Arrested Development’s Entire Cast Lines Up to Support Jeffrey Tambor
The Netflix show is returning for a fifth season, despite accusations of sexual misconduct against Tambor, or his history of yelling at colleagues.
www.advocate.com/television/2018/5/23/arrested-developments-entire-cast-lines-support-jeffrey-tambor
Alex Jones’s Name for Congressman Eric Swallwell: ‘Swallowwell’
While denouncing Swallwell’s gun control proposal, Jones attacks him with a homophobic nickname.
www.advocate.com/media/2018/5/23/alex-joness-name-congressman-eric-swallwell-swallowwell
EXCLUSIVE: Bebe Zahara Benet taps into “Ra-ka-ta-ti-ti-ta” magic in new single “Jungle Kitty”
Kitty’s got claws.
HRC Celebrates Texas Primary Race Victory of Gina Ortiz Jones
HRC is proud to have been a part of the important victory of Gina Ortiz Jones, who last night won the primary race in Texas’ 23rd congressional district primary runoff. If elected in November, Ortiz Jones will be both the first openly LGBTQ person, first Iraq War veteran and first Filipina-American to represent Texas in Congress.
From phone banks to knocking on doors, HRC staff, steering committee members and volunteers have been working with our partners to get out the vote. In her victory speech, Ortiz Jones acknowledged the tremendous work of Equality Voters involved in the race, and looked ahead to the fight to victory in November.
Congratulations Gina Ortiz Jones (@ginaortizjones) on your victory in Texas’s 23rd district primary! If elected in November, she will be the first openly gay, first Iraq War vet and first Filipina-American to represent Texas in Congress. #EqualityVoters #ElectionNight #TX23 pic.twitter.com/7smRhP7t1e
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 23, 2018
By strengthening support for champions like Ortiz Jones and other HRC-endorsed candidates including Mary González, Julie Johnson and Mark Phariss, Texans can continue to advocate for LGBTQ equality from the local to federal levels.
In 2017, HRC had more than a dozen staff on the ground in Austin, and, working with scores of volunteer organizers, led field organizing efforts around the state to defeat anti-LGBTQ bills in the Texas legislature.
HRC has worked alongside Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, Texas Freedom Network, the Transgender Education Network of Texas and others to defeat dangerous or harmful bills that seek to undermine the rights and dignity of LGBTQ Texans. HRC continues to have full-time staff in the Lone Star State.
For more information about HRC’s work in Texas, contact Sissi Yado, HRC Texas Regional Organizer, at [email protected].
Introducing Places – Now on Tinder
Find common ground.
You love a good dive bar. You have a passion for spin class. You know where to find the best ramen in town. That says a lot about you. Now you can swipe on others who are into that, too.
Introducing Places—Tinder’s latest feature designed to help you discover new people who hang where you hang. Now, you not only have something in common, you also have a genuine icebreaker and your first-date spot. Boom.
Tap the pin next to the familiar flame at the top of your Discovery screen to access Places. You can opt in by tapping “Turn Places On.” Start going places and you can then swipe on potential matches who have also visited the same cool spots.
Places was designed to help you connect with potential matches who love the same spots you do—and you’re in control:
Now that you’ve got the lowdown, think of all the places you can go from here!
Places is powered by Foursquare and Mapbox and is being tested in three cities: Sydney and Brisbane, Australia and Santiago, Chile.
We’re excited for you to try it out! As with all tests, the feature may change as we gather feedback and work to make the Tinder experience even better.
Swipe on!
HRC Mourns Gigi Pierce, Transgender Woman Fatally Shot in Oregon
HRC is saddened to learn of the death of Gigi Pierce, 28, a transgender woman fatally shot Monday evening in Portland, Oregon.
Police investigators say they believe that Pierce was shot during an altercation with Sophia Adler, who has been charged with Pierce’s murder, according to KGW-TV.
Advocates and allies took to social media to raise awareness of her murder, calling the news of the Idaho native’s death “shocking.” Oscar Guerra-Vera, executive director of the Q Center in Portland, said that he is planning a community response to Pierce’s death for Portland’s LGBTQ community, according to the Portland Mercury.
Pierce is the eleventh known homicide of a transgender person this year. Another transgender woman, Nicole Hall, was recently found dead in Dallas, Texas, but her cause of death is still unknown. Unfortunately, police and most media reports misgender her.
Since 2013, HRC has tracked 117 incidents of fatal violence against transgender and non-binary people. Of these, 66 have been victims of gun violence. In 2017, 16 out of the 28 deaths were the result of gun violence.
HRC Foundation and the Trans People of Color Coalition released a report documenting the senseless acts of violence that made 2017 the deadliest year on record for transgender people, particularly for trans women of color.
To learn more about HRC’s transgender justice work, visit hrc.org/Transgender.
Pete Souza, James Comey, Disney, Shawn Mendes, Summa Cum Laude, Harvey Milk Vodka, Runaway Horse: HOT LINKS
OPENING SOON. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
MISTAKEN PROFANITY OF THE DAY. Bakery refuses to write “summa cum laude” on a cake.
JAMES COMEY. Fired former FBI Director blasts Trump on Twitter. “Facts matter. The FBI’s use of Confidential Human Sources (the actual term) is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. Attacks on the FBI and lying about its work will do lasting damage to our country. How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren? Dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything. Americans must break out of that bubble and seek truth.”
Facts matter. The FBI’s use of Confidential Human Sources (the actual term) is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. Attacks on the FBI and lying about its work will do lasting damage to our country. How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren?
— James Comey (@Comey) May 23, 2018
Dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything. Americans must break out of that bubble and seek truth.
— James Comey (@Comey) May 23, 2018
SHADE. White House photographer Pete Souza announces new book comparing Trump to Obama.
TOO INCONVENIENT. Trump resists security features for personal phone.
STUMPING. Or Trumping?
Trump just stepped all over GOP midterm messaging.
“Your vote in 2018 is every bit as important as your vote in 2016 — although I’m not sure I really believe that,” Trump ad libs. “I don’t know who the hell wrote that line.” pic.twitter.com/tk6G7CfD4H
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) May 23, 2018
RULING. Judge rules Trump can’t block individuals on Twitter for political views.
JUST IN: Federal judge rules that President Trump’s Twitter account cannot block individuals for political views they have expressed. – @Tom_Winter pic.twitter.com/SzixrdyWO0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 23, 2018
STOLI GIVES EM HOPE. Harvey Milk vodka.
SCOTT PRUITT. EPA chief bars CNN, AP from meeting on contaminants, forcibly throws reporter out of building: ‘”The Environmental Protection Agency’s selective barring of news organizations, including the AP, from covering today’s meeting is alarming and a direct threat to the public’s right to know about what is happening inside their government,” said AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee. “It is particularly distressing that any journalist trying to cover an event in the public interest would be forcibly removed,” Buzbee added. CNN said in a statement that its reporter also was turned away from covering the event “after multiple attempts to attend.”‘
YOU TALKING TO ME? Robert De Niro bans Trump from his restaurants.
ELLIOTT BROIDY. More evidence he may have been covering for Trump in the Playmate affair.
GOING DARK. FBI grossly inflated statistics about locked up smartphones: “The FBI has repeatedly provided grossly inflated statistics to Congress and the public about the extent of problems posed by encrypted cellphones, claiming investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected to crimes last year when the correct number was much smaller, probably between 1,000 and 2,000, The Washington Post has learned.”
ADAM LAMBERT. On expressing his sexuality in the music industry.
NOT ACCEPTED. Aaron Schlossberg apologizes.
— AaronSchlossbergLaw (@ASchlossbergLaw) May 22, 2018
GENERIC POLL. Republicans lead for first time: “The poll showed 38.1 percent of registered voters said they would vote for a Republican candidate if midterm elections were held today, compared to just under 37 percent who said they’d vote for a Democrat.”
Say good-bye to the D-advantage in the generic ballot. Our latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that registered voters as likely to support Republicans as Democrats. @ReutersPolitics t.co/0ZIVVs6Zqc pic.twitter.com/rLIHL7jPRl
— Chris Kahn (@Cmkahn) May 21, 2018
REAL ESTATE. Realtors call on NAR to stop donating to anti-LGBTQ candidates: “The National Association of Realtors (NAR) spent part of its annual midyear conference in Washington, D.C., reckoning with a dark past — one of exclusion and racism. Now members of the trade association are calling on NAR in a letter to honor a promise of fair housing and dump its financial support of California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher after he voiced opposition to a congressional bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Fair Housing Act, something that complies with NAR’s own code of ethics.”
NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. Shawn Mendes “Nervous”.
REMIX OF THE DAY. Troye Sivan “My My My” (Hot Chip Remix).
SAVE OF THE DAY. Reporter catches runaway horse.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Antonin the 2nd.
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VTEC’s latest promo livery, 91103 at Doncaster with Gay Pride vinyls on 23/05/18.
At least it is more tasteful than TPE’s effort which looked like a sex toy.
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