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GLAAD's Southern Stories Summer Tour continues in Alabama and Mississippi

GLAAD's Southern Stories Summer Tour continues in Alabama and Mississippi

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GLAAD continues its Southern Stories Summer Tour this week in Alabama and Mississippi.Throughout the trip, GLAAD will be facilitating conversations with local advocacy leaders about accelerating acceptance and amplifying the voices of LGBT people in the South.

The trip begins in Birmingham, AL where GLAAD will be meeting and interviewing with several local leaders.

From there, GLAAD will be traveling to Jackson, MS to meet with Mitchell Moore of Campbell’s Bakery. Moore created the “If You’re Buying, We’re Selling” campaign that encouraged businesses to not discriminate against LGBT customers in the wake of Mississippi’s so-called “religious freedom” laws. Moore created stickers that state “We don’t discriminate” for shops to put in their storefronts to show their support for the LGBT community. Many business owners in MS began displaying these stickers and rallying together to demonstrate that discrimination is bad for the community and local businesses. 

Thursday night, GLAAD will be hosting a fellowship dinner and panel discussion in Gulfort, MS. Panelists will include Molly Kester, President, Mississippi Rainbow Center; Lea Campbell, President, MS Rising Coalition and One Flag for All; John Perkins, President, Caya; Bethany Fayard, President, Coast Equality; Melinda Medina, MS Immigrant Rights Alliance; and Cindy Eldridge, lawyer for the Department of Justice. RSVP for this event here. 

GLAAD will then travel to Hattiesburg, MS to speak with more local advocates and attend a baptism service with Joshua Generation Metro Community Church (MCC). Finally, on Sunday morning, Ross Murray, Director of Programs, Global and US South will preach at Joshua Generation MCC. Joshua Generation MCC is a largely inclusive church that welcomes anyone regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity or social status. The church’s pastorm, Pastor Brandiilyne Dear has been a leader in LGBT advocacy in MS both in the religious community and beyond. 

To view the full schedule in detail, click here.

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Brandonna Summer Says “Shut Up,” But Nicer

Brandonna Summer Says “Shut Up,” But Nicer

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Silence. Rumor has it, it’s golden.

But did you also know it has untold health benefits?

That’s what self help drag guru Brandonna Summer is telling all her babies in the third episode of Brandonna Summer Says, and we’re inclined to believe her. So take a cue and see what a little peace and quiet can do for you.

You might, say, realize you want to help Brandonna, aka Brandon Alter, meet her/his goal of bringing “Brandonna Summer Lives” to the stage for NYC Fringe Fest.

You may recognize Brandon (under all the makeup) from the 2014 surprise hit Dear White People. He’s also appeared in shows like NBC’s Heartbeat and TruTV’s Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack.

But it’s hard out there bringing your own content to life, and this is the make or break week! Head here to learn more about “Brandonna Summer Lives.”

Watch the episode below:

Brandonna Summer Says, Ep 103– SILENCE IS GOLDEN from Brandon Alter on Vimeo.

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‘Ghostbusters’ Director Blames Studio for Keeping Kate McKinnon’s Character in the Closet

‘Ghostbusters’ Director Blames Studio for Keeping Kate McKinnon’s Character in the Closet

Ghostbusters director Paul Feig won’t say whether Kate McKinnon’s breakout character Holtzmann is gay. Because…you know….Hollywood.

The Daily Beast:

But while McKinnon is SNL’s first openly lesbian cast member, Ghostbusters offers only hints on Holtzmann, who spends her free time shamelessly flirting with Erin. I ask Feig: Is Holtzmann gay?

He pauses, smiling. “What do you think?”

I’d like to think yes, I say. He offers a grinning, silent nod. “I hate to be coy about it,” he offers. “But when you’re dealing with the studios and that kind of thing…” He shrugs apologetically.

“You know, Kate is who she is and I love the relationship between Kate and Melissa’s characters,” he says. “I think it’s a very interesting, close relationship. If you know Kate at all she’s this kind of pansexual beast where it’s just like everybody who’s around her falls in love with her and she’s so loving to everybody she’s around. I wanted to let that come out in this character.”

Writes Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak:

…ambiguity can enhance fiction, giving the illusion of depth to a two-dimensional character (and if there’s anything blockbusters are short on it’s ambiguity and depth).

But by the same token, if what we’re talking about isn’t a big deal, then why shouldn’t Holtzmann be gay? If she was, in fact, conceived that way, but Feig is trying to obscure that through coy hedging because Columbia Pictures (owned by Sony) is concerned that a gay character will be unmarketable, or offensive to idiots, or maybe reach out from the screen to molest the children sitting in the theater, then that’s fucked up. Ambiguity is fun until it exists to service those who are still uncomfortable with the idea that a good guy can be gay. What this creative decision, alongside Feig’s apparent admission of it perpetuate, is covering, the notion that in order to be socially acceptable, a queer person must tone down her sexuality.
And that’s a Hollywood story that seems to always have a sequel.

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NYC Man Stabbed in Alleged Anti-Gay Attack: WATCH

NYC Man Stabbed in Alleged Anti-Gay Attack: WATCH

Devereaux

Marquis Devereaux says he was stabbed near his home in the Bronx borough of NYC, the NY Daily News reports:

Devereaux was walking home from work and was near Sunset Blvd. and Neptune Lane in Clason Point at 3:30 a.m. Sunday. After the 39-year-old event planner sat by the water in his gated community, he heard someone say, “We’re not going to do any of that boyfriend stuff around here.”

Devereaux kept walking and was accosted by two other men.

One of the men slashed Devereaux in the left armpit with a silver knife and the other called him “homo,” “f—–” and “bumbaclot,” a Jamaican term for a rag used as toilet paper.

Devereaux said the attackers were no older than 25. And it’s the second anti-gay attack he has faced. In 2011 he was stabbed in the leg and his attacker was sent to prison for three years.

Watch ABC7’s report on the attack:

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