GLAAD launches countdown to Spirit Day 2016!

www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-launches-countdown-spirit-day-2016

Gay Dads Won't Be Covered by Trump's Maternity Leave Plan

During an interview with Cosmopolitan, Ivanka Trump explained that the policy is just for women.

www.advocate.com/families/2016/9/15/gay-dads-wont-be-covered-trumps-maternity-leave-plan

The Bitchiest Roommate Email Ever Written, Hands Down

File under “Hallucinogenically Bitchy E-Mails”:

A certain Winnie Chen, gearing up for her freshman year at UCLA, has shared an email that she received from one of two future roommates, and the Internet has taken notice.

Related: Guy Realizes His Roommate Is Actually His Boyfriend In Most Adorable Way Possible

Even since Chen posted a screen-grab of the hyper-demanding screed, it’s gone viral. Which means that what is certain to be an awkward living situation has now been turning into an extremely awkward living situation.

Here’s the email she received:

Okay so I’m not sure why neither of you responded back to my emails, but I don’t really care just as long as you both know this and understand that I’m not gonna settle for anything less than what I’m gonna tell you that I’m gonna get once I arrive in the dorm. I’ll take the top bunk of the bunk bed that has a bottom and top bunk. I DO NOT want the single bunk where it has a desk underneath the top bunk so don’t try to leave me that. I’m also taking one of the white closets. There should be two white closets and I’m taking one of them. I don’t care for which one it is, just know I’m taking one of them.

I want the desk that’s near the window. Plain and simple. I don’t care about who gets the bottom bunk but just know what I stated above is what I’m expecting once I arrive at the dorm and I won’t be in the mood for any arguing or other nonsense because of you two decided to deliberately disregard this email. If needed be I’ll turn it into a bigger situation so don’t try me.

Sorry but not that sorry for the attitude. I don’t like being ignored because that’s just rude but that’s what you both decided to do so I decided to make it clear now the kind of person I am and what I will and will not take.

Related: Man Attacks Sleeping Gay Roommate With Hammer Because He “Can’t Live With” Gays

Once digesting what she’d just read, the other roommate, a certain Guistinna Tun, decided to write back and say that her requests were completely unreasonable.

The Unnamed Third Roommate From Hell then quickly changed her tune, responding:

So yeah, I don’t mind starting over considering the fact that I don’t get along with people right off the bat because I’m not that much of a people person. So I’m not looking to find other roommates either.

I’m also really chill too. But as you can see from my previous email, I am like a ticking time bomb that sets off when certain things I don’t like happen to me. LOL

It’s going to be a long, extraordinarily tense freshman year for three students at UCLA.

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Is Peter Thiel Angling For Donald Trump Supreme Court Nomination?

Here’s a frightening thought: Proud gay Republican/anti-government tech billionaire Peter Thiel as your next Supreme Court Justice. According to the Huffington Post, this may not be outside the realm of possibility under a President Donald J. Trump.

A source close to the Trump campaign says the Republican nominee for President “deeply loves Peter Thiel” and thinks that he would make an excellent Supreme Court justice. So much so that he may have already offered him a spot, should he be elected to the oval office.

Related: Peter Thiel Believes Injecting Himself With The Blood Of The Young Will Help Him Live Forever

Thiel acquired a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1992. He briefly clerked for Judge J. L. Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit the year after he graduated, and worked a whopping seven months at a New York law firm. But that’s about the extent of his legal experience. (Aside from the whole hiring a team of lawyers to sue Gawker out of existence thing.)

Huffington Post adds:

It’s not clear whether Trump has indeed offered to nominate Thiel ? only that Thiel has said Trump would nominate him and that Trump’s team has discussed Thiel as a possible nominee. Both sources requested anonymity, given that Trump and Thiel have each demonstrated a willingness to seek revenge against parties they feel have wronged them. In Thiel’s case, he secretly financed lawsuits against Gawker.com with the intention of destroying the publication. He succeeded, and his role in the assault was only revealed in the final stages.

Trump’s press secretary said there is “absolutely no truth” to rumors that Trump had offered Thiel a seat on the Supreme Court. Thiel’s rep also denied the claims, saying he “hasn’t had any conversations about a Supreme Court nomination and has no interest in the job.”

Of course, being nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court and actually getting the job are two different things. Thiel would still need to be confirmed by the Senate, which we’re pretty sure would never happen. But it’s still a terrifying thought nonetheless.

Related: Five Reasons To Explain Mystery Of Why Peter Thiel Supports Donald Trump

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Ivanka Trump Suggests Gay Male Couples Are Out of Luck in Donald Trump’s Family Leave Plan

In a tense phone interview with Cosmopolitan magazine, Ivanka Trump suggested that when it comes to her father’s plan for paid family leave, gay men are not in the picture.

Ms. Trump has been credited as being the chief architect behind her father’s plan, which she has said makes him a pro-woman candidate. And while Donald Trump has claimed to be a friend of ‘the gays’, his family leave plan makes no mention of paid paternity leave, something that would obviously benefit gay couples.

Yet in addressing the absence of paternity leave in her father’s plan, Ms. Trump went out of her way to invoke the plan’s benefits for same-sex couples.

“This is a giant leap from where we are today, which is sadly, nothing,” Ms. Trump said. “Both sides of the aisle have been unable to agree on this issue, so I think this takes huge advancement and obviously, for same-sex couples as well*, there’s tremendous benefit here to enabling the mother to recover after childbirth. It’s critical for the health of the mother. It’s critical for bonding with the child, and that was a top focus of this plan.”

She added, “So it’s meant to benefit, whether it’s in same-sex marriages as well*, to benefit the mother who has given birth to the child if they have legal married status under the tax code.”

But when asked about why the policy excludes family leave for gay couples, “where both partners are men”, Ms. Trump replied, “The policy is fleshed out online, so you can go see all the elements of it. But the original intention of the plan is to help mothers in recovery in the immediate aftermath of childbirth.”

The exchange got even more tense when the Cosmopolitan interviewer attempted to clarify the issue. “So I just want to be clear that, for same-sex adoption, where the two parents are both men, they would not be receiving special leave for that because they don’t need to recover or anything?”, Cosmopolitan asked.

Ms. Trump came back with, “Well, those are your words, not mine. [Laughs.] Those are your words. The plan, right now, is focusing on mothers, whether they be in same-sex marriages or not.”

The interview was ultimately cut short after additional tense exchanges.

[*emphasis added]

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Keith Olbermann: Clinton Was Wrong, ALL of Trump’s Supporters are Deplorable – WATCH

Keith Olbermann issued his third takedown of Donald Trump and his supporters in three days with a new video posted on Thursday.

The latest episode of Olbermann’s web series for GQ, titled The Closer, focuses on Hillary Clinton’s remarks made over the weekend that half of Trump’s supporters are what she calls “a basket of deplorables.”

While Clinton has received a lot of flack for her remarks, Olbermann suggests that yes, Clinton was wrong to call half of Trump supporters deplorable. Because all of his supporters are deplorable.

PREVIOUSLY – Hillary-Hating Hypocrite Rudy Giuliani is Next on Keith Olbermann’s Expose and Destroy Mission: WATCH

Olbermann went on to expose high profile surrogates and campaign staffers working for Trump who have said deplorable, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, sexist, and Islamophobic remarks.

“If they’re not talking to a basket of deplorables who are they talking to? Why would you have them there?”, Olbermann wondered.

“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.’”

RELATED: Keith Olbermann Channels Edward R. Murrow in Blistering Takedown of Donald Trump – WATCH

Where Hillary screwed up, Olbermann says is in her calculation about Trump supporters.

He explains,

“If you support Trump, if you think he should be president regardless of how much he and his advocates hate, and mock and punch old women with portable oxygen canisters, if you’re not condemning this madness and repudiating these deplorable people and you are not racist, not sexist, not homophobic, not xenophobic, or not Islamophobic, if you’re supporting him not for those things but in spite of them, you are even more deplorable. The correct number, Secretary Clinton, is not 50%, it’s 100.”

Watch, below.

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Johnny Weir, Troye Sivan, Adele, Mexico, Brian Brown, Qantas, Uber, Michael Stipe, Trump Doctor’s Letter: HOT LINKS

2016 ELECTION. Donald Trump releases completely undetailed medical document:

Good news for transparency: Trump releases medical document.

Bad news: It’s only this…. pic.twitter.com/DqPPos5FAL

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 15, 2016

DONALD TRUMP JR. We can’t release tax returns because people would examine them! “Because he’s got a 12,000-page tax return that would create … financial auditors out of every person in the country asking questions that would detract from (his father’s) main message.”

CHICAGO. Transgender woman found slain on west side: “According to the Chicago Police Department and subsequent reports by the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, he body was discovered in the 4500 block of West Monroe Street. He throat had been cut and a knife found nearby. Saffore’s death makes her the 20th known U.S. transgender individual killed in 2016.”

GAY QANTAS CHIEF ALAN JOYCE. No public vote on marriage equality in Australia: “I’ve had people come up to me or write to me saying that they fear worse is to come – their fear is a plebiscite will be open season for most damaging, hurtful language about LGBT people. Given that the rate of depression for gay Australians is much higher than the national average, that’s a serious concern.”

ADELE. Singer says she’ll take 10-year break from touring to raise her son: “Angelo is the number one priority for Adele. He is the most important thing in her life. She has brought him everywhere with her on tour but as he is starting school next year, he won’t be able to join her any more. Adele doesn’t want to miss a moment of Angelo growing up and it’s an easy decision for her to give up touring for him. Right now she is saying she won’t do another massive world tour like the current one for another ten years.”

MICHAEL STIPE. Free Chelsea Manning.

BRIAN BROWN. National Organization for Marriage leader mobilizing to hit Mexico for World Congress of Families: “WCF is launching a petition drive to give you and citizens across the globe the opportunity to add your own voice to the National March for the Family in Mexico City. Even though most people can’t be there in person, you can lend your name and voice to the effort to uphold marriage, protect children from “gender ideology” and support the right of parents to direct their children’s education according to their own values and principles. I will personally deliver this petition to the leaders of National Front for the Family, including my friend, Rodrigo Ivan Cortes, when I meet with them in Mexico City.”

JULIAN SALGADO. Mexican artist pays tribute to the 12-year-old pro-equality activist:

RICHARD HUDSON. GOP Congressman threatens NCAA and ACC’s tax-exempt status over North Carolina exit: “This is political theatre by the NCAA and ACC. If these multi-million dollar, tax exempt organizations were interested in social change and not making a political statement, they would proceed with their marquee events in North Carolina and enact any transgender bathroom policy they wanted. This blatant political move – less than two months before the election – brings into question their tax exempt status. This is an avenue we intend to explore.”

ON THE ROAD. Uber’s self-driving taxis have hit the streets in Pittsburgh: “But don’t get too excited about taking one for a spin yourself, an engineer will be in the driver’s seat to get things started and make corrections if the car makes a mistake. And notably, the “partially autonomous” part is of importance, as  drivers are always supposed to keep their hands loosely on the steering wheel so they can takeover when needed. To clarify, the car is the one doing the driving, but humans are needed for oversight.”

TROYE SIVAN. Fans go nuts after ‘almost nude’ photo leaks:

Troye Sivan nearly nude! Damn the dude is fucking hot as hell! pic.twitter.com/koZOSScht0

— 1D Erection (@1DErectionCB) September 14, 2016

PERFECT ILLUSION. Johnny Weir returns to the ice, to Lady Gaga. “Of course, Weir has been a longtime Gaga fan – even building an entire routine around her 2008 hit “Poker Face” for his 2009 performance at Fiesta on Ice.  He repeated the glitzy, passionate number for his 2010 exhibition go-around at the 2010 Nationals – placing third in the competition.”

THIRSTY THURSDAY. Andres Castañeda.

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