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<\/p>\nTyler the Creator, Apple and Malala, Sean Hayes, Hedi Slimane, Amazon, In Memoriam, Jamie Dornan: HOT LINKS<\/b>
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ATTACK AD<\/strong>. White House aide tries to distance administration from Trump campaign ad attacking Democrats<\/a>: \u201cOn Saturday, the president\u2019s reelection campaign released the ad, titled \u201cComplicit,\u201d which hammers Democrats for opposing Trump\u2019s proposed border wall and other unspecified border security measures. \u201cDemocrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants,\u201d an announcer says over images of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).\u201d<\/p>\n JAMIE DORNAN<\/strong>. I faked my pubic hair<\/a>.<\/p>\n HEDI SLIMANE<\/strong>. The fashion designer will head up the label\u00a0C\u00e9line<\/a>.<\/p>\n OREGON<\/strong>.\u00a0Concordia University, a Lutheran college in Oregon, reverses plan to block LGBTQ group<\/a>: \u201cConcordia had blocked the Queer Straight Alliance for some time, according to group members, by forcing the club to change its name and canceling on-campus events. In June, a federal review found that Concordia was in violation of anti-discrimination law Title\u00a0IX in its efforts to quash the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. The university subsequently changed its club charter requirement policies, leading to the decision to reject the Queer Straight Alliance\u2019s application in December. Without recognition as a university club, the alliance could no longer hold meetings or events on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n GAYVN AWARDS<\/strong>. And the winners of gay<\/a> adult film\u2019s awardiest night are<\/a>\u2026 (work-unfriendly).<\/p>\n SHOPPING INNOVATION OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Amazon introduces store with no checkout<\/a>: \u201cAmazon opens its store that lets you browse, grab and walk out \u2014 skipping the checkout line, but not the bill\u00a0\u2014 to the public Monday. The convenience store and its proprietary technology, made up of hundreds\u00a0of cameras<\/a> and sensors and requiring a new Amazon app, dangled the promise of\u00a0solving a bedrock complaint for shoppers\u00a0\u2014 long checkout lines \u2014 when it was\u00a0unveiled just over a year ago<\/a>.\u00a0The high-tech approach, crafted by the company that\u2019s most visibly changed how Americans shop in recent years, suggested grocery shopping was on the cusp of its biggest breakthrough since bar codes.\u201d<\/p>\n IN MEMORIAM OF THE DAY<\/strong>. From the SAG Awards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ALBUM BREAKDOWN OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Tyler the Creator\u2019s Flower Boy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n FEATURETTE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Ready Player One.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MONDAY MUSCLE<\/strong>. Jones Tamar.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Tyler the Creator, Apple and Malala, Sean Hayes, Hedi Slimane, Amazon, In Memoriam, Jamie Dornan: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lgbt_trump.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
GLAAD<\/strong>.\u00a045 instances where President Trump has selectivity targeted the LGBTQ community during his first year in office<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cTrump is waging a culture war with our communities, the likes of which I have not seen in my lifetime. He aims to roll back rights and protections, but also general acceptance of LGBTQ people in society and culture,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cOur voices and our visibility will yield change even in an administration that tries at every step to delete us from the cultural landscape. We will not be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Tim](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tim_cook.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
100,000 UNDERPRIVILEGED GIRLS<\/strong>. Apple and The Malala Fund will work together to get them into school<\/a>: \u201cCEO Tim Cook and Malala met in Beirut, Lebanon, last Saturday, and\u00a0gave The Independent an interview<\/a>\u00a0in which they discuss the initiative. Lebanon is one of the initial target countries, alongside Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Nigeria, with the goal to expand over time and increase the number of underprivileged girls<\/a> who will get into primary school.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Sean](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jackson_hayes.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
SAG AWARDS<\/strong>. Sean Hayes (with husband) and Megan Mullally represented for Will & Grace<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blood1.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
TAIWAN<\/strong>. Gay blood donation rules to be relaxed<\/a>: \u201cAccording to the MOHW, the Blood\u00a0Consultative Committee recommend lifting the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay<\/a> men<\/a>, replacing it with a policy barring donations from men<\/a> who have had sex<\/a> with another man<\/a> within five\u00a0years of the planned donation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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