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Filmmaker Alden Peters Comes Out To The World In His Own Documentary
Filmmaker Alden Peters Comes Out To The World In His Own Documentary
When you think back to your own coming out process (or as you anticipate it) imagine doing it all on film for the whole world to see. Brooklyn filmmaker Alden Peters decided to do just that and the resulting feature-length documentary, Coming Out, is out today on DVD and digital just in time for National Coming Out Day (October 11). Depicting each encounter with his family and friends, Peters shares his unique and yet universal experience with the world.
Coming Out has had a run on the film festival circuit and is sure to inspire many with its portrayal of courage. Having now founded his own production company, Casa Vera Productions, Peters has several new projects in the works and also recently produced a pair of powerful activist videos, We Are Orlando — Vigil at the Stonewall Inn and One Pulse: NYC Stands with Orlando.
Check out the film’s trailer below and look for Coming Out at DVD retailers and digital platforms.
WATCH: Todrick Hall Slays Lip Sync On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Stage
WATCH: Todrick Hall Slays Lip Sync On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Stage
Todrick Hall will be heading to Broadway on November 1st to star in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots!
To promote the show, the singing-dancing YouTuber (who now has over 2 million subscribers) has released a video in which he gets dolled up in drag and lip syncs the song “Land of Lola” on the RuPaul‘s Drag Race main stage.
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HIV Cure, Ryan Lochte, Michael Reagan, Alex Jones Shirtless, Samira Wiley, James Marsden: HOT LINKS
HIV Cure, Ryan Lochte, Michael Reagan, Alex Jones Shirtless, Samira Wiley, James Marsden: HOT LINKS
HIV/AIDS. Activists label British reports that scientists are nearing an HIV cure “erroneous.” The reports were based on one test patient who has seen the virus disappear from his body under drug suppression. Via Poz:
“According to aidsmap, the reports, which originated in The Sunday Times, concern one HIV-positive man who is participating in a study of a “kick-and-kill” strategy for reducing the size of the viral reservoir and possibly eradicating the virus entirely.
Such an HIV cure attempt involves using one means of flushing HIV from its hiding places in the viral reservoir and another technique for priming the immune system to kill off infected cells.
While The Sunday Times states that the British researchers are on the “brink of a cure,” their research is actually only in its early stages.”
RIO HANGOVER. Ryan Lochte is upset that Michael Phelps wasn’t there for him after he falsely claimed he was robbed at gunpoint at the Olympics: “I was like, ‘Hey, can you please call me? Let me know, I need help.’ That never really happened.”
REAGANS. Conservative son of Ronald Reagan, says Nancy Reagan would be #WithHer, deplored comparisons between Trump and Reagan: “Michael Reagan, who had previously endorsed Donald Trump before rescinding his endorsement a year ago in October, took to Twitter Monday night, not only saying he’s embarrassed by Trump, but also by Trump’s supporters who applauded the GOP nominee when he said he thinks Hillary Clinton has been cheating on her husband.”
My father would not support this kind of campaign,if this is what the Republican Party wants leave us Reagans out.Nancy would vote for HRC t.co/jkjKBvlwHa
— Michael Reagan (@ReaganWorld) October 3, 2016
LATEST LIE. Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton “hasn’t made an honest dollar in her life.”
ICYMI. James Marsden stripped down in new teaser for Westworld which debuted Sunday night.
POST-FACTUAL DEMOCRACY. Those who believe in facts, expert opinions more likely to support same-sex marriage, believe in climate change: “The study showed that, regardless of how someone plans to vote in November, their stance on controversial issues like climate change, same-sex marriage and healthcare reform were all influenced by whether or not they take expert opinion and scientific evidence to heart.”
PULLING A PUTIN. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones thought we wanted to see him shirtless on a horse: “The infamous InfoWars conspiracy theorist thought it would be a good idea to do his best Vladimir Putin impersonation this week by posting a photo of himself riding around on a horse without a shirt on.”
MASSACHUSETTS. Court rules unmarried gay woman has same parental rights over ex-girlfriend’s children as biological mother: “The Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision Tuesday in a complicated case about the parental rights of a once-partnered, but unmarried, gay couple. Julie Gallagher gave birth to the children, and her former partner, Karen Partanen, has helped raise them. They are now 4 and 8. After the couple split in 2013, Partanen wanted to be declared a full legal parent.”
SHE SAID YES. Orange Is the New Black actor Samira Wiley is engaged to her girlfriend, OITNB writer Lauren Morelli.
SUPER BOWL. Taylor Swift give a special pre-bowl performance: “A custom 64,000-square-foot venue is being built just for the star, and fans will have a chance to get tickets throughout a variety of AT&T promotions and campaigns.”
INSTASTUD. Indar Isaiah Smith.
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HIV Cure, Ryan Lochte, Michael Reagan, Alex Jones Shirtless, Samira Wiley, James Marsden: HOT LINKS
Singer-Songwriter Craig David: ‘I Find It Weird When People Get Very ‘No! I’m Not Gay”
Singer-Songwriter Craig David: ‘I Find It Weird When People Get Very ‘No! I’m Not Gay”
British singer-songwriter Craig David, who recently released his sixth studio album Following My Intuition, his first since 2010’s Signed Sealed Delivered, gave a wide-ranging interview this week to The Guardian.
Some of the interview covered his sexual orientation:
One thing that gave David the courage to come back to Britain, he says, and return to music, was a sweetly heartfelt article, published last year, by the then 24-year-old journalist Angus Harrison in Noisey, begging for his comeback. David mentions this article to me several times, but I had been hesitant about bringing it up, given that it referred to rumours of David’s “confused sexuality”. There have long been whispers about whether or not David is gay, purely because, in his 16-year career he has never been known to have a partner, and innuendo will always fill a vacuum when it comes to celebrity gossip. I ask if this bothers him.
“I sort of find it weird when people get very ‘No! I’m not gay!’ I mean, are you homophobic in some way? So I’ve always been relaxed when people are not quite sure [about me.] But knowing myself, I’m heterosexual and it’s cool,” he says, his voice dropping a little, presumably because his mum is on the other side of the wall. “Back in the day there were different girls, and it was fun, but I was brought up with basic morals. So I couldn’t even do the thing you’re supposed to do with a one-night stand and be all: ‘OK, your taxi’s here!’ – my mum would kill me! So by the virtue of me trying to be the nice guy, [the girls would] catch feelings.”
Read the full interview here.
Listen to his single “Ain’t Giving Up”.
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Singer-Songwriter Craig David: ‘I Find It Weird When People Get Very ‘No! I’m Not Gay”
Former Olympic Canoeist Matt Lister: ‘People Brand Me as a Gay Athlete’ – WATCH
Former Olympic Canoeist Matt Lister: ‘People Brand Me as a Gay Athlete’ – WATCH
Former Olympic canoeist Matt Lister is speaking out about homophobia in sports.
Lister told The Evening Standard, “Lots of people brand me as a gay athlete, but to me I was just an athlete that was gay.”
Lister, now an LGBT ambassador for the British Athletes Commission and working with UK gay rights organization Stonewall as a school role model, also said that there is a “hooligan-kind of atmosphere” within certain sports.
“From the actual athletes in the sport, I don’t think there’s that much of an issue with the athletes because everyone respects each other…
“As an athlete you’re already in a really high stress environment – the reason I came out really was because I always felt like I had this little niggling voice in the back of my head like ‘you’re not quite being honest with yourself’.”
Lister made his remarks at the same time that a new study on LGBT people in sports was released by Stonewall. The report shows that “football fans are the most likely to hear homophobic abuse, with 72 per cent of fans hearing it while watching live sports in the past five years.”
According to The Evening Standard, the study found 18- to 24-year olds are twice as likely to say they would be embarrassed if their favorite sports star came out as gay.
RELATED: Gay Former Canoeing Champ Matt Lister Strips Down and Shows Off His Fur – WATCH
However, it also found 60 percent of young people believe openly LGBT sports stars can have a positive impact and 63 percent stated they would like more sports players to come out.
I’m so humbled to have been given this opportunity to work with @stonewalluk on #RainbowLaces …please RT… #LoveWins t.co/P2R0kZ6AzB
— Matthew James Lister (@MrMattLister) September 25, 2016
Stonewall’s Juliet Chard said:
“We looked at online experiences as well as live sports, as well as sports in the pub, and people watching sports with friends or family. And we found that young people are more exposed to homophobia online.
“Recent coverage at the Olympics showed that there’s not just a problem with sports fans when it comes to homophobia – we also saw some of the coverage and commentary, which indicated intolerance and people feeling uncomfortable with LGBT people on television.
“So that’s something that we also want to challenge and make people more aware of as part of our work in sport.”
Chard was referring to a BBC tennis commentator saying that he did not want to see two men kissing.
Lister added it would be helpful if more sports players came out “to show it’s really not a big deal – it’s just something that you are.”
Watch Lister and Chard discuss the report below.
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Former Olympic Canoeist Matt Lister: ‘People Brand Me as a Gay Athlete’ – WATCH
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: The Business Case
Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: The Business Case
Do you know the value of building diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplaces? From the ability to attract and retain the very best talent, to the increased engagement and productivity of a diverse workforce, to the new market opportunities afforded to inclusive businesses – leading U.S. companies committed to inclusion are working to build workplaces welcoming of transgender and gender non-conforming employees.
The HRC Foundation’s Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: A Toolkit for Employers provides meaningful and practical guidance in creating a more inclusive workplace for transgender and gender non-conforming employees.
See more and download the toolkit at www.hrc.org/transtoolkit
Watch the Vice-Presidential Debate Here
Watch the Vice-Presidential Debate Here
Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will bring their very divergent views on LGBT rights and more to tonight’s debate. Live-stream it here.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/10/04/watch-vice-presidential-debate-here
