REVIEW: Ockenden Manor Hotel & Spa, Sussex
Ultra-modern chic meets Elizabethan mystique at this stylish stopover, just 30 minutes from Brighton
jamiet
www.gaystarnews.com/article/review-ockenden-manor-hotel-spa-sussex190115
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Health Minister of Ireland Makes History
Health Minister of Ireland Makes History
Earlier this week, Leo Varadkar, the Health Minister of Ireland, took the brave step forward as the first Irish minister to come out publicly.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/health-minister-of-ireland-makes-history?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Rob Lowe Remembers Working Next Door To A Dildo Factory: VIDEO
Rob Lowe Remembers Working Next Door To A Dildo Factory: VIDEO
How do you know you’re working on a TV show no one believes will succeed? A good indicator according to Rob Lowe is that you’re working next door to a dildo factory.
The Parks and Recreation actor shared his experience working on The Lion’s Den which shot next to a dildo factory at a time when the factory was threatened by forest fires. Hence this gem: “The dildo people were running for the hills!”
Find out more about the dildo people, AFTER THE JUMP…
Sean Mandell
www.towleroad.com/2015/01/rob-lowe-remembers-working-next-door-to-a-dildo-factory-video.html
Op-ed: Two Golden Globes, and the World Is Transformed
Op-ed: Two Golden Globes, and the World Is Transformed
Transparent creator Jill Soloway reflects on the significance of the Amazon show’s Golden Globe wins.
Jill Soloway
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/01/21/op-ed-two-golden-globes-and-world-transformed
Mike Huckabee: States Can Ignore Supreme Court On Gay Marriage
Mike Huckabee: States Can Ignore Supreme Court On Gay Marriage
WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee disputed what he called the “notion of judicial supremacy” on Tuesday, arguing states would have the final say on gay marriage regardless of whether the Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
Huckabee, a conservative evangelical and potential 2016 presidential candidate, said a Supreme Court ruling, expected this year, would ultimately be moot because “one branch of government does not overrule the other two.”
“One thing I am angry about though … is this notion of judicial supremacy, where if the court makes a decision, I hear governors and even some aspirants to the presidency say, ‘Well that’s settled, it’s the law of the land.’ No, it’s not the law of the land,” Huckabee said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.
“Constitutionally, the courts cannot make a law, they can interpret one and then the legislature has to create enabling legislation and the executive has to sign it and has to enforce it,” Huckabee added.
A ruling from the high court, however, would not “make law,” but rather would invalidate existing bans on gay marriage as unconstitutional. State legislatures would need no additional law to recognize same-sex marriages. Similar appellate court decisions have already done so in 36 states and the District of Columbia — all of which now recognize same-sex marriages.
This isn’t the first time Huckabee has flirted with the theory of nullification. The comments place him on the far right of his party — even more so than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a potential rival in the race for the White House.
If Huckabee felt dismayed by some in his party who have softened their rhetoric on the matter, he didn’t show it on Tuesday.
“I may be lonely, I may be the only one, but I’m going to stand absolutely faithful to the issue of marriage not because it’s a politically expedient thing to do because it isn’t,” he said. “I’m going to do it because I believe it’s the right position, it’s the biblical position, it’s the historical position.”
momondo launches free City Guide Apps for iPhone – covering Amsterdam, Bangkok, London and more
momondo launches free City Guide Apps for iPhone – covering Amsterdam, Bangkok, London and more
Travel search site’s new guides also encompass Barcelona, Berlin and New York
jamiet
British Actor Freddie Fox Can See Himself Falling In Love With A Man
British Actor Freddie Fox Can See Himself Falling In Love With A Man
I hope that I am the type of person who would fall in love with another person, as opposed to a sex. Most of my life to date has been as a straight man, but who knows what will happen next?… A lot of people will hear that and think it means, ‘Well, he’s gay and just excusing it’, or ‘He’s been with his girlfriend for a really long time and just wants to change things’… Appreciation of both sexes is actually not new; it’s incredibly old it’s Roman, it’s Greek, and it is something people can do throughout an entire lifetime, having hugely meaningful relationships, no matter what sex they are.”
— Freddie Fox, star of Russell T. Davies’ new queer drama Cucumber, in an interview with The Guardian
Jeremy Kinser
Masculine and Pregnant? 'Alternity Wear' May Solve Your Fashion Dilemma
Masculine and Pregnant? 'Alternity Wear' May Solve Your Fashion Dilemma
Pregnancy clothing steps out of the realm of the ultrafeminine with a new line of ‘alternity wear’ from new company Butchbaby.
Mitch Kellaway
PHOTOS: An Invitation Only Glimpse Behind the Fashion Week Curtain With Photographer Christopher Logan
PHOTOS: An Invitation Only Glimpse Behind the Fashion Week Curtain With Photographer Christopher Logan
Photographer Christopher Logan will open a new exhibition, Invitation Only, showcasing some of his strongest images from New York Fashion Week. The exhibition, which opens at NYC’s Lomography Gallery Store January 22, will feature images Logan shot exclusively with Lomography’s Petzval lens and the new LC-A 35mm camera. Logan grew up in the heart of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and worked in Milan and Miami before coming to New York City. His most recent exhibition Tragic Glamour featured Heatherette designer Richie Rich and Ross Higgins and was showcased at POP International Gallery. The opening night party of Invitation Only is from 6-9 p.m. DJ Tyger James will be spinning beats all night and we predict the crowd will be cute and in style.
Photography by Christopher Logan
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State of the Union: These 3 Words Were Used For First Time Ever
State of the Union: These 3 Words Were Used For First Time Ever
Three groups of people had never before been mentioned explicitly in a State of the Union address.
Lucas Grindley
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/01/20/state-union-these-2-words-were-used-first-time-ever
