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Daily Archives: June 15, 2018
Meet Averee Patton, the homophobic teenager who harassed her gay teacher out of the classroom
Meet Averee Patton, the homophobic teenager who harassed her gay teacher out of the classroom
Sometimes the kids are not alright.
Christina Aguilera, Guide Dogs, Provo, EDM, Seth Meyers, Roseanne, Lizzo, Data Propria, Czech Republic: HOT LINKS
Christina Aguilera, Guide Dogs, Provo, EDM, Seth Meyers, Roseanne, Lizzo, Data Propria, Czech Republic: HOT LINKS
START WITH A LAUGH. Favorite jokes of the week.
2020. Trump campaign working with company run by former Cambridge Analytica officials: “The AP confirmed that at least four former Cambridge Analytica employees are affiliated with Data Propria, a new company specializing in voter and consumer targeting work similar to Cambridge Analytica’s efforts before its collapse. The company’s former head of product, Matt Oczkowski, leads the new firm, which also includes Cambridge Analytica’s former chief data scientist.”
AT&T MERGER. Time Warner is no more. “Television networks HBO, TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies and the Warner Bros. movie and television studio, based in Burbank, now have a new boss: John Stankey. The 55-year-old executive is a Los Angeles native and a 32-year veteran of AT&T and its predecessors.”
NICE TRY. Roseanne claims her tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape was about anti-Semitism.
TRADE WAR. Trump announces new tariffs on China, and China retaliates: ‘President Trump followed through Friday on his threat to crack down on China for its “very unfair” trade practices, announcing that he is imposing a 25-percent tariff on $50 billion in Chinese imports. Beijing already has promised to retaliate with equivalent measures of its own, designed to hit the president’s supporters in farm states and the industrial Midwest.
GOOD AS HELL. Lizzo talks about sexuality, gender, and body positivity.
BEST FRIENDS. Nobody’s gonna stop Trump from meeting with Putin.
CZECH REPUBLIC. President calls press conference to burn underwear.
PROVO. Deal allows LGBTQ groups to march in America’s Freedom Festival parade: “It came after intense political and community pressure on the festival and hours of closed-door talks that FOX 13 was told included tears and shouting, but ultimately, agreement and compromise. Mormons Building Bridges’ Kendall Wilcox said all LGBTQ groups would now be allowed in the parade with a float.”
BRENT BLAKELY. Michael Cohen lawyer asks federal judge for gag order on Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti: “As this Court has probably already surmised, Ms. Avenatti’s actions are mainly driven by his seemingly unquenchable thirst for publicity. Mr. Avenatti’s publicity tour, wherein he routinely denigrates Mr. Cohen with claims of alleged criminal conduct, is contrary to the California Rules of Professional Conduct, likely to result in Mr. Cohen being deprived of his right to a fair trial, and threatens to turn what should be a solemn Federal Court proceeding into a media circus,” Blakely wrote in an application filed with U.S. District Court Judge James Otero.
EDM. Black men helped create it, why do white men dominate it?
POLAND. Court rules against printer who refused to produce gay rights banner: “In a case that upholds a lower-court ruling and has produced fierce reactions in the strongly Catholic country, the court said the print-worker in Lodz, who refused to produce the banner for an LGBT business group, breached Polish laws against denying professional services without a valid reason.”
TRAILER OF THE DAY. Pick of the Litter.
SURPRISE SUBWAY APPEARANCE OF THE DAY. Christina Aguilera.
FRIDAY FLASH. Nathaniel Hunt and Ty by Bobby Augustine.
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CDC Releases Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Shows Harrowing Data for LGB Youth
CDC Releases Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Shows Harrowing Data for LGB Youth
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary and Trends Report: 2007-2017 (YRBS). The YRBS report shows that LGB youth are disproportionately at risk for interpersonal violence, drug and alcohol use and poor mental health outcomes. This data reinforces the urgent need for federal and state initiatives and policies, such as codifying nondiscrimination protections into law, to address these critical needs of youth.
This is the second time that the survey asked young people about their sexual orientation, allowing researchers to assess how being LGB affects teens’ risk of problems including depression, drug use and violence.
The results are sobering, especially when compared to their heterosexual counterparts:
- Twenty-seven percent of LGB youth reported being electronically bullied within the last year, double the rate reported by heterosexual students.
- Sixty-three percent of LGB youth reported feeling “sad or hopeless” in the last year, compared with 27 percent of heterosexual respondents.
- Twenty-two percent of LGB youth reported experiencing sexual violence, more than double the rate reported by heterosexual youth.
While the YRBS report does not provide a complete picture of LGBTQ youth, the CDC has worked for several years to develop questions regarding gender identity to add to future surveys. In 2017, 21 state and local partners piloted a question relating to transgender and gender expansive identities, and the information is expected to be released this summer.
Recently, the HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut released the largest-of-its-kind survey ever of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, showing findings consistent with the CDC’s data and detailing the persistent challenges so many of LGBTQ youth face going about their daily lives at home, at school and in their communities. HRC’s data also shows these outcomes are worse for transgender and non-binary youth.
The U.S. lacks reliable data about LGBTQ people, especially about the experiences of LGBTQ youth. This data is crucial to improving outcomes for youth — especially during the Trump-Pence administration, which has consistently sought to erase LGBTQ people from federal data collection efforts.
In light of this, and in the face of consistent attacks on LGBTQ youth, HRC is committed to ensuring this data is in the hands of teachers, counselors, coaches, doctors and other youth-serving professionals across the country.
These findings will inform a variety of HRC Foundation programs for youth and youth-serving professionals, including the Welcoming Schools program, the All Children-All Families program and the Time to THRIVE conference.
To learn more about how HRC supports LGBTQ young people at school, at home and in their communities, click here.
Cobertura da 22ª Parada LGBT
Cobertura da 22ª Parada LGBT
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Billboard celebrates Pride Month with first ever Pride issue release, Troye Sivan lands cover.
Billboard celebrates Pride Month with first ever Pride issue release, Troye Sivan lands cover.
Photo Credit: Ramona Rosales/Billboard
Billboard makes a monumental move this week in celebration of LGBTQ pride. The publication has officially released its first ever Pride issue, featuring Award-winning LGBTQ singer-songwriter Troye Sivan as this week’s cover star. This is especially important considering Billboard’s recent win for Best Magazine at this year’s 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in New York.
In this issue, the 2017 GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak recipient opens up with details about his relationship with an older man at the age of 17, his upcoming collaboration with Ariana Grande, on being the embodiment of gay culture emerging into the mainstream, his upcoming album, and more.
When asked about how his upcoming album, Bloom, slated for an August 31st release, compares to his 2015 debut, Sivan responded: “Before, I had to write so much more just to find these moments where I felt like I got what I wanted. Whereas this time, everything fell into place a lot easier. I just had much more of a vision. I wanted it to be, like, a love letter.”
Billboard also highlights trans soul singer Shea Diamond in a candid interview about finding her voice in a number of men’s correctional facilities over the span of a decade, only to emerge ready to share her talents with the world and her activism with her community.
She has gone on to collaborate with the ectroardinary Justin Tranter, songwriter, musician and GLAAD Board Member, for her upcoming EP, Seen It All. Other prominent LGBTQ-focused stories featured in the issue explore the topic of the cultural whitewashing of EDM as its influence ties heavily into the black gay male community, how out lesbian frontwoman for The Internet, Syd, wants to be “a pioneer” for queer women, and so much more.
Billboard’s Pride 2018 issue is avaialble today, June 15, 2018.
Billboard cover photographed on May 15 at Malibu Canyon Ranch in Calabasas, CA. Styling by Karen Levitt. Grooming by Dustin Baker. Prop Styling by Justin Fry. Shot by Ramona Rosales exclusively for Billboard.
June 15, 2018
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Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban
Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban
Post submitted by Jonathan Adams, Lambda Legal
A federal court in Seattle denied yet another attempt by the Trump administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services. Today’s ruling in the lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN and joined by the State of Washington denied the administration’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction the court had granted in December 2017, blocking implementation of the ban and enabling transgender people to enlist in the military for the first time starting January 1, 2018.
“Yet again, the Trump administration has tried to implement and expedite discrimination, and yet again, the court has said no,” said Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Peter Renn. “You would think the administration would get tired of all the losing, and more importantly, would read the writing on the wall and abandon this discriminatory and harmful scheme to prevent brave and qualified transgender people from serving their country.”
“Tomorrow, I will put on the uniform of U.S. Army and do my duty, as I did today and yesterday, and have done for more than 13 years,” Staff Sergeant Cathrine (Katie) Schmid said. “Being transgender has no impact on my ability to perform my duties. I’m grateful that the court to date has recognized the value in our service, and I look forward to the day when we can put this argument behind us and focus on what’s really important– the accomplishment of our mission, and the welfare of our service members.”
U.S District Court Judge Marsha J. Pechman, quoting Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson who testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee recently, wrote, “The status quo shall remain ‘steady as she goes,’ and the preliminary injunction shall remain in full force and effect nationwide.”
The Trump administration sought a stay ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to enable the Pentagon to implement the transgender military ban while it appealed the court’s April 13, 2018, ruling affirming the preliminary injunction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The administration has requested a similar stay from the Ninth Circuit while that court considers the appeal.
The April 13 ruling rejected the Trump administration’s claim that its “new” plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services, released March 23, passes muster. Instead, the court found that plan to be a retread of the original ban, not a new policy, threatening the very same constitutional violations. Furthermore, the court also found that the effort to ban transgender people from military service must meet the most demanding level of scrutiny because it so clearly targets transgender people.
The case is on track to go to trial in April 2019.
”The District Court’s rulings have been consistent and unequivocal: the ban on transgender military service is discrimination, no matter how it’s phrased and no matter the myriad ways the administration has tried to cloak its intent,” OutServe-SLDN Legal Director Peter Perkowski said. “The administration has failed to come up with any post hoc rationale for the president’s ill-conceived tweets of last July that justifies their blatant discriminatory nature, and we are confident it never will.”
In the lawsuit, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN represent nine individual plaintiffs – six currently serving members of the armed services and three individuals seeking to enlist – and three organizational plaintiffs: the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Seattle-based Gender Justice League, and the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), who joined the lawsuit on behalf of their transgender members harmed by the ban.
The lawsuit is Karnoski v. Trump. Read today’s ruling here. Read more about the case here.
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A sensory experience of “Call Me By Your Name’s” most memorable sex scene coming soon
A sensory experience of “Call Me By Your Name’s” most memorable sex scene coming soon
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