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Random rooftop parties in London
Random rooftop parties in London
The Glory is a small pub on Kingsland Road – just next to Haggerston station in London’s inner-east.
With a management team boasting some of London’s finest alternative talent, The Glory has quickly established itself as a hub for all things queer in the UK capital.
But Jonny Woo and his crew are flexing their creative muscles beyond the physical constraints of the old pub, with the Glory Days festival taking over the space on top of the Old Street roundabout on a warm Saturday in early August.
There were drag queens, performances, singing, dancing, and drinking. Everything that The Glory does best.
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Gareth Johnson
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Anti-Gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Charged With 3 Felonies
Anti-Gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Charged With 3 Felonies
Rabidly anti-gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be indicted Monday on three felony charges, according to media reports.
Paxton admitted to violating the State Securities Act last year after he solicited investment clients for a friend and business partner without properly registering with the state. He initially received a $1,000 slap on the wrist, but a subsequent investigation by the Texas Rangers concluded that the violations were far more serious.
A grand jury reportedly indicted Paxton last week, but the charges were immediately sealed. They will be released on Monday, and a judge has already been assigned to the case.
WFAA-TV reports:
After the indictments are unsealed, Paxton can surrender to be photographed, fingerprinted and booked at any of the state’s 254 county jails. …
Paxton does not have to resign or step down from statewide office as he prepares to face a criminal trial. He can continue to work, just as Gov. Rick Perry did after his two felony indictments in August 2014.
Paxton’s case, legal experts predict, will go to trial since his law license and statewide office are now on the line.
Paxton, a tea partier, vigorously defended the state’s same-sex marriage ban, even filing a lawsuit seeking to prevent gay workers from taking unpaid leave to care for their sick spouses. In February, after a lesbian couple wed in Austin, Paxton sought to void their marriage, even though one of them has ovarian cancer. Paxton also appeared at an anti-gay hate rally alongside Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, and blamed the demise of anti-LGBT legislation on a small group of hateful gay activists and their corporate cronies.
Paxton later issued a non-binding opinion suggesting that county clerks could refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and calling the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges “lawless.”
A special prosecutor assigned to the case has said he would seek a first-degree felony charge against Paxton, punishable by up to life in prison, since the securities violations resulted in losses of more than $100,000. However, Paxton spokesman Anthony Holm has denied the AG did anything wrong. From WFAA:
Holm also has accused the special prosecutors of being biased and unfair, and engaging in a political witch hunt.
“The securities board was very clear this was no crime,” he told News 8 on Tuesday. “It was resolved last spring. It was a civil event. It was a $1,000 fine and we are only here because of liberal activists.”
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John Wright
Anti-Gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Charged With 3 Felonies
REVIEW: Hanoi Cafe – Kingsland Road, London
REVIEW: Hanoi Cafe – Kingsland Road, London
Kingsland Road is a street that is awash with Vietnamese restaurants. Walking distance from Old Street and Liverpool Street tube stations, this is an extension of Shoreditch High Street, heading to the hipster-east of The City.
For the first-timer it can be a little difficult to see much difference between the myriad of Vietnamese restaurants concentrated in this precinct, but locals all have their favorites.
One of the good ones is Hanoi Cafe – I particularly like their Bánh mì, the filled baguettes that are one of Vietnam’s best-loved street foods. There’s a range of fillings available but it doesn’t get much better than the traditional pork.
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Gareth Johnson
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Cecil the Lion’s Brother Jericho Illegally Killed in Zimbabwe
Cecil the Lion’s Brother Jericho Illegally Killed in Zimbabwe
More heartbreaking news out of Zimbabwe as Jericho, the brother of slain lion Cecil, was gunned down illegally in Hwange National Park today.
CNN reports:
“It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil’s brother has been killed at 4pm today,” Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Saturday on Facebook.
“We are absolutely heart broken,” the Task Force added.
Jericho was considered to be caring for and defending Cecil’s cubs, but the survivability of those cubs wasn’t immediately clear in the aftermath of Jericho’s death.
Some of the cubs may have been Jericho’s, said David Macdonald, director of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, who has been studying Cecil.
Earlier today, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority announced it would be further tightening hunting regulations outside wildlife parks.
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Kyler Geoffroy
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Leslie Jordan: I Threw 'Sweet Iced Tea, Not Coffee' in Starbucks Fight
Leslie Jordan: I Threw 'Sweet Iced Tea, Not Coffee' in Starbucks Fight
The Will & Grace star issued a public statement to clarify a recent confrontation over antigay slurs at a West Hollywood coffee shop.
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NYPD officers accused of anti-gay attack
NYPD officers accused of anti-gay attack
A New York City man charges officers assaulted him and used anti-gay epithets. According to the Daily News, police knocked on the door of Louis Falcone on 19 June. There was a complaint of noise from the Staten Island home he shares with his mother.
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Falcone tells the newspaper four officers showed up at the door. He explained he and his brother had a loud argument earlier.
‘As I’m talking to them through the screen door, they’re saying to come outside,’ Falcone recalls to the Daily News. ‘I said, “For what?”‘
Falcone’s dog started to bark, and when he turned to quiet him one of the officers pulled Falcone outside.
‘They threw me against the concrete in front of my house,’ he said. ‘My first reaction was to try to get up a little bit.’
During the scrum, he charges he was called a faggot.
‘While I was on the ground, I had mud and blood in my mouth,’ he said. ‘One (of the cops) said, “Don’t let it get on you, he probably has AIDS, the faggot.”‘
A New York City Police Department spokesman tells the newspaper a different story.
‘Falcone became belligerent and uncooperative. He appeared to have been injured in the fight with his brother. As the officers attempted to subdue him, he resisted and spit blood in the face of one of them,’ the spokesman said to the newspaper.
‘The officers were able to restrain him and he was transported by EMS to a local hospital for evaluation,’ the spokesman continues.
Falcone claims he was left with a broken nose, two black eyes, and cuts to his face and body.
He faces no charges. However, Eric Subin, his lawyer, insists there are plans to sue in federal court for civil rights violations.
‘They’re criminals; they belong behind bars,’ Subin said to the Daily News.
Ralph W. Vogel, executive director of the Staten Island LGBT Community Center, is calling for an investigation.
‘The video shows Mr. Falcone pulled roughly from his home without an arrest warrant, and the imbalance of four officers on one civilian seems to lead to the victim’s severe injuries,’ Vogel said in a statement released by the Anti-Violence Project. ‘Hate speech and slurs are used against our communities as weapons and should never be a part of an arresting officer’s vocabulary.’
Below is a video of the arrest. It is impossible to hear what language was used.
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James Withers
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Leslie Jordan on Throwing Sweet Tea at Anti-gay Starbucks Patrons: ‘I Lost My Temper’
Leslie Jordan on Throwing Sweet Tea at Anti-gay Starbucks Patrons: ‘I Lost My Temper’
Yesterday, we told you the incredible story of character actor Leslie Jordan confronting a group of men who were shouting anti-gay slurs at a West Hollywood Starbucks earlier this week.
Jordan, perhaps best known for his role on gay-centric shows like Will & Grace and Sordid Lives, reportedly told the men to “get out of our house” before throwing his iced tea on the phobes.
Locals interviewed after the incident called Jordan a “hero,” but Jordan pushed back a bit against the designation in a Facebook post Friday night.
I was hoping to remain silent on the incident at Starbucks but somehow the story found legs and has made its way into the press. I feel I owe my friends an explanation:
Truth be told it was “sweet” iced tea, not coffee. I am a “sweet” mannered Southern boy who was taught not to start a fight. Nobody ever told me I could not end one. I refused to sit and watch these hate crimes continue. I guess our work for equality is not done yet!
I’m being hailed a hero which is all well and good but I lost my temper. My heroes in life always kept their cool.
Anyone who stands up against hate is a hero in our book. Thank you Leslie!
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Kyler Geoffroy
Leslie Jordan on Throwing Sweet Tea at Anti-gay Starbucks Patrons: ‘I Lost My Temper’
