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Naysha Lopez describes the brutal ways pageant queens would sabotage the competition
Naysha Lopez describes the brutal ways pageant queens would sabotage the competition
Naysha Lopez is no stranger to taking home the crown.
Lucian Wintrich’s Alt-Right Blog Gateway Pundit Denied Congressional Press Pass
Lucian Wintrich’s Alt-Right Blog Gateway Pundit Denied Congressional Press Pass
Alt-right blog Gateway Pundit is to appeal to Paul Ryan a decision denying it a congressional press pass.
In February, Gateway Pundit began sending reporters including Twinks4Trump’s Lucian Wintrich (above right) to the White House briefing room by obtaining temporary credentials.
Although founder Jim Hoft (above left) has said Gateway Pundit aims to “speak the truth” and “expose the wickedness of the left,” is is known for spreading fake news stories and falsehoods.
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A congressional press pass gives the holder access to areas of the Capitol sealed off from the public, including the press galleries and the Speaker’s Lobby. It is seen as a precursor for permanent press passes around Washington including to the White House and the Supreme Court.
Liberals keep asking me how I get my information if I don’t listen to the MSM. Um, Trump himself, Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, & daily caller.
— Mike (@mike_Zollo) June 11, 2017
On Tuesday, the Senate Periodical Press Executive Committee upheld its previous denial. A letter to Gateway Pundit noted that the blog does not meet the requirements for press credentials because it does not regularly publish a substantial volume of original material. The committee’s letter also pointed to the fact that Hoft identifies himself as an activist when no credentialed outlet is allowed to “engage, directly or indirectly, in any lobbying or other activity intended to influence any matter before Congress.”
Open Letter to Our Readers and The Committee: pic.twitter.com/vQEbs0SWYv
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 12, 2017
However, according to Politico, Gateway Pundit’s attorney Charles Glasser plans to appeal the rejection to Ryan, whose office, along with the Senate Rules Committee, has ultimate “direction and control” of press credentials.
Glasser said:
“As a First Amendment advocate, I am still very troubled by the admittedly ‘subjective’ decision of who is a mere aggregator and who is doing a summary or reaction story.
“That is a very dangerous road to go down, and any journalist ought to be concerned about any quasi-government body making decisions on what is and isn’t valid journalism. People can cast Gateway Pundit as ‘right-wing conspiracy nuts’ but that misses the larger and more important point. Today it’s Gateway Pundit, tomorrow it’s Huffington Post, or Bloomberg First Word.”
Leo Shane, chairman of the committee and Capitol Hill bureau chief for the Military Times, said that at no time in recent history have the speaker or the Senate Rules Committee overruled the committee of correspondents. Shane does not expect this position to change.
In an open letter to the committee, Hoft wrote:
“This afternoon we found out the committee upheld their initial decision to reject our access to the Senate press gallery. The committee did not inform us of today’s decision. Rather they leaked this to a liberal media outlet. We still have not heard from the committee directly. This is irresponsible and unethical. We will certainly bring this up in our next hearing.
The committee has invited Gateway Pundit to resubmit an application and said the rejection “should not be seen as a permanent bar on the organization” provided Hoft publishes more original content and addresses concerns regarding activism and lobbying.
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GLAAD releases background information on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ record of anti-LGBTQ activism
GLAAD releases background information on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ record of anti-LGBTQ activism
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released research on Alex Jones, the founder of the debunked InfoWars website, who will appear on the next episode of NBC’s “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.”
Jones is known for falsely calling the Sandy Hook massacre a “giant hoax” and claiming the Aurora mass shooting was a “false flag,” but his dangerous and damaging rhetoric does not stop there. Jones has used his website and platform to push countless anti-LGBTQ statements. These claims include saying the Pulse Nightclub massacre was the LGBTQ community’s fault and promoting defamatory myths about the transgender people. Take a look below to see a full history of Alex Jones’ anti-LGBTQ record.
GLAAD urges media reporting on his interview with Megyn Kelly to provide a full look at his rhetoric.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Alex Jones and InfoWars’s Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
Anti-LGBTQ Statements by Alex Jones
- Argued the Orlando massacre is LGBT community’s fault. [Right Wing Watch]
- Said transgender bathroom access is about “jacking with” children. [The Alex Jones Channel]
- Called homosexuality “a very destructive lifestyle on average.” [SoundCloud]
- Accused gay parents of taking children from straight people: “It’s not that – I don’t even dislike gay people or hate them. It’s that I’ve been to these events and a lot of times it’s the specialized homosexuals who are collecting everybody’s kids that run them, so then it’s like they’re persecuting us and I’m tired of it.” [AlterNet]
- Accused Obama and Clinton of being secretly gay/lesbian, and argued that’s a threat to national security. [InforWars]
- Called Glenn Beck is secretly gay. [Mediaite]
- Called Mark Cuban secretly gay. [Media Matters]
- Accused Michelle Obama of secretly being a man. [InforWars]
- Delivered an anti-gay rant against (straight) Congressman Adam Schiff. [The Hill]
- Called H.R. McMasters a “leather daddy” who “looks like he could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.” [Media Matters]
- Argued that those pushing for LGBTQ rights at the UN of being part of a “space cult, suicide cult, extremism [sic] craziness” meant to “confuse the general specials ahead of rendering us down and removing us.” [SoundCloud]
- Accused the UN of being a “space cult plotting to turn children gay.” FULL QUOTE: “The reason there are so many gay people now is because it’s a chemical warfare operation,”…“I have the government documents where they said they’re going to encourage homosexuality with chemicals so people don’t have children.” [Salon]
- Argued that chemicals in the water are turning frogs and humans gay. [InfoWars]
Anti-LGBTQ Ideas Promoted by InfoWars
- Repeated use of term “tranny.” [InfoWars 1;2;3;4]
- Accused transgender people of being perverts. FULL QUOTE: “Creepy perverts are the only people affected by anti-transgender bathroom laws, so why is the left so angry about it?” [InfoWars]
- Argued the SCOTUS marriage ruling “may pave the way for pedophile rights.” [InfoWars]
- Called Russia’s notorious anti-LGBTQ law not really anti-LGBTQ. [InfoWars]
- Said the SCOTUS marriage ruling was “unconstitutional and illegal.” FULL QUOTE: “[A]ll court rulings on gay rights, gay marriage or any other matter concerning sexuality are unconstitutional and illegal.” [InfoWars]
- Accused President Obama of launching “a gay war against marriage.” [InfoWars]
- Called Marco Rubio secretly gay. [InfoWars]
- Accused Nintendo of pushing “to introduce homosexual marriage in video game content is part of an aggressive agenda to normalize and force cultural acceptance of a lifestyle many Americans oppose on religious and moral grounds.” [InfoWars]
- Compared the Pride flag to the Confederate flag. [InfoWars]
- Called LGBTQ rights activists “the gay-KK.” [InfoWars]
- Joined American Family Association attacks on LGBTQ-inclusive ads. [InfoWars]
- Argued the Dept. of Education should not show support for LGBTQ rights. [InfoWars]
- Called Hillary Clinton a closeted lesbian. [InfoWars]
- Attacked the Obama White House over an gender-neutral restroom. [InfoWars]
- Mocked people for having concerns about homophobic/transgender commercials. [InfoWars]
- Went after British schools for teaching about LGBTQI identities. [InfoWars]
- Promoted Texas governor’s crass and crude contrast of JFK moon landing and Obama support for transgender bathroom access. [InfoWars]
Other Comments Against Marginalized Movements
- Argued that women who are out late at night “deserve” to be assaulted. [Media Matters]
- A lot of liberal women, as you know, the new thing is having a jihadi…There’s nothing sexier than a jihadi because it’s so fun to have him step on your head and kick you in the gut. [Right Wing Watch]
- Called the Hispanic judge who ruled against Trump a one man KKK. [Mediaite]
- Argued that Black Lives Matter was a violent group who physically assault women with the protection of the police. [Infowars]
- Racist hate group Black Lives Matter is once more ignoring the facts and using a death as a pretext to riot. [Infowars]
- Infowars argued that: “Polarizing race-hate group has made people not care about police brutality.” [Infowars]
- Called for the burning the Q’ran, shutting down all mosques, and deportation of all Muslims. [YouTube: Total News T.V]
- Infowars promotes the argument that there is “no such thing as moderate Islam.” [Infowars]
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’80s Icon Alison Moyet Celebrates Her ‘Other’ With Glorious New Album
’80s Icon Alison Moyet Celebrates Her ‘Other’ With Glorious New Album
The vocal powerhouse behind Yaz talked to us about her lifelong kinship with LGBT people.
www.advocate.com/music/2017/6/16/80s-icon-alison-moyet-celebrates-her-other-glorious-new-album
Two men – retro style
Two men – retro style
Ron van Zeeland posted a photo:
June 15, 2017 – Rotterdam, the Netherlands: a man supports another man.
Gay men come forward with new accounts of being tortured in Chechnya concentration camps
Gay men come forward with new accounts of being tortured in Chechnya concentration camps
“They put a black plastic bag over my head and put a gun to my head.”
Pornhub To Slow Down Videos In Support Of Net Neutrality Protests
Pornhub To Slow Down Videos In Support Of Net Neutrality Protests
Groups fighting against the Federal Communications Commission’s potential rollback of net neutrality protections picked up the support of an internet giant on Wednesday: Pornhub. The pornography stalwart announced Wednesday it plans to join the “Battle For The Net” protest on July 12 as part of the larger “Internet-wide day of action to save net neutrality.” Pornhub,…
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 16, 2017
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 16, 2017
TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT SIGNS DISCRIMINATION INTO LAW: Yesterday, Abbott signed HB 3859, which allows child welfare organizations to turn away qualified Texans seeking to care for a child in need, including LGBTQ couples, interfaith couples, single parents or other parents to whom the agency has a religious objection. The law will also forbid the state from canceling a state contract with an agency that subjected children in their care to dangerous practices such as so-called “conversion therapy.” “After a legislative session full of attacks on LGBTQ Texans, today, Gov. Abbott has codified anti-LGBTQ discrimination into law by signing HB 3859,” said Marty Rouse, national field director for the Human Rights Campaign and a foster and adoptive parent. “This ‘Slate of Hate’ that the Texas legislature has made a priority harms LGBTQ Texans. This law will now prioritize discrimination over the best interests of children looking for a loving, stable home. That is unconscionable, and we implore Gov. Abbott not to pursue any further forms of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.” More from HRC.
NEW VIDEO FROM HRC AND EVERYTOWN — IT’S TIME TO DISARM HATE: The video was created for #DisarmHate Week — a week of remembrance for both the Pulse nightclub shooting and the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting. HRC President Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) said, “The safety of LGBTQ people — and others disproportionately targeted by hate — requires the adoption of commonsense gun safety measures, including limiting access to assault-style rifles, expanding background checks, and limiting the ability for suspected terrorists, and those with a history of domestic abuse to access guns. The urgency to combat hate and violence in all its forms was made tragically clear yet again this week, after our nation was rocked by several major shootings, including one that injured a Republican Member of Congress, U.S. Capitol Police officers and others. Now as always, we must stand united in support of justice and equality, and show the world that we are stronger than hate and fear.” Watch the video here.
COMMERCE DEPT. REMOVES LGBTQ PROTECTIONS FROM EEO STATEMENT — THEN RESTORES THEM AFTER BLOWBACK IN MEDIA, FROM HRC: The U.S. Department of Commerce reversed its decision to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity in its 2017 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) statement late Thursday after David Mack (@DavidMackau) of BuzzFeed first reported on the slap to LGBTQ federal employees, and HRC called on the Administration to restore the protections. David Stacy, HRC Government Affairs Director, responding to the department’s initial move to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity in its EEO characterized the removal as “mean-spirited, deceptive and irresponsible.” Later yesterday, a Commerce Department spokesperson told Mack, “Secretary Ross has directed the Department to reissue the policy statement to address any concerns and prevent misinterpretation.” More from HRC and BuzzFeed.
● As of this morning, the policy has not been restored to the Department of Commerce website.
FEEL GOOD FRIDAY — GAY N.J. POLICE OFFICER HONORED AT PRIDE AFTER FACING DISCRIMINATION: After bravely speaking up about homophobia in his workplace, Officer Matt Stanislao was fired in 2014. In May, a settlement in a lawsuit he brought against Glen Rock, N.J., allowed him to return to the job he loved — and he also received $750,000 in back pay and benefits. At the city’s LGBTQ Pride celebration, Stanisloa was honored for his bravery, and for the work he has done to improve conditions for LGBTQ poeple. “There are no words,” he said, standing in the park in his dress blues, The Times Sarah Maslin Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) reported, “transformed from pariah to honoree.” More from The New York Times.
DESPICABLE — PUTIN CLAIMS HIS ‘DUTY’ IS TO STOP MARRIAGE EQUALITY: In an exclusive interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said “I believe it’s my duty to uphold traditional values and family values. But why? Because same-sex marriages will not produce any children.” His comments were made while gay and bisexual men are being rounded up, locked in secret prisons, tortured and even murdered by their own government in the Russian republic of Chechnya. HRC has called on the U.S. government to condemn these heinous crimes and take every possible step to help the victims to safety. This week during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson admitted he has not raised concern about the issue with his Russian counterparts. More from Daily Mail.
● “They told me I wasn’t a human being” — NPR’s Gabriela Saldivia (@_GSaldivia) tells the stories of the brutal treatment endured by two gay men in Chechnya. Read and listen at NPR.
HRC MOURNS KENDRA ADAMS, TRANS WOMAN MURDERED IN ITHACA, N.Y.: Kendra Marie Adams, a 28-year-old transgender woman, was killed on Tuesday in Ithaca, N.Y.. Adams also went by Josie Berrios, the name used in initial media reports on her death. Police have charged Michael Davis, 45, with Adams’ murder. Actor Asia Kate Dillon, a friend of Adams, told HRC, “This past Sunday, when I spoke at the Equality March in Washington, D.C., I said the names of the twelve trans women of color who have been murdered this year. Now, I say one more name; the name of my friend, Kendra Marie Adams. My heart is with her family and friends. Although law enforcement has acted swiftly, we must all take responsibility by deepening our commitment to supporting and uplifting our trans siblings, especially those of color because whether you identify as trans or cis, we all deserve the freedom to safely express ourselves, without the fear of ridicule or the fear of violence. Rest in peace and power, Kendra.” More from HRC.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Karen Handel, who will face HRC-endorsed Jon Ossoff in a runoff election for Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District seat, opposed marriage equality, civil unions, domestic partnership benefits and allowing same-sex couples to adopt during her 2010 gubernatorial campaign. Handel was caught on camera saying that same-sex parents aren’t as legitimate as different-sex parents — and she didn’t even try to come up with an excuse for her blatant discrimination. Watch the video here.
Caught on camera: Jon Ossoff’s opponent says #LGBTQ parents aren’t legitimate. If you live in #GA06, #VoteYourOssoff on Tuesday, June 20. pic.twitter.com/fm6bwD48aZ
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) June 16, 2017
NEW REPORT — ‘TACKLING TRANSPHOBIA IN THE HEARTLAND’: The report found that canvassers who provided accurate information about transgender people were able to sway Ohio voters to support nondiscrimination protections for trans people. More from Advocate.
JAZZ JENNINGS HOPES HER SHOW WILL CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS: HRC Youth Ambassador Jazz Jennings (@JazzJennings__) appeared on Access Hollywood to discuss the upcoming season of I Am Jazz, which follows her life as a transgender teen. More from Access Hollywood.
HRC MOURNS LOSS OF FORMER D.C. COUNCILMEMBER JIM GRAHAM: In addition to being a strong openly gay voice on the Council and lifelong LGBTQ advocate, Graham served as the executive director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic for 15 years during the AIDS epidemic. More from Washington Blade.
ICYMI — POLITICO AD URGES SENATORS TO VOTE NO ON AHCA: The ad, placed by HRC and multiple HIV and AIDS health and advocacy organizations, calls on Senators to vote no on the American Health Care Act — a dangerous bill that would undermine core provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The landmark ACA has extended healthcare coverage to an additional 22 million Americans since its passage in 2010, including many who are LGBTQ.
.@HRC joined multiple #HIV orgs in placing an ad on @Politico urging Senators to #ProtectOurCare & reject caps, cuts to #Medicaid! #SaveACA pic.twitter.com/Y7v8jTz9l9
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) June 15, 2017
NYU USING TRANS ACTORS TO TRAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS: Many medical students never interact with a transgender patient while in school. A new New York University program is addressing that. More from The Daily Beast.
SAVANNAH, GA, TO OPEN LGBTQ CENTER: It will offer HIV testing and a resource center for LGBTQ youth. More from WJCL.
SERBIA COULD NAME FIRST OPENLY LESBIAN PRIME MINISTER: Ana Brnabic (@AnaBrnabic) could also become the first woman to hold the role. Brnabic was nominated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and will seek formal approval by Parliament next week. More from The Independent.
READING RAINBOW
Entertainment Tonight interviews Transparent’s Our Lady J (@OurLadyJ) about trans visibility in television; Foyles features a piece from author Simon James Green (@SimonJamesGreen) about LGBTQ young adult fiction; HRC Arkansas honors the 49 people killed at Pulse nightclub
Have news? Send us your news and tips at [email protected]. Click here to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow @HRC for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!
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Pines Fire: Propane Tanks Explode, 4 Homes Destroyed, 2 Firemen Suffer Minor Injuries
Pines Fire: Propane Tanks Explode, 4 Homes Destroyed, 2 Firemen Suffer Minor Injuries
Pines Fire started at about 1 am and is under control. Full details are still not available, but it’s known that at about 1 am a fast-moving blaze moved through a section of Fire Island Pines, home and weekend beach town to many LGBT New Yorkers. It’s been reported that 4 homes are entirely destroyed, many others damaged and two of the more than 100 firemen responding to the emergency were injured, but all residents and visitors are said to be ok.
Andre Almieda whose Facebook profile says he is a Luxury Travel Advisor at Cool Jetsetters was there and located the blaze at Ocean Walk and Cedar:
Build on a narrow strip of sand the fire is said to have ripped through homes on the Western end Ocean side.
Fire Island Pines has a long history of fires, many of the firefighters were from volunteer fire departments, and this fire could have been a lot worse were it not for these efforts. It took four hours to get under control, and there were some major concerns early on. More in this video from CBS 2 reporting
Our thoughts go out to all impacted by the fire.
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