Hillary Clinton Says She's Feeling Better, Excited About 'Madam Secretary'

Presidential candidates: They’re just like us. 

www.advocate.com/election/2016/9/15/hillary-clinton-says-shes-feeling-better-excited-about-madam-secretary

Was Loudmouth Ted Cruz Dumbstruck When Confronted By Caitlyn Jenner On The Hill?

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Twitter Is All Aflutter Over Lady Gaga’s New Album “Joanne”

Who is Joanne? What does it all mean? And will the songs get better than the first single “Perfect Illusion”?

These are just some of the burning questions we, and the internet’s furthest reaches, have about Lady Gaga’s forthcoming sixth album.

Well as for the “who,” Gaga has revealed that Joanne is named after her father Joe Germanotta’s sister, Joanne Germanotta, who died from lupus at the all-too-early age of 19. Gaga’s middle name is also Joanne.

“She is the woman of my past, helping me bring more of my honest-woman self to the future,” she said in a radio interview.

Well since the album doesn’t come out until October 21st, for now all we have is “Perfect Illusion,” as well as a truckload of reactions on Twitter.

Here are a select few:

.@ladygaga releases the album cover for #JOANNE t.co/y3bFjZwc32 pic.twitter.com/OuGrS8HmYA

— PAPER Magazine (@papermagazine) September 15, 2016

Me on October 21st. #JOANNE pic.twitter.com/CF9TaBkt6w

— Roman | Lady Gaga (@MisterBroRo) September 15, 2016

#JOANNE starter kit pic.twitter.com/S47NCQCjsT

— jessica slayange (@carusopascoski_) September 15, 2016

Little Monsters entering the stores on October 21st to buy #JOANNE pic.twitter.com/Z2CX76NDOA

— Dominik | Lady Gaga (@austriamonster) September 15, 2016

Okay. WHO made this? ? #JOANNE pic.twitter.com/WSEiDN4mvz

— DRE. (@RelatableDre) September 15, 2016

Monsters: #JOANNE pic.twitter.com/jVpWLqvWYq

— ladie goga (@discosttick) September 15, 2016

When #JOANNE drops: pic.twitter.com/IYN4vXnjnL

— Lady Gaga (@KingLadyGaga) September 15, 2016

Lady Gaga’s new album #JOANNE is released on October 21! Here are the tracks and collaborations confirmed so far. pic.twitter.com/NbAvWQDvjq

— Lady Gaga (@gagamonster96) September 15, 2016

Get ready! Lady Gaga has officially announced her new album #Joanne‘s release date!t.co/7pCBMH3Zer ? pic.twitter.com/bYyta616PN

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 15, 2016

Me going to buy #Joanne on the 21st pic.twitter.com/sD1PZXKllB

— Pato | Lady Gaga (@hausofpato) September 15, 2016

5 week until we get #Joanne pic.twitter.com/Cz4Ie9iTKN

— Joanne (@dnc1982) September 15, 2016

NEW ALBUM OCTOBER 21ST JOANNE #LG5 #JOANNE pic.twitter.com/i00Ge42n8i

— Alex (@alexmalloyy) September 15, 2016

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Scream Queens, Doctor Oz, American Horror Story, Prince Harry, Jay Pharoah: HOT LINKS

TELEVISION. Emma Roberts says to expect a lot of people to die in this season of Scream Queens. 

TELEVISION PART 2, or ICYMI. This is the theme of this season on AHS.

POLICE STATE. 13-year-old African American boy killed by police in Columbus, Ohio: “Early Thursday morning, police said the person killed was 13-year-old Tyree King. Detectives processing the area where the shooting occurred found what they said appeared to be a handgun, but “upon further inspection, it was determined to be a BB gun with an attached laser site,” according to a statement from the Columbus police.”

EW. Doctor Oz show cut section of interview with Donald Trump where Trump talks about kissing his daughter Ivanka ‘every chance he gets.’ 

BACK TO SCHOOL.  A perfect caddy email between incoming freshmen about who gets the best bunk. 

ANIMAL VIDEO. Distracted cats lose their minds because of a dog. 

TBT. Prince Harry visits HIV hospital where his mother Diana made history by kissing an AIDS patient.

THURSDAY THIRST. Former SNL cast member Jay Pharoah has lost 40 pounds and is now shredded.

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Op-ed: Open the Doors of LDS Church to LGBTQ Community

This week in The Huffington Post, Fred Krager, President of Rights Equal Rights, penned a powerful op-ed detailing the suicide epidemic among young LGBTQ Mormons that has unfolded since the church banned married same-sex couples and their children.

Krager writes that in the 10 months since the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) adopted the policy, 32 Mormon teens have taken their own lives. An estimated 125,000 Mormons have resigned from the church since the anti-LGBTQ measure was passed.

In the shocking and heartbreaking piece, published just after last week’s National Suicide Prevention Week, Krager calls on church leaders to reverse the measure during their upcoming Semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City and welcome members of the LGBTQ community and their families.

“There’s an easy fix for the First Presidency and the 12 Mormon Apostles,” Krager said. “Open your doors to all members of the LGBTQ community and their families just like you did for African Americans 40 years ago.”

In 1978, the Church, with a simple statement, lifted its 150-year-old policy banning African Americans from the church.

The state of Utah, home to the LDS Church and half of its active members, consistently has one of the highest attempted suicide rates in the country.

In the coming months, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation will be releasing Coming Home to the Latter-day Saints Church and to Self, its fifth guide in the Coming Home series. The new guide will feature personal stories of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ Mormons of good conscious who are working to lead their Church toward a more welcoming stance, one that embraces and accepts LGBTQ people as God’s children. To learn more, visit www.hrc.org/religion.

HRC is committed to working with our Mormon allies, partners, members, and supporters to combat suicide and support LGBTQ youth. To learn more about supporting LGBTQ youth in their homes, schools and communities, visit www.hrc.org/youth.

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. If you’re a young person and need to talk to someone, call The Trevor Project’s 24-hour crisis hotline for youth at 1-866-488-7386.

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HRC’s Sarah McBride Discusses What it Means to be an American at New York Fashion Week

I certainly never thought I’d walk the runway at a professional fashion show.  I’ve always been a policy wonk, but when Opening Ceremony approached me about participating in their creative idea for this year’s New York Fashion Week, I decided to jump out of my comfort zone and onto the catwalk.

The concept was simple, but still a unique departure from the traditional fashion show set up. Opening Ceremony, and its lead designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lin, decided that amidst the toxic conversation that permeates our current political discourse, they would use their platform to host a “Pageant of the People,” celebrating the diversity of America and discussing some of the issues at the forefront of the presidential race.  

In addition to the 30 or so models who walked the runway, I joined with several prominent women, including Rashida Jones, Natasha Lyonne, Aubrey Plaza, Rowan Blanchard and Whoopi Goldberg, to answer questions pageant-style from the evening’s hosts Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.  Over the course of the evening, these women discussed refugees, immigration, and feminism, among other issues.  

Me with the other non-model participants in Opening Ceremony’s Pageant of the People

Admittedly I was nervous. I was a bit of a fish out of water and, all through rehearsals, imagined that I would be the person – that person – who trips on my dress while on the runway.

Fortunately, I made it through the walk and met Carrie and Fred mid-stage for my question. Fred asked me, “What does it mean to be an American?” I answered:

“To me, being an American is an action, it’s an ideal to strive. It’s being part of this constantly perfection union that with each generation expands our still-too-limited understanding of ‘We the People.’ Four years ago, I came out as transgender and, at the time, I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive. But things are changing. And we must never be a country that says there’s only one way to love, only way to look, and only way to live. We must be a country where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally. A country that says that you can be gay, you can be trans, you can be a woman, you can be black, you can be Muslim, you can be anything that this society says is mutually exclusive with dreaming big dreams, that you can be any and all of those things and still be seen, still be valued, and still be respected as the equal humans we all are.”

 

At New York Fashion Week, Fred Armisen asked HRC’s Sarah McBride what it means to be an American. Check out Sarah’s response.

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And that is what the work of HRC and the movement for LGBTQ equality is about. It’s about making sure that we pursue this ideal and build a country where every person can live their lives to the fullest.

This isn’t my typical speaking opportunity, but I believe in transgender visibility and hoped to utilize the moment to underscore that trans people are part of the beauty of America, worthy of support and celebration.

For HRC’s transgender visibility resource guide, visit www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-visibility-guide.

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Sandra Bland's Family Reaches $1.9 Million Wrongful Death Settlement

Bland was found dead in her Texas jail cell after being arrested for failing to properly use her turn signal. 

www.advocate.com/crime/2016/9/15/sandra-blands-family-reaches-19-million-wrongful-death-settlement

'Daily Show' Host Trevor Noah Rips Donald Trump to Shreds (Video)

“You know who came from Syria? The iPhone came from Syria Mr. Donald Trump.”

www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/9/15/daily-show-host-trevor-noah-rips-donald-trump-shreds-video