Mat Staver: Pulse first responders went through “trauma” because of potential AIDS exposure

Spectral lump of excrement Mat Staver claims first responders at the Pulse nightclub massacre experienced severe trauma because they had to “get tested for AIDS-related conditions.”

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“As tragic as it is,” says the founding member of antigay hate group Liberty Counsel, “some of these officers have no doubt gone through trauma as well because they were going through the Pulse nightclub, it was blood everywhere and, you know, they’re having to get tested for AIDS-related conditions because they’re literally walking in pools of blood.”

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This is in fact rather tame and procedural rhetoric for Staver, who in the past has compared homosexuals to Nazis and suggested that gay people have “satanic forces.” Frankly, it’s to be expected from the same man who gleefully defended Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in her crusade against same-sex marriage.

Listen:

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Donald Trump Signs Order to Advance Construction of Keystone and XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

Donald Trump has signed executive orders to resume construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.

Said Trump: “We want to build the pipe. Gonna put a lot of workers, a lot of skilled workers back to work. We will build our own pipeline. We will build our own pipes…like we used to in the old days.”

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“The regulatory process in this country has become a tangled up mess,” Trump says while signing exec. orders to advance Dakota and Keystone pic.twitter.com/lgCfC5O3Fc

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 24, 2017

The Washington Post reports:

The orders will have an immediate impact in North Dakota, where the pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners wants to complete the final 1,100-foot piece of the 1,172-mile pipeline route that runs under Lake Oahe. The pipeline would carry oil from the booming shale oil reserves in North Dakota to refineries and pipeline networks in Illinois.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and other Native American groups have been protesting the project, which they say would imperil their water supplies and disturb sacred burial and archaeological sites. The Army Corp of Engineers called a halt to the project in December to consider alternative routes. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity so they could discuss details that have not been made public.

MoveOn responded to the orders:

“Less than four days into Trump’s Presidency, it is clear that the next four years will be about catering to corporate interests and big donors instead of putting American families and communities first.

“Overruling the scientists and experts who have previously warned about the dangers of these pipelines puts big oil profits above all else. This move by the President is dangerous, reckless and heartless.

“When the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a proposal from Energy Transfer Partners to drill under the Missouri River to build the Dakota Access pipeline, they did it because it would trample Tribal Rights, jeopardize critical water systems, and threaten the wellbeing of thousands of people across multiple states. The Keystone XL pipeline is just as problematic; its construction would seize land from local farmers, risk farming in the Great Plains, undermine clean air and safe water, and contribute to catastrophic climate change.

“MoveOn members were proud to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux as well as people across Nebraska who have fought hard to oppose these dangerous and unnecessary pipelines that threatened their land and livelihoods. We are ready to stand with them again and expect the same of Democrats in Washington. This fight is just beginning.”

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WATCH: Ellen Page confronts antigay preacher outside D.C. protest

Ellen Page spent the weekend not taking any crap, thank you very much. A new video shows her confronting a crazy street preacher somewhere in DC.

At first, the preacher rants about demons, while Ellen simply nods in annoyance. In the background, a woman screams at someone else — what a fun little gathering! — and then Ellen’s had enough. “You’re wrong,” she says. “Look, we’re not going to get anywhere and you’re doing to believe this your whole life. I feel for you because if you open your heart –”

And then he butts in and talks over her, not listening.

To her credit, Ellen’s as well-mannered as a person can be when dealing with a basket case, and she seems fairly realistic about her chances of having an impact on this terrible person. (He wears a t-shirt that accuses LGBTs of being worst than animals.)

It’s unlikely that anyone’s lives were improved by this frustrating interaction, but good for her for trying. It’s nice to know there are people out there willing to stand up for LGBTs.

Watch below:

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New Episodes of ‘The Magicians,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Riverdale’ and More On 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.

Do you believe in magic? Neither do we (at least not while you-know-who is in the White House). In the meantime, a boy could dream, right? Check out the season two premiere of The Magicians, a sort of edgier Hogwarts gone wild, including gay student Eliot (Hale Appleman). The new season bows Wednesday at 9 p.m. on Syfy.

All aboard for Shondaland. The TV mastermind’s Thursday night programming is back with new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder starting at 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC.

The CW drops their dark, creepy take on the Archie series starring former child star Cole Sprouse, and, honestly, I’m too old to understand almost anything going on. The brooding and the beautiful debut of Riverdale is Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Pay homage to the late, great Debbie Reynolds with an all-day salute to the beloved screen legend Friday on Turner Classic Movies. Tune in at 6 p.m. Eastern to catch one of Reynolds’ best-known performances in the 1952 movie musical Singin’ In the Rain.

Award season barrels along with the Screen Actors Guild Awards getting handed out Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern on TBS and TNT. Expect to see stars from critical darlings, including La La Land, Moonlight, Manchester By the Sea and Hidden Figures. Among the television series up for awards, the nominees include actors from Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, This Is Us and more.

What are you watching this week on TV?

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'Moonlight' receives eight Academy Awards noms including Best Picture

www.glaad.org/blog/moonlight-receives-eight-academy-awards-noms-including-best-picture

The Women's March Was Therapy

We may not have passed a bill this weekend, but the marches had an intangible benefit for nearly all involved.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/1/24/womens-march-was-therapy

MN Governor Mark Dayton Collapses During ‘State of the State’ Speech: VIDEO

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was delivering his ‘State of the State’ speech on Monday night when he began to slur his words and collapsed. The meeting was adjourned.

CNN reports that he will make the address again this morning at 11:15 am CT.

He briefly resumed speaking — touting the success of the Affordable Care Act and MNSure, the state’s health care marketplace — before he slumped onto the lectern. Video of the State of the State speech shows aides rushing to catch Dayton as he sinks toward the floor.

…Patrick Kessler, a reporter for CNN affiliate WCCO, tweeted that Dayton was conscious and “joking with paramedics.”Dayton “quickly recovered, walked out of the Capitol and returned home” to spend time with his son and grandson, Tincher said.

I’m with my dad now and he’s doing great. Thank you all for your kind well-wishes and words of concern.

— Eric Dayton (@ericdayton) January 24, 2017

Dayton, who was the state’s first governor to address a rally for LGBT rights and signed marriage equality and bullying legislation into law in Minnesota, turns 70 on Thursday.

Watch:

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Photos of Gay Life Spanning Five Decades

www.advocate.com/photography/2017/1/24/photos-gay-life-spanning-five-decades

生田斗真の主演映画、LGBT啓発で渋谷区が活用 『彼らが本気で編むときは、』
俳優の生田斗真（いくた・とうま）がトランスジェンダーの女性を演じる映画 『彼らが本気で編むときは、』を、東京都渋谷区がLGBTを初めとする性的マイノリティに関する啓発事業に活用することをが1月24日、発表された。

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