Rum & Cola
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Enjoying a weekend drink in black midi skirt and floral top ♥
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Maryland Move to Ban ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Reveals Family Rift
Maryland Move to Ban ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Reveals Family Rift
A bisexual legislator says her father, a fellow lawmaker, wanted her to go to conversion therapy, which the state is about to ban (for minors).
www.advocate.com/politics/2018/4/07/maryland-move-ban-ex-gay-therapy-reveals-family-rift
79 Photos of Beautiful Beasts, Thick and Hairy, by Steven Tilotta
79 Photos of Beautiful Beasts, Thick and Hairy, by Steven Tilotta
www.advocate.com/photography/2018/4/07/79-photos-beautiful-beasts-thick-and-hairy-steven-tilotta
Looking cute again
Anchorage Anti-Trans Measure Soundly Defeated
Anchorage Anti-Trans Measure Soundly Defeated
The votes are all counted, and residents have rejected Proposition 1, which would have restricted transgender people’s restroom access.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2018/4/04/anchorage-anti-trans-measure-appears-be-defeated
University of Manitoba – 30th Anniversary 2017 Pride Winnipeg Parade
University of Manitoba – 30th Anniversary 2017 Pride Winnipeg Parade
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Pride Winnipeg Festival is a 10-day LGBT pride festival, held annually in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[1] It is one of the largest organized pride festivals in central Canada, featuring 10-days of community-organized events, a Dyke March, a rally, Pride Parade, outdoor festival and closing party.
VICTORY! Anchorage Voters Reject Discriminatory Proposition 1
VICTORY! Anchorage Voters Reject Discriminatory Proposition 1
Today, HRC celebrated an election victory in Anchorage, Alaska where voters soundly rejected Proposition 1 — a dangerous ballot measure that sought to eliminate existing municipal non-discrimination protections for transgender people. The ballot measure would have also enshrined discrimination into law by forcing transgender people to use facilities that are inconsistent with their gender identity.
HRC serves on the Executive Committee for Fair Anchorage, a coalition that includes local organizations such as ACLU of Alaska, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands, Alaskans Together for Equality, Identity, and Pride Foundation. HRC worked with Fair Anchorage to uphold the city’s LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance, and had field staff working on the ground with the campaign to mobilize opposition to Proposition 1 and elevate transgender voices and stories in the fight for equality.
“In a truly historic election, Anchorage voters refused to succumb to hate and bigotry by rejecting this discriminatory, anti-transgender ballot measure,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Community leaders, businesses, faith leaders, and public officials all spoke out in support of equality. Together, we sent a powerful message that Anchorage is a welcoming and inclusive city for all — including transgender people. HRC was proud to work on the ground alongside Anchorage’s brave transgender community and the Fair Anchorage campaign to expose the opposition’s shameful fearmongering and defeat this discriminatory proposition.”
Last week, HRC President Chad Griffin was on the ground in Anchorage to support local coalition efforts. Griffin met with local transgender residents, other community advocates and HRC Anchorage members whose lives would be negatively impacted by the dangerous proposition, including David and Col Lockard, a father and his transgender teenage son who have spoken out in campaign ads against Proposition 1. Griffin also met with Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who signed the city’s LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance into law in 2015, and with other Anchorage residents.
www.hrc.org/blog/victory-anchorage-voters-reject-proposition-1?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
GLAAD would like to #AskPompeo
GLAAD would like to #AskPompeo
Leading into Mike Pompeo’s upcoming confirmation hearing for the position of Secretary of State, GLAAD has started a campaign to expose his close association with a known anti-LGBTQ hate group and his personal anti-LGBTQ record. An anti-LGBTQ activist is not qualified to be our country’s top diplomat and GLAAD is certainly not going to be silent about this! In fact, we are already on the move!
One of our campus ambassadors Tony Hernandez is on Capitol Hill today delivering research to the offices of all 21 members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and urging them to #AskPompeo about his anti-LGBTQ record. pic.twitter.com/qWxDOgLiIl
— GLAAD (@glaad) April 6, 2018
This morning, GLAAD Campus Ambassador, Tony Hernandez, along with photographer Roberto Nava-Alsina, took to Capitol Hill with research we conducted on Mike Pompeo and his connections to the anti-LGBTQ hate group, Family Research Council, informing the 21 members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations of who Pompeo really is and what it would mean for the country for him to become Secretary of State. We’re urging them to confront Pompeo about his personal connections to anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism at his confirmation hearing and vote against his nomination.
The hate group that Pompeo has worked closely with, Family Research Council, has been seen lobbying against Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, marriage equality, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and more. They even lobbied against America’s resolution to denounce Uganda’s “kill the gays bill.”
Pompeo has also made it his own personal agenda to oppose the LGBTQ equality. He was against the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Act from the start and has vowed to fight against marriage equality, abortion rights, and other LGBTQ matters “each and every day.” He even showed distaste towards same sex parents, calling them less “ideal” families.
#AskPompeo: Senators MUST hold Mike Pompeo accountable for his anti-LGBTQ record during his upcoming confirmation hearing for Secretary of State. t.co/RyS1abN3yr
— GLAAD (@glaad) April 6, 2018
Is this really someone we want as our Secretary of State?
GLAAD is taking action and so should you! Join this fight and push back against Mike Pompeo’s nomination for Secretary of State, by joining the conversation using #AskPompeo. Ask him yourself, does he believe LGBTQ rights are Human Rights? Does he believe protecting the rights of LGBTQ people abroad is an important aspect of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy? These are questions that need to be answered.
April 6, 2018
Is This the Gayest Campaign Ad Ever?
Is This the Gayest Campaign Ad Ever?
Mark Leno — running for mayor of San Francisco — is hoping voters embrace his identity.
www.advocate.com/politicians/2018/4/06/gayest-campaign-ad-ever
Trans teen stands up to principal after being told her senior photos were ‘inappropriate’
Trans teen stands up to principal after being told her senior photos were ‘inappropriate’
Kami Phan is a senior at Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. She was told by the principal that her senior photos were “inappropriate” and couldn’t be included in the yearbook.
