A Career Less Ordinary: Pioneering Lesbian Editor Judy Wieder Tells Her Tale

The Advocate’s first female editor-in-chief, Judy Wieder, chronicles her fascinating life — which included time as a folk singer, disco songwriter, and hair band journalist — in Random Events Tend to Cluster.

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Paralympian With One Leg Has The Best Halloween Costume You’ll See This Year

A Paralympian has well and truly won Halloween with his genius costume.

Josh Sundquist, 33, had his left leg amputated after being diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of nine. 

The self-confessed “halloween enthusiast” has created inventive costumes ever since and this year is no exception.

The US Paralympic Ski Team member has transformed himself into ‘Winnie the Pooh’s’ Tigger for the holidays, using his leg as the tail.

This isn’t the first time Josh has wowed the internet with his costume.

In 2016, Josh, who also plays for the US Amputee Soccer Team, morphed into Lumière (the singing candle) from ‘Beauty and the Beast’. 

Josh’s other hilarious past creations include a flamingo and a foosball player.

We can’t wait to see what he comes up with in 2018. 

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Lynx Escapes Borth Wild Animal Kingdom In Wales Sparking Fears It May Eat ‘Livestock Or Pets’
female, which is around twice the size of a domestic cat, went missing “sometime during the last five days” from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion, police have said. 

The wildlife park said the lynx, which is called Lillith, does not pose a danger to humans but urged members of the public to avoid getting too close.

A post on its Facebook page said: “If you spot her, please do not approach her.

“Phone the police or contact the zoo straight away. We have fully-trained keepers on hand to deal with the situation.”

The post adds: “There have never been any recorded attacks of a lynx on a human, but they are a wild animal with sharp teeth and claws and will attack if cornered or trapped.”

The park said: “Lynx can travel about 12 miles a day, but the chances are she hasn’t gone far.

“We will be putting out camera traps around the perimeter of the zoo and relying on sightings by the public.

“Once we learn her location and follow her trail pattern we can set up monitored traps to catch her.”

Dyfed-Powys Police said in a statement: “Dyfed-Powys Police has today been made aware that sometime over the last five days a female lynx has escaped from the Animalarium in Borth. Police are therefore advising public in the area to be alert and vigilant.

“The lynx is unlikely to approach people, but may attempt to take livestock or pets as food.

“We do however advise that the animal should not be approached as it could become aggressive if cornered. It is believed that the lynx remains in fairly close proximity to the Animalarium, but of course it could potentially go further afield.”

A spokeswoman for the park said a police helicopter had located the cat on the grounds on Sunday evening and will attempt to pinpoint her position again on Monday.

The cat is described as tan and white in colour, with dark spots on her back and legs. It has a distinctive “thick, stubby tail” which is tan at the base and black at the tip.

Anyone with information about the missing lynx should contact Borth Wild Animal Kingdom on 01970 871224.

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Kevin Spacey comes out as gay while addressing Anthony Rapp sexual assault allegations
At the time of the alleged incident, Spacey was 26 and Rapp was 14.

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미국 드라마 ‘하우스 오브 카드’ 시리즈와 영화 ‘베이비 드라이버’, ’21’ 등에 출연했던 배우 케빈 스페이시가 게이…

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Kevin Spacey Accused of Trying to Seduce Anthony Rapp at 14

BuzzFeed interviewed Rapp about the accusation, which Spacey has not answered.

www.advocate.com/crime/2017/10/29/kevin-spacey-accused-trying-seduce-anthony-rapp-14

Catalonia: Hundreds Of Thousands March In Barcelona Calling For Spanish Unity
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of a unified Spain filled Barcelona’s streets on Sunday in one of the biggest shows of force yet by the so-called silent majority that has watched as regional political leaders push for Catalan independence.

Political parties opposing a split by Catalonia from Spain had a small lead in an opinion poll published on Sunday, the first since Madrid called a regional election to try to resolve the country’s worst political crisis in four decades.

Polls and recent elections have shown that about half the electorate in the wealthy northeastern region, which is already autonomous, oppose secession from Spain, but a vocal independence movement has brought the current crisis to a head.

Spain’s central government called an election for Dec. 21 on Friday after sacking Catalonia’s president Carles Puigdemont, dissolving its parliament and dismissing its government. That followed the assembly’s unilateral declaration of independence in a vote boycotted by three national parties.

The regional government claimed it had a mandate to push ahead with independence following an unofficial referendum on Oct. 1 which was ruled illegal under Spanish law and mostly boycotted by unionists.

Waving thousands of Spanish flags and singing “Viva España”, protesters on Sunday turned out in the largest display of support for a united Spain since the beginning of the crisis ― underlining the depth of division in Catalonia itself.

“I’m here to defend Spanish unity and the law,” said Alfonso Machado, 55, a salesman standing with a little girl with Spanish flags in her hair.

“Knowing that in the end there won’t be independence, I feel sorry for all the people tricked into thinking there could be and the divisions they’ve driven through Catalan society.”

The poll of 1,000 people by Sigma Dos for newspaper El Mundo showed unionist parties winning 43.4 percent support and pro-independence parties 42.5 percent.

The survey was taken from Monday to Thursday, just as the central government prepared to take control of Catalonia.

Madrid said on Saturday that secessionist politicians, including Puigdemont, were free to take part in the election. The hardline CUP has been unclear if it would.

The deposed Catalan government will soon have to make difficult decisions, Puigdemont’s former deputy Oriol Junqueras said on Sunday in an editorial in online newspaper El Punt Avui. He stopped short of saying his ERC party would take part in the election.

“We need a shared strategy … it’s important to weave solid alliances with those who are willing to build a state that serves its citizens,” he said, possibly alluding to a rumored alliance between the ERC and the Catalan arm of the anti-austerity Podemos party.

Such an alliance could put the independence movement in difficult position as it would mean a main secession supporter joining forces with parties that reject Madrid’s hard line but do not support separatism.

With weeks to go before the election, the poll showed the CUP, kingmaker for the pro-secessionists in the dismissed 135-seat parliament, would win seven seats, down from a current 10.

The pro-independence coalition Junts pel Si, which held 62 seats previously, was split into parties PDeCat and ERC for the poll as they are unlikely to run on a single platform. The two would win between 54 and 58 seats in total, the poll showed.

At Sunday’s rally, former European Parliament president Josep Borrell called for unionist voters to turn out in December to ensure independence supporters lose their stranglehold on the regional parliament.

“Maybe we’re here because many of us during elections didn’t go and vote. Now we have a golden opportunity. This time, nobody should stay at home,” Borrell said to cheering crowds.

Puigdemont called on Saturday for peaceful opposition to Madrid’s takeover. But he was vague on precisely what steps the secessionists would take as Spanish authorities move into Barcelona to enforce control.

European countries, the United States and Mexico have also rejected the Catalan declaration of independence and expressed support for Spain’s unity.

But emotions are running high and the next few days will be tricky for Madrid as it embarks on enforcing direct rule and putting officials in administrative roles. National police were accused of heavy-handedness during the Oct. 1 referendum.

Officers of the regional police force, called the Mossos d’Esquadra in Catalan, were stationed in main public and government buildings on Sunday.

But the force is believed to have divided loyalties. The central government has removed the Mossos’ chief, Josep Lluis Trapero, and said units could be replaced if warranted.

In an open letter on Sunday, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido praised the Mossos for their work and urged them to accept temporary direction from Madrid.

The main secessionist group, the Catalan National Assembly, has urged civil servants not to follow orders from the central government and to mount “peaceful resistance”, while the pro-independence trade union CSC has called a strike.

Puigdemont, Junqueras and their advisors left the Catalan government offices on Friday, newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Sunday, effectively handing the building over to Madrid and making a forced eviction on Monday less likely.

Since the return of democracy in the late 1970s Spain has suffered several traumatic episodes, including an attempted military coup in 1981, a violent Basque separatist conflict, and more recently an economic crisis. The Catalan issue is however the biggest challenge to the territorial integrity of what is now a progressive European Union nation.

The chaos has prompted an exodus of businesses from Catalonia, which contributes about a fifth of Spain’s economy, the fourth-largest in the euro zone. Tourism to Barcelona has been hit and markets have darted up and down on the fast-moving developments.

European leaders have also denounced the push, fearing it could fan separatist sentiment around the continent.

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