Whoops! Tom Daley accidentally slips out of his speedo mid-dive
The slip happened at the most recent Commonwealth Games in Australia, where Daley took home the gold medal.

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Woman, 72, Arrested After Homophobic Attack on Black Female Soldiers in Georgia Restaurant

A woman and her son were captured on video assaulting two black female Army soldiers following in an alleged homophobic attack.

The altercation between Judy Tucker, 72, and her son Robbie, reportedly took place at a Cheddar’s restaurant in Macon, Georgia following an altercation over a handicapped parking place.

Wrote LaKeycia Ward who took the video that was shared to Reddit and other social media networks: “This Gentleman & his mom was hostile about the two soldiers not waiting for them to reverse back into there handicap parking spot for her handicapped husband instead they went around and proceeded to park in there own separate parking spot. . So he then followed them inside the restaurant being verbally abusive calling them black lesbians shouting ” the military lets lesbians serve ? So at that point i start recording & heres the VIDEO .”

Other witnesses reported that Tucker’s son also used the term “gay black bitches” when referring to the soldiers, one of whom says she is pregnant.

In the video, Tucker is seen coming at one of the women as she starts filming: “Put that phone down! You do not have the right to take a picture of me!”

“I’m pregnant. Look at me. I’m pregnant. You’re pushing a pregnant woman,” says one of the soldiers.

“Well my husband is handicapped,” snaps Tucker.

Police were called and Tucker was arrested.

Popular Military reports: “Tucker was arrested and booked into the Bibb County Jail on a Simple Battery charge, where she was released on a $650 bond three hours later.”

She started recording because they were calling her gay Black bitches so the white lady snatched her phone and wouldn’t give it back pic.twitter.com/g2rCcnOv2s

— LMH (@MsLatashaHinton) April 15, 2018

Of course she starts crying and playing victim when the officer tells her she’s arrested for assault even thought they’re were videos and witnesses everywhere pic.twitter.com/PuTMS3FTFK

— LMH (@MsLatashaHinton) April 15, 2018

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How much would you pay for this shirtless oil painting of Russell Tovey as a gay superhero?
Russell Tovey recently stripped down to his underpants to pose for an oil painting that will benefit a charity that helps people living with HIV.

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Mother Who Drove SUV Off Cliff, Killing Family of 8, Was Drunk

Jennifer Hart, who was driving the SUV that careened off a California cliff killing herself, her wife and six kids in a tragedy that police now believe was intentional, was drunk, according to toxicology reports.

The bodies of Markis, 19, Abigail, 14, and Jeremiah, 14, were found after the accident. Hannah, 16, Sierra, 12, and 15-year-old Devonte, who was the subject of a viral photo last year which showed him embracing a Portland police officer, are still missing and presumed dead.

TIME reports:

Jennifer Hart had a blood alcohol level of .102 at the time of the crash, California Highway Patrol Capt. Bruce Carpenter said at a press conference Friday. The legal limit for driving in California is 0.08.

Carpenter also said that Sarah Hart and two of the couple’s children had “a significant amount” of an ingredient found in Benadryl in their system, the Associated Press reported.

Child Protective Services tried to visit the family home multiple times before the crash after receiving reports of abuse and neglect concerning the children.

Dana and Bruce Dekalb, who were neighbors of the Harts, reported the family to Child Protective Services, they said, because some of the children, including Devonte, had come to them asking for food and telling them they didn’t want to go home.

Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman told TIME: “There are more reasons to believe that this was intentional than there are to believe that this was an accident.”

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Britney Spears Reveals the Secret to Happiness

Britney Spears received the GLAAD Vanguard Award from Ricky Martin last week at the group’s Los Angeles gala.

Spears was presented with the award by Ricky Martin, who said Spears “could be one of those stars with a huge LGBTQ following that says nothing and does nothing but instead, she uses her platform to remind audiences around the globe that intolerance is unacceptable.”

Access’ Scott Evans spoke with Spears backstage after she received the award where she gushed about Martin: “A dream. It made me want to cry.”

Evans showed Spears a 1999 photo of her with Martin, and she gasped when she saw it: “Such a dork and a nerd!”

When asked if she remembered the day it was taken, Spears joked, “The secret to happiness. No memory.”

Spears also reflected on the 20-year anniversary of “Hit Me Baby (One More Time)”.

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AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 16, 2018

CHALLENGE TO TRUMP-PENCE TRANS MILITARY BAN MOVES FORWARD: A federal court in Seattle in a decision issued Friday rejected the Trump-Pence Administration’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the ban brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN on behalf of nine individual plaintiffs and three organizational plaintiffs, including HRC. “The upcoming trial will only serve to further demonstrate that this impulsively tweeted ban is fueled by nothing more than the president’s personal prejudices,” said HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride). “Transgender people are serving with distinction and enlisting with bravery this very moment and there continues to be no legitimate rationale to change that.” Read more at HRC.

MUST WATCH MONDAY: After serving in the military under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” Travis wants to spread a message of hope, inspiration and acceptance. Watch his story for HRC’s #LoveYourNeighbor campaign, a video storytelling project focused on sharing the experiences of LGBTQ people and allies across the South, particularly in Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi where HRC has permanent campaigns as part of its Project One America campaign.

DOJ DECISION TO EXCLUDE SURVEY QUESTIONS ON LGBTQ IDENTITY PUTS YOUTH AT RISK: The Department of Justice is considering removing questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Without this data, lawmakers will be unable to make informed policy decisions that protect LGBTQ youth. More from Mother Jones and Advocate.

HRC CELEBRATES WITH LOCAL ADVOCATES AT FIRST-EVER LGBTQ PRIDE FESTIVAL IN MIKE PENCE’S INDIANA HOMETOWN: The event in Columbus,  spearheaded by local high school senior Erin Bailey, drew thousands — reflecting the growing diversity and commitment to inclusion evident in the community and a repudiation of Pence’s deplorable anti-LGBTQ legacy. Read more at WCPO and the IndyStar.

.@HRC is proud to join the inaugural Columbus #LGBT #Pride Festival — hometown of anti-#LGBTQ @mike_pence. Despite his deplorable legacy, Columbus has shown that discrimination has no place in Indiana. #ColumbusINPride t.co/D7XjSOHSpz pic.twitter.com/ts3Hlms1jR

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 15, 2018

#CallItOut “WE ARE NOT A PUNCHLINE” — HRC STAFFERS SCHOOL BIPHOBIC WRITER: More from USA Today.

.@HRC‘s Allison Turner (@amturner1993) and Madeleine Roberts (@mjroberts93) remind us that a cheap swipe at the #bisexual community “double[s] down on harmful stereotypes and disparages an already at-risk population.”  t.co/yZmaAQJgie

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 16, 2018

HRC MOURNS DEATH OF PROMINENT LGBTQ LAWYER DAVID BUCKEL:

The news of David Buckel’s death is heartbreaking. This is a tremendous loss for our Lambda Legal family, but also for the entire movement for social justice. t.co/SL9XZ2cYTR

— Lambda Legal (@LambdaLegal) April 14, 2018

HORRIBLE — FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM RESIGNED BECAUSE TRUMP PRESSURED HIM TO DEMAND THE COUNTRY REPATRIATE 8,000 WAR REFUGEES: “The majority targeted for deportation — sometimes for minor infractions — were war refugees who had sided with the United States, whose loyalty was to the flag of a nation that no longer exists,” former Ambassador Ted Osius wrote in the Foreign Service Journal. Many “fled South Vietnam on boats and through the jungle in the years immediately following the Vietnam War,” he wrote. Read the full piece at the Foreign Service Journal.

THANK YOU, REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN FOR BEING A FORCE FOR EQUALITY: Representative Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who is retiring, has moved her party forward on LGBTQ equality — she co-sponsored the federal Equality Act, was the first Republican in the House to support marriage equality, and advocates for her transgender son, Rodrigo. More from Miami Herald.

HORRIFYING — TRANS WOMAN IN CHARLOTTE ATTACKED ON BUS: Jayla Ware suffered a broken jaw. The perpetrator has been charged with aggravated assault. More from The Charlotte Observer.

EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT SPIKE IN HOMICIDES OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN 2017: The data was compiled by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. More from Spectrum News.

FIRST MAJOR NATIONAL STUDY OF TRANS STUDENTS RECEIVES $1M GRANT: More from David Crary (@CraryAP) at The Associated Press.

TO ATTRACT MILLENNIAL EMPLOYEES, WISCONSIN MUST PASS PRO-LGBTQ LEGISLATION: “Our business and political leaders could do the right thing now by supporting AB 418 and SB 328, which would cost absolutely no money but would broadcast that Wisconsin is on the right side of history,” writes Diverse & Resilient President Gerry Coons in Milwaukee Business News.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDON URIE! To celebrate last week, fans led a campaign to raise money for the HRC Foundation. More from RockSound.

OPENLY GAY DIVER TOM DALEY WINS GOLD AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES: More from Pink News.

ADAM RIPPON, SHANTAY YOU STAY: The Olympic figure skater (@Adaripp) will join the cast of Dancing With The Stars: Athletes. More from People.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

PHOTO SERIES FROM NAT GEO SHOWS TRANS WOMEN FINDING WORK AND SANCTUARY ON COLOMBIAN COFFEE FARM: More from Nat Geo.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Rewire interviews a trans activist in Massachusetts fighting to protect equality; WMKY reports on West Virginia’s first-ever Rainbow Formal for LGBTQ students.

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