Quilt of many colors
United Methodist News Service posted a photo:
The Rev. Fred Day examines a quilt held by LYN coalition volunteer, Bob Coomb, held during a LGBTQ demonstration at the communion table. This was taken following the close close of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Kathleen Barry, UMNS
Catholic School Reserves Right to Expel Students With LGBT Siblings
Trinity Academy in Kansas says LGBT acceptance, which runs “counter to the standing of a Biblical lifestyle,” is grounds for expulsion.
www.advocate.com/youth/2016/5/20/catholic-school-reserves-right-expel-students-lgbt-siblings
How Oklahoma Plans to Use 'Religious Freedom' to Harass Trans Kids
Oklahoma Republicans want to impeach President Obama for protecting trans students. But first they want to make sure no God-fearing Christian student is forced to share a bathroom with a trans classmate.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/20/how-oklahoma-plans-use-religious-freedom-harass-trans-kids
Wigstock 93: RH
little shiva posted a photo:
Tompkins Square Park, NYC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWCIsr-UYQ
Fitness Model Ben Hetfleisch Spins Like A Shish Kebab For Your Viewing Pleasure
Move over Michael Hoffman, there’s a new naked bodybuilder in town.
Meet Ben Hetfliesch, a fitness model and, well, that’s actually all we know about him.
But we think you’ll agree it’s more than enough after checking out a recent video from Hetfleisch in which he takes us on a tour of the body he’s worked so hard for.
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Secret Service, Sia, Jared Fogle, Mosul, Archie, Antarctica: NEWS
WHITE HOUSE. Secret Service shoot man who brandished a weapon near 1600 Pennsylvania after not yielding to orders from agents to stop: “A Secret Service spokesman said the incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. ET when a man carrying a gun approached a checkpoint on E Street near the White House. The suspect was given verbal commands to stop and drop the gun, and when he failed to comply, he was shot once by a Secret Service agent and taken into custody. Secret Service officers and an agent provided medical aid to the suspect, and the city’s EMS said he was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries.”
FINDING DORY. Sia covers “Unforgettable” for the Pixar film.
DUMPS LIKE A TRUCK. Josh Peck of “Drake and Josh” performs “Thong Song” on Lip Sync Battle.
OKLAHOMA. Governor Mary Fallin vetoes bill that would have effectively banned abortion in the state because it was too “vague”: “The anti-abortion Republican broke her streak of signing literally every single anti-choice bill sent to her desk. This bill, which was passed on Thursday, would have classified any abortion procedure as a felony and provided up to three years in jail if convicted.”
TELEVISION. The CW’s new show Riverdale based on the Archie comics looks dark!
ANTARTICA. The Totten Glacier is melting rapidly and could create a dramatic rise in sea levels.
IRAQ. ISIS executes 25 people by lowering them into a vat of acid “until their organs dissolved”: “The alleged spies were captured in the IS (Daesh) stronghold of Mosul, in northern Iraq, accused of working for the Iraqi government’s security forces. Mosul is the largest city in Iraq still under IS control, but is facing increasing pressure from the north, south and east by the Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga forces and US-led Western air strikes.”
JARED FOGLE. Former Subway spokesman appeals his sentence: “Fogle’s attorney Ron Elberger argued in front of a panel of judges in a Chicago courtroom that Judge Tanya Walton Pratt overstepped her authority when she sentenced Fogle back in November 2015 in Indianapolis. Pratt sentenced Fogle to 15 and a half years in prison despite the fact that the maximum prison sentence prosecutors recommended in accordance with a plea on child pornography and child sex charges was 12.5 years.”
PARTY UNITY MY A–? Bernie Sanders has reportedly been speaking with Senate Democrats who are privately seething over his vitriolic rhetoric aimed at the Democratic Party: “Sanders has reached out to multiple Senate colleagues in an attempt to assuage them. Among them is Senator Barbara Boxer of California, whose keynote speech at the Nevada state Democratic convention last weekend was disrupted by rowdy Sanders supporters in a situation she described as frightening and out of control.”
FLASHBACK FRIDAY. Ryan Gosling’s affinity for affection on the red carpet (without concern for gender).
INSTASTUD. fritzlifestyle.
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HRC Advocates with U.S. State Department for LGBT Refugees
This week, HRC submitted comments in response to the U.S. State Department’s request for feedback on improving the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which is responsible for helping refugees resettle in the United States. While USRAP has made tremendous strides in recent years to help meet the unique needs of LGBT refugees, a great deal more can be done.
The number of refugees worldwide who are fleeing their homeland because of violence and discrimination remains at historic and tragically high levels.
“From discrimination and bullying to violence and murder, LGBT people are among the most vulnerable individuals in the world,” wrote HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy. “It is therefore essential that the United States continue to serve as a beacon of hope and safety for all people who face persecution, no matter who they are or whom they love.”
In its comments, HRC urged the State Department to collect more data on the number of LGBT refugees entering the U.S. in order to identify solutions that will better meet their needs in the applicable process. The comments also recommended that the federal government place LGBT refugees in communities that have appropriate support and services for LGBT people, as well as provide cultural competency training for individuals who work with LGBT refugees in order to help combat discrimination and harassment that some LGBT refugees face. HRC also urged the State Department to create more avenues to allow individuals to be reunited with same-sex partners who are already resettled in the U.Sunit.
HRC will continue to advocate for the needs of LGBT refugees, beginning with a summit that HRC will host on June 9, 2016. The convening will focus on developing strategies to help LGBT refugees who are fleeing in mass numbers from areas that are in and around territory that is controlled by the Islamic State. For more information, please contact HRC Global at [email protected].
Trevor Noah Goes Off on Transgender ‘Bathroom Predator’ Myth
Trevor Noah takes on so-called bathroom bills.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/20/trevor-noah-goes-transgender-bathroom-predator-myth
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