Donald Trump Has Not Been Good to Black Renters

If Donald Trump is good for “the blacks,” good must not mean providing equal access to housing.

www.advocate.com/election/2016/10/29/donald-trump-has-not-been-good-black-renters

Clinton Vs. Trump, Trick or Treat: Guess Who's Most Popular? (Video)

www.advocate.com/election/2016/10/28/clinton-vs-trump-trick-or-treat-guess-whos-most-popular-video

BREAKING: Supreme Court To Hear Case Of Transgender Student Gavin Grimm

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JLo, Frank Ocean, Chicago O’Hare, Pirate Party, Gumby, FBI, Michael Bublé: HOT LINKS

WE LOVE YOU CONRAD. JLo will star as Rose “Rosie” Alvarez in newly announced Bye Bye Birdie Live musical coming to NBC.

Feeling very ROSIE today…#ByeByeBirdieLive! coming December 2017 to @nbctv #wegottalottalivin‘todo #nbcufamily pic.twitter.com/zKLtlb7m84

— Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) October 28, 2016

DANCING QUEEN. Swedish pop group ABBA to reunite for ‘digital experience’ in 2018′: “Band members Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad will team up with American Idol creator Simon Fullerand Universal Music Group for the collaboration.”

HATE SPEECH. Twitter continues to insist it will do something soon about its harassment problem. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Here’s to you, Frank Ocean! 

YOUR DAMN EMAILS. Kellyanne Conway thinks James Comey was in a ‘tough spot’ regarding the newly discovered allegedly Hillary-related emails: “Imagine if he had not come forward eleven days before the election and sat on this and then she was elected and then he has to come forward. We’re supposed to elect somebody who’s unqualified and unfit to be president and find out after the election that there’s more controversy swirling around her?”

EVERYONE ELSE MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. Including former spox for AG Eric Holder.

This is such an inappropriate public disclosure by Comey. And sadly the latest in a long string of them. t.co/8MgrH9UKlR

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 28, 2016

BEACH BODY. Liam Hemsworth strips out of his wetsuit.

SOCIAL JUSTICE. The connection between climate change and inequality.

CHICAGO. American Airlines jet forced to evacuate after tire catches fire at O’Hare international: “Seven passengers and a flight attendant suffered minor injuries when an American Airlines flight bound for Miami caught fire on a runway at O’Hare International Airport as it was taking off Friday afternoon, officials said.”

Another video pic.twitter.com/jg58N8x3l8

— Jose Castillo 🎃 (@Kryptonlogic) October 28, 2016

ARRRRR. Iceland’s Pirate Party poised for major electoral victory: “A party that favours direct democracy, complete government transparency, decriminalising drugs and offering asylum to Edward Snowden could form the next government in Iceland after the country goes to the polls on Saturday. Riding a wave of public anger at perceived political corruption in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and the Panama Papers scandal in April, Iceland’s Pirate party looks on course to either win or finish a close second.”

DAILY DOSE OF ADORABLE. Man dresses up as his dog’s favorite toy, Gumby. 

OREGON. What will be the legacy of the Bundy brothers’ acquittal? “While land rights and anti-Washington activists greeted the jury’s decision as a long-overdue victory for American liberty, others called it a terrifying invitation for armed protesters to occupy federal land and buildings with impunity, potentially putting federal workers at risk.”

HILLARY RESPONDS. The candidate holds press conference calling on James Comey to release all information.

OTHER FBI NEWS. The Bureau interviewed Angelina Jolie for 4 hours about what happened on that private jet with Brad Pitt: “The agency questioned Jolie (and a few of her children) about the events that took place on September 14, when Brad Pitt allegedly had a physical and verbal altercation with his son Maddox.”

SKIVVIES. Michael Bublé exposes his drawers on Watch What Happens Live!

PRETTY PIECE OF FRIDAY FLESH. Timothy Leong.

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Punny As Ever, Hannah Hart Discusses Her New Book And Gay Role In "Dirty 30"

Pun-filled and slightly terrified of ducks, Hannah Hart sits down to talk to me (a huge fan!) about her role in Dirty 30 and her new book, Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded.

www.advocate.com/media/2016/10/28/punny-ever-hannah-hart-discusses-her-new-book-and-gay-role-dirty-30

Leslie Odom Jr. Sings Sara Bareilles Song Imagining What President Obama Thinks of Election 2016 – WATCH

Public radio show This American Life asked singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles to write a song imagining the unsaid thoughts and feelings President Barack Obama has about this election and Donald Trump in particular.

Aptly titled “Seriously?”, the track is performed by Leslie Odom Jr. of Hamilton fame.

Listen and watch, below.

Here are the lyrics:

Let’s start with hope
I threw it in the middle like a skipping stone
The ripples won, son of a gun
Some would not have thought so
But I stand here Commander in Chief
And I take that seriously 

But along the way
A rogue ripple turned tidal wave
In reaction to what I tried to do 
A rebirth of a nation’s hatred
Red, white and blue
Is black in there too? 
Seriously?

One man
Rewriting the book on bad behavior
Maybe cheats the neighbors
Feels he gets what they pay for
We can’t
Pat him on the back and send him on through
No man’s ignorance will ever be his virtue

Is this the best we can be?
Seriously?

Let’s talk of fear
And why I don’t bring it in here
It’s a dangerous word, it spooks the herd
And we all bleed in the stampede
Fear makes a false friend indeed
And I take it seriously

So hear me now
Before the truth gets drowned out
By a demagogue flexing
A demagogue flexing
He’s history repeating

Angry?
Am I angry?
You ask am I angry?
And I’m at a loss for words
After all we’ve done
Every battle hard won
Every hair gone gray
In the name of this place
In a history plagued
With incredible mistakes
Still I pledge my allegiance to these
United divided States
Seriously

Let’s end with “why?”
It’s a question I
Want to ask of us as a populace
Why not take our time or the weight of this story
Seriously?

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Procter & Gamble’s Secret Deodorant Ad Notes “There’s No Wrong Way to Be a Woman”

This week Procter & Gamble debuted a new video for Secret deodorant as part of their “Stress Test” ad campaign. The ad entitled “Ladies Room” depicts Dana, a transgender woman, steeling herself to leave the anonymity of the bathroom stall and join the other women in at the sinks and mirrors of a public restroom. As Dana emerges, the subtitles proclaim:

“Stress test #8260. Dana finds the courage to show there’s no wrong way to be a woman.”

The ad is poignant on a few levels. One, it accurately conjures up the stress and apprehension many transgender people feel in trying to safely access public restrooms. Secondly, it ties the experience of Dana, a transgender woman, into an experience more universal to all women – transgender or cisgender – about what it means to “be a woman.” The positive message for Dana that there’s “no wrong way to be a woman” not only reinforces Dana’s womanhood but has the potential to resonate for any woman who has ever felt she fails to ‘measure up’ to a societal standard of womanhood.

“I always have moments of insecurity but I have conditioned myself to act unbothered,” Karis Wilde, the actor in the ad, who identifies as an androgynous queer artist, told Queerty. “While shooting, I allowed myself to feel vulnerable. It terrified me how much I’ve stored all those emotions; I almost cried in the middle of taping.”

Procter & Gamble has a score of 100 on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, an annual survey and report that benchmarks the LGBTQ inclusive policies, practices and benefits of America’s largest companies. A portion of the CEI recognizes a company’s external-facing efforts to engage and support the LGBTQ community including inclusive advertising, recruiting and philanthropy,.  

Telling stories such as Dana’s, whether through ads or through narratives based on real-life experiences, has the power to shape culture and change hearts and minds. HRC salutes Secret and the team at Procter & Gamble for this thoughtful and well-told story of inclusion.

Check out HRC’s Buying for Workplace Equality Guide for information on more inclusive brands.

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