Looking's Legacy Surprised Even Its Creator
At the Looking movie’s Outfest screening, creator Michael Lannan and actor Daniel Franzese said they were proud the HBO show educated its audience about PrEP and HIV.
www.advocate.com/television/2016/7/11/lookings-creator-discusses-its-surprising-legacy
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DawnOne posted a photo:
S. Bear Bergman and son Stanley, Post Trans March, Dundas Square, Toronto, during Pride © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com June 26, 2015
From Wikipedia
S. Bear Bergman (born September 22, 1974) is a trans man, author, poet, playwright, and theater artist whose gender identity is a main focus of his artwork. Bergman lives in Toronto, Ontario, and is married to activist J Wallace. They have one son, Stanley, seen here.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Conversion Therapy, Michael T. Flynn, Britney Spears, Roger Ailes, HIV: NEWS
SPORTS. Cristiano Ronaldo was injured on the field during the Euro Cup…and was attacked by a moth.
FRIENDLY REMINDER. Anti-gay former Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli is on the GOP Rules & Platform Committee. The committee that still voted to describe marriage as “a union between a man and a woman.”
CONVERSION THERAPY. Speaking of the platform committee, hate monger Tony Perkins got the RNC to back ex-gay conversion therapy (aka torture) in the party platform.
JAWS. Great White Shark 10-12 feet in length hooked on fishing line for an hour and a half before being able to free himself off the coast of Cape Cod: “’We’re going to need a bigger boat,’ Lars White said he told his family onboard the 22-foot center console boat.”
MALE MODEL MONDAY. Jordan Matheson.
SHORTLIST. One of the contenders that Trump may pick to be his VP says he’s kinda sorta OK with gay marriage: “I don’t have any — you know what, I mean, I’m like — I’m about national security. I’m not going to, you know, I mean, I –. What people do in their private lives, I’m not — these are not big issues that our country’s dealing with that are — that will cause our country to collapse.”
SEX, LIES, AND CONSERVATIVE NEWS. More women are accusing Fox News chairman Roger Ailes of sexual harassment.
DEMS. Here’s the Democratic Party’s platform.
MUSIC. Britney Spears teases new song.
VLOG. EastSiders creator Kit Williamson and husband John Halbach launch their new YouTube channel.
HIV/AIDS. Researchers try using Grindr to give out self-testing HIV kits: “The study used banner ads on Grindr to offer free test kits. Recipients received a kit in the mail, a voucher that could be redeemed for a kit at a pharmacy, or a code that would produce a kit from a vending machine in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. The test requires no blood; a swab of the gums produces results in 20 minutes.”
VIRAL VIDEO. A ceiling collapses in Queens.
ROAD TO RIO HOTNESS. Meet Team USA wrestler Jordan Burroughs.
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Activists Arrested at 'Sit-in for the 49' at Marco Rubio's Office
The Florida senator was targeted for his inaction on gun violence and its effect on LGBT people, including the 49 killed last month in Orlando.
www.advocate.com/crime/2016/7/11/activists-arrested-sit-49-marco-rubios-office
Melissa Harris-Perry Is Back Where She Belongs: Covering Politics on TV
BET News’s election coverage will be anchored by two outspoken LGBT allies.
www.advocate.com/media/2016/7/11/melissa-harris-perry-back-where-she-belongs-covering-politics-tv
Calm Defiance: Who Is the Woman Seen Standing Up to Riot Police in Baton Rouge? (Video)
www.advocate.com/crime/2016/7/11/calm-defiance-who-woman-seen-standing-riot-police-baton-rouge-video
Haters Gonna Hate: GOP Platform Calls For End To Marriage Equality
PHOTOS: British Boxer Ryan Farrag Commits To Fully Monty Weigh-In, Flashes The Goods
Ryan Farrag shouldn’t have had that third egg for breakfast.
The British boxer was participating in the time-honored tradition of stripping for a room full of men to clock in his pre-fight weight when it appeared he’d need to really commit to the process if he wanted to qualify.
You wouldn’t expect a pair of skivvies to make the difference, but after he slipped out of them and hopped back up on the scale, all seemed to be in order.
Luckily for us, the guy holding the modesty towel didn’t do a very good job, and Farrag himself doesn’t display much modesty as he jumped to the side and flashed the goods.
Watch the dramatic turn of events below:
h/t C&C (NSFW)
Nigeria’s First Gay Pastor Says He Considered Suicide
Nigeria’s first openly gay pastor, Jide Macaulay, reveals that he once contemplated suicide in a new Facebook post about homophobic family members.
Macaulay founded The House of Rainbow church in 2006 in Lagos. However, after receiving death threats because he is openly gay, Macaulay fled to London where he lives to this day in self-imposed exile out of concern for his safety.
Macaulay talked suicide in a Facebook post about how he “had to block another family member” because of their homophobia and intolerance.
To be rejected by family hurts, especially parent and children, Since I came out as gay, I have thought several times of taking my own life, the rejection cuts deep into my heart and soul, but knowing Christ and believing in an awesome God has been a better option. I am truly not worried as the inclusive christian ministry with House of Rainbow brings me in contact with many people who are same gender loving, thousands of people around the world just like me. Above all I have encountered God with unimaginable love.
Speaking os his work with House of Rainbow, Macaulay said,
To be able, on a daily basis tell gay people God love us just the way we are is a humbling experience and I thank God for calling me.
He also said, “GAY means God Adores You, God Accepts You, God Affirms You.”
Of his journey to being who he is today, Macaulay added,
“I am not ashamed to be gay, I regret not knowing better before I got married to a woman in 1991, thank God I was divorced by 1994. There are many millions of stories only if we pay attention.”
[Top photo via Facebook]
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