Sex and the Singlet Man (Photos)
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Daily Archives: December 15, 2016
孩子我們挺你？ Massive rally in support of marriage equality
孩子我們挺你？ Massive rally in support of marriage equality
*dans posted a photo:
Taiwan: Hundred thousands participate in a music festival to support “marriage equality” on December 10 2016, International Human Rights Day.
The music festival on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office was one of the biggest gay rights events in Taiwan.
The event, coinciding with Human Rights Day, came amid pressure from some civic groups seeking to push the government on legalization the bill for same-sex marriage.
The organizers invited local and foreign pop music stars including Taiwanese singers Suming Rupi, Dai Ailing. Philippine pop chanteuse Sandee Chan and Hong Kong Canto-pop singer Denise Ho.
Taiwanese lawmakers are currently working on three bills in support of marriage equality, one of which is already listed for review and might be passed within months. Same-sex marriage also has the prominent support of President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president of the Formosa island.
The anti- “marriage equality” camp last Saturday held demonstrations in Northern, Central and Southern Taiwan to protest the same-sex marriage bills, arguing that the draft amendments to the Civil Code were contrary to traditional family values.
世界人權日， 挺同婚團體 十萬人上凱道舉行音樂會。
1210 讓生命不再逝去，為婚姻平權站出來 音樂會
12月10日世界人權日，挺同性婚姻的群眾走上凱道、力挺婚姻平權法案；主辦單位盼12月10日的活動，挺同婚民眾能踴躍參與，「至少20萬人上街」！
12月10日，台灣同志諮詢熱線、台灣同志家庭權益促進會、婦女新知基金會等同志團體，不滿歧視謠言漫天傳佈，甚至挑起台灣社會對立，也將號召20萬人走上凱道，以實際行動告訴政府：人權無法退讓，同志不是二等公民，要求直接修民法。
12月10日在凱道舉行大型抗議，要求以修民法落實婚姻平權。活動主持人、台灣同志諮詢熱線協會資深研究員呂欣潔指出，他們要提醒蔡總統既已席捲同志的選票和捐款，就應積極兌現政見，也要提醒民進黨兌現選前諾言，同時也要向國民黨喊話，站在歷史正確一方。
挺同團體12月10日下午在凱達格蘭大道舉辦的「讓生命不再逝去，為婚姻平權站出來」音樂會，有多名藝人參與演出。
音樂會藝人出席名單
吳亦帆、DJ徐哲緯、廖文強、羅美玲、HUSH、「MP魔幻力量」DJ鼓鼓、JS樂團、符瓊音、戴曉君、「輕鬆玩樂團」主唱Summer、郭蘅祈、于立成、黃宥傑、阿喜、蔡允南、何韻詩、邱沁偉、戴安娜、「南拳媽媽」Lara梁心頤、陳珊妮、「猛虎巧克力」樂團主唱鄭宜農、黃玠、何欣穗、戴愛玲等。
天后張惠妹出資、聶永真設計的3萬支彩虹旗將於現場發送。
Taipei, Taiwan.
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Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Ten school bus drivers and the Marriage Alliance are believed to have been involved in an ugly incident in which school children were handed gold-wrapped Christmas envelopes as they were being driven home from school. The children believed they contained gifts for their parents, but they really contained anti-gay marriage hate literature.
Wrote Damian Stevens in a post on Facebook:
So, this little gift-wrapped “present” is being given out on school buses in Kyabram to every student on the bus – according to one student “an older looking person” got on the bus and asked the driver to hand them out! “They got on every bus at the school…they went from bus to bus handing them out!” Wanna guess what’s inside? The same anti-safe schools pamphlets that were being given out a few weeks ago in Tongala! Gift-wrapped!? For Christmas!? Can you believe it?!
“Changing the marriage laws will impact your family,” reads the pamphlet.
Kyabram College principal Stuart Bott advised parents the pamphlet did not represent the school’s position on marriage equality but confirmed a ‘member of the community’ had distributed the letters to bus drivers.
Other parents have reported members of the Marriage Alliance boarded the buses themselves to hand out the ‘presents’.
The pamphlet claimed students could be taught about gender and sexual diversity without parental consent or knowledge
It also stated the Safe Schools program used ‘a cover of anti-bullying to promote gender ideology’. A woman whose brother attends the school said he was thrilled to hand the letter over so he could see what the present was, but ended up bitterly disappointed with its contents.
Marriage Alliance responded to the incident:
“Marriage Alliance has been made aware that a volunteer was recently handing out flyers on buses in Victoria,” a spokesperson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
“This was not an action that was part of a campaign from Marriage Alliance and is not condoned or endorsed by Marriage Alliance. This action was taken by an individual who has since been contacted regarding this matter.”
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Children on School Bus Receive Anti-Gay Hate Literature Disguised as Christmas Gift
Did Trump Use Kanye to Distract the Media?
Did Trump Use Kanye to Distract the Media?
This week in The Resistance: Russia, Russia, and Russia.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/12/15/did-trump-use-kanye-distract-media
Hollywood's Women Demand Equal Pay (Video)
Hollywood's Women Demand Equal Pay (Video)
The industry used to condescend and call them “starlets,” but now more and more of the ladies who appear on the big screen and on television want to be paid the same as their male costars.
www.advocate.com/women/2016/12/14/hollywoods-women-demand-equal-pay-video
