‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Alum ‘Alaska’ Annihilates a Donald Trump Piñata: WATCH

You don’t want to get on the bad side of RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Alaska Thunderf–k, and unfortunately GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has really gotten her goat.

So Alaska, to celebrate the GOP debate on behalf of Rosie O’Donnell, Rosie Perez, Kelli Osborne, hair lovers everywhere, Barack Obama’s birth certificate, and the Earth, takes out her anger on a Donald Trump piñata to see what Donald’s really made of on the inside.

Turns out it’s a delicious nutty filling.

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To no one’s surprise, the Donald Trump piñatas became a hit earlier this summer in Mexico.

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WATCH: LGBT Vegans Are Coming Out for Animal Rights

A group of LGBT activists star in a new video from the non-profit group Our Hen House, talking about the similarities between coming out as queer and coming out as an animal rights activist. The diverse group use words like “lifestyle” and “social justice” to describe their decision to become vegans.

Our Hen House describes its mission as working to “effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals,” and to enable “artists, grassroots activists, academics, lawyers, students, business moguls, media darlings, etc., to create change for animals.”

Provocative animal rights group PETA has also made the connection between LGBT rights and not eating meat. While the group is best known for their deliberately offensive ads and protests, they’ve also used queer celebrities like drag queen Sharon Needles and actress Jane Lynch to highlight their cause.

“In this new video from Our Hen House, a diverse group of activists from the LGBT world share stories of how they personally connected the dots and came out for animals, too,” the group writes in the clip’s description. “‘Coming out for Animals’ highlights personal stories of connections between gay rights and animal rights, all told while enjoying delicious vegan grub.”

Watch the video from Our Hen House below:

Bil Browning

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'First Person' Talks With Legendary Fire Island DJ Lina Bradford

If you’ve been to Fire Island, you know DJ Lina.

DJ Lina Bradford is a legendary figure on Fire Island, bringing people together in a magical way at her daily tea dance in the Pines.

In the latest episode of the PBS Digital Studios series “First Person,” Bradford opens up about not only her transgender identity, but the rich history of Fire Island and what exactly makes the place so enchanting.

“You really feel the history here,” she said. “If you’re a connected person you can smell it, you can see it. I mean, you walk these boardwalks and it’s just like — there’s a lot of history here. A lot of major people are here and have walked through these woods. It’s pretty special.”

Hosted by Kristin Russo, “First Person” is a web show that focuses on gender identity, sexuality and queer community.

Check out the interview with Bradford above to hear more of her captivating story. Missed the previous episodes of “First Person”? Head here to check them out.

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Rick Santorum shockingly compares Kim Davis to Columbine shooting victim

Rick Santorum cited the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in defending Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stance against same-sex marriage in a four-candidate debate Wednesday (16 September) among low-polling Republican presidential hopefuls.

Former US Senator compared Davis to one of the 13 people killed in the Colorado mass shooting. Her name was Cassie Bernall and she was widely reported to have refused to deny God in the moments before she was shot.

‘Sixteen years ago this country was tremendously inspired by a young woman who faced a gunman in Columbine, and she refused to deny God,’ Santorum said. ‘We saw her as a hero. Today, someone who refuses to defy a judge’s unconstitutional verdict is ridiculed and criticized, chastised because she is standing up and not denying her God and her faith. That is a huge difference in 16 years.’

Davis has cited religious beliefs in her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She was locked up in a Kentucky jail for five days earlier this month for defying a federal court’s order that she allow the licenses to be issued by her deputies.

‘When we say in America that we have no room, how many bakers, how many florists, pastors, how many clerks are we going to throw in jail because they stand up and say, “I cannot violate what my faith says is against its teachings”?,’ Santorum wondered. ‘Is there not room in America?’

At the second debate among the top 11 polling Republican candidates, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was asked about Davis who he organized a rally for upon her release from jail.

Huckabee believes Davis, an elected official, should be given an accommodation by the courts and not be forced to be involved in the marriage license business.

‘We made accommodations to the Fort Hood shooter, to let him grow a beard. We made accommodations to the detainees at (Guantánamo Bay detention camp),’ he said. ‘I’ve been to Gitmo and I’ve seen the accommodations that we made to the Muslim detainees who killed Americans.

‘You’re telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky? What else is it other than the criminalization of her faith and the exaltation of everyone else who might be a Fort Hood shooter or a detainee at Gitmo?’

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USA Rugby Takes Steps Towards LGBT-Inclusion

Last week, USA Rugby signed a “memorandum of understanding” to make the sport a more inclusive and safe space for the LGBT community.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells Stephen Colbert Why He Came Out

To the Late Show With Stephen Colbert writer who came up with the following question for Apple CEO Tim Cook on last night’s show: well done.

“You yourself came out as gay recently,” Stephen begins. “Was that an upgrade or just a feature that had not been turned on before?”

But as we’re coming to expect from Colbert’s Late Show schtick, there’s a serious question behind every cleverly worded joke.

“And the reason I ask,” he continues, “is that experience of growing up in Alabama as a resident outsider because of your sexuality — did that inform in any way your trying to help people who are in hardship around the world?”

“It did, yeah,” replies Cook, who has established Apple’s first ever charitable wing (nice, considering the company is worth a trillion dollars by some estimates).

Related: Corner Office: Six Powerful Out CEOs Who Aren’t Tim Cook

“In all honesty, every day I come to work I have right in front of my desk a photo of Robert Kennedy and a photo of Dr. King. And every day I sort of ask myself — it was Dr. King’s quote that said “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘what are you doing for others?’

“And it became so clear to me that kids are getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated agains, kids were even being disclaimed by their own parents, and that I needed to do something.

“Where I valued my privacy significantly, I felt that I was valuing it too far above what I could do for other people, and so I wanted to tell everyone my truth.”

Then Tim tries his own awkward iPhone joke. Leave it to the pro.

Watch below:

Dan Tracer

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Rainbow Doritos are the Cheesiest Way to Show Support for LGBT Rights

Rainbow Doritos!

Frito-Lay has partnered with the It Gets Better Project for this first-ever promotion.

The bags of colorful Doritos are available online only and they’ll set you back $10 (or as much more as you choose to donate), but then you get to choose how much of your donation goes to the It Gets Better Project.

The campaign is accompanied by the tagline “There’s nothing bolder than being yourself.”

Frito-Lay is donating 100% of the proceeds.

Said Ram Krishnan, chief marketing officer, Frito-Lay: “Time and again, our consumers have shown us, there really is nothing bolder than being true to yourself and living life to the fullest. With Doritos Rainbows chips, we’re bringing an entirely new product experience to our consumers to show our commitment toward equal rights for the LGBT community and celebrate humanity without exception.”

Brett Peters, communications director, It Gets Better Project, added: “We’re honored to partner with the Doritos brand to celebrate the momentous progress that has been made toward equal rights for the LGBT community in this country. By utilizing the incredible reach that Doritos has throughout the world, we can give hope to the LGBT young people who need it the most. There is so much more work to be done, and together, we will inspire the LGBT community and its allies to continue the fight and embrace who they are by living a #BoldandBetter life.”

Doritos is sponsoring Dallas Pride this year on September 20 for the first time.

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Doritos Goes Rainbow in Support of LGBT Youth

There’s nothing bolder than being yourself.

This is the tagline of a new campaign launched by Doritos, in which the company’s boldly colored orange tortilla chips have been dyed rainbow in support of LGBT youth.

Want a bag of rainbow deliciousness? Simply donate at least $10 to the It Gets Better Project, a group founded by gay columnist Dan Savage that helps make the world a better place for LGBT young people.

With each donation, the Pepsico-owned food company Frito-Lay will ship you one bag of Doritos Rainbows chips from its limited supply. Doritos also encourages donors to share how it gets #BoldAndBetter on social media outlets like Facebook or Twitter.

Ram Krishnan, the chief marketing officer of Frito-Lay, stated that the partnership reflected the brand’s commitment toward LGBT equality.

“Time and again, our consumers have shown us, there really is nothing bolder than being true to yourself and living life to the fullest,” he said in a statement. “With Doritos Rainbows chips, we’re bringing an entirely new product experience to our consumers to show our commitment toward equal rights for the LGBT community and celebrate humanity without exception.”

Brett Peters, the communications director It Gets Better Project, praised the snack company for using its international reach to shine a spotlight on this cause.

“By utilizing the incredible reach that the Doritos brand has throughout the world, we can give hope to the LGBT young people who need it the most,” he stated. “There is so much more work to be done, and together, we will inspire the LGBT community and its allies to continue the fight and embrace who they are by living a #BoldandBetter life.”

For more information, visit ItGetsBetter.org.

Daniel Reynolds

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'Kisses For Kim' Davis Is The Campaign You Should All Get Behind

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis made headlines in September when she disregarded the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality and refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds. 

Comedians from The Other Stuff don’t want to send negativity or hate toward Kim Davis, but rather messages of love and tolerance. So they started a campaign where people — straight, gay, bisexual, whatever orientation — plant one on a friend, loved one, consenting stranger, whomever, then post the photos using #KissesForKim.

When it comes to fighting intolerance, this is about killing it with kindness. And some comedy involving heavily bearded dudes.

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Tom Hardy Addresses Now-Infamous Sexuality Question, Says He Was Put On The Spot And Is Entitled To His Privacy

— Tom Hardy in an interview with The Daily Beast in which he addresses a question about his “ambiguous sexuality” that was awkwardly posed to him by a reporter for Daily Xtra during a press conference last week

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