PHOTOS: Halloweenie — The Party With a Purpose
Christopher Harrity
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WATCH: Halloween 2015, West Hollywood Versus New York City
WATCH: Halloween 2015, West Hollywood Versus New York City
Coast to coast and from Maine to the Mexican border, the annual celebration of Halloween featured the customary candy and costumes enjoyed by children of all ages, even the much maligned Caitlyn Jenner corset costume.
Spirit Halloween’s $49.99 outfit recreating the I Am Cait star’s Vanity Fair cover portrait was the 4th best selling adult costume of the year, according to The Wrap. Jenner herself told NBC she found it flattering.
But at two venues 3,000 miles apart, you’d be hard-pressed to find a store-bought costume of any kind. New York City’s annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade drew thousands of spectators dressed as witches, skeletons, zombies, ghouls, superheroes, pirates, drag queens, cartoon characters, political candidates, butterflies and supersized fruit.
As New York TV station WNBC reported, the event is open to anyone in a costume and prides itself on its adult, anything-goes spectacle. The march along Sixth Avenue got its start in 1973 when a puppeteer led the first march with just his family.
And across the country, West Hollywood hosted its annual Halloween Carnaval, marking both 30 years since WeHo was incorporated and 40 years since the premiere of the cult classic film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Tim Curry, star of the movie, was honored as honorary mayor at the WeHo celebration, which was live streamed on YouTube. One of the hosts was Willam Belli of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Boy George also made an appearance to the delight of hundreds of thousands of attendees.
Police in both cities maintained a strong presence. WNBC reported the response by the NYPD was in part due to concerns over a threat to police. According to WNBC and the Los Angeles TV station, KCAL, the crowds in both locales were well-behaved and there were no reports of trouble at press time.
Watch a report from WNBC about the Greenwich Village parade, below, and scroll down to tune in to the #WeHoTV live stream from YouTube and a report from KCAL.
Dawn Ennis
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Open Question: LGBT im bored with my boyfriend of a month…i feel torn and guilty?
Open Question: LGBT im bored with my boyfriend of a month…i feel torn and guilty?
idk who to talk to about this. we’ve been dating for a month now. in the beginning it was really great. as we got to know each other i felt he was perfect on paper. and later as we got to know each other i got instantly bored. i noticed signs in the beginning like it wouldn’t bother me if we were apart for too long.
i would have friends ask me “do you miss your new boyfriend?” “i bet you two are in the stage where you two are inseperable and have seperation anxiety” ect and i don’t feel that at all!
he always goes on how much he misses me and i just don’t care… and later i noticed i don’t feel the same as i did when we first met. i feel guilty because he told me he dated a guy for three weeks and he got bored as well and they broke up and he feels i may do the same….
he always asks if im happy and i just feel neutral towards him. i keep telling myself “the love will come…” but its not
is this normal?should i wait? i also dont text him often he always texts me and i figure he would get bored and breakup with me but hes not,,,so @Iamwhite nice try….not funny
Open Question: Why are most stores so scared of supporting LGBT rights?
Open Question: Why are most stores so scared of supporting LGBT rights?
WATCH: Fan-Made Video of Madonna’s Entire ‘Rebel Heart’ Concert
WATCH: Fan-Made Video of Madonna’s Entire ‘Rebel Heart’ Concert
Thanks to a loyal Madonna devotee, you can now watch the entire Rebel Heart concert without leaving home.
A new video created by YouTube channel ‘Madonna Videos’ cobbles together footage from Madge’s Rebel Heart Tour performances in Chicago, Montreal plus “a few other cities.”
Hopefully this will tide you over until Madonna releases an official DVD of the tour. Watch below:
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Sean Mandell
www.towleroad.com/2015/10/watch-madonnas-rebel-heart-concert-in-full/
Open Question: Should heterosexual marriage be banned?
Open Question: Should heterosexual marriage be banned?
I feel that heterosexual marriage is offensive and demeaning to the LGBT community.
Andy Cohen Says He and Anderson Cooper Aren’t F**king: VIDEO
Andy Cohen Says He and Anderson Cooper Aren’t F**king: VIDEO
On What What Happens Live! Friday, guest Amber Rose asked host Andy Cohen a question that may have been on your mind: “Are you and Anderson Cooper f**king?”
Everyone on set seemed thoroughly amused by the question–including Cohen. Regaining his composure, Cohen explained,
“No, we’ve never done a thing. We’ve never even kissed…We were set up on a blind date over 20 years ago in the early 90s and it never took. We spoke on the phone once and I thought the call went great. But he said he could picture me wildly gesticulating and it turned him off. And so we never went out but we became great friends…We’ve never done a thing – never seen each other naked or anything.”
Andy didn’t seem to mind Amber’s inquisitiveness, telling her, “Good question.”
Watch Andy get flustered by Amber’s question and then check out a few photos of the two ACs below:
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Sean Mandell
Andy Cohen Says He and Anderson Cooper Aren’t F**king: VIDEO
Christian Petition Targets Chick-fil-A For 'Going Gay,' Sponsoring LGBT Film Fest
Christian Petition Targets Chick-fil-A For 'Going Gay,' Sponsoring LGBT Film Fest
Eater, a popular foodie website, has outed Chick-fil-A as a sponsor of an LGBT film festival in Nashville, TN.
The Vox-owned foodie website seemed understandably surprised that Chick-fil-A’s logo would appear on the sponsors page of “Level Ground,” and that its name would be associated with what is “billed as the world’s first faith-based LGBT film festival.”
That would be the biggest turnaround ever since it ceased donations of $5 million to antigay groups, when CEO Dan Cathy publicly stated his corporation would steer clear of social issues last year. That kind of support would be unprecedented, almost too good to be true.
Which it is.
Just hours after the article went live, a spokesperson for the Southern Baptist, family-owned fast food chain swiftly issued a clarification, telling Eater Chick-fil-A itself was never a sponsor of “Level Ground.” The actual sponsor is a franchise owner in Nashville. A similar case happened last November when a Hollywood franchise donated 20 percent of its one-day proceeds to the LGBT student group, Campus Pride.
A Chick-fil-A representative told Eater, “The operators make decisions on local sponsorships.”
That news came too late, however, to a concerned Christian and Chick-fil-A patron named Steven Policastro, who last week started a petition on change.org, declaring, “CFA Goes Gay, Corporate Needs To Know!” His petition states:
“Per our research and findings, Chick-fil-A is a sponsor of “On Level Ground” (www.OnLevelGround.org) which is “a movement” that “creates space for dialogue about faith, gender, and sexuality through the arts.” And upon further inquiry, your sponsorship of this organization supports pro-gay organizations such as:
-The Christian Closet (gay-affirming Christian counseling) -The Center For Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (promoting the gay agenda in Christian ministry)
-Therapists 4 Equality (LGBTQ Affirmative Therapy)
-The Reformation Project (an attempt to bring the gay agenda into the church’s theology)
-Believe Outloud (an organization to promote gender equality to Christian clergy) and many other groups that promote an agenda which is contrary to Chick-fil-A’s corporate stance on Christian values regarding marriage and stewardship.”
At press time, the petition had more than 330 supporters, and caught the eye of Baptist Global News, which published an article this week that reported on the sponsorship and examined the restaurant’s deeply-held religious roots.
Read more about the “Level Ground” festival here, and about the petition here.
Dawn Ennis
Open Question: Can a straight person join an LGBT Community?
More HRC Staff Land in Houston for Final GOTV
More HRC Staff Land in Houston for Final GOTV
HRC staff from across the country have converged on Houston in what is now the largest mobilization of staff for a campaign in our organization’s history.
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