You’ll Never Guess Who Taught Channing Tatum To Dance
Each Friday online comedian, voice actor and chest hair model Sam Kalidi creates a new meme each week for Queerty readers. This week he dug deep into Channing Tatum‘s career and found out where the former stripper learned his highly-touted dance moves. Sam looks forward to all your hate mail. You can find him onTwitter, Facebook, Instagram and at your local glory hole.
Jeremy Kinser
Airbnb Honors Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender Rights with ‘Transkind’ Ad: VIDEO
Online rental service Airbnb honored Caitlyn Jenner at Wednesday’s ESPY Awards where she accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award and gave a groundbreaking, emotional speech about her transition.
Airbnb ran an ad celebrating ‘transkind’ and also tweeted its support during the ceremony, saying “It takes courage to make a difference in the world. It also takes kindness. Tonight we honor both. #Transkind #ESPYS.”
It takes courage to make a difference in the world. It also takes kindness. Tonight we honor both. #Transkind #ESPYS pic.twitter.com/fVuxXhxKgp
— Airbnb (@Airbnb) July 16, 2015
The Angela Bassett-narrated ad featured a baby walking toward an open door and the words mankind, womankind, humankind, transkind.
Says Bassett: “Is man kind? Are we good? Go see. Go look through their windows so you can understand their views, sit at their tables so you can share their tastes. Sleep in their beds, so you may know their dreams.”
Watch, below:
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Andy Towle
Airbnb Honors Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender Rights with ‘Transkind’ Ad: VIDEO
18 Presidential Candidates — As Depicted By Cats
There are now at least a dozen and a half candidates running for president in 2016. It’s not easy to keep track of all their positions on LGBT issues, but hopefully this feline menagerie will make it a little easier.
Amanda Kerri
www.advocate.com/politics/election/2015/07/17/18-presidential-candidates-depicted-cats
For the first time in history, a Ugandan presidential candidate backs gay rights
In a historic moment, Amama Mbazazi has become the first Ugandan presidential candidate to say he is opposed to homophobia.
The current Prime Minister, who launched his campaign last month to be named president in 2016, has shocked the public by saying that gay people, it turns out, are not the ‘biggest threat’.
Gay rights activists have hailed this as one of the most significant moments of progress that Uganda has seen in years.
Speaking on NDS Television earlier this morning, Mbabazi said: ‘I am opposed to homophobia. While I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, homosexuality is not something new.
‘I have stated very clearly that there shouldn’t be any discrimination and it is not the biggest threat right now in the country.’
This is big in two ways. In Uganda, there is an attitude that homosexuality is ‘un-African’ or that it is a Western import. By making clear it is not anything new (after all, they once had a gay king), it could begin to be seen as natural. And by saying it is not a big threat, it should force the public to look at the serious issues that have been disguised by the current president Yoweri Museveni’s unrelenting and public campaign against the LGBTI community.
His statement caused a deep divide among the Ugandan public, with some saying it was right that LGBTI people should not be persecuted while others said they could not support him because of this issue. Some on NDS Television’s Facebook page even wondered whether Mbabazi was receiving his campaign funds from Americans.
Mbabazi, who has served as Uganda’s Prime Minister, was opposed to the Anti-Homosexuality Act because he believed that homosexuals should not be killed.
Edwin Sesange, a LGBTI Ugandan rights activist, commended Mbabazi for ‘bravely standing up against homophobia’.
‘This is the first time in Ugandan history for an aspiring presidential candidate to speak publicly against homophobia,’ he said to Gay Star News. ‘We call upon other presidential candidates to be inspired by him.
‘We would like to make it clear that no LGBTI person in Uganda is campaigning for same-sex marriage, we are campaigning against being persecuted.’
While Sesange said he was concerned his message might be used against him in the election, he added: ‘We have more work to be done to support those allies who are against homophobia as well as helping to change people’s attitudes towards the LGBTI community.’
In Mbabazi’s campaign video, launched last month, he said: ‘You’ll be making a choice for your families, your children, and the generations to come. A new age is upon us, and upon this, our focus must rest. Yesterday is gone, and today’s challenges must have newer, better answers. Uganda can work, together let us make it work.’
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Joe Morgan
The Appalling True Story Of What Happened At A Texas Frat When They Thought No One Was Watching
When Derek Elrod was rushing a fraternity at the University of North Texas (UNT) in the fall of 2013, he was having, as he puts it, “the time of my life.” The brothers at the fraternity of his first choice, Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp), were surprisingly warm and welcoming.
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US evangelist calls on Christians to fight gay marriage – with guns
US evangelist and internet personality Joshua Feuerstein has taken a shot at gay marriage in a recent video – well, almost.
The Arizonan ended his 2-minute 30-second video rant by brandishing a semiautomatic assault rifle and calling on his 1.6 million followers to fight for their ‘First Amendment right to refuse’ recognition of gay marriage with their Second Amendment right.
The video has been viewed more than 5 million times since it was posed on Facebook on 9 July.
Feuerstein claims the recent US Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide was not about equal rights but ‘about reconstitutionalizing a term so that now it opens up the door for the left and the liberals to come after Christianity.’
And Christians have to fight back – with guns.
‘They’re coming after our First Amendment constitutional rights! Well, check this out, this is one pastor that will not bow. Why?’ he asks as he draws a semiautomatic assault rifle.
‘Because my First Amendment right is guaranteed by my Second Amendment right. Think about that, ladies and gentlemen.
‘It’s time that we finally take a stand and say no more. We’re not backing up any further. We’re not going to allow a tyrannical government to come in and strip away our rights as Christians and try to demonize us so that they can make the Bible bigoted.’
Watch the video below:
RANT: Gay Man files LAWSUIT to forcibly remove homosexuality from BIBLE .. Pastor THREATENED with ARREST if he doesnt marry SAME SEX COUPLES! Follow -> Michael Chitwood .. he is fighting for our rights!!!
Posted by Joshua Feuerstein on Thursday, 9 July 2015
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Darren Wee
www.gaystarnews.com/article/us-evangelist-calls-on-christians-to-fight-gay-marriage-with-guns/
'Friday Night Lights' Producer Apologizes for Anti-Jenner Post
After sharing a transphobic meme in regard to Caitlyn Jenner’s Courage Award, producer-director Peter Berg has issued a statement of respect for her and support for trans equality.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/media/2015/07/17/friday-night-lights-producer-apologizes-anti-jenner-post
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