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For Patrick Stewart, standing up for gay rights was a natural
‘There was never a moment where I made an intellectual choice that I would be a supporter of gay civil rights’
gregh
www.gaystarnews.com/article/patrick-stewart-standing-gay-rights-was-natural230115
HRC Mourns the Death of Lamia Beard
Thirty-year-old Lamia Beard of Norfolk, Va., a transgender woman of color, was shot in the early morning of January 17.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/hrc-mourns-the-death-of-lamia-beard?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
“My Husband’s Not Straight” Perfectly Lampoons TLC’s Mormon Reality Show Nightmare
You don’t have to be a clinical psychologist to peer past the nonsense of TLC’s sideshow spectacle My Husband’s Not Gay, wherein men who are admittedly attracted to men try their darnedest to convince themselves and their wives (and now America) that they’re perfectly content suppressing their true identities.
But for argument’s sake, let’s say there was a shred of believability to their pious reformation. All it takes is a little role reversal to squash any measly remnant of legitimacy.
What if it were same-sex couples where one of the partners is actually straight? That’s the premise of this hilarious video from George Takei. The sad part is that the participants in TLC’s reality show don’t realize they come off as equally ludicrous.
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Dan Tracer
News: Supergirl, DNC 2016, Chris Pratt, Skymall, TLC, Taylor Swift
HRC has released its 2014 State Equality Index. Find out where your state landed on the list here.
Glee and Vampire Diaries actress Claire Hoult has been cast as Supergirl in the upcoming CBS series based on the DC Comics superhero.
The Guardian calls Cucumber the “television event of the week” in its glowing review of the UK gay drama’s premiere.
The 2016 Democratic National Convention will take place the week of July 25, right after the RNC. Negotiations are still underway on whether Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City will host the Democrats.
TLC has already funded their new album via Kickstarter less than 3 days since the campaign began. Katy Perry may have helped a bit too.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has died at the age of 90. Via NYT: “The king’s death adds yet another element of uncertainty in a region already overwhelmed by crises and as Saudi Arabia is itself in a struggle with Iran for regional dominance. The royal family moved quickly to assure a smooth transition of power in a nation that is a close ally of the United States, the world’s largest exporter ofoil and the religious center of the Islamic faith. In a televised statement, a brother of Abdullah, Crown Prince Salman, announced that the king had died and that he had assumed the throne.”
Love sci-fi and all things queer? Check out “Queers Destroy Science Fiction!,” a special issue of the Hugo-winning magazine LIGHTSPEED written and edited by queer creators that is currently undergoing a Kickstarter campaign.
Chris Pratt looking good in Daddy mode on a bike ride in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon.
Duck Dynasty-loving One Direction singer Liam Payne really wants to be a humanitarian (but only when he’s drunk).
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicts the Internet will one day become so synonymous with everything around us that it will “disappear”.
Diplo says Taylor Swift fans are the worst people in the world, claims there’s “scary stuff” going on in the pop star’s life.
Can you guess which Miss Universe contestant this is?
Governator offspring Patrick Schwarzenegger and Miley Cyrus are still going strong despite the fact that Miley can’t spell “Schwarzenegger”.
Everyone’s favorite in-flight rag Skymall is filing for bankruptcy, meaning flyers may soon have to search elsewhere for giant Bigfoot lawn statues.
An half-kilometer asteroid called 2004 BL86 will fly by Earth Monday – zooming past about 745,000 miles away. It will be the closest known asteroid this large to pass near Earth until 2027.
Kyler Geoffroy
What LGBT Policy Challenges Are on Deck for 2015?
President Obama gave his annual overview of items Washington should be dealing with this year, but what are the big issues for LGBT Americans?
Michelle Garcia
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/01/21/what-lgbt-policy-challenges-are-deck-2015
Why 'The Vagina Monologues' Isn't Exclusive To Women
Mount Holyoke College probably didn’t know it was going to spark a national debate about “The Vagina Monologues” and womanhood when a theatre group at the all-women’s school decided to cancel a performance of the acclaimed play for not being inclusive enough, specifically of transgender people.
But Laurie Essig, the director of gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Middlebury College, argued that “The Vagina Monologues” is more inclusive than some may interpret during a Thursday conversation with HuffPost Live.
“I think ‘The Vagina Monologues’ speak to lots of people even as they don’t speak to everyone,” Essig said. “I think it’s important to think about they were never meant to be about what women are or even about the complexity of genders, but rather about vaginas.”
Eve Ensler, the Tony-winning playwright behind “The Vagina Monologues,” wrote in a Time magazine piece on Monday that she was “surprised” by Mount Holyoke’s decision and reasoning because the play was “never intended to be a play about what it means to be a woman. It is and always has been a play about what it means to have a vagina. In the play, I never defined a woman as a person with a vagina.”
Monica Anderson, the founder & CEO of Spectrum Queer Media, told HuffPost Live the “honoring of the vagina” isn’t an exclusive practice.
“All of us came from a vagina, and the amount of violence that’s targeting on vaginas is something that should concern everyone. What this play does is it elevates the conversation,” Anderson said. “I feel like at Mount Holyoke, they have the right to create another monologue that really fits the spirit of who they are. I also feel like ‘The Vagina Monologues’ are still necessary.”
Watch the full conversation about Mount Holyoke canceling The Vagina Monologues here.
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Illinois appoints new tourism director – and he's openly gay
Cory Jobe is the (handsome) new face of tourism in the Midwestern state
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HRC Joins Conference on LGBT Engagement and Philanthropy
The two-day event brought together consumers, donors and professionals for an open dialogue on the importance of LGBT engagement.
HRC.org
Rush Limbaugh Blames Gay Marriage For Incest: AUDIO
Gays can legally marry in most states, and this is why an anonymous father and daughter in New York are planning to get married. Or so goes the logic of sentient bloviating mass that names itself Rush Limbaugh:
Do you remember how everyone laughed when we warned you people about this very thing happening once society started to redefine marriage and redefine what makes up a legitimate relationship?
Nevermind the fact that no state government, much less the federal government, will recognize this as a legitimate, legal marriage. Or that the “inbred redneck” is a pernicious stereotype about the South that has existed for generations. Or that the practice of incest predates the gay rights movement. Or that it was once just accepted as de rigueur amongst the wealthy. Or that it even appears in the Bible. Repeatedly. But no, gay marriage was what opened the floodgates and were gays not allowed to marry then we wouldn’t be dealing with fathers marrying daughters.
You can listen to Limbaugh spew his inanities AFTER THE JUMP…
Christian Walters
www.towleroad.com/2015/01/rush-limbaugh-blames-gay-marriage-for-incest-audio.html
QueerView Jan. 23: A Look Back At The Week In LGBT News Stories
Each week HuffPost Gay Voices and HuffPost Live will take a look back at some of the biggest queer news stories from the past week. Check back every Friday for your queer news round-up in this regular feature titled “QueerView.”
Obama Makes History With LGBT-Inclusive State Of The Union
President Obama made queer history on Tuesday by becoming the first president to say the words “lesbian, bisexual and transgender” in a State of the Union address.
Could Nationwide Gay Marriage Help The GOP?
The Supreme Court will once again take up same-sex marriage.
Colorado Baker Refuses To Write Anti-Gay Message On Cake
Denver’s Azucar Bakery is coming under fire for refusing to decorate a cake with anti-gay slurs and images.
New Renaissance For LGBT Artists Of Color
Tona Brown joins HuffPost Live to talk about being on the cover of Swerv Magazine.
‘Girl on Girl’ Documentary Shines Spotlight On Femme Visibility
Jodi Savitz joins HuffPost Live to discuss her documentary “Girl on Girl.”
President Obama Is Our #UnicornOfTheWeek
President Barack Obama is the #UnicornOfTheWeek! Alex explains why.
This Is What It’s Like To Be LGBT In Puerto Rico
Juan Carlos Vega joins HuffPost Live to discuss queer life and LGBT rights in Puerto Rico.
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