Sarah Sanders Offers Trump’s Praise for Cakeshop Ruling
Asked about the baker’s freedom versus that of athletes who protest, the White House aide said the issues are different.
www.advocate.com/politics/2018/6/05/sarah-sanders-offers-trumps-praise-cakeshop-ruling
Indianapolis CrossFit Gym Cancels LGBT Member’s ‘PRIDE’ Workout Because It Goes Against God’s Wishes
A CrossFit gym in Indianapolis canceled a ‘PRIDE workout’ organized by one of its LGBT members because it said that ‘Pride’ goes against God’s wishes.
Gym member Ryan Nix posted his communication with the gym’s general manager Brandon Lowe to Facebook.
Said Nix: “Last week we received an email from the gym canceling our PRIDE workout. We emailed the owner since it seemed that there was an issue with people who may be LGBT. You can see from his response that there is. Since this time the coaches and general manager have all quit. This is all from the owners of the gym. Many of us are leaving the gym due to the owners. Please tell your friends not to join this place.”
Said Lowe to the organizer of the event:
“Our underlying goal for the staff and members at CrossFit Infiltrate and our other gyms CrossFit White river and University Ave CrossFit is total health and well-being for the individual and community. Total health involves the body, the emotions, relationships, and the spirit. At the foundational detractor from health, as we believe God sets the parameters for, is pride. We believe that true health forever can only be found within humility, not pride. Humility is seeing oneself as they truly are, and as God truly defines them to be. As a business we will choose to deploy our resources towards those efforts and causes that line up with our own values and beliefs.
“Of course we will continue treat anyone and everyone with the same respect and provide the same service at CrossFit Infiltrate to anyone that wishes to take part.”
Nix’s Facebook post:
Here are screenshots of the outrageous communication in case you can’t read the Facebook embed.
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Indianapolis CrossFit Gym Cancels LGBT Member’s ‘PRIDE’ Workout Because It Goes Against God’s Wishes
HIV Long Term Survivors Day: HIV 360° Community Service Project Continues to Make an Impact
June 5 marks HIV Long Term Survivors Day. The first reported cases of the AIDS epidemic were on June 5, 1981, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report of five cases of rare “pneumonia.” As we remember the lives lost, we recommit to working with our partners & supporters to end the dual epidemics of HIV, AIDS & HIV-related stigma.
Post submitted by Charlie Ferrusi, a HIV 360° alumnus. He is currently a Program Manager at the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute, working within the Bureau of HIV Ambulatory Care Services (BHACS) Retention and Adherence Program (RAP).
For nearly seven years, I have devoted my young adult life to combating HIV and AIDS and improving the health of LGBTQ people. Growing up in rural upstate New York, I often interacted with older adults, some of whom were living with HIV, all of whom lived through the epidemic. Talking with survivors about the early years of AIDS has helped shape my academic pursuits and fuel my career working in HIV prevention, treatment, and care. As a public health and social justice activist, I bring my passion and energy to state government in hopes of opening minds, holding people accountable, bringing new voices to the table, and instilling a sense of urgency in the people around me.
I originally applied to the HIV 360° Fellowship Program to improve my leadership and non-profit managerial skills. Additionally, I wanted to obtain professional insight and mentorship, as well as the opportunity to implement a community service project in the Hudson Valley. The support and funding that I received from the HRC Foundation has helped to bring an innovative and transformative program to the Hudson Valley region – The Link Project.
The Link Project connects people living with HIV and AIDS who are age 50 or older with emerging young leaders in the Hudson Valley. This is achieved by coordinating a series of community events and facilitated intergenerational conversations centered on HIV and AIDS and LGBTQ identity. During this time, people of varying ages are invited to build mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships with others in the room. Across the nation, many older PLWHA continue to feel invisible. The situation is even worse in rural areas, like the Hudson Valley region, where fewer resources and waning support have left many older PLWHA struggling with depression, addiction, isolation, stress, and suicidal ideation. The Hudson Valley region continues to experience a lack of appropriate HIV and LGBTQ services, geographic isolation, and ongoing HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
Through this project, we hope to provide long term survivors of HIV and AIDS in the Hudson Valley with emotional and social support, companionship, and community-building opportunities. The support and funding that I received from the HRC Foundation has helped to bring an innovative and transformative program to the Hudson Valley region. By participating in the HIV 360° Fellowship Program, I have acquired the necessary skills to successfully design, implement, and evaluate a public health project. Additionally, I was able to navigate this experience alongside an intelligent and passionate group of fellows and program managers.
Developed with support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation and HRC Foundation’s HIV 360° Fellowship Program, The Link Project convenes multi-generational mixers and drag shows in the Hudson Valley area. Charlie Ferrusi has been able to procure additional funding from Gilead Sciences to sustain The Link Project.
For more information on HRC Foundation’s work to end HIV and HIV-related stigma, click here.
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Young gay couple in a meadow. Enjoying sunset with their dog. Caucasian ethnicity, brown hair, casual. Summer time.
76 Photos of El Paso Bursting With Pride
www.advocate.com/pride/2018/6/05/76-photos-el-paso-bursting-pride
This mom’s Facebook status should be required reading for every straight person
Gay Couple at Center of SCOTUS Baker Case Tell Don Lemon They’ll Keep Fighting: WATCH
Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, the couple at the center of the Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado case, spoke with CNN’s Don Lemon on Monday night about the ruling.
Said Mullins, when asked by Lemon why they just didn’t go elsewhere for their cake and leave it at that: “The reason we brought this case was because we didn’t want another loving couple to have to be turned away from a business just for who they are.”
Craig said they were shaken by the ruling but have since recovered a bit after understanding it a little better: “We ran around for two hours being very confused and sad and worried, but as the day has progressed we’ve found some little gold nuggets like the Colorado anti-discrimination laws are still intact.”
Craig added that the couple had come from a rally at the state capitol and that it had felt good to get the support of the governor. He suggested that the couple would like a vacation after six years of the case but when they come back they’ll still be “fighting for the rights of our people.”
Watch:
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Gay Couple at Center of SCOTUS Baker Case Tell Don Lemon They’ll Keep Fighting: WATCH
Cubura @ Darkness Event
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IT IS A PRIDE MONTH!!!!!
it is non-riged mesh so that means it will fit for everyone!
Color HUD with so many options!
TAXI: Darkness event
Jeff Merkley, Dolly Parton, Art Smith, NFL, Lee Pace, Frank Bruni, Lance Bass, RuPaul’s Supermodel, Alan Cumming: HOT LINKS
SEN JEFF MERKLEY. Undocumented children separated from parents are being kept in cages in detention: “They have big cages made out of fencing and wire and nets stretched across the top of them so people can’t climb out…It’s just a concrete floor and people are being given these space blankets to sleep on. A space blanket is…the equivalent of foil. So obviously a very uncomfortable situation to be in.”
NFL. Trump told White House officials to use the GOP tax plan to punish the National Football League: “When some players continued to kneel during the anthem, Trump told White House officials they should punish the NFL as part of a GOP-tax plan, according to White House and Hill aides. Some aides even began researching how to punish the lucrative league, and ideas trickled over to Capitol Hill.”
SARA GILBERT. Actress may get a Roseanne spin-off.
SHEP SMITH. Somebody’s lying to us. “If one person says one thing, and another person says the opposite thing, someone’s not telling the truth … these inconsistencies seem to be among the most consistent things that we live with now.”
Shep: Somebody’s lying to us.
WSJ Reporter: Well, it’s a discrepancy.
Shep: If one person says one thing, and another person says the opposite thing, someone’s not telling the truth … these inconsistencies seem to be among the most consistent things that we live with now. pic.twitter.com/Sokk8o2O9m
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) June 4, 2018
DOLLY PARTON. Netflix plans eight-episode series based around one song each episode. “As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories through my music,” Parton said. “I am thrilled to be bringing some of my favorite songs to life with Netflix. We hope our show will inspire and entertain families and folks of all generations, and I want to thank the good folks at Netflix and Warner Bros. TV for their incredible support.”
LEE PACE. On his coming out.
UGLY STALKING OF THE DAY. Alex Jones stalked Bernie Sanders at LAX.
CHICAGO. Gay and Straight Alliance Prom wraps attendees in a big hug: ‘The GSA prom is a prime opportunity for a diverse array of young people in hypersegregated Chicago to come together. According to a 2016 poll by The New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation, African-Americans and Latinos on the South and West Sides of the city are more likely to be dissatisfied than white people on the North Side with neighborhood services like public recreation facilities, transportation and public education. A citywide dance where students from varying races and economic backgrounds, as well as gender identities and sexual orientations, can come together under one roof is a rare treat from the normal social and cultural divisions.’
ART SMITH. Top Chef Masters star Art Smith has some thoughts about the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
ORCHID. New gay bar opens in D.C.
LOUISVILLE. Iconic gay nightclub to be demolished: “An estimated $159,000 worth of wrecking is underway at the old Connection site, 120 S. Floyd St., to make way for a 128-room, luxury hotel, according to documents filed with Louisville Metro Government. ”
BILL CLINTON. Clarifies Lewinsky remarks: “The suggestion was that I never apologized for what caused all the trouble for me 20 years ago. First point is, I did. I meant it then, I meant it now. I apologized to my family, to Monica Lewinsky and her family and to the American people before a panel of ministers in the White House, which was widely reported. So I did that. I meant it then and I mean it today. I live with it all the time. The second is that I support the Me Too movement and think it is long overdue, and I have always tried to support it in the decisions and policies that I advanced.”
GAYBY NEWS. Lance Bass and Michael Turchin have found a surrogate.
FRANK BRUNI. The extinction of gay identity: ‘I increasingly get the sense that gayness itself has scattered, becoming something more various and harder to define. “Gay” tells you about a person’s lusts and loves, but it used to tell you more — about his or her boldness, irreverence, independence. It connoted a particular journey and pronounced struggle, and had its own soundtrack, sartorial flourishes and short list of celebrity icons. Not so anymore.’
SUPERMODEL OF THE WORLD. RuPaul’s influence, 25 years later: ‘Supermodel, led by its pivotal single/lifestyle slogan, “Supermodel (You Better Work),” did manage to strike a crucial, first blow against a drag-resistant world, while also making major inroads during a far more homophobic time. Seen from a modern perspective, RuPaul’s debut seems even more daring and encompassing than it did in its day. It cut across several key subcultures, forcing them closer to the mainstream by sheer will and charm. That last factor would prove crucial to RuPaul’s wider ascension and impact. “I knew this was happening for me when I was shooting the ‘Supermodel’ video in Central Park and I had a Winnebago,” he told EW in a 2017 interview. “I thought, I have a freaking Winnebago. I am here.”
ELLE WOODS. Reese Witherspoon returning for Legally Blonde 3.
REMINISCENCE OF THE DAY. Alan Cumming on Romy and Michelle dance.
Alan Cumming talks about ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion’ and whether or not he’d perform the iconic dance scene at your wedding.
Watch more on #CouchSurfing: t.co/I0FAqaE6AY pic.twitter.com/AF0ahAe0Ec
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) June 2, 2018
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. DIE ANTWOORD ft. The Black Goat ‘ALIEN’.
TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY. Jonathan Belle.
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LGBT Pride Month
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The Board of Supervisors designated June 2018 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Pride Month in Fairfax County.
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