Moonlight May Win at Oscars, But Out Actors Still Lose
Year after year, the Academy fails to nominate out actors. Why?
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/2/24/moonlight-may-win-oscars-out-actors-still-lose
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Chad Griffin schools Sean Spicer on Trump’s trans student discrimination
Chad Griffin schools Sean Spicer on Trump’s trans student discrimination
Hey Sean — Chad Griffin from the Human Rights Campaign here.
Caught your response to our statement during yesterday’s briefing. I’m sure you’ll likely face more questions about this today, so there were a few things I was hoping to correct before you do. If you don’t mind, I’ve BCC’d many of the WH press corps that have been asking these questions.
1. You might want to have a few good lawyers look at your legal claims. Five circuit courts have determined that our nation’s civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination protect transgender people. The EEOC agrees as have numerous district courts. The legal trend is clear, robust, and well reasoned.
2. Whether or not transgender people were discussed when Title IX was enacted in 1972, you really need to stop pretending like the transgender movement just got started. I refer you to this wikipedia page. You’ll notice there’s a long section on the 70s…and decades before! Another fun fact, Minneapolis passed an ordinance protecting transgender people way back in 1975. Literally almost every major city in America has followed suit.
2a. Also, when Title VII of the Civil Rights Act became law in 1964, sexual harassment wasn’t part of the conversation. That didn’t stop the Supreme Court from ruling that Title VII prohibits sexual harassment. Because, duh. Does this White House also think that’s wrong?
3. Rather than answering whether or not this was a civil rights issue, you continued to say that this was better left to the states. You’ll recall that this is the same argument cynically used by opponents of civil rights to allow state sanctioned discrimination to continue for decades. Your boss loves tweets, so check out the list I sent out the first time you trotted out this argument:
The fact of the matter is that there are hundreds of thousands of trans kids across the country right now who are deeply, incredibly afraid of going to school because their government is no longer unequivocally standing with them. It doesn’t matter if they live in New York City or Idaho, kids deserve protection. Don’t you agree?
4. You said the President cares about the troubles transgender kids face in schools. Did he see this report that shows nearly 50 percent of transgender people attempt suicide at least once in their lifetime? Did he know that since the election, 70 percent of LGBTQ teens reported feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness? In that same survey, 36 percent had been personally bullied or harassed, and 56 percent had changed their self-expression or future plans because of the election.
And if he cares so much, will he commit to meeting with the families that this devastating decision will affect? You may have seen that they’ve requested a meeting with your boss Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, and Betsy Devos — after more than 1,000 of them pleaded with the administration not to do this last week. We would love nothing more for him to explain to a transgender teen or their parents why they shouldn’t be worried about why they shouldn’t be alarmed by this devastating decision.
We would greatly appreciate your prompt response.
Thanks
-Chad
As of Queerty’s press time, Spicer had not responded to HRC
Trump Dictatorship Bars New York Times, CNN, L.A. Times and Politico from White House Press Briefing
Trump Dictatorship Bars New York Times, CNN, L.A. Times and Politico from White House Press Briefing
The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times and Politico, were barred from a White House press briefing on Friday following Donald Trump’s speech at CPAC in which he attacked the media.
Trump-friendly media outlets were allowed inside the briefing, the NYT reports:
Those organizations included Breitbart News, the One America News Network and The Washington Times, all with conservative leanings. Journalists from ABC, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Fox News also attended.
Reporters from Time magazine and The Associated Press, who were set to be allowed in, chose not to attend the briefing in protest of the White House’s actions.
“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. “We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.”
The White House Correspondents’ Association denounced the exclusions:
“The W.H.C.A. board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White House. We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff.”
Later on Friday, a video recorded two months ago emerged in which White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said full and open access for the press is a requirement in a democracy:
Two months ago, in a panel discussion, he insisted that open access for the media is “what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship.”
The post Trump Dictatorship Bars New York Times, CNN, L.A. Times and Politico from White House Press Briefing appeared first on Towleroad.
Trump Dictatorship Bars New York Times, CNN, L.A. Times and Politico from White House Press Briefing
A White House with a menacing undercurrent
A White House with a menacing undercurrent
Photo Credit: Foter.com
The following is a guest post by Jeremy Hooper, special projects consultant at GLAAD and lead researcher on GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project.
We all heard they were considering rescinding protections for transgender students long before they actually did. None of us were all that surprised considering the Attorney General and Education Secretary have a history of anti-LGBTQ statements, advocacy, and votes. Nevertheless, we all kind of lay in wait for several days as new reports of internal strife and vague statements from the press secretary muddied the situation further. By the time they actually got around to taking away the federal guidance that allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms matching their gender identities, it wasn’t the slightest bit surprising, even to those who found it shocking.
It brought to mind the rumors of the anti-LGBTQ executive order that were leaking from this very leaky White House just a few weeks ago. By all credible accounts, there was a draft executive order that would have repealed LGBTQ workplace protections put in place by President Obama. As with the transgender protections, there were reports of internal division and overall confusion. In that case, the order didn’t end up moving forward. But let’s be clear: It still could. This is especially true if some positive LGBTQ development gets under the skin of Trump, his extremely anti-LGBTQ Vice President Mike Pence, or any of the other like-minded advisers who make up this administration. One gets the sense that our ever-moving progress toward equality and acceptance is what threatens them the most.
And what about the so-called “religious freedom” executive order, which would give business owners a pass when it comes to discriminating against LGBTQ clients? Many of us have seen a draft of that order, and most political watchers expect it to come any day. It’s become a bit of a parlor game to determine at what anti-LGBTQ event the administration might choose to announce this, a move that this nation’s most ardent anti-LGBTQ activists consider to be one of their biggest prizes as they search for ways to circumvent our gains.
What we are learning with this new administration is that the actions don’t have to be loud and overt to keep us awake at night. Indeed, we are used to those who oppose our equality spending more time talking about the anti-LGBTQ policy proposals they are going to push Congress to enact. This administration is different though. Their brand is unpredictability, and they thrive on chaos and misinformation. The relative subtlety of the anti-LGBTQ engagements we have seen so far should do nothing to appease fears. In many ways, it exacerbates them.
For LGBTQ people and our allies, living with the Trump administration in the White House is like living in nice clothes but waiting for the bucket of paint that the pranksters rigged up overhead to drop on you at any minute. It’s like being at a dinner party with a host who gushes over how nicely “you gays” style your weddings, then overhearing the host and his guests telling jokes at your expense when they think you’re out of earshot.
Or, it’s like living as an American who deserves life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but knowing that the keepers of the clock might choose to turn it back on any given day. We cannot let them.
February 24, 2017
Issues:
Tags:
Televised Reenactment of Pulse Shooting Sparks Outrage
Televised Reenactment of Pulse Shooting Sparks Outrage
GLAAD and Pulse victims are calling on Univision to scrap the scripted footage.
www.advocate.com/media/2017/2/24/televised-reenactment-pulse-shooting-sparks-outrage
Orchard Steel Boned Corset
Orchard Steel Boned Corset
euphonic98 posted a photo:
Orchard Steel Boned Corset – waking up after sleeping in the corset all night.
These steamy new “Riverdale” scenes request your undivided attention
These steamy new “Riverdale” scenes request your undivided attention
So. Not surprisingly, there’ve been some more robustly sexy moments in Riverdale — and we feel it’s our civic duty to share them with you.
As Fleshbot (link work un-friendly) kindly reported, the CW seems to know exactly what the audience wants — and that’s for every handsome male cast member to shuck their shirts with wanton abandon.
Related: So, the first steamy gay scene from C.W.’s “Riverdale” is here. Curious?
Behold, distractingly beautiful K.J. Apa minus any sort of shirt, wailing on a punching bag and causing all sorts of drool to accrue on our tremulous chins. (Gross, no?)
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear, none of this is remotely work-friendly unless you work in an extremely sexy place. You’ll find the video here, and some real sexy GIFs below.
Shut up and check out what we’re talking about:
CPAC: Three outlandish things Trump administration officials have said so far
CPAC: Three outlandish things Trump administration officials have said so far
Earlier this week, GLAAD highlighted the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, and its history of hateful and out-of-touch rhetoric – as well as the fact that it is a proving ground for up-and-coming anti-LGBTQ politicians and a test audience for some of the most extreme public policy positions. This year, Trump Administration officials are the darlings of the conference, and they are off to a rip-roaring start.
Check out what they’ve said so far – and the conference is just getting started.
Steve Bannon at CPAC: One of the priorities of the Trump White House is “deconstruction of the administrative state” t.co/0gKf6sDlmS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 23, 2017
In CPAC speech, Betsy DeVos calls Obama’s transgender bathroom guidance for schools an ‘overreach’ t.co/wmpcXrAWbY via @jmestepa
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) February 23, 2017
Trump rails against the media; Says “the fake news the enemy of the people” continues “I’m not against the media.” t.co/BH2l6hsZxN
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) February 24, 2017
Click here to read more about the Trump Adminiatration’s anti-LGBTQ rhetotic and policy.
February 24, 2017
Issues:
Tags:
www.glaad.org/blog/cpac-three-outlandish-things-trump-administration-officials-have-said-so-far
Love Your Neighbor – Hayden
Love Your Neighbor – Hayden
Hayden is a transgender man who lives in Tupelo, MS.
“#LoveYourNeighbor” is a storytelling project focused on sharing the experiences of LGBTQ people and allies in Tupelo, Miss. The project was funded by a grant from Toyota, which has a manufacturing plant in Blue Springs, Miss, just outside of Tupelo.
www.HRC.org/Mississippi
#LoveYourNeighbor
The National Organization for Marriage May Be Collapsing Before Our Eyes
The National Organization for Marriage May Be Collapsing Before Our Eyes
The infamous antigay group is promising to reverse marriage equality, but it looks like it’s fighting to stay alive.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/2/24/national-organization-marriage-may-be-collapsing-our-eyes
