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同性愛者であることを同級生に暴露された後、2015年に転落死した一橋大学・法科大学院生の男性（当時25）の遺族の裁判に関して4月19日、代理人の南和行弁護士らが司法記者クラブで会見を開いた。
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Daily Archives: April 19, 2017
HRC Members Meet with Congressman Dan Donovan
HRC Members Meet with Congressman Dan Donovan
While Members of Congress are back in their districts through April 23, HRC is urging its members and supporters to make sure their opinions on LGBTQ equality are heard. HRC members and supporters are attending town halls and requesting meetings with their representative and senators in their district offices.
This week, HRC Greater New York Steering Committee members Andrew Zibell and Dolores Covrigaru met with Republican Congressman Dan Donovan (NY-11). They discussed a range of issues, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Equality Act.
Zibell and Covrigaru thanked him for stating publically that he would not support the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which provides healthcare for millions of LGBTQ people.
They also discussed the Equality Act, which establishes explicit, permanent protections against discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity in matters of employment, housing, access to public places, federal funding, credit, education and jury service. In addition, it would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in federal funding and access to public places.
Covrigaru spoke about her personal experience as a mother who travels frequently with her young child and shared a copy of the Equality Act with him. She is concerned about the patchwork of different/lacking non-discrimination laws from state-to-state and how that puts her family in danger. Donovan said he is a father himself and would “take that story with him” and that “no one should be discriminated against at all. Period.” Rep. Donovan promised to review the Equality Act and consider cosponsoring.
Zibell and Covrigaru invited him to attend Staten Island and Brooklyn Pride and discussed possible community projects HRC members could be involved with in his district.
Never underestimate the power of your voice to effect change. Join HRC in our fight to protect and expand the rights of LGBTQ people everywhere! Here are a few ways to make a difference during this congressional recess:
Look up your reps here: hhttp://www.hrc.org/your-elected-officials
Ask HRC questions here: [email protected]
Text “HRC” to 30644 to get updates on actions you can take.
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Republican in Georgia Race Has Anti-LGBT, Antichoice History
Republican in Georgia Race Has Anti-LGBT, Antichoice History
Karen Handel, who will face Democrat Jon Ossoff in a June 20 runoff, sought to downplay her anti-LGBT positions in this race.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/4/19/republican-georgia-race-has-anti-lgbt-antichoice-history
What happens when a cop discovers this Speedo-clad man riding his wooden horse around the Alamo?
What happens when a cop discovers this Speedo-clad man riding his wooden horse around the Alamo?
We should also probably mention that he was wielding a rubber chicken.
New Music: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Father John Misty, Fionn Regan, Take That, Jared Kushner
New Music: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Father John Misty, Fionn Regan, Take That, Jared Kushner
This week in New Music: The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s triumphant first album in 18 years, Father John Misty is quietly fuming on Pure Comedy, Irish singer songwriter Fionn Regan goes almost pop on album number five and Take That (above) give it yet another go as a trio.
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
Who would have thought that The Jesus and Mary Chain would get back together in the first place and then drop possibly their third best album 19 years after the disappointing Munki.
Many critics have given Damage and Joy a scalding because it sees the Reid brothers step back into familiar territory in music, themes and lyrics so comfortably it’s like the last 20 years never happened.
They are missing the point.
JAMC are one of the most highly regarded and influential post punk bands of the 1980s and they got there with a modicum of talent and an addiction of biker rock, 60s pop, surf pop and cherry coke.
The album is highly self-referential with Jim Reid moaning “Try to win your interest back / But you ain’t having none of that” on opener “Amputation.”
But fans are having a lot of that exactly because the references to past glories come thick and fast.
“Facing Up to the Facts” is a rip off of their own “Kill Surf City.” Reid sings “I hate my brother and he hates me / That’s the way it’s supposed to be,” swapping out “baby” for “brother.”
The best songs on the album are the doo-wop surf pop duet ballads “Always Sad” and “Song for a Secret” (think of the latter as a follow-up to “Just Like Honey.”
Closing with a re-recorded version of “Can’t Stop the Rock” – the song originally appeared on side project Sister Vanilla’s one and only album – the brothers prove that you really, really can’t.
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Former Fleet Fox Josh Tillman – aka Father John Misty – could have suffocated under the weight of expectation for his third solo album Pure Comedy.
2015’s I Love You Honeybear featured on many best of… lists that year – including Towleroad’s – and Tillman has since become something of a folk pop pied piper.
Pure Comedy is not what the title suggests. Rather, Tillman takes on the pure stupidity, recklessness and selfishness of modern America.
Musically, Tillman has to an extent dropped the folk approach in favor of Elton John-style 70s piano pop.
Tillman is often described as self indulgent and the sheer length of Pure Comedy, at 70 minutes attests to that.
Having said that, the centerpiece of the album, the 13-minute-long “Leaving LA” is Tillman at his best.
These L.A. phonies and their bullshit bands
That sound like dollar signs and Amy Grant
So reads the pull quote from my last cover piece
Entitled “The Oldest Man in Folk Rock Speaks”
You can hear it all over the airwaves
The manufactured gasp of the final days
Someone should tell them ‘bout the time that they don’t have
To praise the glorious future and the hopeless past
Basically, Tillman is pissed off with everything and he lets us know in great style.
Fionn Regan – The Meeting of the Waters
Commercially, Irish singer songwriter Fionn Regan’s greatest success so far was closing out Bon Iver’s 22, A Million on “00000 Million.”
His debut album The End of History earned a Mercury award nomination in 2006 along with comparisons with the likes of Bob Dylan and Nick Drake.
The 2009 second album The Shadow of an Empire was apparently beset with problems and in fact an entire album was supposedly scrapped and rerecorded.
100 Acres of Sycamore and The Bunkhouse, Vol. 1 were altogether quieter affairs on release, a huge shame considering that Regan addressed the problems with album number two and went back to what he does best.
While The End of History was a straight up genius folk pop affair, The Meeting of the Waters ramps up the pop with a wash of orchestrations.
Songs like “Cormorant Bird” remind listeners of what made Regan special in the first place – sublime yet simple acoustic tracks with sometimes stunning lyrics (“You pulled a rainbow from my skull and you said, ‘Look at that’”).
Elsewhere, songs like “Book of the Moon” and “Up Into the Rafters” are so close to pop that you could imagine Take That covering them.
Closing with a 12-minute ambient track “Tsuneni Al” suggests that Regan has caught the Bon Iver bug for experimenting with his sound.
The Meeting of the Waters has none of the immediate charm of his earlier albums but on repeated listening its without doubt his best since The End of History.
Take That – Wonderland
Man band Take That are currently down to three members with a revolving door for Robbie Williams and the mooted possibility of a return for Jason Orange for an anniversary tour on the cards.
For Wonderland only Barlow, Owen and Donald remain.
There’s nothing here as iconic as early Take That stuff (“Never Forget”, anyone?) or even later classics like “Greatest Day” or “Shine” but it hardly matters. The album was announced at the same time as an accompanying tour or more likely the album is taking a back seat to the trio’s massively successful tours.
Visually, Take That is just wrong with three members. Everyone knows the magic number if five. Or four. Or seven in the case of Steps. Tellingly, a recent appearance on an English tv show with the two presenters joining the band for a medley was one of the band’s most powerful performances in recent years.
There’s no need for Wonderland but there’s no need for Take That to split up. Hopefully, Jason Orange will see the light and return. Four good. Robbie Williams – meh.
And finally….
Don’t panic. Jared Kushner has not – as far as I know – taken a break from Saving The World to record an album of original material.
However, a Last.fm profile allegedly belonging to the King of Preppy is doing the rounds.
Last.fm has been around for 15 years now. It’s essentially a social network that allows users to show off their fabulous taste in music.
Kushner has neither confirmed or denied that the profile is his. If it is, Son-In-Law Number 1 has been binging on Lorde and Troye Sivan since Trump’s election.
Other insights – “Mamma Mia” is Kushner’s third favorite song of all time followed by “Dancing Queen.” Depeche Mode and the xx also feature heavily.
What with Superman duties, Jared appears to not have listened to any music this week.
According to last.fm, my comparability with Jared is very high. Good to know.
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New Music: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Father John Misty, Fionn Regan, Take That, Jared Kushner
Magic Johnson opens up about his son coming out as gay on “Ellen”
Magic Johnson opens up about his son coming out as gay on “Ellen”
“”It’s all about loving them no matter who they are.”
WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer Holds Press Briefing: Watch LIVE
WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer Holds Press Briefing: Watch LIVE
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds a press briefing. Expect questions about Georgia’s special election, the lie about the aircraft carrier being sent to North Korea, and the revelations about Carter Page and the Trump dossier.
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WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer Holds Press Briefing: Watch LIVE
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 19, 2017
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 19, 2017
INEXCUSABLE — HRC AND EQUALITY NC SPEAK OUT ON NCAA’S DECISION TO REWARD NC WITH CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES: Yesterday, the NCAA chose to reward North Carolina with championship games despite discrimination against LGBTQ people that remains enshrined in state law with HB 142. Because the NCAA Board of Governors requires all bids to include a completed non-discrimination questionnaire, HRC has submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to North Carolina public universities for all materials related to their bids for NCAA events. “The NCAA has fallen ‘hook, line, and sinker’ for this ‘bait and switch’ sham ‘deal’ doubling down on discrimination,” said JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs. “Even worse, the NCAA has inexcusably gone back on its promise to ensure all championship games are held in locations that are safe, respectful, and free of discrimination. By rewarding North Carolina with championship games, the NCAA has undermined its credibility and is sending a dangerous message to lawmakers across the country who are targeting LGBTQ people with discriminatory state legislation. In addition to protecting the broader LGBTQ community, the NCAA needs to clearly state how they will be protecting their student athletes, personnel and fans.” More from HRC, The Huffington Post, Mic and CBS Sports.
- NC Business Owners know HB2 was not repealed: Bob Page, CEO of Replacements, Ltd., has been using an electronic billboard for the message, “Repeal HB2.” He’s now changed it to read, “Never Compromise on Civil Rights,” calling out NC Governor Roy Cooper’s betrayal of the LGBTQ community. More from The (Raleigh) News & Observer.
.@NCAA & @RoyCooperNC negotiated away our civil rights for sports games without a single LGBTQ person at the table. t.co/frijEVzMum
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) April 18, 2017
FROM CNN — TERRIFYING, FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS FROM GAY MEN BEATEN, TORTURED IN CHECHNYA: CNN’s Jake Tapper (@JakeTapper) last night featured shocking first-hand accounts and video of two men’s experiences of violence and torture at the hands of Chechen police. They were able to escape Chechnya — though some of the men in the horrifying footage have not. Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta first confirmed the anti-gay actions being taken by authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya, confirming that hundreds of gay men were being detained, and at last three killed, by Chechen police. Novaya Gazeta reporter Elena Milashina, who first confirmed the anti-gay actions being taken by Chechen authorities, has fled her home in Moscow due to threats of violence. More from CNN.
ALABAMA SENATE PASSES ANTI-LGBTQ “LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE” CHILD WELFARE BILL: HRC is calling on Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to veto the anti-LGBTQ bill passed yesterday by the Alabama State Senate and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh. The bill, deceptively titled the “Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act,” would enshrine discrimination into Alabama law by allowing state-licensed adoption and foster care agencies to reject qualified prospective LGBTQ adoptive or foster parents based on the agency’s religious beliefs. “Plain and simple — H.B. 24 is discrimination dressed up as a ‘solution’ to a fake problem,” said Eva Kendrick, HRC Alabama State Director. “It creates an unnecessary hardship for potential LGBTQ adoptive or foster parents in Alabama and primarily harms the children looking for a loving home.” More than 50 faith leaders have joined an open letter to legislators in Montgomery opposing the harmful measure, noting their faith calls them to serve all — regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or any other perceived “difference.” More from HRC.
WHAT WE’RE READING WEDNESDAY: Stephanie Grace (@StephGraceLA), a columnist for The Advocate of New Orleans, calls out Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry for his shameful crusade against Governor John Bel Edwards’ executive order protecting LGBTQ employees from discrimination. She cites data showing that three out of four Louisiana adults support employee protections based on sexual orientation, and seven out of 10 support employee protections based on gender identity. More from The Advocate of New Orleans.
CALL IT OUT — TX GOV ABBOTT SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR DESPICABLE ANTI-TRANS PROPOSAL: In a statement yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott called HB 2899 a “thoughtful proposal.” The measure — which is anything but — would prevent local communities and schools from protecting their transgender populations and students. In this way, it is incredibly similar to SB6, another heinous bill being considered in the Texas Legislature. More from Texas Tribune.
- Also in Texas: Last week, the Texas Senate advanced a license to discriminate bill that would allow county clerks and other public officials and employees to refuse to issue marriage licenses on the basis of religious beliefs. And, get this: it would also allow county courts to hire random people to issue marriage licenses. See a breakdown from Slate.
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ANTI-LGBTQ TRUMP NOMINATION: President Donald Trump intends to nominate former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) to head the Export-Import Bank. Described as “too homophobic for Congress,” Garrett refused to support his own party’s congressional campaign committee because it “actively recruited gay candidates and supported homosexuals in primaries,” according to a 2015 report in Politico. Garrett has voted against hate crimes protections for LGBTQ people, against the repeal of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, refused to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and twice voted in favor of writing a discriminatory ban on marriage equality into the U.S. Constitution. More from The Huffington Post.
NEW STUDY — LGBTQ HOMELESS YOUTH AT RISK FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A shocking report has found that 56 percent of homeless transgender youth had been involved in the sex trade, and that 27 percent of LGBTQ youth had been exploited by sex traffickers. The study was conducted by Covenant House and the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania and Loyola University Modern Slavery Research Project in New Orleans. More from The New York Times.
TRANS WOMAN SUES FOR RIGHT TO CHANGE SEX MARKER ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Yesterday, a transgender woman from Idaho sued for the right to change the sex marker on her birth certificate to female after state officials refused – claiming that Idaho law does not allow the the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics to make this change. She is represented by Lambda Legal. More from BuzzFeed.
RUSSIAN VIOLINIST COMES OUT AS GAY: Artem Kolesov posted a powerful YouTube video describing the hateful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric he grew up with, and his struggle to live openly in Russia. Kolesov now lives in Chicago, where he advocates for LGBTQ youth as part of the “Children-404” project. More from NPR.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH COURT TO RULE ON ALLOWING LGBTQ CLERGY: Rev. Alex da Silva Souto’s calling lies in the hands of the nine United Methodist Church officials who will decide next week if he — a queer man — can be commissioned, ordained, licensed or consecrated in the church. His case is one of seven involving LGBTQ clergy before the church court. More from News Times.
HRC EARNS SILVER IN SHORTIES FOR #ASKTHEGAYS: Just days after the horrific shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Donald Trump had the audacity to pander to LGBTQ voters by challenging his skeptics to “ask the gays” about where he stood on LGBTQ equality. HRC answered. Using the hashtag #AskTheGays, countless took to social media to call out Trump and Mike Pence on their anti-LGBTQ records. The campaign earned the a Silver Distinction in this year’s Shorty Awards. More here.
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LGBT Teens Have More Sex Than Pornhub Stars
LGBT Teens Have More Sex Than Pornhub Stars
capitolgeisha posted a photo:
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“I’m Fine” joins the panoply of shows depicting the joys & sorrows of queer ‘hoods
“I’m Fine” joins the panoply of shows depicting the joys & sorrows of queer ‘hoods
