In Major Step Forward, HRC Mississippi to Host Groundbreaking Equality Summit
As part of its ongoing effort to advance LGBT equality in the Magnolia State, HRC Mississippi announced today that it will host its first-ever statewide Equality Summit.
HRC.org
Turns Out Ted Cruz’s Father Rafael Is Just As Obsessed With Gay Sex As His Son
Think of Ted Cruz’s father Rafael as an older, unwiser version of Ted Cruz. The apple did not fall far from the tree.
Cruz Sr. is no stranger to spouting Bible-laced nonsense into a microphone all in the hopes of Teddy gaining attention.
In the past he’s gone so far as to assert that gay people being called “gay” is actually a conspiracy by liberals to make it more socially acceptable. Because gay means happy! Mind. Blown.
Below, he tells a crowd that, “The devil overplayed his hand,” with the SCOTUS marriage equality decision.
He continued:
“You’ve got to realize that that decision was not about homosexual marriage, that decision was a decision against religious liberty. What was the basis for their decision? It was the 14th Amendment. That means they’re calling homosexuality a civil right. Understand me well, if they’re calling homosexuality a civil right, that means that the next obvious step is a homosexual may come to your church and demand to be hired, whether as pastor or a janitor is immaterial, and if you say, ‘I’m sorry I cannot hire you because it violates my religious faith,’ you’re going to be slapped with a civil rights discrimination lawsuit.”
Like father, like son.
Related: The Ian Reisner/Ted Cruz Saga Continues With $2,700 Donation Cover-Up
Watch below:
h/t RightWingWatch
Dan Tracer
News: Aaron Schock, Adele, North Dakota, Baptists, Joe Biden, Ireland
> According to Politico’s Democratic insiders, Joe Biden will be sitting out the 2016 election.
> Austin Armacost, a former model and ex-boyfriend of Marc Jacobs, is vowing to “redeem” American gay men on UK’s Celebrity Big Brother after Perez Hilton’s dramatic antics last season.
> Adele’s long-awaited next album is reportedly coming in November.
> Take a peek inside one of America’s most expensive houses.
> Ellen Page thinks it’s “borderline offensive” to call straight actors “brave” for playing gay roles. “I’m never going to be considered brave for playing a straight person and nor should I be.”
> Ricky Martin says Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant grandstanding “makes my blood boil.”
> North Dakota has agreed to pay $58,000 in legal fees for fighting same-sex marriage.
> Media Matters blasts CNN’s “bizarrely homophobic” coverage of the Virginia TV shooter.
> A mushroom cloud made from coffee creamer. Don’t try this at home.
> Southern Baptist Convention forced to cut up to 800 jobs to account for $21 million budget shortfall.
> Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro says talk of being Hillary Clinton’s running mate is “flattering.”
> The Justice Department is asking an Illinois judge to proceed with a hearing to determine whether former Rep. Aaron Schock complied with his subpoena.
> Lindsay Lohan went on a naked rampage after a wedding in Italy.
> Celine Dion makes her triumphant return to Las Vegas.
> Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman resigns.
> Check out this wildly detailed, 100 year plan to get humans to Mars.
> Jozef Wesolowski, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic and the highest-ranking Catholic official to be charged with sexually abusing young boys, was found dead as he awaited trial.
> Federal appeals court overturns lower court ruling against NSA bulk collection of telephone data.
> Nick Gordon was paid $40,000 to pose for photos at Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grave.
> Ireland’s marriage equality referendum has been appealed to the country’s Supreme Court.
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Kyler Geoffroy
News: Aaron Schock, Adele, North Dakota, Baptists, Joe Biden, Ireland
REPORTS: ISIS Executes Nine More 'Gay' Men
The radical Islamist group has reportedly thrown another nine men accused of being gay from the top of the tallest building in Mosul, Iraq.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/world/2015/08/28/reports-isis-executes-nine-more-gay-men
Gender-Neutral Title 'Mx' Added to Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary announced today that the title Mx (a gender neutral form of Mr., Ms., Mrs., or Miss) has been inducted into its official lexicon. Its addition is intended to reflect “today’s more thoughtful conversations about gender identity.” The definition reads:
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German LGBTI activists under fire after homphobic couple lose their jobs
A German LGBTI activist group is facing criticism for highlighting a couple’s homophobic Facebook posts, causing them to lose their jobs.
Enough is Enough – Open your mouth!, one of Germany’s biggest networks of LGBTI activists, posted screenshots of comments Sara Kubicki and her boyfriend made in an open Facebook group.
‘Homosexual people should be killed. It’s so digusting,’ Kubicki wrote; the activists discovered the post and encouraged their community to report Kubicki to Facebook.
The group also filed charges of demagoguery against the trainee geriatric nurse and contacted her employer, a nursing service that is part of the Senterra AG; Kubicki was dismissed without notice.
Her boyfriend, Max Hellmann, also posted homophobic and racist content on the social network, with one of his comments reading: ‘I keep a tally of my murders as if I was Adolf Hitler, I bash children and gays and I don’t give a shit of what you think about me, I think my behavior should be celebrated.’
After being alerted to what their employee posted, Hellmann’s employer – Zalando – terminated his contract three weeks after he started a trainee program.
Now the group is facing increasing criticism from politicians and the public.
‘Lesbians and gay men have had to live with openly expressed hatred, insults and even murder threats from social networks for a long time,’ said Johannes Kahrs, the German Social Democratic Party’s representative for lesbians and gay men.
‘We, as a society, are required to find ways to deal with such tendencies. A witch hunt by private activists, including the publication of offenders’ names, as it recently was revealed to a broader public, cannot be the right answer.’
But Kahrs also criticized Facebook, saying it was incomprehensible why hate speech is not, or only half-heartedly, deleted although the social network’s terms and conditions explicitly ban them.
The post German LGBTI activists under fire after homphobic couple lose their jobs appeared first on Gay Star News.
Stefanie Gerdes
Op-ed: We Just Saw a Turning Point for Global LGBT Rights
It’s apparent attitudes are changing when nations like Turkey, Jordan, and Georgia are paying attention to LGBT issues.
HRC.org
Donald Trump Stumbles Through Explaining His Opposition To Gay Marriage
Ugh. Donald Trump.
The billionaire reality TV star/2016 Republican presidential hopeless was recently asked what he would tell a child who asked him about his opposition to gay marriage. Trump’s response: Just ignore the question!
In an interview with Bloomberg, Trump was asked: “If you had a son or daughter or grandchild who was gay or lesbian, how would you explain to them your opposition to same-sex marriage?”
Related: Donald Trump Is The Perfect GOP Candidate–Except On That Gay “Long Putters” Thing
Without missing a beat, Trump replied, “Well, it’s the way it is. I wouldn’t speak to them at all about it, other than they are who they are and I want them to be happy and I will love them and I will cherish them.”
“I’ve gone to gay weddings,” he continued. “I’ve been at gay weddings. I have been against it from the standpoint of Bible, from the standpoint of my teachings as growing up and going to Sunday school and going to church and I’ve been opposed to it.”
Ah, yes. The old “But I’m not a homophobe, my best friend is gay!” excuse. Honestly, we wouldn’t expect anything less from the Donald.
“We’ll just see how it all comes out,” he concluded, “but if I was ever in that position I’d just have to explain it.”
In the past, Trump has said he opposed gay marriage because he “just don’t feel good about it,” but recently he declared the issue officially “dead.”
Kinda like his chances of ever becoming president.
Related: Donald Trump’s Drag Transformation Is Predictably Horrifying
Graham Gremore
Le1f is Feeling Really ‘Koi’ in Hallucinatory New Video: WATCH
The first single from Le1f’s forthcoming album Riot Boi is called “Koi” and it’s produced by electronic music artist SOPHIE (aka Samuel Long) who you’ll know from his hits “Bipp” and “Lemonade“, known for sculpting his bubbly, fun sounds on a computer. SOPHIE provides backing vocals.
It’s a brilliant collaboration. On the track Le1f sings about rejecting a guy’s advances in a club. In the clip, directed by Simon Ward, Le1f raps through a hallucinatory landscape with a back-up crew and a group of confused-looking male models.
Co-starring a brightly-colored school of koi, a set of oversized bubbles, and a giant set of pink sequined lips.
Watch below:
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Oh, wow
I think I am the hottest hottie at the party
Goddamn
Watch me shake that ass like a calabash
I see it in his eyes, he can’t handle that
Thinking I’m the prize in his Cracker Jacks
I’m making him melt like candle-wax
He stepped to me at the bar
He said that he liked my hair
I didn’t want to be rude
He was trying so hard
So I’m like, “whatever, sure
We can do these shots, why not
I’mma let you buy me these drinks, lots”
He’s asking me where I live
And I’m like, “far away, mister, real real far”
I don’t got time for that hullabaloo
I’m not laughing with you, I’m laughing at you
You should go back over there with your crew
But he’s all, “nah, man, what we gon’ do?”
You wanna dance but ain’t got no rhythm
Tell me, how will this transition to kissing?
He’s so smitten as if the plot thickens, nuh-uh
Read my lips
Listen, I’m sweet but I’m deadly
Just like Coca-cola
I’m hotter than a hot spring
Hotter than Bikram yoga
We can try your luck, four leaf clover
If you ain’t got no swag, then this conversation’s over
[Chorus]
You wanna get to know me
Wanna be my homie
I came here to party
Not here for you, boy
You should watch what you’re saying
Cause your mouth is crazy
Got me acting shady
And feeling real koi
You’re trying so hard
And it really shows
You say I’m fit
I already know
I’m sorry I’m not really, but you and me will never be that’s the way that it goes
[Verse 2]
I wanna kee
And I don’t mean bumps
I mean keekee, I wanna shake my butt
Chillin’ in cuts
Sippin’ these cups
Turn around for what?
Not you, bruh bruh
I kiss boys but it’s just for stunts
I’m not giving them what they want
Nah, he’s a dim-wit dunce
I’m a big city boy
And I’m real real c**t
You don’t wanna have to be a primadonna
You got whack game, like lolz, oh my god
You should go away
Abracadabra
Princess Kitana
Kamekameha
You can’t get up on my radar
I think you need to go to swag seminar
All up in my ear talkin’ bla-zay blah
But I don’t want none, nah
Dudes wanna holla, I’m skeptical
Cuz I’m really real
Like the best of all
I wanna know, can you let them good times roll
Like if I throw it in the air
Can you catch ’em all?
The ball’s in my court, that’s typical
Checking up on my physical
My aura, my vibe is so mystical
If you could bag me, that’d be a miracle
[Chorus]
You ain’t catching nothing
But you keep throwing these lines out
I think you need to practice shutting your mouth
You swimming upstream just to get to me
But I don’t think we have a chemistry
Koi, koi
I’m too koi for you boy
I’m koi
[Chorus]
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Andy Towle
Le1f is Feeling Really ‘Koi’ in Hallucinatory New Video: WATCH
Woman Who Died in Caitlyn Jenner Crash Is Reportedly Being Sued
The driver who was killed in the crash involving Caitlyn Jenner is being sued by the people who struck and killed her.
Bil Browning
www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/08/28/woman-who-died-caitlyn-jenner-crash-reportedly-being-sued
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