{"id":91781,"date":"2019-06-24T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ravelry-lori-lightfoot-frank-bruni-bernie-sanders-mastercard-giant-squid-madame-x-manic-monday-hot-links\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T16:25:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:25:32","slug":"ravelry-lori-lightfoot-frank-bruni-bernie-sanders-mastercard-giant-squid-madame-x-manic-monday-hot-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ravelry-lori-lightfoot-frank-bruni-bernie-sanders-mastercard-giant-squid-madame-x-manic-monday-hot-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n

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FRANK BRUNI<\/strong>. The gay truth about Trump<\/a>: \u201cHis treatment of gay<\/a> people perfectly reveals the flabbiness of his convictions and his willingness to stand at odds with a majority of Americans if it pleases the smaller number who adore him. He\u2019ll suffer our anger for their ardor. Decency and principle don\u2019t enter into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

LORI LIGHTFOOT<\/strong>. Chicago\u2019s first African-American female<\/a> and LGBTQ mayor speaks with Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n

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RAVELRY<\/strong>. Popular knitting website bans support of Donald Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

STUDENT DEBT<\/strong>. Bernie Sanders announces plan to cancel all student debt \u2013 $1.6 trillion.<\/p>\n

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NEW: Sen. Bernie Sanders details plan to cancel $1.6 trillion in student debt for everyone, saying the plan ends “the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation\u2026to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of doing the right thing.” t.co\/3BLFtPFRsH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BjwIUzf5fI<\/a><\/p>\n

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GMCLA<\/strong>. Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Los Angeles to honor David Mixner with Lifetime Legend award<\/a>. \u201cDavid is a pioneer, hero, and legend, in our community and many others for the past six decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

LIT<\/strong>. 19 iconic NYC buildings to be lit for upcoming WorldPride<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED<\/strong>. NPR goes to Sao Paulo\u2019s Pride which is politically charged this year given the atmosphere created by Brazil\u2019s anti-LGBTQ president Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n

BUCHAREST<\/strong>. Thousands join Pride parade in Romanian capital<\/a>: \u201cOn June 22, nearly 10,000 people braved rain to march the length of Calea Victoriei, a major avenue in central Bucharest, dancing and waving rainbow flags. Organizers said the march was bigger than the pride parade in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MADAME X<\/strong>. Madonna has her ninth #1 album<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MINNESOTA. St. Paul City Council member urged to resign after homophobic social media posts surface<\/a>: \u2018Busuri says his Muslim faith does not support homosexuality and that criticizing his previous posts amounts to Islamophobia. He says he will represent all his constituents regardless of sexual orientation but won\u2019t recant his past statements\u2026In one 2014 post, Busuri said he was \u201cgoing back to Uganda\u201d after the country approved a law criminalizing homosexuality.\u2019<\/p>\n

SCARING THE CHILDREN<\/strong>. Nancy Pelosi on what she told Trump about ICE raids.<\/p>\n

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on what she told President Trump about ICE raids that have now been delayed: “Children are scared. You’re scaring the children of America, not just in those families but their neighbors and their communities. You’re scaring the children” pic.twitter.com\/rnmUztMLan<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

BUCHENWALD<\/strong>. Ceremony held to remember gay victims of the Holocaust<\/a>: \u201cAbout 50 people marched through the grounds of the Buchenwald Memorial holding a rainbow flag and placed flowers at a marker for 650 camp prisoners who were assigned uniforms with pink triangles between 1937 and 1945.\u201d<\/p>\n

MASTERCARD<\/strong>. \u201cTrue Name\u201d program is a first for the credit industry<\/a>: \u2018Imagine being unable to pay for dinner or getting harassed at a checkout line because the name on your credit card isn\u2019t who you are. That\u2019s a reality for many transgender and nonbinary people, and one that MasterCard aims to address with its new True Name program. Cardholders will soon be able to swap out credit, debit or prepaid cards with their \u201cdead name\u201d with new ones featuring the names they actually use. Experts say it\u2019s a first for the financial services industry.\u2019<\/p>\n

MOUNT EVEREST.<\/strong> John Oliver takes a deep dive into the tourist industry at the world\u2019s highest peak.<\/p>\n

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007. <\/strong>Toilet camera found on James Bond 25 set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SUMMER BOD<\/strong>. Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys some fun in the sun in Cannes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CHARLES LESLIE LOHMAN<\/strong>. How a self-taught art curator because a gay rights champion<\/a>: \u201cThe \u201960s was the barest beginning. You had gay<\/a> art and straight kids taking off the shackles of the Eisenhower years. The \u201970s was like a flower opening up. There was hedonism. Everything got surprisingly gay<\/a>: art, music, dance, theater. The \u201980s was a terrible shrinkage because the plague got everyone. The \u201990s was about recovery. We discovered artists didn\u2019t go into hiding; there were still a few private venues that showed work. We reestablished ourselves. During the new century things were sort of back to normal. This new decade has brought a new audience of people who weren\u2019t even born when the AIDS crisis was here.\u201d<\/p>\n

DEPRESSION<\/strong>. Lizzo is opening up about hers<\/a>: \u201cThere\u2019s no one I can talk to because there\u2019s nothing anyone can do about it. Life hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNDERSEA KRAKEN OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Giant squid caught on camera for second time ever<\/a>. \u2018The video<\/a> was captured by\u00a0a team of researchers\u00a0on an\u00a0expedition funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who were studying the impacts of light deprivation on deep sea creatures living in the \u201cmidnight zone,\u201d 3,280 feet (1000 meters) below the surface.\u2019<\/p>\n

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FAT BURNER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Coffee.<\/p>\n

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COOKING VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong>. 63 ways to cook a potato.<\/p>\n

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MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Prince \u201cManic Monday\u201d.<\/p>\n

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MONDAY MUSCLE<\/strong>. Saeed Alfarhat.<\/p>\n

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