West Hollywood Meets Westeros in New ‘Game of Thrones’ Inspired PSA: WATCH

Water conservation in California often times feels as dire as life in Westeros for any of the claimants to the iron throne. And it’s perhaps for that reason that the city of West Hollywood has created a new PSA on water conservation styled after the HBO show. The ad intends to remind WeHo’s denizens that though winter may be coming, the drought is sadly here to stay.

TIME reports:

To remind its residents that winter does not mean an end to the drought, the City of West Hollywood has crafted a memorable public service announcement with a Game of Thrones-themed reminder to conserve.

The new PSA is straight out of Westeros. According to the map featured in the credits, West Hollywood appears to be located somewhere near the Lannisters’ stronghold of Casterly Rock. The video comes packed with the Mother of Dragons, a Jon Snow-lookalike, explosive special effects, the haunting GoTtheme music, and, of course, a powerful message to continue to conserve water as the state faces one of the most serious droughts in recent history.

Watch the video, below:

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A Little Purple Goes A Long Way To Show Support For LGBT Youth

For the fifth straight year, ThinkProgress is proud to show our support for LGBT youth and our opposition to bullying as part of the annual Spirit Day celebration. Along with our colleagues at the Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund, we join millions of others who are wearing purple and calling for safe schools for all young people.

In 2010, the country was rocked by several high-profile suicide deaths — all gay teens who had experienced bullying in their schools. Teenager Brittany McMillan originated the idea for a day to remember those young people, choosing purple because it symbolizes “spirit” on the Pride Flag. With a goal very similar to the “It Gets Better” project, which Dan Savage started for the same reasons, Spirit Day has grown annually as celebrities, media personalities, athletes, corporations, faith leaders, and students and workers across the country show solidarity for LGBT youth.

Anti-LGBT bullying continues to plague the nation’s schools, and groups like the Tyler Clementi Foundation, named for one of the young people lost in 2010, are developing new strategies for making schools safer. When LGBT students have the support necessary to come out, their mental health improves and they do better in school.

Many young people turn to the internet for social support, and though they can encounter cyberbullying, on Spirit Day, they find social media decked out in purple in solidarity.

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Why A School's Transgender Locker Room Ban Could Cause 'Lifelong Injury'

John Knight of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) joined HuffPost Live this week to discuss news that a suburban Chicago school district had banned a transgender girl from using a communal locker room.

Superintendent Daniel E. Cates of Township High School District 211 in Palatine, Illinois, said that the student, whose name has not been released, will be allowed to use a restroom in accordance with her gender identity, because there are private stalls. She can’t use the communal locker room, he said, in order to “ensure a respectful school environment” and “protect the privacy of all students,” according to The Washington Post. 

Knight, whose organization is representing the student, slammed the statement in his interview, noting that his client has “been living her entire life outside and inside of school as a girl and is accepted by her classmates fully as a girl.”

“It’s harmful to her every day to be sent this kind of message that she doesn’t belong, that she’s not one of the other girls,” he said. “To be told that you can’t be who you are, and particularly when you’re young, can cause, really, lifelong injury to a student.” 

The school district’s decision goes against a federal ruling allowing transgender students to use the locker room of their preferred gender. However, Cates said although the district “fully supports” its transgender student body, they won’t adopt the requirement because it infringes on the privacy of all students, according to the Associated Press. 

“The principles we stand on are firm,” he said. 

 
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Open Question: Bisexual Actors (LGBT)?
Angelina Jolie is probably the most famous bisexual actor and the only bisexual actor or actress to win an Oscar.

I think a lot of actors in the 1950s were bisexual, though i dont think any of my favourite actors were, Humphrey Bogart is my favourite actor.

Are there any famous bisexual actors?

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Following Historic Year for LGBT Equality, Record Amount of Americans Have Come Out on Facebook

Following a historic year for LGBT equality, new data released from Facebook today found that a record number of Americans have come out publicly using the social media platform.
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Semen Latte Pastor Wants To Boycott Every Single “Sodomite-Friendly” Business In America

Pastor James David Manning of the Atlah Worldwide Missionary Church in Harlem is at it again. Earlier this week he uploaded a video to his YouTube channel announcing his plans to boycott every single company in the United States of America that “accept sodomites.”

“I want to call for a national boycott against sodomy in America,” Manning, who believes gay people are cannibals, proclaimed in his latest video. “Almighty God has revealed to me that we are in a mega majority, those of us who are Bible believers. I want to call for a boycott, and here’s the level at which the boycott should be understood!”

Related: Someone Sent The Antigay “Semen Latte” Pastor A Giant Bucket Of Poop. Yes, Poop.

Manning, who once claimed Starbucks makes lattes out of semen to appeal to gay men, went on to issue the following call to action: “If you know of a business that is owned by Sodomites, for instance Tylenol… we’re not going to buy Tylenol anymore!”

“There are many others,” he continued. “General Mills and many other organizations that will out themselves as being sodomite-friendly. We need to understand that we can boycott them!”

The irony, of course, is that Manning uploaded his video to YouTube, a pro-gay company owned by Google that, earlier this year, was one of 379 major businesses to sign a Supreme Court employers’ brief calling for marriage equality.

Good luck with that boycott, Pastor Manning.

Related: Justin Bieber Cut Off Her Breasts To Become A Boy And The 5 Craziest Remarks From “Semen Latte” Guy

h/t: Pink News

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Bernie Sanders Feels The Bern and Busts a Move on ‘Ellen’ – WATCH

Bernie Sanders appeared on The Ellen Show today and put to rest questions of whether he would join in the daytime talkshow host’s favorite pastime: dancing. Dance, he did, and to the tune of “Disco Inferno” no less.

Bern, baby, Bern.

Presidential candidate @BernieSanders​ is ready for his entrance onto my show.
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— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 15, 2015

The interview with Ellen was meant to show off Sanders’ softer side. NPR reports on some of the hot topics the pair touched on:

— What Republican presidential candidate he’d want to be stuck on a deserted island with. After a long pause, he said, “Marco Rubio; he’s used to the sun.” Rubio’s from Florida.

— If he was a flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (based in Burlington, Vt., where Sanders is from), what would he be called? “Burn, Bernie, Burn.” “So, it would be hot and spicy ice cream?” DeGeneres joked.

— Whether he had ever been in handcuffs. “Yes,” he said quickly, before pausing and following up, “I don’t know exactly what you mean by that.” Well, then. “When I was young, I was involved in a civil rights demonstration, and I was arrested,” Sanders clarified. “All right, let’s call it a civil-rights demonstration,” DeGeneres quipped.

Watch Sanders dance and chat with Ellen, below:

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Planning for Adoption with Matt & Rick

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Michael Sam And Vito Cammisano Are Proud To 'Go Purple' For Spirit Day

Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano have teamed up for a new video explaining why they’re “going purple” for Spirit Day. 

The former couple are all smiles in the new clip, which they hope will inspire viewers to show their support for bullied lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth on Oct. 15 by wearing purple. 

“As someone who was once bullied, I think it’s very important that we tackle this issue,” Sam, who became the first openly gay man to be drafted by the NFL last year, says in the clip. “So many kids have reached out to me, talking about how they’ve been bullied.” 

Cammisano shares those sentiments, adding, “I never want any young person to feel like they can’t be comfortable being who they are.” 

Spirit Day was established in response to a widely-publicized rash of LGBT youth suicides, including that of Tyler Clementi, in 2010. Since then, supporters have been encouraged to wear purple, which symbolizes “spirit” on the rainbow flag, in support of bullied youth on Oct. 15 each year. 

Head here to read more about Spirit Day 2015. 

 
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