Anderson Cooper Disses VP Joe Biden for Skipping Paris Rally
The out CNN anchor tells David Letterman the vice president spends his weekends watching Gilmore Girls.
Dawn Ennis
OutofTouch Magazine: Offensive Cover Sends Wrong Message about Trans Community
OutofTouch Magazine: Offensive Cover Sends Wrong Message about Trans Community
The latest edition of InTouch magazine features a horribly offensive photoshopped image of Bruce Jenner.
HRC.org
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Gambian President: U.S. Leads 'Evil Empire of Homosexuals'
Gambian President: U.S. Leads 'Evil Empire of Homosexuals'
Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s latest antigay rant channels Ronald Reagan, claiming LGBT people and supportive Western nations like the U.S. are the ‘evil empire.’
Thom Senzee
www.advocate.com/world/2015/01/15/gambian-president-us-leads-evil-empire-homosexuals
Have You Ever Had to Convince Someone You're a Woman? (VIDEO)
Have You Ever Had to Convince Someone You're a Woman? (VIDEO)
Just a few days ago news broke that Russia had enacted new rules banning people with “mental disorders” from driving. In Russia transsexualism and transgenderism are listed as “mental disorders,” making it criminal for transgender people to drive there.
It is hard to disagree when people say that some areas of the world are going in the wrong direction when it comes to human rights. People are discriminating against, harassing, and murdering trans people every day, not just in Russia but in all countries, though I think these issues have started to get more attention with big stars like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock telling their heartbreaking stories to the world. The world is essentially evolving, but at the same time it’s very clear that countries like Russia are going in the wrong direction.
In some places more and more hostility toward the trans community is being created. Even though I think it’s absurd that we in 2015 are calling trans people mentally ill, I can understand that the lack of accurate media coverage of this topic has had a negative effect. With almost no stories coming out showing trans people as human beings, there’s a huge disconnect between the trans community and the general public. Adding to the problem, few people have ever met a trans person.
Because of this, I think the fifth episode of The Pearl of Africa has special value. Not only does it give a glimpse into the trans community, but it does so within the context of a hostile society in Uganda. I hope that this Web series will help change the perception of transgender people as mentally ill, and that Cleo’s story will create the feeling of having met a trans person for anybody who hasn’t had that chance.
This week’s episode covers discrimination against LGBTI people in Uganda. Cleo is invited to a secret meeting with the Ugandan government to prove that she’s real. In the episode I search for an answer to the question of why it’s so hard for people to accept anything that doesn’t fit into society’s norms.
If you’ve missed any of the previous episodes, you can find them here.
Anti-Gay Cardinal Raymond Burke Blames Catholic Church's Woes On Womankind: VIDEO
Anti-Gay Cardinal Raymond Burke Blames Catholic Church's Woes On Womankind: VIDEO
Grumpy Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the most outspoken anti-gay Catholic activists, has blamed women for the problems the church is facing today, reports the Irish Times.
In an interview with The New Emangelization – a website that aims to address the “man crisis” in the church – Burke suggests that Catholicism has become too feminized and argues that the use of altar girls and the women’s rights movement may be the crux of the problem:
“Apart from the priest, the sanctuary has become full of women…the activities in the parish and even the liturgy have been influenced by women and become so feminine in many places that men do not want to get involved. Men are often reluctant to become active in the church. The feminised environment and the lack of the church’s effort to engage men has led many men to simply opt out.”
Burke was in Rome last week to meet Pope Francis following the pontiff’s decision to demote the cardinal from his role in the powerful Apostolic Signatura to a largely ceremonial one with the Knights of Malta.
The cardinal was one of the most vociferous opponents of an attempt last October to introduce language aiming to be more inclusive of gay people and conciliatory on the issue of same-sex marriage.
Speaking at a conference on “the Catholic family” in Ireland last November, Burke said he would refuse holy communion to any politician who has been supportive of same-sex marriage.
Watch Burke explain why it’s “perfectly good and just” to discriminate against gay people, AFTER THE JUMP…
Jim Redmond
Man accused of committing hate crime against LGBT newspaper
Man accused of committing hate crime against LGBT newspaper
Thank you for watching & please subscribe us! The editor of one of Tennessee’s most prominent LGBT newspapers says whoever is deliberately removing papers from the newspaper stand is …
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Pro-LGBT Mormon Podcaster Faces Excommunication
Pro-LGBT Mormon Podcaster Faces Excommunication
Charged with apostasy, Mormon Stories podcaster John Dehlin faces a threat of excommunication for supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women.
Stevie St. John
www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2015/01/15/pro-lgbt-mormon-podcaster-faces-excommunication
Mississippi School Board Fights To Block Gay-Straight Alliance From Forming
Mississippi School Board Fights To Block Gay-Straight Alliance From Forming
A Mississippi school board has rewritten the district’s rules on school clubs after a student expressed interest in forming what the superintendent called “gay clubs.”
According to the Clarion-Ledger, a student at Brandon High School in Rankin County approached a teacher about starting a Gay-Straight Alliance chapter, which is aimed at creating safe spaces for students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. According to the teacher, the student sent the proposal for the new club to school administrators.
On Wednesday, the Rankin County School Board voted to require students to get permission from parents before joining clubs. Officials deny that they knew about the club before making their decision, although superintendent Lynn Weathersby met recently with county administrators and the school board attorney to discuss how to legally “limit organizations like that on campus that we don’t want to endorse and don’t want.”
Brandon High School did not return The Huffington Post’s request for comment.
The school board’s decision was quickly condemned by advocacy groups and civil rights organizations.
“This policy sends a harmful message to LGBT students in Rankin County that they are not welcomed within their classrooms, at school functions or on the bus,” said Mississippi’s Human Rights Campaign director Rob Hill in a statement. “The board’s actions tell LGBT students that they should be ashamed of who they are and that their lives are valued less than their peers.”
“I was greatly disturbed when I heard what was said by the superintendent and his board attorney, because he should know better,” American Civil Liberties Union Legal Director Charles Irvin told WAPT. “What I want to see changed is that you not try to hide behind abstinence only to say that is the rationale for keeping students from being able to assemble.”
Though school board officials stated that the new restrictions apply to all clubs and are not unlawful, Rankin County School Board attorney Freddie Harrell also claimed that a GSA club might violate the state’s abstinence-only education policies. Courts have rebuked school districts that have made similar arguments in attempting to block GSAs from forming, finding that clubs are dedicated to promoting tolerance and raising awareness of prejudice in schools.
According to the ACLU, 15 federal courts have upheld students’ rights to form GSAs under the Equal Access Act, which prevents schools from discriminating against clubs based on the content of the meetings.
Mississippi is one of nine states with restrictive laws that maintain strict goals for teaching students about sexuality and essentially bar teachers from educating students about LGBT issues.
