NC Legislature Overrides Gov McCrory’s Veto of Mean-Spirited Public Official “Opt-Out” Legislation
Today, by a vote of 69-41, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of SB 2
HRC.org
The Top Bottoms Of Broadway Are Stripping Everything Off For You–And For A Great Cause
Each year Broadway’s best spice up Pride month with Broadway Bares, a night of burlesque benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Last year the event raised $1,386,105 for services for people with AIDS and critical illnesses.
This year’s 25th Anniversary Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque takes place Sunday June 21 at 9:30 p.m. and midnight at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom. You don’t have to be there to support a good cause: The performers are taking to social media to raise money in the annual stripathon.
We picked out a few of our faves to help get you in that generous mood.
Click it, you know you want to.
See all the boys (and girls) raising money in the Stripathon.
Scott Gatz
Jerry Seinfeld is Tired of 'Creepy' Political Correctness Ruining His Gay French King Joke: VIDEO
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers earlier this week to continue his discussion on why he’s perturbed with today’s politically correct world. Specifically, Seinfeld brought up the icy response a recent crowd gave him after telling a joke about a gay French king with exaggerated hand gestures.
“Comedy’s where you can like feel an opinion,” said Seinfeld. “I can imagine a time when people say ‘Well that’s offensive to suggest that a gay person moves their hand in a flourishing motion and you now need to apology.’ There’s a creepy PC thing out there that really bothers me.”
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
Christopher Lee, Legendary Movie Villain, Dead at 93
One of his most lauded roles was as the leader of a gay biker gang, but the British actor is best remembered for his iconic work as a master villain.
Dawn Ennis
www.advocate.com/obituaries/2015/06/11/christopher-lee-legendary-movie-villain-dead-93
Jennette McCurdy On Miley Cyrus: 'I Applaud Her'
Jennette McCurdy’s tenure on Nickelodeon has earned her legions of young fans, but with that fame, the former “iCarly” actress understands there is great responsibility.
“I want to make sure that when I say things, I think kind of before I speak, because I do recognize that maybe some young people look up to me and listen to what I have to say,” McCurdy told HuffPost Live on Wednesday. “So I just don’t want to give them the wrong thing to model their years off of.”
Though the TV star, who will be seen next in the upcoming Netflix series “Between,” makes a conscious effort to tailor her image for her fans, it’s not always easy.
“I certainly appreciate people who look up to me and everything, but I’m 22. I make mistakes all the time,” she said.
That’s why McCurdy says she admires Miley Cyrus, who is known for her transparency with her fans. Cyrus has openly talked about her sexuality, support for marriage equality and her smoking preferences, among other things.
“I applaud Miley in a lot of ways,” McCurdy said of the singer. “I don’t know her personally — I’ve met her at a few events, and she’s always very kind. She seems like she’s really happy with what she’s doing, and I think that’s amazing.”
“I feel oftentimes I overthink things,” she continued, “and will [have] the thought process [of] … ‘Which do I do?’ That kind of neurotic sensibility can be frustrating and maybe not as fulfilling as just being like, ‘I’m going to do me. I’m going to be Miley.'”
Watch more from Jennette McCurdy’s conversation with HuffPost Live here.
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Tune into Tokyo: 10 of the city's most dazzling hotels
Calling all fashionistas, foodies, film buffs and lovers of luxury: you’ll sleep soundly in the Eastern capital with this handy guide
jamiet
www.gaystarnews.com/article/tune-tokyo-10-citys-most-dazzling-hotels110615
Rare 1961 Exposé On Homosexuality Unearthed
The Rejected is believed to be the first-ever made American TV documentary about homosexuality. It was released by PBS to little fanfare in 1961 then went missing for more than five decades. Now a team of determined archivists have unearthed the long-lost film and made it available for viewing online.
The footage was discovered by archivists Robert Chehoski and Alex Cherian after an exhaustive six year search.
“It just became that unicorn that I was looking for,” Chehoski tells KQED. “I get a little obsessive I guess.”
Related: WATCH: An Untold History Of Gay Persecution, “The Lavender Scare”
“There was no treasure map,” Cherian says. “All I knew was in 1961, KQED had made this film. Where the hell was it?”
First, they combed through KQED’s archives. When they couldn’t find anything, they tracked down the documentary’s original producer, Irving Saraf. He told them, “Oh yeah, I made that film in 1961 but I haven’t been able to find it. It’s probably lost.”
Related: The History Of America’s First Gay Bar And The Iconic Artist You’d Have Found There
Determined to find it, the men did some more research. They learned that KQED didn’t actually own the documentary. It belonged to WNET, a TV station in New York that had provided the it’s original funding. From there, they were able to locate the one and only physical copy of The Rejected, hiding in the one place so obvious nobody thought to look: The Library of Congress.
“There’s that cliched phrase, did you look down the back of the sofa?” Cherian jokes.
After convincing the library and WNET to let them clean up, digitize and upload the one-hour film to the internet, The Rejected is now available to view online, via San Francisco State University’s DIVA Film Archive.
Cherian tells SFist that his next project is “working with the Library of Congress and the film’s copyright holder WNET to try and produce a better video copy.”
Related: The Modern History Of Cruising, Homophobia And AIDS In Less Than Four Minutes
Graham Gremore
feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/XD5algAxoD4/rare-1961-expose-on-homosexuality-unearthed-20150611
Welsh Hairdresser’s Awesome Sign Bans Homophobes and A**holes: VIDEO
A hairdresser in Wales has banned homophobes after a father refused to allow his son have his hair cut by a gay man, reports the Daily Post.
Russell Hughes (right) was inspired to put up a sign outside his premises after a visit by a homophobic customer.
The sign reads “If you are racist, sexist, homophobic or an a**hole… don’t come in”.
Hughes explained:
“It was a normal busy day at the salon when a man called in with his wife and child, who must have been about 10 years old.
“I was already with a client and so I asked my colleague Richard [Evans] if he would do it.
“The man came up to me at that point and said: ‘I’m not being funny but did you just say that lad’s going to cut my son’s hair’, to which I replied ‘yes’.
“He then said, ‘Well I assume he’s gay and I don’t want him cutting my lad’s hair so could you do it’, to which I said no because I’m gay as well.”
Hughes said the man left immediately.
Evans added:
“I was so shocked. You don’t expect to be treated like that in this day and age. I’ve worked at the salon for seven years and have never experienced anything like that before.
“I think Russell’s new sign will make sure people like that don’t come in here again.”
Watch an interview with Hughes, AFTER THE JUMP…
So we have finally got round to having our new sign put in the shop window, what does everyone think?
Posted by Russell Paul Hairdressing on Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Jim Redmond
www.towleroad.com/2015/06/welsh-hairdressers-awesome-sign-bans-homophobes-and-aholes-video.html
Israeli University Bans Pride Celebration
A university in Tel Aviv is under fire for canceling a Pride event and suggesting students should hold an event offering psychological counseling instead.
Bil Browning
www.advocate.com/pride/2015/06/11/israeli-university-bans-pride-celebration
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