Aaron Carter prepares to relaunch his career at a gay bar
The show is nearly sold out.

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Post-Emo Rapper/Singer Lil Peep Comes Out as Bisexual

Rapper Lil Peep has come out as bisexual on Twitter.

Peep tweeted “yes I’m bisexual” on Tuesday, followed up with “who wants a kiss?”

yes I’m bi sexual

— GOTH ANGEL SINNER (@Lilpeep) August 8, 2017

who wants a kiss

— GOTH ANGEL SINNER (@Lilpeep) August 8, 2017

Pitchfork’s Steven Horowitz profiled Peep in January:

Image is paramount to Peep, born Gustav Åhr. When he’s not pairing Katy Perry T-shirts and hockey jerseys with fluorescent magenta jeans, he’s performing shirtless, exposing a stomach tattoo bearing the word “LOVE” with a sad face imprinted in the “O.” He flaunts his relationship with Layla, recently showing up in a tweeted photo with his face planted in her bare ass. (The caption: “fine dining.”) He now has more followers on Instagram (112,000) than on SoundCloud (82,000), where he posted his first song just a year ago.

“It’s like professional wrestling—everyone has to be a character,” says Peep. “If you’re not a fun enough character, then no one’s gonna f**k with you because you don’t have enough sh*t that’s different.”

Peep is a big personality, but he’s not a clown; he’s not just another RiFF RAFF. He’s the fresh-faced avatar of post-emo angst that’s not quite rap or rock. Instead, it falls into a grey area full of with spidery guitars, 808 drums, and wall-of-sound production. It’s been described as the “new emo” and “emo trap,” raw and stinging and a direct confluence of his influences—Gucci Mane, Crystal Castles, Panic! at the Disco.

Here’s his latest video, “The Brightside”, from his forthcoming album Come Over When You’re Sober.

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Post-Emo Rapper/Singer Lil Peep Comes Out as Bisexual

Rapper Lil Peep comes out as bi on Twitter
It’s a great week to come out as bisexual on Twitter.

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Campaign Underway to Save Rainbow Lifeguard Tower in Venice, California

A campaign is underway to save the Venice Pride rainbow lifeguard tower in California, which seems like a great idea.

Writes Colin Campbell at Change.org, where you can sign a petition:

Located at Brooks Ave. on Bill Rosendahl Memorial Beach in Venice, CA the Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower has become a beloved destination for locals and tourists alike. In nine weeks thousands have flocked to photograph the dramatic tower and broadcast its powerful message of equality and inclusion to millions across the globe.

On September 8th the rainbow-colored tower is set to be erased… forever. At a time when so much of what the LGBT community and its allies fought for is under attack, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors should save the Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower by designating it a permanent public art project.

Funded by Venice Pride, a local non-profit dedicated to saving LGBT lives, and Dunn-Edwards Paints, the tower serves as an important visual reminder that Los Angeles will always welcome people no matter whether they are gay, straight, lesbian, bi, transgender, queer or questioning.

Watch the campaign video:

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Campaign Underway to Save Rainbow Lifeguard Tower in Venice, California

Markus Ulrich: Der Schein trügt: Hasskriminalität gegen Lesben und Schwule nimmt stetig zu
Selbstbestimmt, offen und diskriminierungsfrei – eine demokratische Gesellschaft muss es allen Menschen garantieren, jederzeit, an jedem Ort, ohne Angst und Anfeindung verschieden zu sein. In Deutschland ist das für Lesben und Schwule nicht möglich.

Weiterlesen: Blogs, Politik, Homosexualität, Germany News

www.huffingtonpost.de/markus-ulrich/homo-und-transphobe-hassk_b_17708174.html

Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Leads ‘No’ Vote on Gay Marriage

Sydney (dpa) – Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday urged Australians to vote against same-sex marriage, after the government said it would ask the public to vote on the issue in a September postal ballot. The government said it would follow its earlier decision to have a non-binding postal vote to gauge national opinion,…

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Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Leads ‘No’ Vote on Gay Marriage

Governor Eddie Calvo Tells People of Guam There is No Change in Threat Level: WATCH

Guam’s Governor Eddie Calvo posted a message to YouTube on Wednesday reassuring the people of Guam that there is no change in threat level resulting from North Korea events.

Said Calvo in the message:

I know we woke up to media reports of North Korea’s talk of revenge on the United States and this so-called new-found technology that allows them to target Guam.

I am working with Homeland Security, the Rear Admiral, and the United States to ensure our safety.

I want to reassure the people of Guam that currently there is no threat to our island or the Marianas. I spoke to Joint Region Marianas Commander Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield who confirmed this with me.

My Homeland Security Advisor who is in communications with Homeland Security and Department of Defense notes that there is no change in threat level resulting from North Korea events. HSA George Charfauros reminds us that there are several levels of defense all strategically placed to protect our island and our nation.

Additionally, I have reached out to the White House this morning. An attack or threat to Guam is a threat or attack on the United States. They have said that America will be defended.

I also want to remind national media that Guam is American soil and we have 200,000 Americans in Guam and the Marianas. We are not just a military installation.

With that said, I want to ensure that we are prepared for any eventuality. I will be convening the Unified Coordination Group, which includes myself and the Rear Admiral, to discuss the state of readiness of our military and our local first responders.

My office will continue to provide information to our community. What information we are given, we will pass it on to you.

The Washington Post reports:

At about 4,000 miles west of Hawaii, and 2,200 miles southeast of North Korea, Guam is on the edge of U.S. power in the Pacific. Its combined Navy and Air Force installation, Joint Region Marianas, is the home port for nuclear submarines, a contingent of Special Operations Forces and the launching point of flights for strategic bombers conducting rotational flights over Japanese territories and in the Korean Peninsula.

Guam has been a strategic linchpin since Spain relinquished control to the U.S. Navy following the Spanish-American War in 1898. Japanese forces sped to the island following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and captured it, subjecting its people to violence that some historians estimate to have killed 10 percent of its population.

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Black Women, Girls, and Trans Folks Get Locked Up and Shot Too

In her new book, Invisible No More, Andrea J. Ritchie dissects the forgotten stories of police violence against transgender women of color.  Read an exclusive excerpt below.

www.advocate.com/books/2017/8/09/black-women-girls-and-trans-folks-get-locked-and-shot-too