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JIM PARSONS AND ELLEN<\/strong>. On wedding anniversaries.<\/p>\n REVIVED<\/strong>. Katy Perry\u2019s assistant is a hero for saving her dog with CPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n POLLS<\/strong>. Democrats +10 in new generic poll on midterms<\/a>.<\/p>\n NORTH KOREA<\/strong>. Trump and John Bolton don\u2019t care to call a single top-level National Security Council meeting on North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n GERMANY<\/strong> Calls grow for expulsion of U.S. homocon ambassador Richard Grenell<\/a>.<\/p>\n DARREN CRISS<\/strong>. No longer has a problem with being naked on screen<\/a>.<\/p>\n IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.<\/strong> Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent responded to the anti-gay<\/a> baker ruling: \u201cOur response has always been to live<\/a> openly and honestly, and we\u2019re going to continue to do that.\u00a0That is our reaction, you know, we\u2019re not going anywhere.\u00a0\u00a0Our message as a couple<\/a> has always been about inclusion. We don\u2019t judge other people who are different than we are. We would prefer that other people don\u2019t judge us, but we understand the world that we live<\/a> in.\u201d<\/p>\n I AM A BIG GAY HOMO<\/strong>. Instagram and Snapchat GIF stirs controversy.<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n ART ACROSS AMERICA<\/strong>. Largest public art campaign in U.S. history<\/a>: \u201cFor Freedoms, a political art organisation, plans to erect thousands of billboards and signs across the United States with a political message. Titled the 50 State Initiative, the $1.5 million project is the largest public art campaign in American history. As ArtForum reports, over 175 artists and 200 partners are involved: its founders Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, and artists including Sam Durant, Marilyn Minter, and Tania Bruguera.\u201d<\/p>\n TONY AWARDS<\/strong>. The Musical. With Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n HOW IT\u2019S MADE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Pringles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>. Dom Castillo.<\/p>\n The post Richard Grenell, Pringles, Darren Criss, Love Simon, Paul Manafort, Jim Parsons, Sara Bareilles, Art Across America: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manafort-1.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
BACK TO JAIL?<\/strong>\u00a0 Former US Attorney tells Paul Manafort to pack his toothbrush when he goes to court<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cProsecutors hate this, judges hate this, and he\u2019s going to have to bring his toothbrush to court on Friday because the statute says, if they find this happened, there\u2019s a presumption that no circumstances exist that will get him safely there for trial.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/l_simon.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
INDIA<\/strong>. Petition campaign launched after country hasn\u2019t scheduled the release of Love, Simon<\/a>: \u201cIndia is considered as a progressive country but still hasn\u2019t scheduled the release of Love, Simon in the cinemas despite the movie being released in majority of the countries. It\u2019s been more than 2 months and the LGBT+ community has been patiently waiting for the movie which finally gives the community some representation.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uk.png?resize=195%2C195\")
OWEN JONES<\/strong>. The government\u2019s treatment of gay refugees shames Britain<\/a>: \u2018The prime minister herself repeatedly\u00a0voted to keep anti-gay laws<\/a>\u00a0until a few years ago. While it was a Tory government that introduced equal marriage \u2013 though most Tory MPs did not vote for it \u2013 this is an issue of life and death for gays<\/a>, lesbians<\/a> and bisexuals<\/a>. It is also, in part, about our colonial legacy. Many of the countries they face deportation to have anti-gay<\/a> laws that were designed\u00a0while the British were in power<\/a>. We have a moral duty to offer support and safety to LGBT people fleeing repression for which Britain shares responsibility. Yet, according to Home Office figures released last year, of\u00a03,535 asylum claims<\/a>\u00a0related to sexuality over a two-year period, a staggering two-thirds were rejected. The government hopes that the furore over Windrush has dissipated, that scrutiny of the \u201chostile environment\u201d and the injustices it perpetrates has gone. That must not happen.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n