Evan Rachel Wood Is at the Border Helping Families

The bisexual Westworld star loaded a truck with supplies and delivered them to families the Trump administration is holding in Texas. 

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2018/6/26/evan-rachel-wood-border-helping-families

The ‘Indoor Boys’ are Back for Season 2 and Their Friendship is as Boundary-Free as Ever: WEB SERIES

The gay web series Indoor Boys, starring Wesley Taylor as Luke (SpongeBob SquarePants; NBC’s “SMASH”) and Alex Wyse as Nate (Spring Awakening; Marvel’s “Iron Fist”) is back for Season 2 and has moved from Los Angeles to New York, with the first two episodes taking place in Nate’s “upper middle class” family pad.

The first two episodes feature Carolee Carmello (three-time Tony Award nominee), Kyle Harris (Freeform’s “Stitchers”), Noah Weisberg (“Modern Family;” Broadway’s Legally Blonde), Rana Roy (WGN’s “Underground”), and Michael Tacconi (Broadway’s upcoming The Cher Show).

Episode 1 will refresh you on last season and move the men and their “no-boundaries friendship” to NYC.

In Episode 2, Nate reunites with Luke and gets an introduction to his new boyfriend Rusty.

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Congress Must Step Up and Pass the Equality Act Now

It’s been three years since marriage equality became law of the land, yet there is still no federal law explicitly protecting the LGBTQ community from discrimination.

In most states in this country, LGBTQ people who get married at 10 a.m. are at risk of being fired from their jobs by noon and evicted from their homes by 2 p.m. simply for sharing their wedding photos on social media. It’s long past time for Congress to pass the Equality Act.

Currently, 50 percent of LGBTQ Americans live in states where they are at risk of being fired, denied housing, or refused service because of who they are or who they love. The Equality Act would extend existing civil rights protections to LGBTQ people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity across key areas of life, including employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally-funded programs and jury service.

Thirty states still lack fully-inclusive non-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community. Passing this vital piece of legislation would not only protect thousands of LGBTQ people from losing their jobs, but will help our community to further succeed in the workplace and in society.  

Earlier this year, HRC staff embarked on a road trip to discover the patchwork of non-discrimination laws and LGBTQ-inclusive polices across several states.

In 2017, Congress reintroduced the Equality Act with bipartisan and unprecedented corporate support. As momentum for full equality continues to grow, Congress must act to combat and extinguish LGBTQ discriminaiton once and for all.

www.hrc.org/blog/congress-must-step-up-and-pass-the-equality-act-now?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Intertwined: The Labor Movement and LGBT Rights

The president of the AFL-CIO has a message for the Pride season.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/6/26/intertwined-labor-movement-and-lgbt-rights

Lawyer Argues Miami Beach Pride Gay Bashing Couldn’t Have Been Hate Crime Because Attacker’s Father is Gay: WATCH

An attorney is trying to get hate crime charges thrown out against four men who beat a gay couple following Miami Beach’s Gay Pride festival in May. His argument? One of the men charged in the beating, which was caught on camera, has a gay father.

NBC Miami reports: “Juan Lopez, the father of Juan Carlos Lopez, said that he raised his son along with his partner of 15 years. Lopez said his son and his three friends have never attacked ‘any gay people.’ ‘I’m sure 100 percent of that,’ he said, adding that his son respects ‘everybody in this community’ and that he ‘loves LGBT.’”

Hate crime charges, which were added to aggravated battery charges, mean the men would face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

Rene Chalarca and Dmitry Logunov, the couple, and Helmut Muller Estrada, a good samaritan who stepped in, were violently attacked by the four men. The victims said they were targeted because of their sexual orientation. They said their attackers used gay slurs while assaulting them.

The attackers are identified as (clockwise, from top left) Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa, 21, Luis Alonso-Piovet, 20, Juan C. Lopez, 21, and Adonis Diaz, 21. The perps turned themselves in after being seen in video and surveillance photos widely shared on social media.

Lopez’s lawyer said there was “clearly” not gay animus because Lopez’s father is gay: “These kids grew up with their friend Juan – their father has been in a gay relationship the last 15 years. These kids have participated in that – that’s at issue.”

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Lawyer Argues Miami Beach Pride Gay Bashing Couldn’t Have Been Hate Crime Because Attacker’s Father is Gay: WATCH