Trump to Nominate Antigay, Antichoice Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary
The Republican congressman from Georgia is a major opponent of Obamacare.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/11/28/trump-nominate-antigay-antichoice-rep-tom-price-hhs-secretary
Daily Archives: November 28, 2016
Delta Airlines, Ohio State, Lucian Piane, Aaron Schock, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nate Silver: HOT LINKS
Delta Airlines, Ohio State, Lucian Piane, Aaron Schock, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nate Silver: HOT LINKS
GET OFF MY PLANE. Donald Trump supporter who disrupted flight by calling on “Hillary b*tches” to identify themselves banned for life by Delta: “After questioning the customer, our team members made the best decision they could given the information they had and allowed him to remain on the flight,” Bastian said supportively of the crew. “However, if our colleagues had witnessed firsthand what was shown in the video, there is no question they would have removed him from the aircraft. He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane.”
OHIO. Nearly a dozen hospitalized at Ohio State University after student goes on rampage using a car and butcher knife to assault people on campus: University public safety officials identified the student as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who neighbors said belonged to a large Somali family living in Columbus.
Student had appeared in school newspaper in August.
OSU Student Abdul Razak Artan spoke to campus newspaper in August. t.co/RilufCXYDZ pic.twitter.com/16AckSdOHb
— David Mack (@davidmackau) November 28, 2016
RUNNING WITH SWORDS. Princess Beatrice accidentally sliced Ed Sheeran in the face while attempting to faux-knight James Blunt.
MALE MOEL MONDAY. Kit Butler.
A GAY OLD TIME. Kelly Ripa told guest co-host Billy Eichner that she and her family celebrated Thanksgiving with Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, and the twins.
UNWELL. Luciane Piane goes on another Twitter rant, calls RuPaul a n—-r. RuPaul responds, calls for compassion.
Please show some compassion. We are ALL just a few blood sugars away from a psychotic breakdown. pic.twitter.com/zY1QNDQYp9
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) November 28, 2016
CORRUPTION. Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock wants to move his trial from Springfield, Illinois to his hometown of Peoria: “In a filing Monday afternoon, Schock’s attorneys said that none of the “alleged misconduct occurred in Springfield, and no significant witness, if any witness, lives in Springfield. Yet the [U.S. attorney] chose to file this case not in Peoria — where the [U.S. attorney] maintains an office mere blocks from the federal courthouse — but in Springfield. The only basis for doing so appears to be the prosecutor’s convenience.”
DRUNK HISTORY. Get ready for the Lin-Manuel Miranda edition.
BODY SHAMING. Former Playboy Playmate pleads not guilty in case stemming from her posting a photo of a nude woman in her gym’s shower: “Dani Mathers, 29, was not in court as her lawyer entered a not guilty plea on her behalf to a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy. Mathers, Playboy’s Miss May in 2014, was not required to be in court on Monday. ‘She very much regrets what happened,’ Mather’s attorney Tom Mesereau told reporters. ‘She apologized for her behavior and we’re looking forward to resolving this case in a very fair manner.’”
POST-FACTUAL DEMOCRACY. Nate Silver fact-checks Kellyanne Conway’s claim that Trump won historic landslide: “Lined up alongside the last 10 elections, Silver noted that Trump’s win was “actually way below average for a winner’s total,” coming in with more electoral votes than just President George W. Bush.”
Actually way below average for a winner’s total:
1984—525
1980—489
1988—426
1996—379
1992—370
2008—365
2012—332
*2016—306*
2004—286
2000—271 t.co/C9z8I9jPYZ— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 28, 2016
MONDAY MAN. Peter Alamu Carter.
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Watch Mariela Castro Confront Cuba's Bigotry (Video)
Watch Mariela Castro Confront Cuba's Bigotry (Video)
The niece of Fidel Castro takes on Cuba’s dark history of homophobia in this powerful HBO documentary.
www.advocate.com/film/2016/11/28/watch-mariela-castro-confront-cubas-bigotry-video
LGBTQ African Friendship
LGBTQ African Friendship
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In Image: Sizwe: Queer Burundian [IG: @sizwe__ ] (left) , Kim: Trans Burundian [IG: @blacksupremacist] (right)
By: Mikael Owunna
This week on #LimitlessAfricans, we will be doing something a bit different and exploring photographically what LGBTQ African community means and the importance of having that support network.
For me personally, I grew up feeling like I was totally alone and that I was the only LGBTQ African person out there. Now- after doing this work for 3 years now – that seems ridiculous, but as a teenage queer nigerian kid in Pittsburgh, PA- how was I to know better? And I didn’t know how much it hurt feeling like I was the only one until I saw how relieved I felt when I met other people like me and built that community (first virtually and then in person – s/o to @odera my first queer african friend <3). Meeting other LGBTQ Africans validated my identity as a queer African person in such a powerful way, in the face of a world that told me that I could not and should not exist. That I was “un-African,” deficient for not being white, femme and inherently invaluable as such and more.
Finding and building that community of LGBTQ Africans is part of the reason that I started #LimitlessAfricans, and it’s been incredible – to say the least – going from knowing ZERO other LGBTQ Africans in my early teens to now knowing dozens. <3. And getting to share all of these amazing people’s stories on www.limitlessafricans.com so that other people who might feel like they’re the only ones (like I did) realize that we’re not alone
It was such a pleasure to photograph Sizwe – Queer Burundian Person- and Kim – Trans Burundian Woman – both separately and together this summer and explore what LGBTQ African Friendship and Community looks like and the impact it has on our lives. Will be sharing their group photos over the course of the week, and you can check out their full individual interviews below as well:
Read Kim’s Full Interview: www.mikaelowunna.com/mikael-s-blog/limit-less-project-kim
Read Sizwe’s Full Interview: www.mikaelowunna.com/mikael-s-blog/limit-less-project-sizwe
Donate to support the project: HERE
About Limit(less)
Limit(less) is a photography project by Mikael Owunna (@owning-my-truth) documenting the fashion and style of LGBTQ African Immigrants (1st and 2nd generation) in diaspora. As LGBTQ Africans, we are constantly told that being LGBTQ is somehow “un-African,” and this rhetoric is a regular part of homophobic and transphobic discourse in African communities. This line of thinking, however, is patently false and exists an artifact of colonization of the African continent. Identities which would now be categorized as “LGBTQ” have always existed, and being LGBTQ does not make us “less” African.
Limit(less) explores how LGBTQ African immigrants navigate their identities and find ways to overcome the supposed “tension” between their LGBTQ and African identities through their fashion and style. The project seeks to visually deconstruct the colonial binary that has been set up between LGBTQ and African identities, which erases the lives and experiences of LGBTQ Africans. #LimitlessAfricans
Donate to support the project: HERE
Website:
limitlessafricans.com/
Facebook Page:
facebook.com/limitlessafricans
Tumblr:
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Dolly Parton Gets In the Holiday Spirit, Mariah Invites Us Into Her World and More TV This Week
Dolly Parton Gets In the Holiday Spirit, Mariah Invites Us Into Her World and More TV This Week
Check out our weekly guide to TV this week, and make sure you’re catching the big premieres, crucial episodes and the stuff you won’t admit you watch when no one’s looking.
Ooh, gurl, grab your popcorn and get ready to see Leah Remini throw down on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. The King of Queens actress takes the Church of Scientology to task and pulls no punches as she tells her story and the stories of others who have left the church in this new series, premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern on A&E.
Is there any TV ad more insane than this one for the new season of Bravo’s Ladies of London? Whose idea was it to have these monsters do this awful lip sync and choreo to a song about women supporting each other to promote a show about women doing the opposite? Is this performance art? See how real housewives
Lin-Manuel Miranda can write, rap, dance, but can he hold his liquor? Find out when the beloved Broadway star gets sauced and recounts the exploits of Alexander Hamilton on Drunk History, Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. Eastern on Comedy Central.
Any appearance by Dolly Parton is reason to celebrate, and you’ve got two this week to revel in. First, she’ll join Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and Tony Bennett for NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center at 8 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday. Then stay tuned for Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love at 9 p.m. Eastern. The made-for-TV feel-good flick tells another story from Parton’s youth in the same vein as last year’s Coat of Many Colors.
If Dolly isn’t diva enough for you, buckle up for Mariah Carey’s latest foray into reality TV. It’s Mariah’s World, and we are all just living in it, henny. Witness one of the most over-the-top pop personalities as she tours the globe, starting Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern on E!.
What are you watching this week on TV?
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Dolly Parton Gets In the Holiday Spirit, Mariah Invites Us Into Her World and More TV This Week
Trump Supporters Vandalize Children's Mural in New Jersey (Video)
Trump Supporters Vandalize Children's Mural in New Jersey (Video)
www.advocate.com/crime/2016/11/28/trump-supporters-vandalize-childrens-mural-new-jersey-video
For The Record, Nico Tortorella Is Bisexual, Not “Sexually Fluid”
For The Record, Nico Tortorella Is Bisexual, Not “Sexually Fluid”
Younger’s Nico Tortorella is profiled in Vulture this week, where we find him feeding pigeons Lucky Charms in Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park and opening up about his sexuality, his past battles with drugs and alcohol, and why he never wants to marry another man.
Related: ‘Sexually Fluid’ Nico Tortorella Asked Whether It’s Harder To Date Men Or Women. Here’s His Answer.
Besides the fact that he has a propensity to talk about moon cycles and has an unusually fervid interest in the healing power of crystals, here are a few takeaways from the story, in his own words.
On the first time he hooked up with a man:
This is going to sound fucked, but I knew that he was really struggling. And I was like, Look, if I hook up with him, maybe it will make things easier for him.
We hooked up. There was no assplay at all. It was just dick-to-mouth here. He was shaken up about it and I was like, ‘It’s fine. What happened last night doesn’t make you the person that you are. Why are you putting so much weight on it?’ And when that happened, I was like, Oh, I’m thinking about this differently than everyone else is thinking about it.
On how he identifies (“I never labeled myself as sexually fluid,” he says):
The more I’m having these conversations, the more comfortable I am identifying as bisexual. I’ve been so hesitant about using the word for so long, because it does have a negative connotation in our generation. People fought for so long for that ‘B’ in LGBT, and I refuse to be the person that’s going to throw that away because I think I have a more colorful word.
On society’s views of sexuality and race:
The only way to move to a genderless, raceless society is if everybody, across the board, (a) stops being an asshole, and (b) stops being so fucking sensitive.
On same-sex marriage:
Ultimately, in my fluidity, at the end of the day I never could see myself marrying a man. I could never see myself having kids with a man. I don’t even like hanging out with dudes for the most part.
On drug and alcohol binges:
Once you’re blacked out, there’s not enough cocaine in the world that can take you off it. There was one point where I was so fucked up, I woke up hung-over, I called the IV doctor to come to my apartment, and I hooked up the drip for like an hour. As soon as it was done, I bought a bag of coke and had a handle of fucking whiskey and started all over again. Living the Hollywood dream.
On why he got sober:
I definitely got into the underbelly of Hollywood. When you’re living the celebrity life and not working at the same time, shit can go dark real fast. I was drinking almost all day, every day, and hurting people that I love. I knew I was going to die at one point. I wanted to die at one point, and that was what made me turn around.
You can read the article in its entirety HERE.
Related: Hunky Star Of ‘Younger’ Nico Tortorella Comes Out As Sexually Fluid
Billy on the Street Made Lupita Nyong’o Try Stand Up (And It Didn’t Go So Well) – WATCH
Billy on the Street Made Lupita Nyong’o Try Stand Up (And It Didn’t Go So Well) – WATCH
For his latest episode of Billy on the Street, Billy Eichner had Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o give comedy a try–where else–on the streets of New York.
Performing bits from comics Louie CK, Bob Saget, Daniel Tosh and more, Nyong’o left many people, uh, speechless.
There was also some work-unfriendly language flying, so beware as you watch below.
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Billy on the Street Made Lupita Nyong’o Try Stand Up (And It Didn’t Go So Well) – WATCH
Kathy Griffin Has a Few Demands of President-Elect Donald Trump
Kathy Griffin Has a Few Demands of President-Elect Donald Trump
Griffin has even outfitted herself with special garb just in case Trump tries to grab anything.
www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/11/28/kathy-griffin-has-few-demands-president-elect-donald-trump
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Holding the Man at the Brockley Jack Theatre (17 Jan. – 04 Feb. 2017), London – rehearsal – 12 November 2016
