Kate McKinnon Reveals Which Alien-Investigating Celeb Made Her Realize She’s Gay

Here we have the fabulous Kate McKinnon, whom all sensible people adore, doing an outstanding interview with Julie Goldman. They discuss a number of amazing topics, but our favorite is the revelation that Gillian Anderson was the source of her lesbian awakening — and that her mother was completely understanding.

“I figured it out by watching the X-Files and noticing my physiological reaction to it,” Kate says. “I thought it was a product of David Duchovny’s face but it was Gillian Anderson who still is the queen of my heart. So I knew then. I told some of my friends, eventually I found my mother. She found me crying and said ‘what’s wrong?’ And I said ‘I think I’m gay’ … and she said ‘fine. Love it. Whatever you want to be.’”

She also addresses any doubts about whether or not she’s queer: “I think that it’s so apparent that I am [a lesbian] but apparently not. I dunno. I think that I comport myself in a kind of lezzo way. … I am a hundred percent lez. Have not seen a human penis.”

And then there is the detail of her first makeout with another lady, which sounds as fumbling and adorable as any we can think of: “We went up to a room. We made out for 8 hours. And I wore my retainer the entire time. Did not occur to me to take it out.” The woman in question, Kate reports, is no longer interested in making out with girls … possibly because of that retainer experience.

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Fired Georgia College Coach Denies Discriminating Against Gay Players: VIDEO

A former Georgia college coach has denied claims that he created a hostile environment for gay student athletes.

Armstrong State University (ASU) head coach Ted Evans worked at the college for 12 years, leading the Lady Pirates to 11 NCAA Division II tournament appearances.

He was removed from his position following a three-week investigation. In a statement released last week, ASU said:

“After careful consideration the Armstrong State University athletic department has decided to part ways with head coach Ted Evans and pursue new leadership for the Pirate softball program. We thank coach Evans for his 12 years of service to the Pirates and look forward to building upon recent successes on the field.”

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Evans had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation relating to complaints the college had received.

Armstrong Fires Softball Coach Ted Evans – Armstrong State University’s Athletic Department fired Ted Evans on … t.co/e4IYfgXnb5

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Savannah now reports:

“Everyone is trying to figure out why I take a team to the world series, and then I get fired,” Evans said. “I must have done something terribly wrong. I’ve been there 12 years, and there was nothing different here this year than any other year.”

The only thing that was different, he said, was that from the beginning of the season his players struggled to bond as a team.

“The team didn’t get along very well, which is a very important aspect in the softball world. I got a lot tougher with them about getting along. For a while, it went really well. It really kind of imploded at the world series.”

Evans said he was interviewed by an investigator for “two to three hours” about certain instances that have happened over the years involving the alleged harsh treatment of gay players. One of them happened in Denver during one of ASU’s three games against Humboldt State in the College World Series. With Humboldt State batting with a runner on second, a base hit came to an outfielder who Evans said is “openly gay.” The coach said instead of the outfielder immediately throwing home after scooping up the ball, she looked to see whether the runner was heading home. That mistake caused a late throw, and a run scored, Evans said.

“Instead of firing it home like she was supposed to, she pauses and looks at the runner, then she throws it home, and then it was too late,” he said. “I got on her case because she didn’t do something she was supposed to do. I hold my kids accountable.

“She made a fabulous catch two innings later, and I gave her a big hug. She’s one of my favorite kids on the team.”

Evans added that a number of gay players had come through his program and he had hired gay assistant coaches. “I’ve never had a problem with them,” he said. “I don’t care if you’re gay. I just want you to be happy and have a great life. It’s way above my pay grade to be judgmental. It’s not part of who I am.”

Despite losing his position at ASU, he said “it’s been such a great experience for me to have worked with so many great kids. My life has been enhanced because of this job and who I’ve gotten to work with.”

Evans is appealing the decision.

Watch an interview with Evans below.

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Roger Ailes May Be Removed as FOX News Chief: REPORTS

FOX News chief Roger Ailes, who is facing a probe of his management style sparked by a lawsuit from anchor Gretchen Carlson, may soon be out of a job, New York magazine reports:

Roger Ailes’s tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end. Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing the 76-year-old executive, say two sources briefed on a sexual-harassment investigation of Ailes being conducted by New York law firm Paul, Weiss. After reviewing the initial findings of the probe, James Murdoch is said to be arguing that Ailes should be presented with a choice this week to resign or face being fired. Lachlan is more aligned with their father, who thinks that no action should be taken until after the GOP convention this week. Another source confirms that all three are in agreement that Ailes needs to go.

21st Century Fox is not commenting.

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Disney Star Ross Lynch to Play Jeffrey Dahmer in New Film

Actor Ross Lynch has been cast to play Jeffrey Dahmer in My Friend Dahmer, a new movie about the serial killer’s high school years.

Lynch is most well known for his roles on the Disney channel’s Austin & Ally series and Teen Beach Movie.

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The script was written Marc Meyers and adapted from a graphic novel by Derf Backderf. Meyers will also direct the project.

Via The Hollywood Reporter: 

The coming-of-age story centers on the young Dahmer as he struggles with a difficult family life and thoughts of wanting to kill. […]

Dahmer is one of the world’s most infamous serial killers who raped and murdered 17 men and boys in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. The gory tales of his murders often involved dismemberment and cannibalism. Dahmer, who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and a psychotic disorder, was killed in prison by a fellow inmate in 1994. A compelling subject, he was previously played onscreen by Jeremy Renner in 2002 indie Dahmer. The actor received an Indie Spirit Award for the role, which helped launch his career. […]

Lynch is slated to appear in Adam Shankman’s upcoming Status Update and will also appear in A Chorus Line at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. In addition to being an actor, Lynch is a member of the band R5.

Check out more photos of Lynch, via his Instagram, below.

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#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: July 18, 2016

OPENING DAY OF RNC FEATURES ANTI-LGBTQ OFFICIALS… DELEGATES ADOPT PLATFORM TARGETING LGBTQ AMERICANS: As media and delegates converge today on Cleveland for this week’s Republican National Convention, here’s the reality: the party platform that delegates just embraced is jam-packed with historically discriminatory anti-LGBTQ provisions, from opposing marriage equality to attacks on transgender people. Today, The Wall Street Journal’s Reid Epstein reported, “Republican delegates aiming to strip perceived anti-gay language from the party’s platform formally gave up Monday.” Here’s what that means:

• The platform asserts that laws and government regulations should only “recognize marriage as the union of one man and one woman, endorses the deeply discriminatory “First Amendment Defense Act,” and launches a vile attack on transgender people. It’s a platform that perfectly fits not only this week’s parade of anti-LGBTQ convention speakers, including Scott Walker and Ted Cruz, but also reflects the anti-equality hostility of the Donald Trump and Mike Pence ticket. Read more here on Trump and Pence’s anti-equality positions.
• Tonight, the RNC features anti-equality U.S. Senators: Among today’s RNC speakers are Senators Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst and Jeff Sessions. In 2015, Cotton defended an Arkansas bill aimed at enabling discrimination against minority groups. Sessions called the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling “unconstitutional.” Cotton and Ernst both voted against the Student Non-Discrimination Act, which would prohibit anti-LGBTQ discrimination in public schools,
• You’re not going to believe this: OK Gov. Mary Fallin told CNN this morning that the GOP platform isn’t anti-LGBTQ… because there were “gay people on the committee” that drafted it. That would be one — Rachel Hoff, who emotionally, and unsuccessfully, begged her fellow party members to soften their anti-marriage equality stance.

PENCE’S DANGEROUS PROPOSALS ON HIV & AIDS FUNDING: While Pence gained national attention for signing a law that could have allowed businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ people on religious grounds, he was also behind terrible proposals calling for diverting money from HIV & AIDS programs to practitioners of the dangerous and debunked “conversion therapy.” According to BuzzFeed News, Pence pushed the proposal while running for Congress in 2000. As HRC President Chad Griffin said the day Trump announced Pence as his running mate, “Mike Pence has never left any question about his animus toward LGBTQ people.”

• More on Pence’s appalling record on LGBTQ issues from the Huffington Post, Bustle and TIME. Bloomberg details how Pence’s anti-LGBTQ record is out of step with America’s biggest companies.

WHILE DEFENDING THE DISCRIMINATORY GOP PLATFORM, RNC CHAIR REINCE PRIEBUS MAKES STUFF UP: Over the weekend, RNC Chair Reince Priebus hit the interview circuit to defend the GOP’s appallingly anti-LGBTQ platform. During an interview with The Associated Press, Priebus denied that the proposed platform endorses the dangerous and widely-discredited practice of “conversion therapy,” despite language reading, “We support the right of parents to determine the proper treatment or therapy, for their minor children.” During an appearance on Meet the Press yesterday, Priebus said that that opposite-sex parents are the “best scenario” for children — an assertion widely debunked by scholarly research. PolitiFact also rated Priebus’ absurd claim “FALSE.”

ALABAMA PANEL WANTS #NOMOORE – SAYS DISCRIMINATORY JUDGE MUST GO: The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Committee is urging the state’s Court of the Judiciary to immediately remove the notoriously discriminatory Roy Moore — the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court — from office. Moore’s charges stem from his decision to urge state probate court judges to not follow federal courts’ rulings on marriage equality. The Court of the Judiciary will decide whether he violated judicial ethics in a hearing scheduled for August 8th.

HB2 HEADS TO TRIAL NEAR ELECTION DAY: The Associated Press reports that pending lawsuits over North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 law will likely head to trial in either late October or early November, “putting the divisive issue in the spotlight as voters prepare to cast ballots in the closely watched governor’s race.” NC Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed the bill into law, is locked in a heated battle for the governorship with the state’s Attorney General, Roy Cooper, who has refused to defend HB2 in court. A new NBC/WSJ poll has found that Cooper is leading McCrory by four percentage points.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS LEADING ON TRANS EQUALITY: Los Angeles Unified School District, Boulder Valley School District and District of Columbia Public Schools are three notable school districts that have long been working diligently to ensure the dignity and respect of transgender students — even before the Obama Administration issued its historic guidance in May. Read about them here.

READING RAINBOW

The Washington Blade highlights the global LGBTQ rights conference in Uruguay; The Los Angeles Times talks to the stars of the Emmy-nominated web series “Her Story”; The Christian Science Monitor examines the struggles LGBTQ couples face when looking for wedding vendors; WKBN profiles the eighth annual Pride Youngstown Festival in Ohio; Latina features the queer, Latina, feminist music podcast Radio Menea; BuzzFeed unpacks the duality of identity and safety after Orlando; The Advocate shares a thoughtful interview from openly-gay Army Secretary Eric Fanning, one of San Diego Pride’s Grand Marshals this year; BuzzFeed breaks down what a free vote on marriage equality in Australia would look like; and The Washington Post celebrates Bolivia’s recent push for more equality.

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Ty Herndon set to headline July 30 concert to benefit Orlando

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Today's Republican Convention Speakers: D-List Celebs, Anti-LGBT Pols

The list includes failed presidential candidate Rick Perry, Duck Dynasty‘s Willie Robertson, and more.
 

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