Rep Admonishes White Male Colleagues — Who Now Want Apology
A Minnesota lawmaker calls out white male reps for playing cards while women of color gave impassioned speeches to block a bill that would penalize protesters for exercising their First Amendment right.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/4/11/rep-admonishes-white-male-colleagues-who-now-want-apology
Shocker: Another antigay pastor’s twisted sex life finds the light of day
He previously said that Pulse victims got what they deserved.
United Airlines CEO Apologizes for ‘Horrific Event’: ‘No One Should Ever Be Mistreated This Way’ – FULL STATEMENT
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz has issued a new apology for the incident caught on video in which a passenger was violently ejected from a Chicago flight.
Here’s the full statement:
Statement from United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz on United Express Flight 3411
The truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elicited many responses from all of us: outrage, anger, disappointment. I share all of those sentiments, and one above all: my deepest apologies for what happened. Like you, I continue to be disturbed by what happened on this flight and I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. No one should ever be mistreated this way.
I want you to know that we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right.
It’s never too late to do the right thing. I have committed to our customers and our employees that we are going to fix what’s broken so this never happens again. This will include a thorough review of crew movement, our policies for incentivizing volunteers in these situations, how we handle oversold situations and an examination of how we partner with airport authorities and local law enforcement. We’ll communicate the results of our review by April 30th.
I promise you we will do better.
Sincerely,
Oscar
Munoz’s new apology follows the leaking of a staff memo which further fueled the airline’s self-inflicted PR nightmare. In the memo, Munoz blamed the victim and commended staff for going above and beyond, saying proper protocol was used during the incident, in which the man was bloodied and dragged down the plane’s aisle.
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The Internet is freaking out about Ludacris’s thoroughly CGI abs
Nothing angers people more than fake abs.
Sean Spicer on Assad: ‘Hitler Didn’t Even Sink to the Level of Using Chemical Weapons’ – WATCH
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is under fire for remarks he made at today’s press briefing comparing Syrian President Bashar al Assad to Adolf Hitler.
Said Spicer: “Hitler didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
Watch:
Spicer later clarified his remarks in a statement:
“In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust. However, I was trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people.”
Reaction to Spicer’s comments came quickly:
“Holocaust Centers”?! –@PressSec these were extermination camps. Death camps for millions of people. Sean Spicer you didn’t, ON PASSOVER.
— Gilluis Pérez (@Gilluis_Perez) April 11, 2017
BREAKING: United Airlines offers Sean Spicer a job as PR chief. His first statement reads “Even Hitler deplaned when asked!”
— Mere Observer (@rbd1982) April 11, 2017
Spicer is tripling down on *this* argument: Hitler was less despicable than Assad because at least he gassed people in controlled settings.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 11, 2017
Sean Spicer is dead wrong. Hitler used chemical weapons. He preferred Zyklon B (hydrogen cyanide). More background: t.co/pN7hwcgtS3 pic.twitter.com/8xKBwvEyXe
— Dr. Craig Considine (@CraigCons) April 11, 2017
I hope @PressSec takes time to visit @HolocaustMuseum. It’s a few blocks away. t.co/24fNoMUyS8
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 11, 2017
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Sean Spicer on Assad: ‘Hitler Didn’t Even Sink to the Level of Using Chemical Weapons’ – WATCH
United Airlines’ very bad week gets dragged hard on Twitter
The memes come rolling in.
Katy Perry is ‘Ruled By Satan’, Needs to Rid Herself of the Devil, Says Former GOP Lawmaker
“Chained to the Rhythm” singer Katy Perry is chained to Satan according to former GOP lawmaker and Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt.
Klingenschmitt, a well-known anti-gay activist, was reacting to a speech Perry gave at a Human Rights Campaign gala in March where she spoke about her religious upbringing, and her shock at meeting gay people for the first time and discovering they were not the people her parents had taught her to fear.
“If you had been sincere in your prayers at the Jesus camps, you would have prayed against sin and the devil,” Klingenschmitt said on a recent episode of his “Pray In Jesus Name” program. “You would have repented of your sin and invited Jesus to rule your heart. But apparently that’s not what you prayed.”
After declaring that that Perry is now “ruled by Satan,” Klingenschmitt offered her some helpful advice: “Katy Perry, you don’t just need more of your Jesus camps, more of the Bible, more of what your parents told you; you need to get the devil out of you.”
Watch:
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Katy Perry is ‘Ruled By Satan’, Needs to Rid Herself of the Devil, Says Former GOP Lawmaker
Global Innovators Discuss Advocacy Strategies and Bid Farewell as Second Global Summit Wraps Up
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Thirty inspiring global innovators from 28 countries came together at HRC’s Equality Forum on Thursday for the final day of the second annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit.
On the busy third and final day, global innovators discussed effective advocacy strategies. They also talked about ways to move forward, taking home what global innovators shared and learned over the past few days to continue to the fight for global equality.
HIV Advocacy
At a breakfast table, global innovators gave members of HRC’s HIV working group an overview of the obstacles faced by LGBTQ people – especially gay men and trans women – living with HIV around the world. HRC Foundation’s Tari Hanneman, Deputy Director of Health and Aging, and Marvell Terry, HIV Project Manager, gave an overview of the work HRC is doing on HIV prevention, treatment and care, including the promotion of PrEP.
Movement Building for Political Change
Global innovators learned from HRC staffers about building a movement that works to effect political change. David Yu, HRC Senior Major Gifts Officer, moderated a panel discussion with Ann Crowley, HRC Vice President for Membership & Online Strategy, and Jeremy Pittman, HRC Deputy Field Director. These senior staff members shared insights on how HRC has built a movement for political change and how this movement has achieved remarkable victories.
Advocating Legal Strategies
Four global innovators from Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, South Africa and Taiwan participated in a lively panel that discussed how legal strategies can advance equality. HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow moderated the panel.
Caleb Orozco of Belize, a co-chair of the Global Summit organizing committee, shared how he won a Belize Supreme Court case that resulted in the decriminalization of same-sex relations. Tashwill Esterhuizen of South Africa talked about the legal victories his organization, Southern Africa Litigation Centre, has helped spearhead across southern Africa. Despite progress in places like Belize, 72 countries continue to criminalize same-sex relations, and up to 10 countries may impose the death penalty.
Funding Global Equality
The global innovators had lunch with staff from Open Society Foundations (OSF), a major funder of LGBTQ rights initiatives across the world. OSF and global innovators discussed the landscape and trends of global equality funding and how to approach funders, cultivate relationships and engage them for continued, long-term support. The lunch was also a great opportunity for global innovators to engage with OSF, a co-sponsor of the Global Summit.
Innovation Talks
Global innovators from Jamaica, Cambodia, Colombia, Macedonia and Vietnam gave innovation talks on a variety of advocacy issues.
Laura Frida Weinstein Nisenbon from Colombia talked about how she established a school and ambassador program that fosters and empowers transgender leaders working through institutions, social movements and campaigns against transphobia. These trans ambassadors also created trans peace agreements on the specific needs of trans victims that were promoted during Colombia’s peace talks.
Moving Forward
HRC President Chad Griffin joined the global innovators in their final session of the day. Griffin and HRC Global staff shared the organization’s continued commitment to global equality work, noting that as global innovators, they are now part of the HRC family. Global innovators shared effective strategies on building this new HRC network for their continued advocacy work after they return home.
This year’s Global Summit created new and exciting relationships among HRC and the global innovator group. HRC knows that these global advocates will continue doing great work to promote global equality and is looking forward to supporting and promoting their efforts. Stay tuned throughout the year for updates from these global innovators.
Did you miss what happened the previous days of the Global Summit? Read all of our daily blogs on the Global Summit here and conversations online at #HRCGlobalSummit.
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Tram, Castro District, San Francisco, USA
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I loved walking around the Castro District of San Francisco; what an amazing place complete with some vintage trams that bring an retro charm to the bustling streets.
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