What LGBTs Are Saying About NFL Dissenter Colin Kaepernick

The San Francisco 49er refused to stand for the National Anthem and a firestorm ensued.

www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/8/31/what-lgbts-are-saying-about-nfl-dissenter-colin-kaepernick

The Best LGBT Sitcom Characters of All Time

www.advocate.com/television/2016/8/31/best-lgbt-sitcom-characters

Colton Haynes, Scream Queens, Gus Kenworthy, Bermuda, North Carolina, Stranger Things: HOT LINKS

TELEVISION. Get your first look at season 2 of Scream Queens.

JUMPING FOR…? Tim Tebow now has a jumping meme. 

SPORTS. Kareem Abdul-Jabar defends QB Colin Kaepernick.

CASTING. Colton Haynes cast in Rock That Body: “The movie revolves around five friends who get a beach house in Miami for a wild bachelorette weekend that goes completely off the rails.”

PRO TIPS. How to talk about climate change with Republicans.

BUILD THE WALL. Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón didn’t care for Donald Trump’s speech in Mexico City on Wednesday: “He’s lying.”

Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Donald Trump: “He’s lying” t.co/Ij6puDnPpN t.co/wXfJgy2q3Y

— CNN (@CNN) August 31, 2016

TWITTER. Rob Reiner shades Trump’s visit to Mexico.

Clearly we’re not sending our best to Mexico. We’re sending liars. We’re sending narcissists. We’re sending sociopaths.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) August 31, 2016

SQUAD GOALS. Taylor Swift donates to hospital that saved Jaime King’s son.

SUPREME COURT. Justices deadlock over North Carolina’s strict voter ID law, temporarily upholding a lower court ruling that overturned it: “The court said Wednesday it would not stay a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that found the law unconstitutional. The court was not ruling on the merits of the law but instead on an emergency request filed by Gov. Pat McCrory (R) to use the law as the state had in previous elections.”

BINGE. Netflix has renewed Stranger Things for a second season.

EQUALITY. California legislature approves bill to protect LGBT students from discrimination at private universities. 

SMOOCH. Gus Kenworthy kisses a cute Australian.

I’ve always wanted to kiss a cute Australian! pic.twitter.com/tiWr1OYhsn

— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 31, 2016

NATIVE ADVERTISING. You might be gobsmacked by how much celebrities, YouTube personalities and ‘influencers’ get paid to advertise products.

BERMUDA. Gay couple will argue for right to marry in front of country’s Supreme Court: “Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche, who live in Toronto, had their application to marry rejected by the Registrar-General last month and their lawyer Mark Pettingill sought leave to apply for a judicial review of the decision.”

HUMP DAY HOTTIE. D. Arnez.

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White Lives Matter Now an Official Hate Group

The Southern Poverty Law Center places the organization alongside the nation’s most racist and homophobic groups.

www.advocate.com/race/2016/8/31/white-lives-matter-now-official-hate-group

Matt Bomer's Transface: Hollywood Business as Usual

Hollywood will create transgender roles, but it rarely casts trans actors to play them. Here’s why that’s a problem.

www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/8/31/matt-bomers-transface-hollywood-business-usual

Mark Ruffalo to Trans Community Following Matt Bomer Casting Controversy: ‘I Hear You’

On Wednesday, Mark Ruffalo addressed the controversy surrounding the casting of openly gay actor Matt Bomer as a transgender sex worker in his upcoming film Anything.

Ruffalo is executive producing the project written by Timothy McNeil which co-stars John Carroll Lynch and Maura Tierney.

Backlash at news of Bomer’s casting was quick to catch fire on social media on Tuesday. Though Bomer has been a vocal advocate of transgender rights, many transgender rights activists and allies argued that casting cisgender men to play transgender women propels a dangerous narrative.

When @MattBomer plays a trans sex worker, he is telling the world that underneath it all, trans women like me are still really just men.

— Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 28, 2016

Clearly swayed by the outrage being expressed online, Ruffalo took to Twitter to acknowledge the concerns of the transgender community. “To the Trans community. I hear you,” Ruffalo said. “It’s wrenching to you see you in this pain [sic]. I am glad we are having this conversation. It’s time.”

To the Trans community. I hear you. It’s wrenching to you see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation. It’s time.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 31, 2016

Ruffalo added that his decision to cast Bomer was led primarily by his experience working with Bomer on the HBO adaptation of Larry Kramer’s AIDS play, The Normal Heart, directed by Ryan Murphy. Ruffalo said, “In all honesty I suggested Matt for the role after the profound experience I had with him while making “The Normal Heart”.

In all honesty I suggested Matt for the role after the profound experience I had with him while making “The Normal Heart”.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 31, 2016

Jen Richards, creator of the Emmy-nominated web series HerStory, was among those who thanked Ruffalo for his response.

Thank you @MarkRuffalo, this means a lot. I would love to talk to you about it, and how to move forward positively. t.co/tYOHdlHn2W

— Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 31, 2016

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New York State Senate Candidate: Keep Same-Sex Couples Out of Textbooks

That’s one of the antigay remarks that have surfaced from S.J. Jung, and condemnation has been swift.

www.advocate.com/politicians/2016/8/31/new-york-state-senate-candidate-keep-same-sex-couples-out-textbooks

Gus Kenworthy Puckers Up To Kiss A Cute, Furry Australian

Gus Kenworthy, like many-a-gay before him and surely many to follow, has “always wanted to kiss a cute Australian.”

However, it appears his criteria for cute, kissable Aussies is a bit more open-ended than the typical fantasy scenario.

Related: This Week In Leaks: Gus Kenworthy Has Something To Show You

While doing some traveling down under, Gus shared the following lip-lock on Twitter.

“I’ve always wanted to kiss a cute Australian!” he wrote to accompany the make-out sesh.

I’ve always wanted to kiss a cute Australian! pic.twitter.com/tiWr1OYhsn

— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 31, 2016

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