Rob Kardashian Didn't Recognize Caitlyn Jenner On Vanity Fair Cover
The whole world was talking about Caitlyn Jenner’s gorgeous Vanity Fair cover on Monday, but Rob Kardashian did not recognize his stepparent when he saw her.

Kim Kardashian spoke to “Access Hollywood” on the red carpet at the CFDA Fashion Awards Monday night and talked about Jenner’s cover debut.

“It’s so funny because, all the girls, we knew that Caitlyn was shooting this, but my brother had no idea,” she said. “So I sent it on a mass text to everyone and my brother was on it and he said, ‘Kim, why are you sending me this? Who is this woman? And why do I care?’ And I was like, ‘Rob! That’s Bruce! That’s Caitlyn!’ … And he was like, ‘Oh my God, she’s beautiful!’ And then he called her and they had a love fest and it was so cute. But the moment was so funny.”

While Rob Kardashian has yet to publicly comment on Jenner’s Vanity Fair profile, the rest of her family has offered tons of love and support on Twitter and Instagram after the reveal.

Caitlyn Jenner for Vanity Fair Annie Leibovitz! How beautiful! Be happy, be proud, live life YOUR way! pic.twitter.com/39fryBwUqE

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 1, 2015

be free now pretty bird.

— Kendall Jenner (@KendallJenner) June 1, 2015

We were given this life because you were strong enough to live it! I couldn’t be prouder!!! Caitlyn, You are beautiful!!!

A photo posted by Khloé (@khloekardashian) on Jun 1, 2015 at 9:46am PDT

My angel on earth! #caitlyn

A photo posted by King Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Jun 1, 2015 at 11:05am PDT

Freedom! Stunning. #Caitlyn

A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jun 1, 2015 at 2:04pm PDT

You’re finally free! #brave pic.twitter.com/DfOTNUkkPj

— Leah Jenner (@Leah_Jenner) June 1, 2015

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Underwear Power Bands Give You And Model Alec Leddy More Girth

Calvin Klein was one of the first brands to introduce wide waistbands back in 2007, famously with their steel collection, and they’re still churning them out ever since. The current Calvin Klein Collection is designed with black waistbands, and the brand name applied in a contrasting color that matches the underwear’s body. (Check out Justin Bieber in his Calvin power bands.)

Alec Leddy wears the Intense Power Trunk in Lemon.

And you thought Lemons were bitter.

Check out more brands with power bands…

You can see more of this photo shoot on The Underwear Expert.

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Virginia Couple's Car Vandalized In Anti-Gay Hate Crime: VIDEO

Jim Redmond

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Stunning New Pictures from Violent Clash at LGBT Rally in Moscow

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Dawn Ennis

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12 Gay Male Pop Stars and Their Long-Term Partners

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Gina Vivinetto

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RuPaul’s Drag Race Top Three Finalists Premiere New Music Videos

Another season of RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to an end, and the release of a new batch of music from its queens begins. Season 7 contestant, Miss Fame already released a song last month titled “Rubber Doll,” and tonight, the final three, Ginger Minj, Pearl, and Violet Chachki, have premiered music videos for their debut singles.

Ginger Minj’s “Ooh Lala Lala” is a big-band song about ignoring what the haters say while doing what makes you happy. Ginger was a stand out this season when it came to the acting and comedy challenges and has proven to be one helluva performer. Opting not to travel down the same pop/dance music route that most of the Drag Race alumni go in is slightly risky, but the style suits her vocal chops — not to mention the message of the song makes us love the Minj even more. Ginger was the winner of the “Divine Inspiration” challenge earlier in the season, and she clearly took some inspiration from the drag legend and incorporated it into this video.

Violet Chachki continues to channel her vintage pin-up doll look in the video for “Bettie.” Equal parts Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese, Violet serves up a happy housewife and a saucy dominatrix who knows her way around whips, chains, ball gags, and a Jello Mold. While Violet’s vocals are heavily autotuned, it works for the dark and edgy tone of the song. “Bettie” will be in heavy rotation at all the sex clubs this summer for sure. Keep your eyes peeled for a cameo from fellow Drag Race top three finalist Pearl in the video.

Speaking of Pearl, “Love Slave” is a four-minute EDM track that is as hypnotic as it is catchy, but will probably go down in Drag Race herstory as being the song with the least amount of vocals in it. Pearl has been a fan favorite throughout the entire season, and at this point, she can do no wrong. “Love Slave” is the first track from the debut album, Pleasure, which already holds a spot in the top dance albums chart on iTunes in its pre-order format. The video is a trippy visual experience and will probably make you want to pop some “E” and hit the dance floor. If you’re looking for some simulated kai kai action, you’ll enjoy the scenes between Pearl and season five queen, Detox. Flazéda!

Jeremy Kinser

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WATCH: The Right-Wing Dissing of Caitlyn Jenner Begins

The Fox empire, The Daily Caller, and other conservative types misgender or otherwise disrespect Jenner, and one claims she’s under Satan’s control.

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Trudy Ring

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Activist Punks Saudi Arabia With Gay Rights Party

“Prosecuting and imprisoning people for homosexual conduct are flagrant human rights violations,” remarked Scott Long, of Human Rights Watch in April of 2005. “Subjecting the victims to floggings is torture, pure and simple.”

His remarks came after the government of Saudi Arabia sentenced dozens of men to 14,200 lashes for “behaving like women” at a birthday party.

Yet nearly 10 years since Human Rights Watched flagged this heinous incident, little has been done to free the LGBTQ population located in Saudi Arabia. For the most part, the mainstream media has ignored the systemic human rights abuses. Even human rights organizations and gay rights groups have often elected to focus on the domestic challenges within the American LGBTQ community.

Western governments are often so focused on geopolitical concerns that domestic issues, such as gay rights, often go overlooked.

Traditional human rights groups have long documented the repression of LGBTQ activists in the Middle East. These efforts, unfortunately, have not translated into the improved status of innocent men and women who dare to openly acknowledge their sexual orientation.

One human rights activist has taken a different approach.

When the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission announced that their annual job fair would be taking place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center over Memorial Day Weekend, David Keyes, the Executive Director of Advancing Human Rights, knew that the chance to draw attention to the oppressive Saudi Arabian regime was too good to pass up.

“This writes itself,” Keyes tells me. “A country which lashes and murders gay people chose the Gaylord to host their event. I knew what I needed to do. I rented a party bus, invited friends and threw an awesome gay party in the same place at the same time as the Saudi event.”

In just a few hours since posting the video of his stunt, tens of thousands of people have seen the prank across social media.

This wasn’t Keyes’ first time pranking a dictator. Weeks ago, Iran’s foreign minister came to NYU to give a speech. Keyes greeted Mr. Zarif with a satirical ice cream protest “celebrating” 1,000 hangings in Iran in the past year and a half. He rented an ice cream truck and approached two of Iran’s deputy foreign ministers offering them free ice cream to celebrate the hangings. “What’s your favorite way to hang gay people,” Keyes asked the diplomats. Within days, millions saw the video on Facebook and television.

Keyes remarked how incredible it is that pundits like Bill Maher are routinely protested when they speak on campus but literally no one shows up to protest when the foreign minister of a regime which hangs gays, jails bloggers and tortures human rights activists comes to an American campus.

The White House has long declared their support for gay rights, but this has not translated into real pressure on allies like Saudi Arabia which supply oil and buy enormous amounts of arms from the American government. Keyes thinks a lot more pressure needs to be brought to bear against countries that murder and lash gay people, deny women basic rights and routinely jail human rights activists.

As Keyes has proven, satire is a powerful tool against oppressive regimes. Soviet activists used to tell jokes in the gulag. Egyptian satirists like Bassem Yousef were silenced and cartoonists like Ali Farazat had their hands broken by Syrian regime thugs. The reason? “Dictators fear humor,” Keyes says. “They can’t handle a joke because it unmasks the absurdity of these regimes. Try as they might, not even dictators can stop a joke.”

A former president at Lionsgate is reportedly shopping Keyes’ pranking dictator approach as a new TV show to major networks. Just maybe, Americans will see the truth about tyrannical regimes throughout the world.

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