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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Zeke Thomas opens up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a man from Grindr
Zeke Thomas opens up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a man from Grindr
“It’s definitely something that I never imagined would happen to me,” Thomas, who is the son of NBA legend Isiah Thomas, says.
More Than 30 Men Arrested For ‘Sodomy’ In Iran Face Death Penalty if Convicted: Reports
More Than 30 Men Arrested For ‘Sodomy’ In Iran Face Death Penalty if Convicted: Reports
More than 30 men were arrested after a private party in the Bahadoran region of Isfahan, Iran was raided by the police, Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees reported Thursday. Their charges are sodomy, drinking alcohol and using psychedelic drugs and they face the death penalty if found guilty.
The men, between the ages of 16 and 30, the Canadian charity reports, were rounded up late April 13 amid gunshots and beatings from police, according to the Jerusalem Post.
“IRQR received several reports in last few days and were able to confirm that police attacked guests and physically beat them. Police detained them all at the Basij (Revolutionary Guard Militia) Station and then transferred them to Esfahan’s Dastgerd Prison. A few people managed to escape and we received reports that there were several heterosexual individuals among those arrested,” IRQR reported.
IRQR also reported that those arrested were forced to name their LGBT friends to authorities. In Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death, according to the International Society for Human Rights.
IRQR reports that a special prosecutor has been named and that those arrested will be subjected to anal examination to prove the homosexuality charges.
In Iran, LGBT citizens are afforded very little, if any, civil rights. Presently, LGBT citizens cannot marry, cannot adopt, cannot serve openly in the military and are not protected from any discrimination, according to Equaldex. In 2007, then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad infamously declared while at Columbia University that there were no gay people in Iran.
European civil rights leaders are calling for the EU to step in.
“While the Islamic State throws gays from rooftops, the Islamic Republic hangs them. Iran’s regime forces homosexuals to flee the country and the EU turns a blind eye,” Stefan Schaden, an LGBT rights activist and spokesman for the European “Stop The Bomb campaign” said in an email to the Jerusalem Post. “The EU is, however, required in their dealings with third countries to comply with binding guidelines laid down in the Union’s ‘LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex] Toolkit’ to combat state violence against LGBTI persons. The EU must clearly step up its efforts in this regard and consider more human rights sanctions against the Iranian regime.“
This incident comes on the heels of reports that in Chechnya, gay men are being rounded up, tortured and in some cases even killed.
Photo: By Elvert Barnes licensed under CC 2.0.
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More Than 30 Men Arrested For ‘Sodomy’ In Iran Face Death Penalty if Convicted: Reports
HRC to Honor Transgender Trailblazers Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado at Time to THRIVE Conference
HRC to Honor Transgender Trailblazers Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado at Time to THRIVE Conference
Today the HRC Foundation announced that it will honor transgender advocates Jazz Jennings, star of TLC’s I Am Jazz, and Ruby Corado, founder of the renowned LGBTQ center Casa Ruby, at the organization’s annual Time to THRIVE Conference. They are being recognized for their tireless efforts to advance the visibility, public understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ people and identities.
Jennings and Corado will receive Upstander Awards at HRC’s Time to THRIVE, the nation’s premier gathering for K-12 educators, professional counselors and other youth-serving professionals on LGBTQ youth safety, inclusion and well-being. This year’s conference will be held April 28-30 in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the National Education Association and the American Counseling Association with Toyota and AT&T as the presenting sponsors.
“Jazz Jennings and Ruby Corado have set powerful examples for LGBTQ young people across this country,” said Vincent Pompei, chair of Time to THRIVE and director of the HRC Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Project. “Jazz’s visibility has helped shatter stereotypes, open hearts, and demonstrate the power of authenticity to youth and adults alike. Ruby’s tireless commitment to empowering LGBTQ youth has literally saved lives and allowed more young people to pursue their dreams. As we join together with hundreds of youth-serving professionals at Time to THRIVE, we are privileged to welcome and honor these extraordinary advocates with our Upstander Award.”
Jazz Jennings’ activism began at age six when she appeared on 20/20 with Barbara Walters. Now 16, she is stars in TLC’s GLAAD Award-winning docu-series, “I am Jazz” and is one of America’s most well-known transgender youth. She has been featured on a variety of major programs and news outlets, including two interviews with Katie Couric and Oprah. Jazz is an HRC Youth Ambassador, a program amplifying the voices of LGBTQ youth leaders. She has been recognized by The Trevor Project, GLAAD, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, and was on the 2014 Trans 100 list. Jazz is the co-author of the book, I am Jazz, and released her memoir, “Being Jazz” in 2016. She is the co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which assists transgender youth. She has also been named one of TIME’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 and 2015, and was the youngest Grand Marshal in the NYC 2016 Pride Parade.
A prominent activist and leader in Washington, D.C., Ruby Corado grew up in El Salvador, fleeing the country at the age of 16 during a civil war. She is the founder and executive director of Casa Ruby, the capital’s only bilingual, multicultural LGBTQ community center. Casa Ruby provides live-saving and -affirming services and support to many of the most vulnerable within D.C.’s LGBTQ community. As an activist in Washington, Ruby helped add gender identity and expression to the D.C. Human Rights Law and worked with local and national experts to secure regulations ensuring access to transition-related healthcare for transgender people. Ruby has been featured in Newsweek, the Washington Post and on NPR. Among her awards and recognitions, she was named one of the 25 Most Influential Latino LGBT activists by Latino Voice; Activist of the Year by the African American Prism Awards; and a Capital Pride Hero.
HRC’s Time to THRIVE Conference features 72 workshops by more than 45 national and grassroots organizations dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ youth. Other special guests at the conference include Executive Producer of National Geographic’s Gender Revolution Katie Couric, Senator Al Franken (D-MN), New York Times columnist Charles Blow, Miss America contestant Erin O’Flaherty, and Out of Iraq stars Nayyef Hrebid & Btoo Al Lami.
To register, visit www.TimeToThrive.org.
Celebrating Tallahassee Pridefest in 103 Photos
Celebrating Tallahassee Pridefest in 103 Photos
www.advocate.com/pride/2017/4/25/celebrating-tallahassee-pridefest-103-photos
Hey Qween! Jinkx Monsoon talks new album, gender fluidity and “Drag Race”
Hey Qween! Jinkx Monsoon talks new album, gender fluidity and “Drag Race”
The lap dance is just the icing on the cake.
Luke Evans Nonchalant on Being Gay in Hollywood: ‘It’s Private’
Luke Evans Nonchalant on Being Gay in Hollywood: ‘It’s Private’
Actor Luke Evans gave a slightly defensive interview in the premiere issue of British luxury magazine The Jackal on the life of acting, particularly as an openly gay man.
The 37-year-old Welshman was seen most recently as the camp villain in Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast, with the film itself having drawn attention for its passing nod to gayness. Evans came out at 22 to The Advocate, while still primarily a stage actor—his crossover to film came later, seven years ago. Having made his entree through action-centered roles such as those in The Clash of the Titans, Robin Hood, and The Immortals, he has more lately made the shift into more brooding, complex characters, in films such as the independent High Rise and the husband in last year’s blockbuster The Girl on the Train.
When pressed, he seems diffident, almost resentful, on assessing his sexuality and its relevance to his career:
“I try to keep my personal life and my private life separate,” he says, his tone now more controlled, but not frosty. “Not for any reason other than there’s a clue in the title – it’s private. As an actor you have to keep some sort of enigma and mystery. There’s a dignity to keeping private. I’m trying to keep a bit of dignity to my private life and to protect the people in my life. Like my family. They don’t do press. They don’t do interviews. I don’t get photographed with them. Although everyone knows they’re my mum and dad in the Valleys. It’s the choice I’ve made.”
Can Hollywood cope with the idea of a gay action hero? “That question is difficult to answer,” he says. “I don’t know how ‘Hollywood’ as you call it, thinks. I don’t think about it. I don’t feel they’re connected. Talent, success, what you do in your personal life—I don’t see how one should have an effect on the other. I don’t think I’d be in this business if I felt that I was not being employed because of who I am in my personal life.”
Perhaps because of his stance, he is one of the first openly gay actors not to be labelled as such. Or perhaps this is simply a sign that audiences have moved on. Either way, there’s a more pressing issue at hand, which is Evans’s future. What does it look like? And where does he fit in among that mid-to-late 30s generation of British talent, compared to whom he’s still less well known, at least on this side of the Pond?
Given that his films have grossed close to four billion dollars overall, Evans seems content to be nonchalant about his sexual identity, at least in this one interview. The complex discussion of Hollywood’s ambivalent treatment of LGBTQ characters and issues in its films remains one on which his input might have been more thoughtfully contributed, perhaps, but instead his success speaks for itself.
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Luke Evans Nonchalant on Being Gay in Hollywood: ‘It’s Private’
HRC anuncia becas para jóvenes líderes luchando contra el VIH en las zonas más afectadas de EE. UU.
HRC anuncia becas para jóvenes líderes luchando contra el VIH en las zonas más afectadas de EE. UU.
Artículo presentado por Milagros Chirinos, Directora de Prensa Bilingüe-Español
Hoy, la Fundación Human Rights Campaign anunció la selección de 10 jóvenes líderes en el segundo año del programa de becas encargado de destacar el trabajo de gente joven que encabeza la lucha contra las epidemias de VIH y sida.
El Programa de Becas VIH 360°de HRC, formado gracias al apoyo de la organización Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF, por sus siglas en inglés), brinda capacitación y apoyo personalizados a jóvenes profesionales innovadores y líderes de organizaciones sin fines de lucro que enfrentan los desafíos de las comunidades más afectadas por el VIH, incluyendo hombres gais y bisexuales, latinos y negros, mujeres transgénero de color y personas LGBTQ que viven en el sur de Estados Unidos.
“Nos sentimos honrados de dar la bienvenida a jóvenes líderes de la segunda promoción del Programa de Becas VIH 360°”, dijo Mary Beth Maxbell, vicepresidenta sénior de programas, investigación y capacitación de HRC.
“A través de su dedicación, creatividad y trabajo duro, estos activistas están cambiando vidas, expandiendo oportunidades y combatiendo el estigma y la discriminación que enfrentan tantas personas que viven con o que son afectadas por el VIH en Estados Unidos. Esperamos trabajar con ellos durante el próximo año y en el futuro a medida que continúen actuando y hablando para poner fin a la epidemia de VIH y sida de una vez por todas”, agregó Maxbell.
“La organización Elton John Aids Foundation se enorgullece en apoyar a la segunda promoción de becarios VIH 360°de HRC”, dijo Scott Campbell, director ejecutivo de EJAF.
“Este impresionante y diverso grupo de líderes tiene una gran cantidad de experiencia profesional y del mundo real y representa puntos de vista de todo el país. El futuro de los derechos LGBTQ y el activismo del VIH es más prometedor gracias a su compromiso y dedicación”, dijo Scott.
La nueva promoción de jóvenes refleja una sección representativa y diversa de activistas y defensores que trabaja incansablemente para combatir el estigma y la propagación del VIH en todo el país:
- Daniel Downer, de Orlando, es un defensor comunitario que cree firmemente en fomentar la unidad de todos, independientemente del origen étnico, género, raza u orientación sexual. Daniel trabaja actualmente como especialista de intervención temprana en la organización Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc. Daniel es un líder muy respetado en su comunidad gracias a su capacidad de cautivar, empoderar, inspirar y movilizar a otros para borrar no solo los estigmas sobre el VIH, sino también de la identidad étnica y de género, la falta de vivienda, la salud mental y el abuso de sustancias, la raza y la orientación sexual.
- Francisco Cortés, de Filadelfia, es el coordinador de programas juveniles de Galaei, una organización de justicia social ubicada en Filadelfia. Actualmente, Francisco es miembro del Consejo Directivo de “Juntos” y es el comisionado más joven de la Oficina de Asuntos LGBT en la ciudad de Filadelfia.
- Socorro Moreland, de Oakland, es un chef puertorriqueño clásico que nació en 1985 en el seno de una familia revolucionaria comprometida con la justicia social y el movimiento del poder negro. Socorro encontró su vocación dentro del campo de prevención del VIH hace 11 años y coordina servicios de programación y apoyo para personas transgénero de color del Área de la Bahía. Socorro trabaja actualmente para APEB, una organización de base comunitaria y sin fines de lucro.
- William Campillo Terrazas, de Little Rock, nació en Nogales, Sonora, México y emigró a EE. UU a la edad de 6 años. Al recibir DACA (Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia), William consiguió un trabajo como especialista en intervención de enfermedades dentro del Departamento de Salud de Arkansas. En 2015, William ayudó a fundar Latinx Revolución LGBTQ, una organización de base comunitaria y liderada por personas transgénero y queer en Little Rock, que se centra en la salud y el bienestar de los inmigrantes Latinx.
Para ver la lista completa de los becarios del Programa VIH 360° visite HRC.
La nuevos becarios recibirán capacitación de liderazgo y desarrollo organizacional, tutoría, así como entrenamiento de comunicación, liderazgo, recaudación de fondos y otros aspectos de una exitosa gestión sin fines de lucro; todo esto se centra en fortalecer sus propias organizaciones de base comunitaria e iniciativas.
Los miembros de la promoción inaugural de becas del año pasado desarrollaron sus capacidades de gestión y liderazgo sin fines de lucro y recibieron una subvención de $9,000 para diseñar, implementar y evaluar enfoques innovadores para tratar la epidemia de VIH y sida en sus comunidades locales. Lea más sobre sus proyectos aquí.
Hasta la fecha, los esfuerzos del grupo han ayudado a más de 1000 personas LGBTQ y aliados a acceder a programas y servicios relacionados con el VIH en algunas de las comunidades más afectadas.
Desde su fundación, HRC ha trabajado para acabar con la doble epidemia de VIH y el estigma del mismo a través de la defensa federal, estatal y local como también mediante la educación pública e iniciativas de participación. Al educar a las personas y aliados LGBTQ acerca de las realidades actuales del VIH, HRC ha logrado movilizar a sus miembros y partidarios para que apoyen a importantes programas de salud pública como el Ryan Care Program y para expandir el acceso a servicios vitales de atención, tratamiento y protecciones antidiscriminatorias hechas posibles gracias al Affordable Care Act (ACA, por sus siglas en inglés).
HRC ha trabajado también con varias organizaciones de salud pública para concientizar y facilitar el acceso a la Profilaxis Pre-Exposición (PrEP) en las comunidades más afectadas por el VIH en el país. HRC capacita regularmente a profesionales médicos, trabajadores de primera fila y defensores comunitarios sobre cómo brindar un servicio de salud competente a personas LGBTQ y una atención inclusiva a personas con VIH más necesitadas, especialmente a aquellas que viven en el sur profundo.
Para más información acerca del programa, visite www.hrc.org/hiv360.
Ivanka Trump Jeered When Touting Father as Champion for Women, Families
Ivanka Trump Jeered When Touting Father as Champion for Women, Families
Attendees at a Berlin forum for women leaders expressed displeasure with Donald Trump’s record.
www.advocate.com/women/2017/4/25/ivanka-trump-jeered-when-touting-father-champion-women-families
