Why Being the First Still Matters
“I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not ‘Simone the black swimmer,'” Manuel told reporters.
www.advocate.com/sports/2016/8/12/why-being-first-still-matters
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Leaders Are MIA From Rally by Anti-Gun Violence and LGBT Activists (Video)
Leaders Are MIA From Rally by Anti-Gun Violence and LGBT Activists (Video)
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/8/12/leaders-are-mia-rally-anti-gun-violence-and-lgbt-activists-video
Dublin Pride 2016
Boxers or Briefs? Shirtless Cat Lovers Drop Their Shorts and Spill – WATCH
Boxers or Briefs? Shirtless Cat Lovers Drop Their Shorts and Spill – WATCH
The Underwear Expert and host DanielXMiller are back for another episode of their web series, “Boxers or Briefs?” In the latest installment Miller talks to three cat lovers (one of them go-go/model Steven Dehler) about what type of drawers they prefer to wear.
RELATED: Boxers or Briefs? Dog Lovers Drop Their Shorts and Spill – WATCH
Previously, UE has talked with Pokemon Go players, tatted up guys, hot yogis, shirtless fitness instructors, dog lovers, naked Tom of Finland models, shirtless parkour athletes, Democratic primary voters, dodgeball players, WeHo kickball players, DJs, dancers, CrossFit-ers, male models, and men on the street in Hollywood, WeHo, and Santa Monica about what they like to wear under their shorts.
Watch, below.
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Insane Trump Supporter Loses It at Florida Rally, Calls Media ‘Traitors’ – WATCH
Insane Trump Supporter Loses It at Florida Rally, Calls Media ‘Traitors’ – WATCH
Hostility towards the media is nothing new from the Trump campaign or from Trump supporters.
NBC News reporter Katy Tur recently wrote a piece for Marie Claire about her experience covering the Trump campaign, highlighting how Trump often stokes the crowd’s disdain for the media. Trump has also repeatedly singled Tur out at rallies, turning the ire of the crowd upon her. The danger was so real for Tur that at one event the Secret Service had to escort her out to make sure she was allowed to leave safely.
So suffice it to say, Trump voters don’t like the media.
But seldom has their hostility towards the media been so perfectly distilled as it is in a series of photos and videos that emerged on Twitter Thursday showing an incensed Trump supporter accusing the media of being traitors. Never mind that Trump himself is calling on Russia to interfere in our election so as to benefit him.
As Mediaite reports, the elderly man “went up to reporters and started haranguing them on his way out.”
Reporters were cordoned off in a pen when the unknown man started verbally assailing journalists, flipping them off, and saying that his name was “American Patriot.”
The absolutely insane footage and photos of the incident can be seen below.
“Go home! You are a traitor! I am an American Patriot!” Trump supporter screams at me and other journos in pen pic.twitter.com/Tg4oRoQ7UQ
— Noah Gray CNN (@NoahGrayCNN) August 12, 2016
Oh, just another lovely encounter with an angry @realDonaldTrump supporter after a rally by the media pen: pic.twitter.com/tZv5bQBDeE
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 11, 2016
Video: I tried to get the guy’s name, and he replied, “PATRIOT, AMERICAN PATRIOT! YOUR NAME IS TRAITOR!!” pic.twitter.com/CyMhvLWgVc
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) August 12, 2016
Trump supporter swings by the press pen in Kissimmee, FL to let us know we’re number one!! pic.twitter.com/WzUPBal7nW
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) August 12, 2016
Also spotted at the Trump rally? A confederate flag with Trump’s name on it. Because America.
Spotted at Trump Kissimmee evening rally: stars & bars with Trump’s name on it (from supporters) pic.twitter.com/0y6pBhSBTb
— Noah Gray CNN (@NoahGrayCNN) August 11, 2016
[Top image via Twitter]
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Two Months After Orlando Tragedy, Rubio Still Unwilling to Stand Up for LGBTQ Floridians
Two Months After Orlando Tragedy, Rubio Still Unwilling to Stand Up for LGBTQ Floridians
Today, on the two-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting that took the lives of 49 LGBTQ people and allies, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) courted anti-LGBTQ activists just 10 miles from the site of the tragedy in Orlando. Rubio, who has a long track record of opposing LGBTQ protections and basic gun safety measures, railed against marriage equality and criticized LGBTQ advocates for fighting against taxpayer-funded discrimination. Despite his own record of opposing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and President Obama’s executive order protecting LGBTQ workers — not to mention basic gun safety measures to keep military-style weapons out of the hands of terrorists and criminals — Rubio attempted to gloss over his dismal record of failing to stand up for LGBTQ Americans.
HRC called out Rubio and his rhetoric.
“Unfortunately, Marco Rubio has a long, documented history of opposing LGBTQ equality,” said JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs. “Speaking out of both sides of his mouth, Rubio suggested he believes employment discrimination against LGBTQ people is wrong, but yet he has consistently opposed even modest steps to provide non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. On a day when he should be honoring the victims of the horrific massacre in Orlando and advocating for commonsense gun safety measures, Marco Rubio is shamefully courting the votes of anti-LGBTQ activists and showcasing his opposition to the fundamental civil rights of LGBTQ people.”
Rubio has been an advocate for legislation enabling Kim Davis-style discrimination, including the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act” (FADA). FADA would allow non-profit organizations and businesses contracting with the federal government to circumvent critical federal protections designed to protect LGBTQ people and their families from harmful discrimination. And, he opposed repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addressed the notoriously anti-LGBTQ activists yesterday at the same event, and when it comes to opposing LGBTQ equality, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are two dangerous peas in a pod.
Polling released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute found that both Rubio and Trump are massively out of step with Floridians on LGBTQ issues. A 53 percent majority of Floridians support marriage equality, while a 70 percent majority support LGBTQ non-discrimination protections, which Florida lacks.
Opposed to Marriage Equality: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio both oppose marriage equality and have specifically vowed to nominate Supreme Court Justices who would vote to overturn last year’s landmark marriage equality ruling. Rubio vowed he would appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Obergefell and in late January, Trump told Fox News Sunday he would appoint justices to the Supreme Court who would reverse marriage equality. When asked to clarify by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos a week later, Trump again doubled down. During the presidential campaign, Rubio even promised that he would “never change” when it comes to opposing marriage equality.
Opposed to Transgender Equality: Rubio and Trump both oppose allowing transgender students to use facilities that correspond to their gender identity. Trump told The Washington Post he would reverse the administration’s guidance ensuring that transgender students are treated with respect, and can use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Trump has also endorsed North Carolina’s dangerous HB2 law, and has said he would let anti-LGBTQ governors write discrimination into state law.
Support Kim Davis-Style, Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio both support and have said they would sign the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act,” (FADA) a bill to allow Kim Davis style discrimination in the federal government.
Revoking President Obama’s Executive Orders: Both Trump and Rubio have vowed to revoke President Obama’s executive orders on their first day in office — jeopardizing the President’s executive order protecting LGBTQ employees working for federal contractors. The loss of these protections is not just a hypothetical danger. Recently the House Armed Services Committee added an amendment to the defense authorization that would undermine President Obama’s executive order banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity for federal contractors — an executive order that covers 20 percent of the workforce. And Trump has made clear he’s not going to fight these types of efforts.
Trump Rally Near Pulse Shooting Comes With Confederate Flag
Trump Rally Near Pulse Shooting Comes With Confederate Flag
The Republican candidate for president referenced the Pulse shooting in his speech.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/8/12/trump-rally-near-pulse-shooting-comes-confederate-flag
The CDC Paints a Dark Picture for LGB Youth, But Don't Despair
The CDC Paints a Dark Picture for LGB Youth, But Don't Despair
The Trevor Project’s Abbe Land on the troubling new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/8/12/cdc-paints-dark-picture-lgb-youth-dont-despair
Matt Baume Slams Article Outing Gay Athletes at the Olympics As ‘Lurid Clickbait’ – WATCH
Matt Baume Slams Article Outing Gay Athletes at the Olympics As ‘Lurid Clickbait’ – WATCH
Yesterday, The Daily Beast published an article by straight journalist named Nico Hines in which Hines used Grindr to report on the sexual activities of gay athletes at the Rio Olympics. As we previously reported, that article included explicit details about certain gay athletes who hail from anti-gay countries. In providing enough details to discern the identity of those individuals, Hines effectively outed them and put their lives in danger.
RELATED: Straight Journalist Cruises Grindr at the Olympics, Outs Athletes From Anti-Gay Countries
Twenty-fours and several redactions later, Hines has still not spoken out about the article. TDB, however, has taken it down from its site, a move it called unprecedented but necessary.
RELATED: ‘Daily Beast’ Pulls Article That Outed Olympic Athletes Using Grindr, Apologizes
Vlogger and activist Matt Baume weighed in on the controversy providing some much-needed perspective and sass.
As to why gay athletes using Grindr could at all be considered newsworthy, Baume quipped,
“It may come as a shock, but when we’re not busy being sassy friends, gay people do have sex with each other…So yeah, of course gay people are hooking up in Rio. But whats different about these hook-ups is that at the Olympics there’s a high likelihood that you’ll encounter people that are closeted for their own safety.”
And outing people who are in the closet because they come from a place where it’s illegal to be gay is just plain heinous. Baume explains, “It’s one thing to out a politician who actively harms LGBTs [e.g. Larry Craig] but it’s another to out a volleyball player who could be thrown in jail just for asking someone out for a drink.”
Baume also cautioned against letting your guard down when using gay dating apps like Grindr. “They may feel like a safe space to let your guard down…but they’re not,” he says.
The other tragedy of TDB’s article, besides the endangerment of the lives of gay athletes, is that it could have done some good. But chose not to do so.
Baume says,
“This article could have been about how gay athletes from all over the world may be isolated or face consequences for being out at home but they’re able to connect at the Olympic village. Or it could have talked about the difficulties they’ll face when they return to their home countries. But instead we just got some lurid clickbait.”
Watch, below.
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Massive Kiss-In Planned at UK Supermarket Where Gay Couple Was Told to Stop Holding Hands
Massive Kiss-In Planned at UK Supermarket Where Gay Couple Was Told to Stop Holding Hands
A mass kiss-in is planned for a UK supermarket whose security guard told a gay man that holding hands with his partner in the store was “inappropriate.”
A gay couple were left “stunned and shaking” after a security guard in a London supermarket accused them of “touching and behaving inappropriately.”
32-year-old Thomas Rees (above left) was shopping in Sainsbury’s in Hackney on Monday when he and his boyfriend Josh (above right) were “beckoned over” by the security guard. In 2014, a Sainsbury’s in Brighton, England apologized after a security guard asked a lesbian couple to leave the store following complaints from other customers
RELATED: Gay Couple Told To Stop Holding Hands, ‘Behaving Inappropriately’ In London Supermarket
Writes the organizer of the kiss-in:
This Monday, a security guard at a Sainsbury’s store in East London told a man in the store that holding hands with his same gender partner was “inappropriate”.
This isn’t the first time this has happened: in a Brighton Sainsbury’s just a couple of years ago, a security guard did the same thing: telling two women that kissing was “inappropriate” too.
Back then, the Supermarket chain promised us they’d sort out their training to ensure this could never happen again. Guess what? It has.
Last time thousands of people descended on the Sainsbury’s branch for big (consensual) kiss, puckering up in the aisles in an act of defiance. showing affection to someone, whatever their gender or sexuality, is something to be celebrated.
In a year that’s seen attacks all too often on the LGBT community, it’s high time that Sainsbury’s – with profits over £500 million this year – put their money where their mouths are and use their resources to ensure that homophobia becomes a thing of the past. a £10 voucher just doesn’t cut it.
The blokes who were told off in the store will be coming down to join us and saying a few words, and there’ll be a drag queen on a mic to keep eveything orderly.
If you have nobody to kiss then just ask ppl nicely for their consent to kiss and if they say yes then kiss them but if they say no then you should ask someone else.
Come down to Sainsburys at 6:30pm this Saturday: hold hands, pucker up, and tell Sainsbury’s enough is enough. oh, and invite ppl.
The Sainsbury’s is at 238-244 Hackney Road if you happen to be in London tomorrow at 6:30 pm.
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