Resistance to Trump, City by City (Photos)

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‘Finding Prince Charming’ Contestant Blasts Robert Sepúlveda Jr. In Dramatic Tell-All

Logo’s disastrous Finding Prince Charming reality show may be over, but the drama continues on.

In a very long, very angry Instagram rant, former contestant Chad Spodick rips into the show’s star, Robert Sepúlveda Jr., lodging a slew of attacks against the 33-year-old male-escort-turned-reality-star.

Related: ‘Gay Bachelor’ Robert Sepulveda Jr. Threatens Legal Action Despite Having No Case

A little backstory: Spodick works as real estate agent in New York. He appeared in six episodes of the show before suffering an onscreen meltdown, crying uncontrollably and accusing the other contestants of plotting conspiracies against him before ultimately walking off the show.

Now months later, it looks like his feelings haven’t changed much because he holds absolutely nothing back in his latest Instagram tirade against Sepúlveda.

First, he accuses the prince of being a hooker:

How about being authentic that you’re still hooking. It’s been proven many times that you are.

Then he says he isn’t a real “interior designer”:

Also branding yourself as an “interior designer” when we all know that is a completely, and poorly, manufactured FAKE business, I mean, your portfolio speaks for itself.

Then he accuses him of stealing:

How about coming clean that you embezzled over $40K from the Atlanta rainbow crosswalks project. I just happen to be friends with some of the donors. They want their money back! Also, stealing Rolex’s off the nightstand of your hookups.

Then he says he beat his ex-boyfriends:

How about being authentic about the fact that you have physically abused your partners in every relationship that you have had, including and not limited to launching blunt objects at their head, like a computer.

No response yet from Sepúlveda’s team. Though the reality star did tweet this earlier today:

Love, love, love, love! Sending everyone love as we start a new week together! Everyday is a fresh start, a new beginning! ?????? pic.twitter.com/HTMaa9Sjqg

— Robert Sepúlveda Jr. (@RSJdesign) November 14, 2016

Read Chad’s entire rant below…

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Openly Gay Republican Being Considered for Trump Cabinet Praised Him as Historically Pro-LGBT

Donald Trump is reportedly considering appointing Richard Grenell, an openly gay man who served in President George W. Bush’s administration, to the role of UN Ambassador.

The AP reports:

The incoming president is considering Richard Grenell as United States ambassador to the United Nations. If picked and ultimately confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first openly gay person to fill a Cabinet-level foreign policy post. Grenell previously served as U.S. spokesman at the U.N. under former President George W. Bush’s administration. […]

The appointment of Grenell could begin to ease concerns by the gay community about Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s positions on same-sex marriage during his time as Indiana governor.

The New York Post adds: 

Richard Grenell, 50, who served as spokesman to four US ambassadors to the UN under President George W. Bush, would be the first openly gay American to be UN ambassador.

Grenell has been a critic of the Iran nuke deal and slammed the Obama administration, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for failing to put Boko Haram on the terror list.

Grenell is pro-Israel.

While Grenell signed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage, he has also praised Trump for ’embracing’ the LGBT community–because Trump held an (upside down) LGBT for Trump rainbow flag.

Grenell wrote, 

No other Republican Presidential nominee in history has embraced the LGBT community in such a loud and proud way. And yet, the moment was barely reported by the media despite the fact it happened in front of the traveling press corps accompanying Mr. Trump. Political reporters, not unsurprising, largely failed to write on the moment where a Republican challenged their negative media stereotype.

[…]

While it has been mostly unreported, Mr. Trump has embraced the LGBT community like no other GOP nominee in history. His rainbow flag waiving in Colorado was only the latest sign of his continued support for gay equality. Whatever happens on November 8, 2016 in the presidential race, Mr. Trump has forever changed the Republican party’s support for LGBT equality and future Republican leaders will have a difficult time not meeting the new standard.

Grenell also on Monday retweeted Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA who called Trump the “most pro LGBT incoming president ever.”

Trump will be the first president to enter office unopposed to gay marriage and rights. Most pro LGBT Incoming President ever. #TrumpRiot

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2016

Over the course of the past year and a half, however, Trump has said he would appoint justices that would overturn same-sex marriage while also trying to insist that gay marriage is ‘settled law’, voiced support for the anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Restoration Act, chose the most vociferously anti-LGBT state-wide lawmaker in America as his running mate, hired a White House chief of staff who oversaw the most anti-LGBT party platform in history, hired a white supremacist and homophobic blog editor as his senior strategist, is considering hiring a host of anti-LGBT bigots for other key cabinet posts, and chosen as the leader of his domestic transition team a hate group leader who believes in curing gay people of their gayness.

Grenell was hired in 2012 as a foreign policy and national security spokesman for Mitt Romney’s campaign but was resigned quickly after he assumed the post due to pressure from social conservatives. 

RELATED: Did Mitt Romney’s Campaign Try To Silence Richard Grenell?

Grenell also has a history of sexist tweets, as many have pointed out.

Grenell, being considered for US Ambassador to the UN, accused @KatyTurNBC of sleeping her way to the top: t.co/Sn63JLx2Zg t.co/USybrh7n2c

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 14, 2016

And here’s the tweet. t.co/Eh8FjViidP

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 14, 2016

[Photo via Richard Grenell]

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VA Plan to Cover Gender-Confirmation Surgery Scrapped

A proposal to cover such surgeries for trans vets has been withdrawn because the VA didn’t have a plan to pay for it.

www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/11/14/va-plan-cover-gender-confirmation-surgery-scrapped

Gay Curling Leagues Are A Thing, Reports New York Times

Hey, you know what, in this strange upsetting time, any chance to come together with other people for support is a good thing.

A delightful little travelogue in the New York Times (which, despite the ravings of some lunatics, has experienced a surge in readership and subscriptions) takes us to the gay curling leagues of Vancouver. The whole thing is as wonderful and Canadian as can be, once again reminding us that when someone calls America “the greatest nation on Earth” the only correct response is laughter.

Anyway. Curling! It’s hot! Who knew?

Vancouver’s gay curling league is called “Pacific Rim Curling League.” We won’t make the obvious joke. The name is a bit like that WoW league called “Spreading Taint,” so we don’t know how to feel about it. Anyway, the league marched in a Pride parade with t-shirts that said “I swept with your husband” so apparently they know how to double and entendre.

As you’re probably aware, Canada is a decade or two ahead of the US on LGBTQ issues (probably even further, starting soon). They had marriage and military service and decriminalization long before anyone in America, and also poutine and Celine Dion. And of course, their PM is a dreamboat whose father was friends with Fidel Castro — ooh, that’s a complicated fact so you may unpack it as you see fit.

Among their team names: Curls Gone Wild, Fruit of the Broom, and Sweeping Beauties. They occasionally dress as characters from The Golden Girls and The Wizard of Oz and “slutty sailors.” There is cautious secretive drinking during the matches, and open carousing afterwards.

We’ll let you go now so you can change your OkCupid profile to indicate that you are looking for a Canadian husband.

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Wanda Sykes Booed After Calling Trump Racist, Sexist, Homophobic: ‘F**k All Y’all!’ – WATCH 

Out comedienne and actress Wanda Sykes recently performed in Boston for a charity event and flipped off a booing crowd after she blasted Donald Trump as an “orangutang” and a racist, sexist homophobe.

EW reports: 

The clash occurred during the 22nd annual Comics Come Home fundraiser, which benefits The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care, at the TD Garden arena, according to the Boston Herald.

“I am certain this is not the first time we’ve elected a racist, sexist, homophobic president,” said Sykes during her set, a video of which is below. “He ain’t the first one. He’s just the first confirmed one.”

Within a matter of seconds, the crowd and Sykes turned on each other. “F— you, motherf—ers,” Sykes said as the crowd’s boos intensified. “F— all y’all. F— all y’all.”

She added, “How can you say he’s not racist? ’Grab them by the p—y’? How can you say he’s not sexist? How can you say he’s not racist? How can you say he’s not homophobic?”

Watch, below.

[h/t Instinct]

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No Other City Needed Pride More Than Orlando This Year

A mass shooting, a hurricane, and a frightening new administration called for the queer community to convene, commiserate, and plan ahead.

www.advocate.com/pride/2016/11/14/no-other-city-needed-pride-more-orlando-year

Diner Overhears Table Discussing “Awful, Gay Nephew;” What Happens Next May Surprise You.

Need some positive news in your life?

A woman named Natalie was having dinner at a restaurant in Addison, TX when she overheard the table next to her strike up a conversation.

Related: Restaurant Owner Shuts Down Homophobe On Facebook, Gets Huge Boost In Business

It was a Christian couple. They were discussing their “awful, gay nephew” who “they need to pray for.” Natalie, a lesbian who used to work for the Human Rights Campaign, didn’t say anything to the couple. She didn’t butt in or try to confront the couple.

Instead, she paid for their meal then left the following note on their receipt:

Natalie left before she had a chance to see the couple respond. After posting her story to Facebook, it has been shared by nearly 60 people and liked over 600 times and counting.

“This is how we beat hate,” one person commented on the post. “I love it!”

“The world is made better by actions of compassion and love,” another person said. “Thank you!”

“This is love. This is amazing,” a third person wrote. “God bless you.”

Related: After Orlando, This Random Act Of Kindness Towards A Gay Couple Will Help Restore Your Faith In Humanity

h/t: Patheos

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