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GLOBAL<\/strong>. Rising tide of crackdowns on LGBT people<\/a>: \u201cA purge \u2014 likely in the form of mass incarcerations \u2014 is exactly what human rights organizations are afraid will happen.\u00a0But the phenomenon would not be unique to Tajikistan: Over the past few months, police in Egypt, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Indonesia and the Russian republic of Chechnya have rounded up people suspected of being gay<\/a> \u2014 and in many cases tortured or publicly humiliated them.\u201d<\/p>\nRIP<\/strong>. It\u2019s the end for E!\u2019s Fashion Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n INES RAU<\/strong>. Playboy<\/em>\u2018s first transgender playmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n BOO<\/strong>. \u201cHarry Styles\u201d scares Niall Horan on Ellen<\/a>.<\/p>\n ORANGE CITY<\/strong>. Conservative northwest Iowa city to host first gay pride festival<\/a>: \u201cOrange City will host the three-day OC Pride 2017 event starting Friday, the Sioux City Journal reported. The city has a population of about 6,200. The festival will have dancing, live<\/a> music, a movie screening, information booths, storytelling and brunch. The event was arranged by Cody Bauer, Steve Mahr, David Klennert and Mike Goll. Bauer and Mahr are straight married men<\/a> who view themselves as LGBTQ allies while Klennert and Goll are newlyweds.\u201d<\/p>\n P!NK<\/strong>. Christina Aguilera swung at me in a nightclub.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n COMPARISON OF THE DAY<\/strong>. $10,000 dog vs. $1 dog.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n NEW TUNE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Taylor Swift \u201cGorgeous\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. I, Tonya.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n FRIDAY FLASH<\/strong>. Trevor Bell.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Madonna\u2019s Erotica, Betsy DeVos, P!nk, Ines Rau, Taylor Swift, Tonya Harding, Playboy, Niall Horan: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smile_devos.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
BETSY DEVOS<\/strong>. Education Secretary sued over\u00a0change to Title\u00a0IX<\/span>\u00a0guidance on sex assault investigations<\/a>: \u201cThe Los Angeles-based Equal Means Equal and the three women<\/a>, who have separately accused their colleges of mishandling complaints of sexual assault, say the new guidance is discriminatory and violates state and federal civil rights laws. They\u2019re asking the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts to suspend the rules and prevent schools across the country from adopting them.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/220px-Erotica_Madonna.png?resize=195%2C195\")
25TH ANNIVERSARY<\/strong>. Madonna\u2019s Erotica and SEX book<\/a>: \u201cReleased respectively on October 20th and 21st, 1992, the first fruits of her multimedia Maverick entertainment company weren\u2019t flops; her fifth studio album, Erotica racked up six million sales worldwide and yielded several hits, while Sex \u2013 an elaborate coffee table book created with fashion photographer Steven Meisel and Fabien Baron of Harper\u2019s Bazaar \u2013 sold out its limited 1.5 million printing in a few days, an unparalleled success for a $50 photography folio bound in metal and sealed in a Mylar bag to evoke condoms. It remains one of the most in-demand out-of-print publications of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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