PHOTOS: Luring London Lads Take Miami And It’s Just Beyond

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Samantha Bee Rips Trump’s Disastrous Transition, Celebrates Pat McCrory’s Humiliating Defeat: WATCH

Good news for everyone – Samantha Bee is back from hiatus, and she has a few things to ask her viewers, mainly, “So, how’s the transition treating you?”

Bee says Obama’s praise for our democracy and its “peaceful transition of power” may have come too soon:

“In the past three weeks, PEOTUS has ‘made America great again’ by skipping security briefings, imperiling U.S. relations with China and India, threatening a private manufacturer, draining the swamp directly into his Cabinet, declaring open war on the press, and celebrating Take Your Daughter to Work Day with foreign leaders….You thought there were rules? Psych! There’s also never been a rule that says the President can’t take a sh*t in the reflecting pool. Because we never thought we needed one. Now, who knows?”

Thanks for the illustration:

Bee then moves on to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, his pathetic demands for a recount, and his inability to accept the reality that his decision on HB2 cost the state millions of dollars, and lost him his job, but points out that Trump is even more pathetic:

Watch:

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Samantha Bee Rips Trump’s Disastrous Transition, Celebrates Pat McCrory’s Humiliating Defeat: WATCH

Senator Cardin Urges Secretary Kerry to Forgive Employees Laid off During “Lavender Scare”

Last week, Senator Ben Cardin sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to apologize on behalf of the State Department to at least 1,000 State Department employees who were fired during the “Lavender Scare.”

During the “Lavender Scare,” which took place in the 1950s and 1960s, federal and state governments investigated and fired thousands of employees who were suspected of being gay or lesbian, claiming that they were “security risks” who were vulnerable to Soviet blackmail.

“We’ve begun to make amends to LGBT men and women of our armed forces, who were similarly chased out of the military, and now it is time to show the same respect and right the wrongs that were leveled against our U.S. diplomats,” Cardin told the Washington Blade. “I have asked Secretary Kerry to formally start this process with an official apology from the Department of State and other appropriate steps.”

Senator Cardin, who is Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, received a 95 on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard.

“There is little we can do to undo the hurts and wrongs of the past,” Cardin explained in the letter. “But we can take steps to assure that the lessons of these episodes are learned and remembered, and in so doing make a contribution to assuring that such injustice will never transpire again.”

HRC thanks Cardin for his leadership and urges Secretary Kerry to offer an apology to the employees whose careers were ended by this discriminatory policy. 

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A #DayInLGBT America 2016: Are You Ready?

All day Tuesday, December 13, share a slice of your life, America.

www.advocate.com/people/2016/12/06/dayinlgbt-america-2016-are-you-ready

HSBC Rainbow Lions in Support of Hong Kong’s LGBTQ Community Cause Uproar from Bigots

Banking and financial services group HSBC replaced a pair of iconic lions outside its Hong Kong office with replicas painted in rainbow colors in support of the LGBTQ community, and anti-gay bigots are pissed, AFP reports:

…the lions have sparked a backlash from conservative sections of Hong Kong society with some groups launching a joint petition against the artworks, calling them “disgusting”

The petition has been organised by Roger Wong, an outspoken figure against gay rights and the father of Joshua Wong, who famously led the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014.

It says that the statues are “causing annoyance to the feelings of many Hong Kong people as well as trampling on the existing family values”.

The petition adds that the rainbow colours, symbolic of the LGBT community, are emasculating and deprive “all the strength and stamina of the original lions”.

RELATED: Gay Civil Servant Challenges Hong Kong’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

Most people love the statues according to reports, part of a larger “Celebrate Pride, Celebrate Unity” campaign by the bank to support the LGBTQ community.

The Standard reports:

more than 4,100 Facebook users showed their approval by pressing the “like” button under a picture of the lions the bank uploaded to its page.

The statues were painted by artist Michael Lam and will stay through December.

We are proud to unveil our new lion 🦁 installation in #HK in support of #LGBTQ community #HSBCpride 🌈 pic.twitter.com/orcLgNgcsA

— HSBC (@HSBC) November 30, 2016

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HSBC Rainbow Lions in Support of Hong Kong’s LGBTQ Community Prompt Uproar from Bigots

법원이 김조광수 부부 동성혼 항고를 다시 기각했다
다시 기각당했다.

국내 첫 동성혼 재판 항고심에서 법원이 현행 법체계에서는 동성 간의 결혼이 허용되지 않…

기사 보기: 동성애, 동성결혼, 김조광수, 사회, 게이, Korea News

www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/12/06/story_n_13451500.html

In Remembrance of Athletes Past (Art)

www.advocate.com/art/2016/12/06/remembrance-athletes-past-art