Aubrey Plaza Comes Out as Bisexual – VIDEO

Actress Aubrey Plaza, perhaps most well-known for playing April on Parks and Recreation, has come out as bisexual.

The Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates star made the revelation during an interview with The Advocate. Asked asked if she gets hit on by women a lot, Plaza said,

Oh, yeah. I don’t mind. I know I have an androgynous thing going on, and there’s something masculine about my energy. Girls are into me — that’s no secret. Hey, I’m into them too. I fall in love with girls and guys. I can’t help it.

Speaking of her LGBT fans, Plaza said,

I feel like I operate in an old-school way that only gays truly understand. So for me it’s the ultimate compliment. My tastes are like an older gay man’s, and I think that’s who I really am. Like, I grew up obsessed with Judy Garland, and I was also obsessed with how much she meant to her following.

Last week, Plaza appeared on Watch What Happens Live! and said she has had ‘ever been with a lady.’

Watch video of that interview, below.

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Gus Kenworthy Was Hit By a Car While Bike Riding in NYC

Gus Kenworthy was hit by a car while bike riding in New York City this week.

The out Olympic free skier shared a boomerang on Instagram, showing the injuries he sustained after the accident. Said Kenworthy, “I got hit by a car today… Luckily I didn’t get hurt too badly, I just wheelie, wheelie scared myself.” At least his sense of humor is in tact.

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It appears that Kenworthy was biking shirtless when the accident took place.

Watch Kenworthy’s boomerang showing his injuries, below.

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Nearly Half Of U.S. States Are Now Fighting To Discriminate Against Transgender Students

Ten more states want to make sure they can discriminate against transgender students.

The post Nearly Half Of U.S. States Are Now Fighting To Discriminate Against Transgender Students appeared first on ThinkProgress.

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Massachusetts signs transgender rights bill into law

www.glaad.org/blog/massachusetts-signs-transgender-rights-bill-law

Mary Lambert Wants To 'Hang Out With You' and She's Bringing Puppies (Video)

Get ready for a blast of pure joy.

www.advocate.com/music/2016/7/08/mary-lambert-wants-hang-out-you-and-shes-bringing-puppies-video

LGBT Characters, 'Star Wars' Must Have

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/7/08/lgbt-characters-star-wars-must-have

Arizona Landlord To Tenant: Take Down Your Pride Flag, It Can ‘Promote Negative Reactions’

A man in Tempe, Arizona said his landlord asked him to take a Pride flag down, because of the “negative” reactions it could promote.

Openly gay Nano Rodriguez, 22, put up the flag outside his rented house because he wanted to show solidarity with the victims of the Orlando massacre last month. “I don’t really know how, but it just gave me some sort of comfort to be able to show my support,” he told 12 News, a local Phoenix, AZ TV station affiliated with NBC.

Apparently, his landlord doesn’t feel the same way. In a letter to Rodriguez, she explained why:  “As stated in terms of your lease,” she wrote, “the property is to be kept clean, safe and carefully maintained. I realize this does not refer specifically to flags, so I would like to clarify. In managing this property I have a responsibility for the safety of all the tenants and property. The nature of the flag you are displaying could unfortunately promote negative reactions and possibly harmful retaliation to tenants and property.”

Ironically, Pride Guide Arizona calls Tempe “one of the most LGBT friendly cities in Arizona.”

The City of Tempe’s anti-discrimination ordinance states that it is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of, among things, gender identity and sexual orientation. The city “takes great pride in being a welcoming, diverse and inclusive community.  The Diversity Office at the City of Tempe is available to assist in preventing and/or correcting acts of discrimination.”

For the last two years, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) awarded The City of Tempe with a perfect score of 100. The MEI examines the laws, policies, and services of municipalities and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of LGBTQ people who live and work there. In 2015, it analyzed a total of 408 cities of all 50 states.

Rodriguez said he plans on keeping the flag exactly where it is. “I’m not looking to press charges or do anything drastic. I honestly just want to be able to fly the flag, and that’s it,” he said.

Watch the report:

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Zachary Quinto Disappointed by George Takei’s Reaction to Gay Sulu: WATCH

Out Star Trek Beyond actor Zachary Quinto, who portrays Spock in the reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise, said that as a member of the LGBT community, he’s “disappointed” by George Takei’s response to the fact that the character of Mr. Sulu has been revealed to be gay.

After news emerged yesterday of the character’s development in that direction, George Takei, who played Mr. Sulu in the original series, called it a “really unfortunate” turn of events.

Takei told The Hollywood Reporter that he had tried to convince Pegg and director Justin Lin that it was a bad idea.

RELATED: Simon Pegg: I ‘Respectfully Disagree’ with George Takei About Gay Sulu

“I told him, ‘Be imaginative and create a character who has a history of being gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, suddenly being revealed as being closeted,” said Takei.

Said Quinto:

“I was disappointed by the fact that George was disappointed. Any member of the LGBT community that takes issue with the normalized and positive portrayal of members of our community in Hollywood and in mainstream blockbuster cinema…I get it that he has had his own personal journey and has his own personal relationship with this character but, you know, as we established in the first ‘Star Trek’ film in 2009, we’ve created an alternate universe, and my hope is that eventually George can be strengthened by the enormously positive response from especially young people who are heartened by and inspired by this really tasteful and beautiful portrayal of something that I think is gaining acceptance and inclusion in our societies across the world, and should be.”

Quinto’s remarks echo those of screenwriter Simon Pegg (who also plays Scotty in the reboot), who said he “respectfully disagrees” with Takei.

Watch:

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