Reading the Far Right: How Much Longer Can It Defend Trump?
Some are starting to admit his conduct is questionable. Also: Alex Jones makes an apology, and Scott Lively seeks an anti-LGBT alliance with Muslims.
www.advocate.com/media/2017/5/23/reading-far-right-how-much-longer-can-it-defend-trump
You can’t unsee this video of Donald Trump’s awkward sword dance with Saudi officials
Donald Trump attended a ceremonial Saudi sword dance outside the Murabba Palace in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and it was awkward to say the least.
Melania Shuts Down Trump’s Hand-Holding Attempt Again, in Rome: WATCH
For the second time in as many days, Melania Trump employed a strategic and well-timed move to avoid holding her husband’s hand. Upon the president’s arrival in Rome, Trump reached for his wife’s hand and she moved it away immediately, so he grabbed something else instead.
On Monday in Israel in a moment that quickly went viral, Melania appeared to flick the president’s hand away when he reached for it on the tarmac red carpet.
Handgate, Pt.2:
Proof Trump is a slow learner. He arrives in Rome and yet again tries to hold Melania’s hand. She declines again. pic.twitter.com/PrNZtuUdVP
— Mohamed Hemish (@MohamedHemish) May 23, 2017
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Melania Shuts Down Trump’s Hand-Holding Attempt Again, in Rome: WATCH
HRC Equidad MX Launches Groundbreaking LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion Survey
HRC announced that its HRC Equidad MX: Global Workplace Equality Program is undertaking a groundbreaking new survey of Mexican businesses’ LGBT inclusive policies and practices. Continuing their long record of support for equality, major employers Citibanamex, Accenture, Google, Kellogg and Mastercard have already committed to participate in the Mexico-focused survey and report.
The survey was announced at an event today hosted by Citibanamex and comes during a time of significant progress in LGBTQ workplace inclusion around the globe. In the coming months, Mexico-based HRC Equidad MX will collect responses to the survey, which will run parallel to HRC’s annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) survey, and release the results during the Fall of 2017. The forthcoming report will evaluate major Mexican business and multinational companies on three core pillars of LGBT inclusion:
Highly rated employers will receive a designation similar to the Best Places to Work certification offered through the CEI.
“Businesses around the world continue to lead on LGBTQ equality,” said Mary Beth Maxwell, HRC’s Vice President for Programs, Research and Training. “From the companies taking the Equidad MX survey on inclusion to the HRC Global Business Coalition raising the bar, private sector partners around the world are sending a clear message that equality and inclusion are good for business.”
“Having these five important companies support this effort by the Human Rights Campaign represents a significant step in raising awareness of workplace equality among Mexican companies,” said Deena Fidas, Director of HRC’s Workplace Equality Program. “Mexico is a great commercial and social partner for the United States, and replicating the work we have done with companies over the past 15 years in the U.S. through our Corporate Equality Index will be a watershed moment for Mexican and multinational companies operating here.”
“Citibanamex is an institution committed to giving the best of Mexico and the best in the world to our clients and employees. This commitment goes hand in hand with respect and job inclusion of the LGBT population,” said Liliana Iñigo, Citibanamex’s LGBT Ambassador for Latin America and Citibanamex’s Executive Director of Marketing. “We establish a culture that promotes integrity and confidence so that our collaborators can enhance their talent, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Participating in the HRC Equidad MX certification shows the conviction we have to build the best working environment for the LGBT population in Mexico and in our Financial Group.”
“Accenture is an inclusive company that promotes an environment of trust and motivates each one of its members to be authentic. We are proud to be a multinational firm that works every day to provide a fair work environment, regardless of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the people. With this, we formally declare our commitment to continue working towards the LGBT inclusion supported by the HRC Equity MX certification,” said Jorge Torres, Accenture’s Chief Technology Officer.
“Google’s mission is to organize information and make it accessible and useful for everyone. In this sense, our search for diversity is a natural extension of this mission as we seek to increase access to opportunities, breaking down barriers and empowering people through technology,” said Delfina Grossi, Google Marketing Solutions Manager and Diversity Ambassador for Google Mexico.
“Kellogg seeks to foster a culture of inclusion for all its employees and generate a work environment in which people are appreciated and can be authentic,” said Guillermo González Guerra, Director of Human Resources at Kellogg Latin America. “Through its K-Pride & Allies program, the company works to become the employer of choice for the LGBT community by promoting equity, solidarity and respect. Getting the HRC Equidad MX badge will be a very important step in this regard.”
“Mastercard is proud to participate in HRC’s Global Business Coalition and to promote inclusive and diverse corporate culture with different actions that reinforce our commitment with our most important capital, the human and in the community in which we work,” said Brenda Hernandez, Director of Human Resources for Mastercard Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Accenture, Google and Mastercard are members of HRC’s Global Business Coalition, a cohort of global employers publicly committed to inclusion everywhere they do business.
Through its Corporate Equality Index, the HRC Foundation has established a roadmap for the adoption of LGBTQ-inclusive policies, benefits and practices across major corporations. Last year, for the second year in a row, HRC launched its international CEI in Mexico City along with the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, The Dow Chemical Company, J.P. Morgan Chase, and the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, PEMEX. In conjunction with the launch of the 2017 CEI, HRC Equidad MX released a Spanish-language toolkit for workplaces in Mexico and around Latin America. The guide provides predominantly Spanish-language workplaces with a resource to help train and equip employees to build LGBT-inclusive environments.
HRC Equidad MX: Global Workplace Equality Program, which launched last year, works to increase awareness about the importance of LGBTQ diversity and inclusion in Mexico’s workplaces by developing consulting and education models for Mexican companies and organizations. It also utilizes HRC’s tools and relationships to engage interested companies in aligning their corporate policies on LGBTQ inclusion to international standards.
To learn more about participating in the HRC Equidad MX survey, please email [email protected]
And to learn more about HRC Equidad: MX, visit hrc.im/equidadmx.
These memes offer some hilarious theories about Trump’s Mar-a-Lago sinkhole
A 4′ x 4′ sinkhole opened up directly in front of Donald Trump’s lavish beachfront resort yesterday and memers have taken notice.
Migos Reportedly Refused To Perform With Drag Queens On ‘SNL’
After a recent performance on the Season 42 finale of “Saturday Night Live” with Katy Perry, hip-hop trio Migos has found themselves in hot water once again. Appearing on the May 20 episode of “SNL,” the group teamed up with Perry to perform the song “Bon Appétit” but reportedly had a problem with the drag queens…
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Migos Reportedly Refused To Perform With Drag Queens On ‘SNL’
Egotism
maria.morisot posted a photo:
The schism between
(you and me) and
misshapen nostalgia.
Your uniform,
my dress;
we salute
the hands
upon our chest with
solemnly held
cupped humanity,
As it spills
down the center line.
I quarrel
like the mad men,
with hands
and feet
on the table
of my regressive
solipsism.
mariamorisot.com/2017/05/23/egotism/
21 dead after terrorists attack Ariana Grande concert in UK
Crowd Jeers as Two Men are Caned 83 Times for Gay Sex in Indonesia: VIDEO
Authorities in the Aceh province in Indonesia, the only to practice Sharia law, caned two gay men 83 times in a public square. The two men, both in their 20s, were caught last month by a group of vigilantes who entered the boarding house where they were staying.
It is the first time the province has carried out a punishment for homosexuality.
More than a thousand people packed the courtyard of a mosque to witness the caning, which was the first time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality.
The crowd shouted insults and cheered as the men, aged 20 and 23, were whipped across the back and winced with pain. Many in the crush of spectators filmed the caning with cellphones as a team of five robed and hooded enforcers took turns to inflict the punishment, relieving one another after every 20 strokes for one of the men and 40 for the other.
Sarojini Mutia Irfan, a female university student who witnessed the caning, said it was a necessary deterrent.
“What they have done is like a virus that can harm people’s morale,” she said. “This kind of public punishment is an attempt to stop the spread of the virus to other communities in Aceh.”
Video of the caning (warning: disturbing):
Human Rights Watch had called for the men to be released:
“The arrest and detention of these two men underscores the abuse imbedded in Aceh’s discriminatory, anti-LGBT ordinances,” said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia division director at Human Right Watch. “These men had their privacy invaded in a frightening and humiliating manner and now face public torture for the ‘crime’ of their alleged sexual orientation.”
Cell phone video footage of the raid, apparently shot by one of the vigilantes and circulating on social media, shows one of the two men visibly distressed as he calls for help on his cellphone. “Please brother, please stop,” one of the men says in the video. “My parents want to talk to you, they can pick me up.” Aceh’s Sharia ordinances empower members of the public as well as the special Sharia police to publicly identify and detain anyone suspected of violating its rules.
Aceh’s codes have worsened over the past 10 years says HRW:
Over the past decade, Aceh’s parliament has gradually adopted Sharia-inspired ordinances that criminalize non-hijab-wearing women, drinking alcohol, gambling, and extramarital sexual relations, all of which can be enforced against non-Muslims. Aceh’s LGBT population is also vulnerable to Aceh’s 2014 Criminal Code that bars liwath (sodomy) and musahabah (lesbian sexual action). Aceh province imposed the Sharia punishment of multiple lashes of a cane against 339 people in 2016.
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Anti-LGBT incidents across Indonesia have significantly increased since January 2016 and included police raids on suspected gatherings of gay men, attacks on LGBT activists, and vitriolic anti-LGBT rhetoric from officials and politicians. In October, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo broke his long silence on escalating anti-LGBT rhetoric by defending the rights of the country’s LGBT community. He declared that “the police must act” against actions by bigoted groups or individuals to harm LGBT people or deny them their rights, and that “there should be no discrimination against anyone.” However, Jokowi has not backed up that statement with action.
“President Jokowi should urgently intervene is this case to demonstrate his stated commitment to ending discrimination against LGBT people,” Kine said. “Jokowi then needs to act to eliminate Aceh’s discriminatory ordinances so these outrageous arrests don’t happen again.”
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Crowd Jeers as Two Men are Caned 83 Times for Gay Sex in Indonesia
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