Italy Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions
Italy has been a major exception among Western nations in its lack of recognition for same-sex couples.
www.advocate.com/world/2016/5/11/italy-approves-same-sex-civil-unions
Daily Archives: May 11, 2016
Anti-Abortion Activist Protests Target Bathroom Policy in Drag
Anti-Abortion Activist Protests Target Bathroom Policy in Drag
The man admitted he’s not transgender but warned about “crazy people that will do what I’m doing: dressing up and going into the women’s restroom and putting women and children in harm’s way.”
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/11/anti-abortion-activist-protests-target-bathroom-policy-drag
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The Most Homoerotic Moments In Soccer Set To Romantic Music, Just Because
The Most Homoerotic Moments In Soccer Set To Romantic Music, Just Because
We’re not sure why other people watch sports, but we can tell you why we do: For those special moments when players are caught in homoerotic positions. They happen often. And they always get us excited.
Related: PHOTOS: Homoerotic Athletes Give Us A Reason To Watch Sports
And before all you true sports fans comment in ALL CAPS about how many gay guys are into it for the love of the game, we get it. Just let us have this one, okay?
We’re sure no matter what your interest in sportsball games is, you’ll find something to enjoy in this video compilation:
Cartoon Cher Discussing Gay Fans And Camp Is Peculiarly Not Campy At All
Cartoon Cher Discussing Gay Fans And Camp Is Peculiarly Not Campy At All
In 1999, Cher let writer Benjamin Svetkey into her bedroom for a chat. When he entered the room, Svetkey found the pop icon dressed in leopard print and resting on a leopard print bedspread.
So naturally, the conversation led to kitsch and camp. But it turned out Cher’s is an aesthetic that doesn’t get too hung up on irony.
Related: Get Ready Because The Cher Musical Is Almost Here
The recording of that interview has been turned into a short animated feature, and the two talk everything from motherhood to fame to the singer’s gay following.
“I think that my gay following is really respectful, and if it verges into being camp — camp is a very specifically gay thing,” Cher says in the clip. “That doesn’t bother me at all because I know that my gay followers really care about me and really love me, have loved me through thick and thin, and a lot of times have loved me more through ‘thin’ because that’s the way gay men are. They understand not being part of the whole.”
Watch below:
Hyperloop Test, Ronan Farrow, The Newsroom, German Ballet Dancer, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Warren: NEWS
Hyperloop Test, Ronan Farrow, The Newsroom, German Ballet Dancer, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Warren: NEWS
TECH. SpaceX’s Hyperloop successfully goes from 0 to 400 MPH in two seconds: “What the gaggle of investors and journalists saw from metal risers planted in the desert north of Las Vegas was a lot more rudimentary than artists’ rendering of the future, however. Instead it was more a proof of concept, much like those first airborne moments shared by the Wright Brothers in their airplane. A bare-metal sled — not a tube — rocketed down a track, with the sled elevated slightly by magnetic levitation technology. It accelerated at 2 g-force before hitting a patch of sand 100 yards down the line.”
And here’s your #HyperloopTech Test Moment: pic.twitter.com/Wn8rmdg9Yj
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) May 11, 2016
MUSIC. Adam Levine and Andy Samberg perform duet on The Voice.
TENNESSEE. State loses a second convention because of its anti-gay counseling bill: “‘When the legislation was sent over to the governor’s desk, we actually had great hopes that it would be vetoed and canceled,’ Kenn Gordon, spiritual leader for Centers for Spiritual Living, tells The Tennessean. ‘But it wasn’t, and so when he signed it into law that was the decision-point we made to pull out.’”
DEMOCRATS. Is Hillary playing the long game?
RED CARPET. Matt Bomer and husband Simon Halls look dapper at the premiere of Bomer’s movie The Nice Guys.
TELEVISION. The new trailer for Orange Is The New Black is here.
PANAMA PAPERS. Emma Watson gets named as one of the high profile individuals who used a Panama-based firm to set up offshore companies.
LEG DAY. This German ballet dancer never misses it.
RONAN FARROW. Talks about the danger of silence, his sister’s sexual abuse, and his father Woody Allen ahead of the premiere of Allen’s Cafe Society at Cannes: “Tonight, the Cannes Film Festival kicks off with a new Woody Allen film. There will be press conferences and a red-carpet walk by my father and his wife (my sister). He’ll have his stars at his side — Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg. They can trust that the press won’t ask them the tough questions. It’s not the time, it’s not the place, it’s just not done. That kind of silence isn’t just wrong. It’s dangerous. It sends a message to victims that it’s not worth the anguish of coming forward. It sends a message about who we are as a society, what we’ll overlook, who we’ll ignore, who matters and who doesn’t.”
CANDLE IN THE WIND. Princess Diana’s gravesite at her family’s Althorp estate to be renovated.
THE NEWSROOM. Jeff Daniels reprises and adapts his famous monologue from the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom to talk about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
DRAG HIM. Elizabeth Warren goes after Donald Trump again on Twitter.
We get it, @realDonaldTrump: When a woman stands up to you, you’re going to call her a basket case. Hormonal. Ugly.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 11, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump: Your policies are dangerous. Your words are reckless. Your record is embarrassing. And your free ride is over.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 11, 2016
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Meet Chico ‘Shane’ Huggins.
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North Carolina Police Will Not Enforce Anti-LGBT House Bill 2
North Carolina Police Will Not Enforce Anti-LGBT House Bill 2
Police in several major North Carolina cities told NPR they will not penalize nor arrest a trans person for using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/11/north-carolina-police-will-not-enforce-anti-lgbt-house-bill-2
Subway Rider Who Attacked Trans Woman: 'Don't Judge Me' (Video)
Subway Rider Who Attacked Trans Woman: 'Don't Judge Me' (Video)
Sarah Eldridge, whose transphobic tirade against Pearl Love went viral on social media, will not apologize for her behavior.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/11/subway-rider-who-attacked-trans-woman-dont-judge-me-video
Is North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Selling Transphobic Bumper Stickers?
Is North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Selling Transphobic Bumper Stickers?
Pat McCrory’s reelection effort is hawking bumper stickers that read, “It’s Just Common Sense,” which may be an oblique reference to the state’s anti-LGBT law.
