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Daily Archives: September 15, 2016
Indonesia's Latest Assault on LGBTs: Gay App Ban
Indonesia's Latest Assault on LGBTs: Gay App Ban
In moving to deny access to apps like Grindr, the world’s fourth most populous nation continues to isolate and endanger its LGBT citizens.
www.advocate.com/world/2016/9/15/indonesias-latest-assault-lgbts-gay-app-ban
Nine-Year Sentence for Man Convicted in Chair Attack at NYC Restaurant
Nine-Year Sentence for Man Convicted in Chair Attack at NYC Restaurant
Bayna-Lekheim El-Amin had been convicted of assaulting a gay couple at the Dallas BBQ restaurant in Chelsea.
www.advocate.com/crime/2016/9/15/nine-year-sentence-man-convicted-chair-attack-nyc-restaurant
Keith Olbermann: Clinton Wrong, 100% Of Trump Supporters ‘Deplorable’
Keith Olbermann: Clinton Wrong, 100% Of Trump Supporters ‘Deplorable’
Just how many of Donald Trump‘s supporters are deplorable? Hillary Clinton estimated half, with her “basket of deplorables” comment, before backing down shortly after. Keith Olbermann, in his new position as GQ‘s political correspondent, has released a new video in which he says that all of Trump’s supporters belong in that basket.
Related: New Studies Prove Hillary Clinton Is Right About Trump’s ‘Deplorable’ Supporters
Funny, Olbermann notes, that we are in a position of not debating whether or not a presidential candidate’s supporters are deplorable, but rather how many of them are.
Clinton called Trump supporters, “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and Islamophobic.”
Olbermann looks at the campaign insiders, starting with vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, who refused to denounce David Duke as deplorable. Then there is Trump surrogate Carl Palodino, who called for Loretta Lynch to be lynched and sent out a video of an African tribal dance with the email title “Obama inauguration rehearsal.”
Racist? Check.
Olbermann then mentions Trump making sexist comments about Megyn Kelly, Mika Brzezinski, Heidi Cruz, and Carly Fiorina.
Sexist? Check.
Then there’s Robert Jeffress, the Texas megachurch pastor, who led the prayer at a Trump rally in June, a year after he said that gay rights will pave the way for the Antichrist.
Homophobic? Check.
Related: Mike Pence’s Seven Most Viciously Antigay Moments
Palodino’s name is evoked once again, for smearing Khzir Khan by speculating that he might be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood or a supporter of ISIS.
Islamophobic? Check.
Katrina Pierson is called out next for her bigotry. She tweeted out, “Perfect Obama’s dad born in Africa, Mitt Romney’s dad born in Mexico. Any pure breeds left?” Oh, and Pierson is also antigay (surprise, surprise).
Xenophobic? Check.
“These are campaign leaders, surrogates, friends of Mr. Trump. If they’re not talking to a ‘basket of deplorables’ who are they talking to?” Olbermann asks. “Why would you have them there? You say stuff like that at work, you get fired, you say it at school, you get suspended. But, happily Trump is there to say, ‘No, it’s okay to hate. Better than that, you can hate out loud! We’ll just call it ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘Make America Great Again.’”
There are also the supporters, who have routinely turned violent at rallies, including recently in Asheville, North Carolina, where a man assaulted protesters inside the rally and another man punched an elderly woman in the face for telling him he better learn Russian (due to the Trump campaign’s apparent coziness with the Putin dictatorship).
Related: Donald Trump Supporters Too Intolerant To Pass His “Extreme Vetting” Test
But is it not possible to be a Trump supporter who doesn’t harbor these despicable worldviews?
“If you’re not condemning this madness and repudiating these deplorable people, and you are not racist, not sexist, not homophobic, not Islamophobic or not xenophobic, if you’re supporting him not for those things but in spite of them, you are even more deplorable,” Olbermann says.
Watch the video below.
16-Year-Old Figure Skater Shuts Down Antigay Internet Trolls
16-Year-Old Figure Skater Shuts Down Antigay Internet Trolls
16-year-old figure skater Donovan Carrillo performed a routine in the recently held Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Japan to the song “Hasta Que te Conocí,” by Juan Gabriel that earned him adoration and a spot at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Unfortunately, it also caught the attention of some homophobic trolls. Slurs and derogatory remarks began coming in, and Carrillo decided to meet them head on in a series of tweets:
“I’m not bothered being called gay because I’m not. It infuriates me that people see the word ‘gay’ as a joke or an insult towards my hard work.”
No me molesta que me llamen gay porque NO lo soy. Me enfurece que vean la palabra gay como una burla o un insulto a mi esfuerzo.
— Donovan Carrillo (@DonovanDCarr) September 13, 2016
“I admire and respect the LGBT community because I’m friends with a lot of their members, but I am not part of that community.”
Admiro y respeto a la comunidad LGBT porque convivo con muchos de sus miembros pero no soy parte de esa comunidad. t.co/Q3CHxR9iIU
— Donovan Carrillo (@DonovanDCarr) September 13, 2016
“The fact that I’m an ice skater does not mean that I’m gay. Just like a soccer player isn’t automatically heterosexual.”
El hecho de que yo patine no quiere decir que lo sea. Así como un futbolista no garantiza que sea heterosexual t.co/YaUFL0J3Ag
— Donovan Carrillo (@DonovanDCarr) September 13, 2016
Related: Soccer Player Richard Chaplow Banned Two Games For Verbal Abuse Of Openly Gay Robbie Rogers
“I thank everyone for your congratulations and words of encouragement. I hope to not disappoint you. I will continue to train.”
Agradezco todas sus felicitaciones y palabras de aliento. Espero no decepcionarlos. A continuar con el entrenamiento!
— Donovan Carrillo (@DonovanDCarr) September 13, 2016
“My mom is a big, BIG fan and it’s a song that brings her a lot of memories,” Carillo said on Twitter when asked about his song choice. “It’s an ode to my mother and an homage to the Divo.”
@johannheroz Mi mamá es muy, MUY fan y es una canción que le trae muchos recuerdos a ella. Es una oda a mi madre y un agradecimiento al Divo
— Donovan Carrillo (@DonovanDCarr) September 13, 2016
Gabriel recently passed away. He never came out during his life, although he was presumed to be gay by many. When asked by an interviewer about his sexual orientation he famously said, “Don’t ask about something that is obvious.”
Related: Juan Gabriel, “The Mexican Elton John,” Reveals Intimate Video With Another Man
Watch Carrillo’s performance in the video below.
Donald Trump Jr. Makes Holocaust Joke in Attack on Hillary Clinton and the Media: LISTEN
Donald Trump Jr. Makes Holocaust Joke in Attack on Hillary Clinton and the Media: LISTEN
Donald Trump Jr. made a Holocaust joke with regard to the media’s treatment of his father today in a radio interview with Mike Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.
Trump Jr. was comparing treatment of his father by the media to that of Hillary Clinton:
“The media has been her number one surrogate in this. Without the media, this wouldn’t even be a contest. But the media has built her up. They’ve let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every DNC game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of the thing. I mean, if Republicans were doing that, they’d be warming up the gas chamber right now. It’s a very different system — there’s nothing fair about it.”
Listen:
The comments caused immediate reaction:
Pro-tip to Trump surrogates: If you don’t want to sound like Nazis, don’t make specious Holocaust references. t.co/WQXjyKWw6V
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) September 15, 2016
Hey @DonaldJTrumpJr: when your dad’s campaign is associated with Nazis & white supremacists, maybe gas chamber “jokes” aren’t the best idea.
— Aaron Gouveia (@DaddyFiles) September 15, 2016
.@DonaldJTrumpJr: We hope you understand the sensitivity and hurt of making Holocaust jokes. We hope you retract.t.co/jL2ZC9Z8pH
— ADL (@ADL_National) September 15, 2016
Trump Jr. later told MSNBC’s Katy Tur that the joke was not at all anti-Semitic, that he was referencing “corporal punishment”:
Trump Jr. tells @KatyTurNBC that his “gas chamber” comment is referencing corporal punishment, not in any way anti-Semitic.
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 15, 2016
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‘Gay Voice’ Donald Trump Gets Distracted by Fantasies About Sailors – WATCH
‘Gay Voice’ Donald Trump Gets Distracted by Fantasies About Sailors – WATCH
Sassy Donald Trump, aka Donald Trump with a ‘gay voice’, is back in a new dubbing from YouTuber Peter Serafinowicz. And this time, Serafinowicz focuses on a speech where Trump seems to get a little distracted by the prospect of American sailors who really wanna to give it to…Iran. Yep, definitely Iran.
Said Trump, “I know those captains and I know those people on those boats and boy would they like to give it to ’em.”
PREVIOUSLY: ‘Gay Voice’ Donald Trump Meets Hunky Football Players and Wrestlers – WATCH
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Haikus On Hotties is the Calendar You Need for 2017 – LOOK, WATCH
Haikus On Hotties is the Calendar You Need for 2017 – LOOK, WATCH
Lovers of poetry and hot men will want to back the “Haikus On Hotties” calendar on Kickstarter.
The calendar originated last year as “Haikus with Hotties.” The key difference this year is that the haikus are actually being put on the bodies of Asian-American hotties.
Said the creators of this year’s calendar on Kickstarter, “This time around, [hot Asian-American guys] write one haiku, and the only rule is that it has to be about hotness. And we have to figure out a way to get it on them — whether it’s on clothing, their bodies or some other creative interpretation of Haikus On Hotties.”
As for who you can expect in this year’s calendar, look for Gerrand Lobo (Master of None), fitness icon Kenta Seki, and the Sudarso brothers (Yoshi and Peter Sudarso, below).
Here’s a sample of some concept art for this year’s calendar.
And should you have suggestions about Asian-American hotties that should be on this year’s calendar, Haikus On Hotties is totally open to suggestions:
We have more hotties that we’ll be announcing throughout the campaign. But you should know that we don’t have ALL 13 yet (12 months + cover model). We still have about 5 slots left, so if you have strong feelings about who MUST be on the calendar, tweet Ada Tseng (@adatseng) to tell us “I need [NAME OF HOT MAN] @twitterhandlehere on my 2017 #HaikusOnHotties calendar. It is a matter of life & hotness! kck.st/2cn0HS4”
Keep in mind though, even though Hollywood doesn’t realize it yet, there are way more than enough Asian American hotties to fill up at least 8 calendars a year, so we can’t get everybody…. but we’ll do our best to pick a hot mix of 13.
Watch the Kickstarter video for Haikus On Hotties, below, and consider supporting them HERE.
[h/t ONTD]
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Michigan Education Board Approves LGBTQ Guidance for Schools
Michigan Education Board Approves LGBTQ Guidance for Schools
Yesterday, the Michigan Education Board approved new guidelines encouraging schools to create a more inclusive environment for their LGBTQ students, with emphasis on allowing transgender students use facilities consistent with their gender identity.
The guidelines came after an extensive public comment period, where more than 230 Michiganders gave input. The guidelines affirm that when a student’s gender identity is respected, they are more likely to learn and thrive.
The Michigan Board of Education proposed these guidelines earlier this year, triggering criticism from Republican lawmakers. At a board meeting in May, more than 100 people turned out to comment on the guidelines.
On May 13, the U.S. Department of Education offered guidance to schools clarifying that transgender students have the right to be free from discrimination in schools, including the ability to use gender-separated facilities (such as restrooms and locker rooms) that match their gender identity. This guidance follows similar policies in states and school districts across the country, including many that have been treating transgender students with dignity and respect for more than a decade.
In August, a federal judge issued an injunction against the guidance. In Texas v. United States, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor blocked the Department of Justice from enforcing the guidance. In March of 2015, Judge O’Connor also sought to block Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rights for legally married same-sex couples despite the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in United States v. Windsor (2013).
To learn more about the guidance, click here.
For more information on supporting and caring for transgender and gender-expansive children and youth, visit hrc.org/trans-youth.
HRC Welcoming Schools is a comprehensive approach to creating respectful and supportive elementary schools with resources and professional development to embrace family diversity, create LGBTQ-inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying and gender stereotyping, and support transgender and gender-expansive students. To learn more, click here.
