11 Workouts to Prepare You for Pride

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Here's to a Half-Century: Logo Toasts The Advocate's Upcoming BDay

Logo helps The Advocate prepare for the big 5-0 at its third annual Trailblazer Honors.

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Gawker Media Files for Bankruptcy

Gawker Media’s blogs will maintain their daily operations as the company transitions into a new era of ownership.

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Barbra Streisand, Kit Harrington, Hamiltonys, Ellie Goulding, Nina Turner, Josh Dixon: NEWS

HELLO, GORGEOUS. Barbra Streisand sings “At The Ballet” from A Chorus Line with Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley.

POLLS. Clinton has 11 point advantage over Trump in new national poll from Reuters: “The online poll, conducted from Monday to Friday, shows 46 percent of likely voters support Clinton while 34.8 percent back Trump. Another 19.2 percent support neither candidate. Their parties hold conventions in July ahead of a Nov. 8 election.”

PATRICIA CLARKSON. Actress isn’t having Kit Harrington’s comments about objectification of male actors: “He’s a sex symbol. Get over it. You have an amazing career and you’re on a hot show. Take your shirt off.”

SIR IAN MCKELLEN. Actor says ‘Brexit makes no sense if you’re gay‘: “If I were to look at ‘in’ or ‘out’ from that point of view, there’s only one point, which is to stay. If you’re a gay person, you’re an internationalist. I don’t want us to retract. I don’t want to and I won’t, whatever the vote happens to be.”

STAR-GAZING. Light pollution obscures the Milky Way from 80% of North Americans: “That’s according to a new atlas of artificial night sky brightness that found our home galaxy is now hidden from more than one-third of humanity. While there are countries where the majority of people still live under pristine, ink-black sky conditions — places such as Chad, Central African Republic and Madagascar — more than 99 percent of the people living in the U.S. and Europe look up and see light-polluted skies.”

HAMILTONYS. Morgan Reynolds parodies the “Schuyler Sisters” ahead of the Tony’s this weekend. Will it be a sweep for Hamilton?

RIGHT WING. Sen. David Purdue (GA) calls for President Obama’s death at evangelical conference: “We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: Let his days be few.”

ROYALS. Kate Middleton and the Windsors celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

DALLAS. Police open fire at man who charged them with a rock at Dallas’ Love Field Airport: “The airport was briefly placed on lockdown because a number of people who had been waiting to get through security when the shots erupted ran past the TSA workers to get away from the mayhem, Dallas Assistant Chief of Police Randall Blankenbaker said.”

WATCH. Hillary Clinton’s speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

NORTH CAROLINA. Ellie Goulding unveils Pride flag at performance in the land of HB 2.

North Carolina tonight. #WeareallEqual pic.twitter.com/VlGzLFVa3E

— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) June 10, 2016

RIP. Muhammad Ali has been laid to rest: “An interfaith memorial service for three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali began in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, as thousands gathered to say goodbye to the boxing legend and activist, who’d been buried earlier on Friday. Will Smith and Mike Tyson were among the pall bearers.  Former President Bill Clinton, Billy Crystal and Bryant Gumbel were scheduled to give eulogies for the boxing legend.”

NINA TURNER. Sanders surrogate: “It’s easy for Democrats to attack Mr. Trump. You don’t get any brownie points from me and other progressives for getting into a Twitter war with Mr. Donald Trump. That’s easy.”

BERMUDA. Chief Justice says gay marriage referendum is “absolutely absurd.”

INSTASTUDS. Out gay gymnast Josh Dixon and Kyle Krieger practice their bedroom moves.

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Millions Will Never Know Joy of Being Gay, Comedian Laments (Video)

New York City Pride announcer Matt Bellassai, also known as the “Drunk Homosexual,” pities those who will never know the joys of listening to Tegan and Sara or attending drag brunches. 

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Internet Finds A Way To Be Offended By Nick Jonas’ Gay Sex Scene

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Peter Thiel Wins: Gawker Is Toast, Officially Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Goodbye, Gawker.

The media company just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of the $140 million lawsuit it lost to Hulk Hogan, who sued the company for invasion of privacy after it leaked his sex tape in 2012.

Shortly after the verdict, it was revealed that openly gay Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel had personally financed Hogan’s lawsuit in an act of revenge against the company for trying to out him back in 2007. (Talk about an angry queen with a grudge.)

Related: Gay Billionaire Peter Thiel And Hulk Hogan Reportedly Tag Teamed Gawker

In a statement released this afternoon, Gawker announced it had reached an asset purchase agreement with the media company Ziff Davis. The agreement is reported to be somewhere between $90 to $100 million. The deal is not yet set in stone, however, so other bidders are welcome to offer a higher price in an auction supervised by a bankruptcy court.

Gawker already sold a minority stake to the investment company Columbus Nova Technology Partners back in January in an effort to raise money for the lawsuit.

Related: 5 Reasons Peter Thiel’s Gawker Vendetta Is So Dangerous

Reactions over this latest news have been mixed.

Scroll down to see what folks are saying…

Thrilled to live in this new world where billionaires can bankrupt publications out of nothing more than pique. t.co/bK8JXQgVvB

— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 10, 2016

#Gawker farewell party pic.twitter.com/xChoEZeXhK

— Gav (@miracleofsound) June 10, 2016

Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our nation. Like them or not, sad to see NYC media giant @Gawker forced to the brink.

— Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) June 10, 2016

The potential chilling effect on speech from billionaires bankrupting news outlets they don’t like is terrifying t.co/ZOSPYe0nNF

— Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) June 10, 2016

What a beautiful day,and the good doesn’t prevent the better! In the present I AM always grateful,only good happens to me. HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) June 10, 2016

Well, this is terrifying. One article can bankrupt a 13 year old media org with 11M+ monthly unique visitors. t.co/faet5HbFgz

— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) June 10, 2016

Gawker Media had unionized employees, making this the second union Hulk Hogan had a hand in destroying.

— Charlotte Finn (@CharlotteOfOz) June 10, 2016

#GAWKER IS DEAD#GAWKER IS DEAD

THANK YOU BASED @HulkHogan t.co/E2zwj02YFZ

— Quatroking (@Quatroking) June 10, 2016

It’s a good day when #Gawker gets its just desserts. Good riddance to that institution and let’s strive for a new owner with a conscience.

— Melanie Bee (@mellersby) June 10, 2016

Remember when the New York Times got Iraq wrong and people died, so Peter Thiel decided to bankrupt NYT?

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) June 10, 2016

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Donald Trump Promises Evangelicals He’ll Defend Marriage and Family: WATCH

At a speech in Washington, DC on Friday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to defend Christian values, including ‘marriage, and family.’

Trump told the evangelical Faith and Freedom Coalition, “I’m with you 100 percent.”

The Huffington Post reports:

Trump told the crowd gathered at the Omni Shoreham hotel and convention center in Washington, D.C. “We will respect and defend Christian Americans. “ He added that he would work hard to advance “our shared values.”

Trump told the mostly evangelical attendees that he would pursue a conservative agenda if elected. The businessman expressed his opposition to abortion, support for Israel and his intention to nominate conservative judges to federal courts, as he generally stuck to themes familiar to the GOP’s religious base. “Marriage and family as building block of happiness and success,” he said.

Watch Trump’s full speech, below.

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