Riverdale’s KJ Apa to Cole Sprouse: ‘I Love You’ – WATCH

Riverdale’s KJ Apa to Cole Sprouse: ‘I Love You’ – WATCH

Courtesy of Teen Vogue, Riverdale stars Cole Sprouse and KJ Apa, aka Jughead and Archie, put on a compliment battle in which they read each other fawning tweets from fans over an intimate table set for two.

The two start off with some endearing giggling fits, but get down to business with some lingering stares and saucy grins. “I’m sorry for the audacity,” reads one that Apa recites to Sprouse with a leer, “but you are ***** hot.”

While the pair don’t get up close and personal in the same way that The CW show’s fellow actor Casey Cotts does as gay character Kevin Keller, it still makes for good fun.

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How Trump Administration’s FY 2018 Budget puts LGBTQ lives in danger

How Trump Administration’s FY 2018 Budget puts LGBTQ lives in danger

GLAAD Condemns Drastic Proposed Cuts to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, CDC, and Planned Parenthood

NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, responded after President Donald Trump released the administration’s 2018 fiscal year budget, which highlights their key objectives and priorities in the upcoming fiscal year. The budget includes proposed slashes to programs and departments critical to the LGBTQ community, including Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, and the Center of Disease Control’s HIV and AIDS programs.

Further, the Trump Administration proposed additional cuts in the FY 2018 Budget that could also endanger policies geared to assist transgender women of color and their access to quality HIV-related health care.

“This budget would pull the rug from under some of America’s most marginalized communities, including transgender women of color, at a time when they need our help the most,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “President Trump’s budget is heartless and the latest example of the Administration working to systematically erase LGBTQ Americans from the fabric of this nation.”

Moreover, the proposed budget also slashes dollars to the Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights. This office is charged with helping marginalized communities, including LGBTQ Americans, gain access to health care and human services providers without discrimination. Roger Severino, who has a long history of anti-LGBTQ activism and remarks, was appointed to lead the Office of Civil Rights earlier this year.

GLAAD has been documenting the administration’s systematic erasure of the LGBTQ community and policies intended to support LGBTQ Americans. Click here to visit GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project.
 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: How the Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget Harms LGBTQ Americans

Health and Human Services Cuts to LGBTQ Health Care Access

Eliminates $59 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. [Health and Human Services FY 2018 Budget, Page 24]

Proposed discontinuing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part F AIDS Education and Training Programs and Special Projects of National Significance. [Health and Human Services FY 2018 Budget, Page 24]

The Special Projects of National Significance features a program geared toward transgender women of color hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hivaids-program/part-f-special-projects-national-significance-spns-program

Cuts $186 million in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STIs, and TB prevention CDC funding [Health and Human Services FY 2018 Budget, Page 28]

Drops $6 million in funding for HHS Office of Civil Rights [Health and Human Services FY 2018 Budget, Page 95]
 

Cutting Medicaid Harms People with HIV and AIDS

Advocate: Trumpcare Could Bring HIV Roaring Back: By gutting Medicaid expansion and other benefits, the proposal could complicate PrEP access and promotion in the states that adopted Medicaid expansion. If passed, the new bill will begin to eliminate money for Medical expansion in 2020, potentially blocking new applicants and access to critical medication…

WGBH News: Trumpcare Would Harm LGBT People And Those Living With HIV: “Changes to Medicaid proposed by the AHCA would put many people with HIV at risk of losing access to life-saving medicines and treatment” […] Trumpcare would also reverse ACA-related changes to Medicaid eligibility that have benefitted LGBT people. Previously, only low-income adults with dependent children or low-income adults with a disability were eligible for Medicaid. Now people are eligible for Medicaid on the basis of income alone. Since many LGBT people do not have children, this change has made it easier for them to enroll in Medicaid.”
 

Defunding Planned Parenthood Harms Trans Americans
 

HEADLINE: Trump’s Budget Proposes Kicking Planned Parenthood Out of All Federal Programs [New York Magazine, 5.23.17]

Daily Beast: The Attack on Planned Parenthood Hurts Transgender People, Too: “But a lesser-known consequence of the attack on Planned Parenthood is its potential impact on transgender people like Burns who rely on the organization for transition-related medical care. Elizabeth Clark, Planned Parenthood’s director of health media, told The Daily Beast that health centers in 16 states—including California, Florida, New York, and Illinois—currently offer hormone therapy to transgender patients. From 2013 to 2015, she added, there was an 80 percent increase in affiliates that reported offering that treatment.”

The Guardian: How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare; “Unbeknown to many, Planned Parenthood is one of the largest sources in the US of transgender healthcare. The embattled provider offers hormone replacement therapy, which helps a person’s body appear more masculine or feminine, at dozens of its locations, and a growing share of its staff are trained to perform routine sexual health exams for trans patients.

Planned Parenthood in recent years has sought to address that problem. And it has made its clinics a magnet for thousands with few other options. Starting with Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, in upstate New York, a growing number of its health centers have become places where trans people can begin to transition medically, as well as get basic reproductive services. Its centers use a newer model for gender transitioning that gives the patient input on whether to start their transition, rather than turning the decision over entirely to a psychiatrist. Some clinics have staff with detailed knowledge of how to update driver’s licenses, passports and social security cards to reflect someone’s name and gender.”

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ABC to Broadcast NYC Pride March Live for First Time on June 25

ABC to Broadcast NYC Pride March Live for First Time on June 25

NYC Pride today announced that for the first time WABC-TV will broadcast the 48th NYC LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 25th.

The march, which has 350 marching contingents and had more than 2 million spectators in 2016, takes place from 12 – 3 pm. ABC7 will broadcast it live and stream it live on abc7ny.com.

Said Chris Frederick, NYC Pride Managing Director: “We’re excited to have Tri-state viewers welcome us
into their homes for what will be an unprecedented opportunity for the LGBT community’s collective
voices to be heard.”

ABC7 will also provide coverage of PrideFest – the annual LGBT street festival, Pride Luminaries Brunch, the Rally, and Pride Island – a new three-day LGBT cultural experience.

Said Dave Davis, President and General Manager of WABC-TV: “Channel 7 prides itself on being able to bring important, local celebrations of community spirit to as many people as possible. We look forward to making this year’s March the best ever.”

The theme for 2017’s NYC Pride is “We Are Proud”. As Towleroad reported earlier, The American Civil Liberties Union, Brooke Guinan (trans woman, FDNY firefighter), Krishna Stone (Director of Community Relations, GMHC), and Geng Le (Founder, Blued) will serve as Grand Marshals for this year’s march.

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Anti-LGBTQ World Congress of Families Event in Hungary This Week, Ben Carson was Scheduled to Speak

Anti-LGBTQ World Congress of Families Event in Hungary This Week, Ben Carson was Scheduled to Speak

The misleadingly named World Congress of Families (WCF), which the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designates as a hate group, is hosting the WCF XI in Budapest, Hungary, this week. Some 3,000 people are expected to attend the annual gathering. In a nod to Donald Trump’s divisive presidential campaign, the theme is “Building Family-Friendly Nations: Making Families Strong Again.”

The WCF XI Budapest host committee is headed by a senior official of the right-wing Hungarian government.  The conference will feature a line-up of virulently anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice speakers.

The SPLC reported that a member of Donald Trump’s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, was listed as a speaker on the program. But his name was removed without explanation over the weekend. Carson’s name was replaced with Janice Shaw Crouse, a notorious American exporter of hate who has an insidious track record of making anti-LGBTQ statements. Other dangerous exporters of hate such as Brian Brown will also be speaking at WCF XI. It is unclear whether Carson will indeed still participate.

WCF is known for its deep and longstanding ties to Russia and the Putin regime. In 2013, WCF forcefully advocated for the draconian anti-LGBTQ Russian “anti-propaganda law,” which sanctions individuals and organizations that advocate on behalf of LGBTQ people. The Russian region of Chechnya is currently witnessing a massive and deadly anti-LGBTQ crackdown.

WCF’s annual gatherings attract thousands of anti-LGBTQ activists. Their most recent annual conference was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, in May last year, as LGBTQ Georgians celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). The timing of WCF X in the country of Georgia was particularly disturbing given that the 2013 IDAHOT in Tbilisi had been marred by anti-LGBTQ violence.

In October 2015, when WCF held their ninth annual gathering in Salt Lake City (the first time they had done so in the U.S.), Ben Carson’s PAC (he was then a contender for the Republican nomination for president) partnered with WCF for the event. Speakers at WCF IX called LGBTQ people pedophiles and labeled LGBTQ rights a threat to humanity and akin to terrorism.

The WCF works closely with a dangerous group of hatemongers, spreading anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and promoting laws and policies that criminalize LGBTQ people and the advocacy of those who support them. HRC’s report on the group, Exposed: The World Congress of Families, made clear that the organization and its affiliates put LGBTQ people and their families in danger across five continents.

Read more about the work HRC has done to expose WCF’s hateful and dangerous agenda here.

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United Airlines detained this gay dad for having his hands “too close” to son’s genitals

United Airlines detained this gay dad for having his hands “too close” to son’s genitals
“This misguided man’s assumptions about my husband and the accusations that he made are completely unfounded.”

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Roger Moore, Facebook, Gay Bowl, Elton John, Justin Trudeau, Star Wars, Rachel Maddow: HOT LINKS

Roger Moore, Facebook, Gay Bowl, Elton John, Justin Trudeau, Star Wars, Rachel Maddow: HOT LINKS

SHOCKED AND SADDENED. Prince William releases statement after Manchester bombing: “Like everyone, Catherine, Harry and I are left shocked and saddened by the tragedy that unfolded in Manchester overnight. Hundreds of friends, parents, children and partners are confronting unimaginable grief today, and we send our thoughts to them all.”

RACHEL MADDOW. On surging ratings: “People are looking for answers.”

APPLE. We received secret letter from the government demanding personal information on a customer.

Roger MooreRIP. 007 Roger Moore dies at 89: “Before Sir Roger became the third actor to play James Bond in the main movie series, he was in several TV shows and movies including The Last Time I Saw Paris, The Saint, Maverick, Ivanhoe and The Persuaders. After George Lazenby didn’t work out as Bond and Sir Sean Connery decided he was finally done with sipping martinis and humping on Bond Girls, Sir Roger made his debut as James Bond in 1973’s Live And Let Die. He played Bond in six more movies (many of which are arguably the best Bond movies) and is the longest-serving 007.”

FACEBOOK MEDDLING. FEC asked to investigate whether Russian agents bought Facebook ads to spread damaging stories about Hillary Clinton: “’I think there is potential there for finding a violation, but I don’t want to suggest that I have prejudged anything that could potentially come before me,’ said FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic appointee to the commission.”

CANADIAN PROM. And a Justin Trudeau photobomb.

Prom season in #Vancouver pic.twitter.com/pgLUqdkgjd

— Adam Scotti ??? (@AdamScotti) May 20, 2017

GAY BOWL ’17. New England Patriots to sponsor flag football tournament: “The Gay Bowl was created in 2002 as an annual national championship tournament for LGBT flag football teams. About 40 teams are expected to compete in several divisions, including a women’s division, from across North America. The San Diego Bolts are the five-time defending champion.”

ELTON JOHN. Classic songs given new videos after contest: “At a special screening in Cannes, Elton and Bernie viewed the winning entries, as chosen by themselves and an expert panel including Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins. The winners included: Max Weiland’s live-action take on Tiny Dancer; Majid Adin’s animation for Rocket Man; and Jack Whiteley and Laura Brownhill’s choreographed interpretation of Bennie and the Jets. Each winning entrant presented their work with a few words.”

THE COVERS ARE WITH YOU. Vanity Fair releases four Star Wars covers for 40th anniversary.

Leading up to @StarWars‘s 40th anniversary, Vanity Fair introduces the next chapter in its saga: #TheLastJedi t.co/jLLif1n8L4 pic.twitter.com/41Yb5GVMES

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 23, 2017

BEEF ON THE GRILL. James Corden talks with Katy Perry about her feud with Taylor Swift.

#VIDEO | @katyperry talks about Taylor Swift and their beef #KatyCarpool pic.twitter.com/YkNsZKLi9k

— Katy Perry Pics (@katyspics) May 23, 2017

TOO HOT TUESDAY. Pietro Baltazar.

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HRC Equidad MX Lanza Innovadora Encuesta Sobre Inclusión LGBTQ en Centros de Trabajo

HRC Equidad MX Lanza Innovadora Encuesta Sobre Inclusión LGBTQ en Centros de Trabajo

Hoy, la Fundación Human Rights Campaign, el brazo educativo de la organización de derechos civiles de personas lesbianas, gais, bisexuales, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ) más grande de Estados Unidos, anunció que HRC Equidad MX: Programa Global de Igualdad en los Centros de Trabajo, está llevando a cabo una encuesta innovadora sobre las políticas y prácticas inclusivas de personas LGBT en las empresas mexicanas. Siguiendo con su larga trayectoria de apoyo a la igualdad, los principales empleadores Citibanamex, Accenture, Google, Kellogg y Mastercard ya se han comprometido a participar en la encuesta y el informe centrados en México.

La encuesta fue anunciada en un evento organizado hoy por Citibanamex y llega durante un tiempo de progreso significativo de la inclusión LGBTQ en el lugar de trabajo en todo el mundo. En los próximos meses, HRC Equidad MX, con sede en México, recogerá las respuestas de la encuesta que será efectuada paralelamente a la encuesta anual del Índice Corporativo de Igualdad (CEI, por sus siglas en inglés) de HRC y dará a conocer los resultados durante el otoño de 2017. En el próximo reporte se evaluará a las empresas y multinacionales sobre tres pilares fundamentales de la inclusión LGBT:

  • Adopción de políticas de no discriminación;
  • Creación de grupos de recursos para empleados o consejos de diversidad e inclusión;
  • Participación en actividades públicas para apoyar la inclusión LGBT.

Los empleadores altamente calificados recibirán una designación similar a la certificación Best Places to Work ofrecida a través de la CEI.

“Las empresas de todo el mundo continúan liderando la igualdad LGBT. De las compañías que toman la encuesta de Equidad MX sobre la inclusión en la Coalición de Negocios Globales de la BLC, los socios del sector privado en todo el mundo están enviando un claro mensaje de que la igualdad y la inclusión son buenas para los negocios”,dijo Mary Beth Maxwell, vicepresidenta de Programas, Investigación y Capacitación de HRC.

“El contar con el apoyo de estas cinco empresas tan importantes significa para Human Rights Campaign un gran paso en concientizar a las empresas mexicanas.  México es un gran aliado comercial y social para los Estados Unidos, por lo que replicar el trabajo que hemos realizado durante 15 años en EE. UU, con las empresas que han participado en el Índice Corporativo de Igualdad, significará un parteaguas en las empresas mexicanas y multinacionales que operan en este país”, dijo Deena Fidas, directora del Programa de Equidad Corporativa de la Fundación Human Rights Campaign.

Por su parte, Liliana Iñigo, embajadora LGBT de Citi para América Latina y directora ejecutiva de Mercadotecnia de Citibanamex, comentó: “Citibanamex es una institución comprometida en dar lo mejor de México y lo mejor del mundo a nuestros clientes y empleados. Este compromiso va de la mano con el respeto y la inclusión laboral de la población LGBT. Establecemos una cultura que promueve la integridad y confianza para que nuestros colaboradores puedan potencializar su talento, sin importar su orientación sexual o identidad de género. Participar en la certificación HRC Equidad MX demuestra la convicción que tenemos para construir el mejor ambiente laboral para la población LGBT en México y en nuestro Grupo Financiero”.

Asimismo, Guillermo González Guerra, director de Recursos Humanos de Kellogg Latinoamérica, recalcó que Kellogg busca fomentar una cultura de inclusión para todos sus colaboradores y generar un ambiente de trabajo en el que las personas sean apreciadas y puedan ser auténticas.

“A través de su programa K-Pride & Allies, la compañía trabaja para convertirse en el empleador de elección de la comunidad LGBT al promover la equidad, la solidaridad y el respeto. Obtener el distintivo HRC Equidad MX, será un paso muy importante en este sentido”dijo González Guerra.

Accenture, Google y Mastercard son miembros de la Coalición de Negocios Globales de HRC, una cohorte de empleadores globales públicamente comprometidos con la inclusión en todas partes donde hacen negocios.

Al respecto, Jorge Torres, director de Tecnología de Accenture, comentó que su empresa es una entidad incluyente que promueve un ambiente de confianza y motiva a cada uno de sus integrantes a ser auténticos.

“Nos sentimos orgullosos de ser una firma multinacional que trabaja cada día en brindar un ambiente de trabajo equitativo, independientemente de la orientación sexual o identidad de género de las personas. Con esto, declaramos formalmente nuestro compromiso de continuar trabajando hacia la inclusión LGBT apoyados de la certificación HRC Equidad MX”, comentó Torres.

Delfina Grossi, gerente de Google Marketing Solutions y embajadora de Diversidad para Google México mencionó que: “La misión de Google es organizar la información y hacerla accesible y útil para todos. En este sentido, nuestra búsqueda por la diversidad es una extensión natural de esta misión ya que buscamos aumentar el acceso a las oportunidades, derribando las barreras y empoderando a las personas a través de la tecnología”.

“Mastercard se enorgullece de participar en la Coalición de Negocios Globales de HRC y en la promoción de la cultura corporativa inclusiva y diversa con diferentes acciones que refrendan nuestro compromiso principal con nuestro capital más importante, el humano y en la comunidad en la que trabajamos”, dijo Brenda Hernández, directora de Recursos Humanos de Mastercard México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, señaló:

A través de su Índice Corporativo de Igualdad, la Fundación HRC ha establecido una hoja de ruta para la adopción de políticas, beneficios y prácticas inclusivas de LGBTQ entre las principales corporaciones. El año pasado, por segundo año consecutivo, HRC lanzó su CEI internacional en la Ciudad de México junto con la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en México, The Dow Chemical Company, J.P. Morgan Chase y la petrolera estatal mexicana PEMEX. Junto con el lanzamiento del CEI de 2017, HRC Equidad MX lanzó una caja de herramientas en español para los lugares de trabajo en México y en Latinoamérica. La guía provee a lugares de trabajo hispanos con un recurso para ayudar a entrenar y equipar a los empleados a construir ambientes inclusivos de personas LGBT.

HRC Equidad MX: Programa Global de Igualdad en los Centros de Trabajo, que fue lanzado el año pasado, busca aumentar la conciencia sobre la importancia de la diversidad e inclusión de personas LGBTQ en los lugares de trabajo mexicanos desarrollando modelos de consultoría y educación para empresas y organizaciones mexicanas. También utiliza las herramientas y relaciones de HRC para comprometer a las compañías interesadas en alinear sus políticas corporativas con la inclusión de LGBTQ a los estándares internacionales.

Para obtener más información sobre la participación en la encuesta HRC Equidad MX, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] y para saber más sobre HRC Equidad: MX, visite hrc.im/equidadmx.

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