‘A Fiction That Our Blood Isn’t As Good’: Congressman Slams The FDA’s Gay Blood Ban
“It perpetuates a fiction that gay people are different.”
The post ‘A Fiction That Our Blood Isn’t As Good’: Congressman Slams The FDA’s Gay Blood Ban appeared first on ThinkProgress.
thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/17/3789371/jared-polis-gay-blood-ban-orlando/
Why Conservatives Won’t Identify The Orlando Shooting Victims As LGBT
Acknowledging the Orlando shooting targeted LGBT people undermines conservatives’ argument that LGBT equality victimizes everybody else.
The post Why Conservatives Won’t Identify The Orlando Shooting Victims As LGBT appeared first on ThinkProgress.
thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/17/3789595/orlando-shooting-lgbt-erasure/
#WeAreOrlando: HRC Turns Building into Memorial to Orlando Victims
This morning, HRC unveiled a tribute to those lost in the horrific Orlando shooting. Before dawn, HRC began installing images of all 49 victims of Sunday’s attack in its front windows, creating an 8-story composite image that carries the message “We Are Orlando.”
Additionally, HRC has put together a memorial with a wreath, flowers and a place for passers by to leave their thoughts in front of our building.
The average age of the victims’ was 29. Almost every one of them was either Black or Latinx. They were someone’s brother, father, sister, daughter, family and friend. They served in the military, worked at the local coffee shop, and brought joy to children’s lives at theme parks. They were the people HRC fights for every single day.
As we continue to mourn around the globe, our hearts, thoughts and prayers remain in Orlando. HRC has also created an Online Vigil for the victims and survivors of the tragic Orlando attack. Here, members of the LGBTQ community and allies can send a message of comfort, solidarity, or heartbreak so we can heal – together.
The One Question Laverne Cox Couldn't Answer; Could You? (Video)
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/6/17/one-question-laverne-cox-couldnt-answer-could-you-video
Pulse Survivor: 'Stop Being Shady and Messy, Just Love One Another' (Video)
If you are LGBT, “you are a part of me,” says Marcus Godden, who was in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub when a gunman opened fire early Sunday, killing 49 people and wounding 53.
Rainbow Park Vienna 15.06.2016
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Pictures from the first day of Regenbogenpark – Rainbow Park in Vienna, 18.066.2016.
PHOTOS: Jared North Is The Lucky Guy Who’s Been Making Out With Nick Jonas
Jared North may just be the luckiest man alive. He just made a guest appearance on the show Kingdom. Maybe you’ve seen the steamy scene he shares with Nick Jonas (you can see it here). This is something we’ve been waiting for since Nick first baited us with his sexy, crotch-grabbing undie pictures. On the show, Jonas stars as Nate Kulina, an upcoming MMA fighter who apparently has some secrets he’s not quite willing to share with his brutal buddies. Unfortunately, the scene in question tells the story of a not-so-consensual encounter.
So instead, let’s focus on the real life luck of model Jared North, who got the opportunity to lock lips and roll around naked with Jonas. In honor of the man-on-man moment, we dedicate this Style Guide to red underwear – specifically, the ones we’d wear if we took Jared’s place (or Nick’s) in that steamy threesome.
For more information, visit The Underwear Expert
Photo Credit: Jerrad Matthew
Dozens Protest ‘Divisive Anti-LGBT, Anti-Muslim’ Donald Trump Outside Deposition: VIDEO
After claiming earlier this week to be a friend to “the gays,” brazen opportunist Donald Trump on Wednesday faced a protest made up of activists from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), United We Dream, MoveOn, and U for Change attacking his “divisive anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant” policies.
Huge crowd at law office to confront #DonaldTrump‘s hate & racism as he is deposed in Trump hotel lawsuit. 80+ here. pic.twitter.com/Xmy8SxD0ct
— Collin Rees (@collinrees) June 16, 2016
Showing his utter contempt for the electorate, last Friday Trump told the evangelical Faith and Freedom Coalition that he intended to defend Christian values including “marriage and family.”
In a speech on Monday, Trump used the Orlando massacre to promote his bigoted immigration policies and attack Hillary Clinton, claiming he is a better friend to women and the LGBT community.
While talking about what life for ‘gays’ is like in Saudi Arabia, Trump said, “Ask the gays what they think and what they do, in, not only Saudi Arabia, but many of these countries, and then you tell me – who’s your friend Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?”
Shortly after uttering “ask the gays”, Twitter erupted with the #AskTheGays hashtag.
Official response from our leader. #AskTheGays pic.twitter.com/pmp0EJ5u8M
— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) June 16, 2016
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee later claimed he had received huge praise for his response to the massacre.
Yesterday, dozens of people turned up to a Human Rights Campaign protest outside Washington, D.C., law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman where Trump was giving a deposition in a case he filed against a celebrity chef who backed away from a scheduled restaurant opening at D.C.’s planned Trump International Hotel.
Insane Donald Trump Thanks the LGBT Community for Supporting Him t.co/rXbWAtFwTx
— dreadgoddess (@dreadgoddess) June 17, 2016
HRC communications director Jay Brown said the protest was spurred on by the reality TV star’s “divisive anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric.” HRC’s office, notes Politico, is right across 17th Street from the Pillsbury office.
In a memo, HRC attacked Trump for suggesting he would repeal Barack Obama’s executive orders providing protections for LGBT employees.
LGBT Community to Donald Trump: Shove It, You Homophobe t.co/MUmI9QFxFH via @thedailybeast
— Patty Barden (@PattyBarden) June 17, 2016
Watch HRC’s Chad Griffin call our Trump for his “shameful and disgusting” use of the Orlando massacre for political gain.
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LGBTQ Youth: 'Don't Abandon Us in North Carolina'
LGBT people in North Carolina — especially the young — continue to suffer as progressive Americans turn their back on the Tar Heel State.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/17/lgbtq-youth-dont-abandon-us-north-carolina
Sit Down: Islamophobes Trying to Fit Orlando Into Their Narrative
There’s a religion in America with way too much influence over LGBT lives. It isn’t Islam.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/17/sit-down-islamophobes-trying-fit-orlando-their-narrative
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