Being cisgender, white, and gay is no longer enough to make a guy interesting
This is sure to ruffle a few (predominantly white) feathers.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Watch Wilson Cruz and Tuc Watkins Play ‘Perverts In Love’ In Exclusive ‘EastSiders’ Season 3 Clip
Watch Wilson Cruz and Tuc Watkins Play ‘Perverts In Love’ In Exclusive ‘EastSiders’ Season 3 Clip
Mad Men star Kit Williamson is back with another season of his razor-sharp web series EastSiders, available now on Netflix.
Following the ups and downs of the relationship between Cal (Williamson) and Thom (As the World Turns‘ Van Hansis), EastSiders has become a beloved series for boldly exploring queer stories with stirring performances, gut-wrenching drama and dark humor. The show’s devoted fanbase has already contributed more than $250,000 toward its crowdfunding campaigns, including $80,000 to support this most recent season.
EastSiders third season might be its most ambitious to date. Unfolding as a cross-country road trip, episodes were filmed on-location in 16 different states. New episodes also feature returning players Stephen Guarino (Happy Endings), Willam Belli (RuPauls’ Drag Race) and season-one star Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) all back for more drama.
Of course, more fresh faces will be encountered along the way, like pioneering out actor Wilson Cruz. In the clip below, Cruz and fellow out actor Tuc Watkins play an older couple that inspires Cal and Thom to reflect on their own relationship.
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Watch Wilson Cruz and Tuc Watkins Play ‘Perverts In Love’ In Exclusive ‘EastSiders’ Season 3 Clip
Kreise: Beim Thema Steuern kracht es zwischen CSU und SPD
Kreise: Beim Thema Steuern kracht es zwischen CSU und SPD
- Die GroKo-Sondierer hatten sich ein Schweigegelübde auferlegt – und dennoch werden erste Zahlen und Ziele bekannt
- Beim Thema Steuerpolitik soll es den ersten größeren Streit geben
Die Sondierungsgespräche von Union und SPD sollten ruhiger ablaufen als die Jamaika-Verhandlungen. Doch schon am zweiten Tag wird bekannt: Auch bei den GroKo-Sondierern gibt es Ärger.
Bei der Steuerpolitik kommt es laut der Deutschen Presse-Agentur zu einem erheblichen Konflikt zwischen der CSU und den Sozialdemokraten.
Die CSU lehnt nach Informationen aus Verhandlungskreisen vom Montag die Forderung der SPD nach einer schrittweisen Anhebung des Spitzensteuersatzes von 42 auf 45 Prozent ab.
Zugleich will die SPD die Einkommensgrenze, ab der der Spitzensteuersatz gilt, von 55.000 Euro auf 60.000 Euro Jahreseinkommen anheben.
Sachsens Ministerpräsident schießt quer
Bereits zuvor am Montag hatte der sächsische Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer (CDU) die SPD-Pläne kritisiert und von einer Umverteilung von Steuergeldern und zusätzlichen Belastung für Unternehmen gewarnt.
Unionsfraktionschef Volker Kauder (CDU) hatte umgehend versucht, die Äußerung einzufangen und sie als nicht berechtigt bezeichnet.
Die SPD ist irritiert
Es war nicht der einzige irritierende Moment an diesem Tag: Nordrhein-Westfalens Ministerpräsident Armin Laschet (CDU) sagte, dass das Thema Energiepolitik abgeschlossen sei.
➨ Mehr zum Thema: Union und SPD wollen Deutschlands Klimaziel für 2020 kippen
Die Sozialdemokraten reagierten überrascht auf die Äußerung von Laschet. “In der SPD herrscht Erstaunen darüber, dass ein professioneller Verhandler wie Armin Laschet sich nicht an diese Regel hält”, sagte ein Parteisprecher.
Der Parlamentarische Geschäftsführer der Unionsfraktion im Bundestag, Michael Grosse-Brömer (CDU), erklärte in Berlin, es habe noch keine Endergebnisse vorgelegen.
“Es ist nichts vereinbart, solange nicht alles vereinbart ist”, betonte der CDU-Politiker.
Das geräuschlose Sondieren scheint noch nicht zu klappen.
➨ Mehr zum Thema: Alle Neuigkeiten aus Berlin in unserem GroKo-News-Blog
www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/groko-sondierungen-streit-steuern_de_5a53e637e4b0efe47ebbe649
‘Next Of Kin’ Episode 1 Review: 10 Questions We Have After ITV’s New Drama Begins
‘Next Of Kin’ Episode 1 Review: 10 Questions We Have After ITV’s New Drama Begins
With ‘McMafia’ and ‘Hard Sun’ in full swing over on the BBC, ITV served up their first big drama offering of 2018 with new thriller ‘Next Of Kin’ on Monday (8 January) night.
Starring Archie Panjabi (‘The Good Wife’, ‘The Fall’), and renowned actor, Jack Davenport (‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’, ‘Smash’), it tells the story of the Shirani family who are shattered when their son, brother and father – Kareem – is abducted and murdered in Pakistan on the same day as a terrorist attack in London.
But it turns out Kareem’s death may just be the start of the family’s worries, as things about one of their other relatives begin to unravel.
The family are on the hunt to answers for many of their questions – as are viewers – and here are just a few of the ones we found ourselves asking after episode one:
Why has Kareem been killed?
After spending five months in Pakistan working for a medical charity, Kareem is on his way home to the UK when he is abducted and brutally murdered by a gang of men with guns. But why did they want Kareem dead, and what did they stand to gain?
Why hasn’t Danny spoken to a lot of his family in a long time?
Danny’s absence from his father’s welcome home party was initially brushed off as him just “being a student”, but it was then revealed he had become estranged from many of them, and had also been missing from university for six weeks.
In a conversation with Mona, Guy also stated Danny and Kareem had also had a number of “run ins”, suggesting a fraught relationship between father and son. But what caused this?
Have the police been watching Danny?
DCI Barnes of the Counter Terrorism Unit tells Guy and Mona they want to speak to Danny as soon as he gets in contact, before Mona questions how they even knew she’d gone to visit his university in the first place. This leads her to conclude the family could be being watched, with Guy then suggesting Danny could have been radicalised.
While Mona dismissed this, it would certainly support her own theory and explain why police are so interested in Danny.
How did Kareem’s first wife die?
While we’re not suspecting anything suspicious happened here (although we could be wrong), his mother’s death may provide a long-term reason why Danny has become estranged from the rest of his family.
How did Mrs Shirani get Danny’s number?
Danny’s family haven’t been in contact with him for a number of weeks, yet Mrs Shirani produced a new number for him that no-one else had. Had Danny been in contact with her previously? And why did she only produce it days after Kareem’s death, when she knew everyone else was desperately trying to contact him?
What is Danny doing in Lahore?
Danny had told Omar he was in Spain, but by the end of the episode, we learned he was in Pakistan, which is where his dad just happened to have been killed…
Did Danny have a hand in his father’s death?
Not only was he in Lahore, but Danny also admitted to Mona he already knew of Kareem’s death. Unless his grandmother had already spoken to him on his secret number, we’re not quite sure how he’d have learned of that, unless he had something to do with it himself.
Is Kareem’s killing linked to the terror attack?
To have the action set against a backdrop of a terrorist attack in west London has to be significant, and we wouldn’t be at all surprised to discover the events are somehow tied up with Kareem’s death.
Could Danny be involved in the terror attack?
It would certainly explain the Counter Terrorism Unit’s keen interest in him.
How long was Kareem’s welcome home party meant to be?!
Mona was seen on the phone to Kareem while she was on her way to his welcome home bash – but he was still in Pakistan. A quick Google tells us a flight from Lahore to London is 7.5 hours long, so why on earth had all the family gathered so early?
‘Next Of Kin’ continues next Monday at 9pm on ITV.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/next-of-kin-episode-one-review-itv-drama-spoilers_uk_5a5379eee4b003133eca596d
Adam Rippon Makes History; Becomes First Openly Gay Olympic Skater
Adam Rippon Makes History; Becomes First Openly Gay Olympic Skater
Adam Rippon, who with his selection to the U.S. Olympic team on Sunday, will become the first openly gay American male figure skater to compete in the Winter Olympics when he travels to the games next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Rippon, 28, said that when he came out in 2015 he “started to own who I am as a person.”
“When I was young and still in the closet, I read a lot of articles about other people and their coming out stories and I watched YouTube videos on other people sharing their stories and that’s really what made me feel okay to be myself,” Rippon said during an interview with HRC.
“I told myself that if I ever had that platform to say anything, I would say something,” Rippon continued. “I think the more visibility we have as an LGBT community the more normal it becomes for a young kid who lives in a small town like I’m from—I’m from a small town in Pennsylvania. I think that if you can share your story, you bring more normalcy to whatever situation that someone young may be feeling that they’re in.”
Rippon also has a sense of humor about being a role model, joking that being a gay athlete is “exactly like being a straight athlete except with better eyebrows.”
“I’m so thankful for those other people who came before me and took those steps so that someone like me could read their story and feel okay,” Rippon told HRC. “I hope somebody who was in my shoes when I was younger can see me and have that feeling of, ‘yeah, being gay rocks.’”
Rippon will likely be joined in South Korea by openly gay Canadian pairs skater Eric Radford. Openly gay freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy is also expected to make the U.S. Olympic team. Kenworthy, who won silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he struggled with Russia’s oppressive anti-LGBTQ agenda, came out publicly a year later. HRC honored him with the HRC Visibility Award last year.
HRC applauds these incredible athletes and wishes them best of luck.
Coming out is a deeply personal journey that looks different for each individual. Learn more by visiting HRC’s Coming Out Center.
GLAAD denounces the renomination of Sam Brownback for ambassador of international religious freedom
GLAAD denounces the renomination of Sam Brownback for ambassador of international religious freedom
As an avid proponent of religious exemptions with a history targeting vulnerable communities, Gov. Sam Brownback is STILL unfit for State Department post
NEW YORK – Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD – the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released the following statement in response to the White House’s plan to renominate Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to become ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom after he failed to be confirmed by the Senate last year.
“The idea that the same administration pushing the Muslim Ban is seeking to equitably promote religious freedom abroad is absurd. The renomination of Sam Brownback, is yet another example of President Trump using the Oval Office to target vulnerable communities,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “Throughout his career, Sam Brownback has felt entitled to impose his anti-LGBTQ ideology on others, citing his faith while rescinding discrimination protections and voting against hate crime legislation. This deeply troubling record must be taken into full account as Brownback is, once again, sent through the nomination process.”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Gov. Sam Brownback’s Anti-LGBTQ Record
- Original cosponsor of a proposed federal marriage amendment, Brownback called marriage equality “radical social experimentation” and “a grave threat to our central social institution.”
- Claimed marriage equality is “harmful to the future of the Republic.”
- Rescinded an executive order stating Kansas state workers could not face discrimination, harassment, or job termination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Voted against LGBTQ hate crimes legislation, stating: “This is something we have got to fight against, that somehow that the thought is what the crime is, and that being moved into an agenda not allowing people to speak their beliefs about homosexuality.”
- Temporarily blocked the confirmation of a federal judge solely because she attended the commitment ceremony of a same-sex couple.
- Rejected President Obama’s federal guidance on transgender students using facilities that match their gender identity.
- Signed a so-called “religious freedom” law allowing college campus groups to exclude members based on religious beliefs without losing public funds.
- Said about marriage equality: “When you do these vast, social experiments–and that’s what this is, when you redefine marriage–they’re not done in isolation. They impact the rest of the culture around you. When you take the sacredness out of marriage, you will drive the marriage rates down.”
- Claimed the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell ban was “good policy” and “the right thing for us to do in the military.
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Meet the One LGBT Winner at the 2018 Golden Globes
Meet the One LGBT Winner at the 2018 Golden Globes
Songwriter Benj Pasek, along with professional partner Justin Paul, won for “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman.
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Passengers look on in disgust as living embodiment of toxic masculinity tries to exit plane
Passengers look on in disgust as living embodiment of toxic masculinity tries to exit plane
Some angry white dude is unable access his overhead compartment so, naturally, he takes his aggression out on the closest woman.
Tonya Harding, Timothee Chalamet, El Salvador, Bryan Singer, Michael Wolff, Pink at Super Bowl: HOT LINKS
Tonya Harding, Timothee Chalamet, El Salvador, Bryan Singer, Michael Wolff, Pink at Super Bowl: HOT LINKS
BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS. Michael Wolff says Trump is nuts over the Fire and Fury book.
NO APOLOGIES, NO RETRACTIONS. Fire and Fury publisher responds to Trump’s legal counsel.
NEW: Counsel to “Fire and Fury” author and publisher responds to Pres. Trump’s legal counsel: “My clients do not intend to cease publication, no such retraction will occur, and no apology is warranted.” t.co/9scdVvbpwq pic.twitter.com/F2AXeeex5m
— ABC News (@ABC) January 8, 2018
DEPORTED. 200,000 Salvadorans ordered to leave U.S. per Trump immigration policy: “In May, the Trump administration took its first swing at TPS, by extending the TPS for 60,000 Haitian immigrants, who came to the U.S. after the devastating 2010 earthquake, for only six months. In November, the Trump administration announced it was not renewing the TPS for those Haitians who arrived after a 2010 earthquake, and was further not renewing the TPS for 2,500 Nicaraguans who had lived in the U.S. under the provision for nearly two decades. At that time, the administration made no announcement regarding the TPS for 200,000 Salvadorans, whose status was due to expire early this year.
BRYAN SINGER. Axed from executive producing role on FX’s Legion over sexual harassment lawsuit.
CLINTON FOUNDATION. Rep. Adam Schiff says they’re being investigated at behest of White House: “It’s not because there is some new evidence that has come to light. It’s because they’re being badgered by the White House to do it. You simply cannot explain it, I think, any other way,” the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee added, calling it “deeply disturbing.”
AMERICAN CRIME STORY. Versace fashion brand has put out an official statement on the Ryan Murphy series.
SINGAPORE. Gay doctor to appeal court’s denial of adoption of son conceived through surrogacy: ‘The court rejected his adoption last month on the grounds that the steps he had taken to have the baby in the United States would not have been possible in socially conservative Singapore. “Our client has filed an appeal against the decision,” said one of his lawyers, Ivan Cheong.’
MEXICO. Russia seen interfering in Mexican election: “Providing the keynote address for the Jamestown Foundation, McMaster pointed to Mexico as an example of where Russia is engaging in a disinformation campaign.”
SUPER BOWL LII. Pink to sing National Anthem. ‘In addition, on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), actor and director Alexandria Wailes will perform in American Sign Language both the National Anthem and “America The Beautiful.”
WISCONSIN. Madison home may become a local landmark, the most prominent recognition of a LGBT site in the city’s history: “For 14 years, the modest white house with black shutters near Capitol Square was a hotbed for community activism and liberal politics, a haven for local leaders in the fight for gay and lesbian rights and respect.”
ROY MOORE. Accuser’s home burns in Gadsden, Alabama and arson investigation is launched: “Roy Moore accuser Tina Johnson lost her home Wednesday in a fire that is now under investigation by the Etowah County Arson Task Force. Tina Johnson, who first came to public notice for accusing Senate candidate Roy Moore of grabbing her in his office in the early 1990s, said her home on Lake Mary Louise Road in Gadsden caught fire Tuesday morning. ”
INDIA. Gay prince opens his palace to at-risk LGBT people: “A gay Indian prince has opened up his 15-acre palace grounds to vulnerable LGBT people and is said to be constructing more buildings to house visitors. Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, who is the son and probable heir of the Maharaja of Rajpipla in Gujarat in western India, will run the centre with his organisation The Lakshya Trust. The royal, who was ostracised by his family after coming out publically in 2006, started the community based organisation to support gay men and educate people about the prevention of HIV/Aids.”
SHOCK AND AWE. That moment Timothee Chalamet realized he was sitting next to Tonya Harding.
timothée realizing THE tonya harding is sitting right next to him is a mood pic.twitter.com/zCUmSDyBnt
— kris (@siIkysheets) January 8, 2018
PICTURE FRAME OF THE DAY. This insane structure in Dubai.
MUST-SEE DRONE FOOTAGE OF THE DAY. The frozen beach at Old Silver Beach – North Falmouth, MA.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Harry Shum Jr.
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