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Daily Archives: September 13, 2016
Trans Woman Murdered in Chicago, But Police Refuse to Acknowledge Gender
Trans Woman Murdered in Chicago, But Police Refuse to Acknowledge Gender
A black trans woman in her 20s was found murdered in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood, but police are still investigating the crime as the death of a man.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/9/13/trans-woman-murdered-chicago-police-refuse-acknowledge-gender
Boys Will Be Girls
Boys Will Be Girls
jessicajane9 posted a photo:
Hair, makeup and photography by, and special thanks to the wonderful Cindy @ Boys will be girls
WATCH: Antigay Politician Confronted By Gay Brother On Live TV
WATCH: Antigay Politician Confronted By Gay Brother On Live TV
Australian Sen. Bridget McKenzie faced a tough question on same-sex marriage from her own gay brother on ABC’s Q&A on Monday. Sen. McKenzie is against same-sex marriage and was asked, along with the rest of the panel, whether a nationwide vote on the issue is worth the cost and potential emotional and mental health outcomes which would likely befall the LGBTQ community.
Related: Comedian Jim Jefferies Wants Marriage Equality In Australia, “Gayest Place On Earth”
“Given the majority of parliamentarians and Australians now support marriage equality, is a $160 million plebiscite necessary, and what impact do you think the debate will have on the emotional wellbeing of gays and lesbians like me?” Alastair McKenzie asked the panel.
“I think it will only be damaging if all of us as Australians choose to actually not respect each other’s views in this particular debate,” Sen. McKenzie said. “I believe it is a conscience issue, and that the definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. Polls would suggest I’m in the minority.”
She also said she believes the current situation puts herself, and other lawmakers who agree with her, in a difficult situation and that a vote could resolve that issue.
“What I think is that there is tension for some MPs like myself on both sides of the aisle, between our desire to respect the sovereign will of the Australian people and our conscience in a representative democracy,” she said.
Her brother previously criticized her views in an op-ed where he called her views “extremely hurtful.”
Related: Christian Activist Accuses Gays Of Stealing Rainbow, Marriage
“Public statements promoting inequity only serve to perpetuate the isolation and marginalize those youths questioning their sexuality,” he wrote. “Growing up in the country can be tough and isolating, growing up gay in the country in the 1990s was horrific. Given her own story and connection, I had hoped to see a more courageous and compassionate response.”
Watch video of the exchange below.
Is a $160m plebiscite necessary & what impact do you think the debate will have? Our #QandA panel responds t.co/flpBk2EkWr
— ABC Q&A (@QandA) September 12, 2016
WATCH: Fisherman Catches Fish With A Different Sort Of Rod
WATCH: Fisherman Catches Fish With A Different Sort Of Rod
Quote of the week: “Look what I’ve caught on my ‘worm!’ F*ck, it could bite it off, f*ck!”
Things happen in this life. Some good, some bad, and some involving a fish that mistakes your penis for bait and takes a hearty death-grip nibble.
Related: Circumcision: The Latest Gay Cure
As you may have guessed, this post pertains chiefly to the latter scenario. As The Mirror reports, video has surfaced which appears to show a man diving into a river — only to have an extremely floppy fish immediately lunge for his groin and refuse to let go of the most vulnerable part of a man’s body.
Related: This Submissive Bear Had All His Genitalia Removed And Now He’s Happier Than Ever
The man runs screaming out of the water, as one does. It’s all a bit much, to be honest.
See for yourself. This is certifiable clickbait dickbait:
Keith Olbermann Channels Edward R. Murrow in Blistering Takedown of Donald Trump – WATCH
Keith Olbermann Channels Edward R. Murrow in Blistering Takedown of Donald Trump – WATCH
Keith Olbermann is back and taking aim at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Olbermann will be running a new web series for GQ called “The Closer.” In its first episode, Olbermann tallies the 176 most outrageous of Trump’s offenses in his “15-month assault on American democracy.”
Said Olbermann in a call to arms to defeat Trump,
“Every few generations, we Americans are called upon to defend our country. To defend it not so much from foreign dictators or war or terrorism, but from those here who have no commitment to progress or democracy or representative government—no commitment to anything except their own out-of-control minds and the bottomless pits of their egos.
Our society has thrown up these people before: Joseph McCarthy. George Wallace. Father Coughlin. Jefferson Davis. Aaron Burr. The Know-Nothings. The Blacklisters. The America-Firsters. And we have always thrown them out.
And now our generation has its own: the most dangerous individual ever nominated by a major party for the highest office in this country.”
Olbermann proceded to run through all the shocking things Donald Trump has done that we have become numb to because of the bombastic nature of his candidacy. In what is perhaps the most effective assault on Trump, Olbermann attacks the Republican nominee as an almost pathological liar:
The Republican Party has actually nominated for president a man who lied about opposing the war in Iraq, when there is a tape of him supporting it. A taperecorded on the first anniversary of 9/11…
Who lied about opposing the war in Iraq during a speech in which he insisted, “I will never lie to you.”
Who lied about six million dollars in charitable donations to veterans’ groups from his telethon; who lied about donating his profits from The Apprentice, about charitable donations from The Celebrity Apprentice, and from “Trump the Game” to St. Jude Cancer Center.
Who lied about a plan to debate Bernie Sanders for charity.
Who lied about why he wouldn’t release his taxes, because he was being audited and proved himself a liar by saying he would release his taxes if Hillary Clinton released her e-mails; who lied about how much money his father gave him or helped him get, coming out of college; who lied about sending his private jet to ferry stranded U.S. servicemen; who lied about talking to the Attorney General of Florida, who declined to investigate Trump University after she was given a campaign donation; who lied about his business in Russia; who lied about meeting Russian president Putin; who lied about offering child care to his employees, when it was child care for his hotel guests; who lied about “some people” wanting a moment of silence for the murderer of five Dallas policemen; who lied about seeing thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11; who lied about 9/11 hijackers sending their wives and girlfriends home to Saudi Arabia.
Who lied about thousands of Syrian refugee terrorists being secretly admitted to this country; who lied about the Chicago police urging him to cancel a rally; who lied about the Chicago police saying they could solve crime there with “tough police tactics“; who lied about how there was no drought in California, how he never said Japan should have nuclear weapons, how he opposed the ouster of Egyptian president Mubarak, how the unemployment rate is 42 percent.
Who lied about ISIS making millions a week selling Libyan oil; who lied about dozens of secret terrorist cases in this country; who lied that a protester who tried to rush onto his stage had “ties to ISIS”; who lied last May and again last week about refugees entering this country carrying cell phones with “ISIS flags on them” and phone plans pre-paid by ISIS!
Olbermann also made sure to highlight Trump’s heinous response to the Orlando massacre on June 12, saying,
The Republican Party has actually nominated for president a man who congratulated himself in twotweets and a press release for predicting terrorist attacks like Orlando, while bodies still lay in the Pulse nightclub…
Olbermann may as well conclude his segment with, “Good night, and good luck.” But instead he wraps it up with, “This is madness. Any questions?”
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Pat McCrory Blasts NCAA for Pulling All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina
Pat McCrory Blasts NCAA for Pulling All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory blasted the NCAA on Tuesday for pulling all championship events in 2016 and 2017 from the state because of its record on LGBT rights.
In a statement, McCrory called the NCAA a “multi-billion dollar, tax-exempt monopoly” and implied the organization was suing “economic threats” and “political retaliation” to redefine “gender and basic norms.”
ICYMI – NCAA to Move All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Bathroom Law: VIDEO
McCrory said that the decision about HB 2, the state’s anti-LGBT ‘bathroom bill’, which also banned all local civil rights ordinances in the Tar Heel state, will ultimately be decided by the U.S. legal system.
“The issue of redefining gender and basic norms of privacy will be resolved in the near future in the United States court system for not only North Carolina, but the entire nation. I strongly encourage all public and private institutions to both respect and allow our nation’s judicial system to proceed without economic threats or political retaliation toward the 22 states that are currently challenging government overreach. Sadly, the NCAA, a multi-billion dollar, tax-exempt monopoly, failed to show this respect at the expense of our student athletes and hard-working men and women.”
In its decision issued late Monday, the NCAA made clear that it had serious doubts about North Carolina’s commitment to fairness, particularly because of HB 2.
The Board of Governors views North Carolina differently from states that have similar laws for these reasons: pic.twitter.com/SO8vNsvCPE
— NCAA (@NCAA) September 12, 2016
As ABC 11 notes, there are 7 championship events that will be pulled from North Carolina as a result of the NCAA’s decision:
2016 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, College Cup (Cary), Dec. 2 and 4.
2016 Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships (Greensboro), Dec. 2 and 3.
2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, first/second rounds (Greensboro), March 17 and 19.
2017 Division I Women’s Golf Championships, regional (Greenville), May 8-10.
2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships (Cary), May 22-27.
2017 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Cary), May 26 and 28.
2017 Division II Baseball Championship (Cary), May 27-June 3.
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Good Riddance to Gawker?
Good Riddance to Gawker?
In the end, the site was brought down by a billionaire. But it had other detractors.
Juan Gabriel’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Given the Tabloid Treatment
Juan Gabriel’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Given the Tabloid Treatment
Weeks after Juan Gabriel’s death, tabloids are reporting on his personal life and his alleged boyfriend.
www.advocate.com/media/2016/9/13/juan-gabriels-alleged-boyfriend-given-tabloid-treatment
Michelle Obama Tells Ellen What She'll Miss Most About the White House
Michelle Obama Tells Ellen What She'll Miss Most About the White House
The first lady talked with Ellen DeGeneres about her love for the White House staff.
www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/9/13/michelle-obama-tells-ellen-what-shell-miss-most-about-white-house
