the Oscars moment LGBTQ women deserve

Have LGBTQ women ever experienced ultimate Academy Awards glory? In short—not really. But if last night’s LGBTQ representation is any indication of the trajectory of the Oscars, the future might be female.

In order to understand the meaning of last night’s widespread LGBTQ representation, we must remember the past. The most celebrated films featuring queer women in recent history were the 2010 film, The Kids Are All Right, and the 2015 film, Carol. While Carol was nominated in six categories, and The Kids Are All Right was nominated in four categories, including Best Picture, neither received a single award on their Oscars nights. Other recent notable LGBTQ films centering around stories of women, including Blue is the Warmest Color and Tangerine, have similarly been snubbed at the Oscars.

Last night, however, Daniela Vega made LGBTQ history at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Vega, the star of Chile’s A Fantastic Women, first took the stage as part of the team accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award and later, as a presenter to introduce Sufjan Stevens as a musical performer. As Vega walked the stage, she carried the immense, historical weight of being the first-ever openly transgender woman to present at the Academy Awards.

.@danivega is the first out trans actress to present an award at the #Oscars. She is also the star of A Fantastic Woman, nominated in Best Foreign Language Film (and also nominated at the #glaadawards). t.co/yvU4hh7io1

— GLAAD (@glaad) March 4, 2018

A Fantastic Woman‘s win and Vega’s on-stage moments are just a few examples of strong and diverse LGBTQ representation at the 2018 Academy Awards. This year, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, Call Me by Your Name, A Fantastic Woman, Strong Island, Mudbound, Coco, and The Greatest Showman all featured LGBTQ nominees on screen and/or in production. The show also featured many powerful LGBTQ-inclusive moments, including Janet Mock’s apperance in Common and Andra Day’s performance of  “Stand Up for Something,” Debra Chasnoff’s touching memoriam, and more.

In an industry that features such limited and often defamatory transgender representation in major studio productions, Vega’s presence and platform shines a much-needed light on transgender talent in film. In addition, Yance Ford, a Black transgender man, was the first openly transgender director ever nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category. Both of these historic firsts invite viewers to recognize the brilliance and potential of transgender industry professionals who have historically been shut out from Hollywood’s biggest stage.

Vega’s role as Marina in A Fantastic Woman is stunning—and if you have not seen it yet, what are you waiting for!—but it was her role as a presenter that made the most on-stage history. Let’s just break it down: a transgender woman, who is the centerpiece lead in an Oscar-winning film about a transgender character, introduces a performance of the Oscar-nominated song about queer love in an Oscar-nominated queer-centric film.

This. Moment. Was. LGBTQ. Magic.

But if you weren’t looking closely you may have missed an important addition to Sufjan’s performance. That addition was Annie Clark aka St. Vincent, an openly queer woman, playing guitar and singing alongside Sufjan in their touching performance of “Mystery of Love.”

Objectively speaking—of course—St. Vincent is a queer rock goddess, and her presence on stage during this historic Oscars moment matters too. Bringing in St. Vincent allows us as queer women to grab hold of Call Me by Your Name and claim it as a narrative that we own too.

The song “Mystery of Love,” appears in the film Call Me by Your Name in a dream-like sequence showcasing a getaway trip for the main characters, Elio and Oliver. During this montage, the audience is invited into a world of queer love that is out in the open and unafraid, a stark contrast in tone from the film’s more repressed earlier scenes.

By itself, the song is powerful, but within the context of Call Me by Your Name, “Mystery of Love” is heartbreaking in the most beautiful way. From the plucky intro to the whispery first lines, “Oh to see without my eyes the first time that you kissed me,” “Mystery of Love” engulfs the listener in a contemplative yet blissful memory of young love.

Hearing “Mystery of Love,” while watching Elio’s feelings bloom, took me back to strikingly familiar moments in my coming out experience. I, too, was wrought with an intoxicating combination of shame and excitement as I fell in love for the first time. This exploration was at the same time painful and peaceful, as I finally felt the feelings of love and deep connection I had long longed for… yet for so long had resolved would always remain unrequited.

Seeing Elio experience the same dark and beautiful moments was cathartic for me, as I now live a very open and happy life as a queer person. It was difficult to recall those memories, but it’s important for me to recognize that my painful past is still a reality for so many young LGBTQ people. This is what invigorates me to work harder to be a part of the movement of increasing LGBTQ representation in the media. When we as LGBTQ people are seen as the fully realized humans that we are, our stories can push culture forward and change lives.  

Call Me by Your Name wins Best Adapted Screenplay at Oscars t.co/06ebpLMbYO

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 5, 2018

Call Me by Your Name focuses keenly on the nuances of queer intimacy, yet the film’s emotional power lies in its ability to resonate with a wide audience. Call Me by Your Name joins Boys Don’t Cry, Brokeback Mountain, and Moonlight, as some of the most critically acclaimed Oscar-winning LGBTQ focused films of the last twenty years. However, we should not allow ourselves to believe that we as an LGBTQ community have found ourselves wholly represented in the Academy quite yet. While these films represent distinctly powerful stories, they all either center around fictional queer and cisgender men or include transgender characters played by cisgender actors.

Celebrating queerness on Hollywood’s biggest stage cannot only recognize—and therefore only affirm—queer male love.The queer experience belongs to women and non-binary people just as much as it does to queer men. And while there are many factors that play into why The Kids Are All Right, Carol and other LGBTQ-women-led films are not winning, we are still left with the same conclusion: LGBTQ women deserve Oscar gold, and we cannot cease sharing our stories until we are given the same opportunities and accolades as everyone else.

Clare Kenny is a Campaigns Manager at GLAAD. She leads GLAAD’s Youth Engagement including the Campus Ambassador Program, Rising Stars Grants Program, and amp series. Clare is a graduate of Skidmore College.

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3 LGBT-Friendly Escapes in Hawaii

The majestic islands of Hawaii are a hub to some of the coolest and hippest LGBT-friendly destinations in the world. Here are a few not to miss.

www.advocate.com/travel/2018/3/05/3-lgbt-friendly-escapes-hawaii

90th Oscars: ‘A Fantastic Woman,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ and more LGBTQ-inclusive wins

www.glaad.org/blog/90th-oscars-fantastic-woman-shape-water-and-more-lgbtq-inclusive-wins