Democratic Party Changes Rules for Nonbinary People
“This action reaffirms our solidarity with the LGBTQ community,” DNC chair Tom Perez told CNN.
www.advocate.com/politics/2018/8/26/democratic-party-changes-rules-nonbinary-people
Daily Archives: August 26, 2018
Pope Francis: Gay Children ‘Have the Right to a Family, and the Family Not Throwing Them Out’
Pope Francis: Gay Children ‘Have the Right to a Family, and the Family Not Throwing Them Out’
Speaking in Ireland on Sunday following a Catholic family rally, Pope Francis responded to a question from reporters about how a parent should respond if their child comes out as gay.
Said the Pope, according to the AP: “There have always been gay people and people with homosexual tendencies…Don’t condemn. Dialogue. Understand, give the child space so he or she can express themselves…Ignoring child with this tendency shows a lack of motherhood and fatherhood….This child has the right to a family. And the family not throwing him out.”
The Pope is visiting Ireland on the first papal visit there since 1979, and the country now has a gay prime minister, Leo Varadkar.
The Washington Post reports: ‘In an interview with RTE news Friday, Varadkar said he hoped to talk to the pope about issues including clerical sex abuse and the exclusion of the LGBT community from the church. Varadkar had a brief meeting with the pope following his more public remarks Saturday. His spokesman told the Irish Times that he “said to the pope that there are huge numbers of people here who have faith in their heart but who feel excluded and alienated from the church because of what happened.”240
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Pope Francis: Gay Children ‘Have the Right to a Family, and the Family Not Throwing Them Out’
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At Least 4 Dead, 11 Injured in Mass Shooting at Madden 19 Video Game Tournament in Florida
At Least 4 Dead, 11 Injured in Mass Shooting at Madden 19 Video Game Tournament in Florida
At least 4 people are dead and at least 11 people are injured after a mass shooting during a Madden 19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooting took place as the tournament was live-streaming online.
One suspect, a white male, was dead at the scene according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office.
One suspect is dead at the scene, unknown at this time if we have a second suspect. Searches are being conducted. t.co/qBJvkaO7xT
— Jax Sheriff’s Office (@JSOPIO) August 26, 2018
NBC News reports: ‘Three people were admitted to the Jacksonville Memorial Hospital and are in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson. The shooting appears to have occurred inside a pizza restaurant that includes a bar dedicated to video games and other forms of gaming. The bar was in the middle of hosting the Madden 19 Southeastern Qualifier Tournament, which comes with a $5,000 prize. Madden 19 is the latest NFL football video game put out by sports game publisher EA Sports.’
Variety adds: “The tournament, which was held at GLHF Game Bar in the Landing along the St. Johns River, was broadcast on Twitch. Multiple loud gunshots can be heard over footage of gamers playing “Madden NFL 19.” As the controller disconnects, audio can be heard of an attendee saying, “F—, what is he shooting with?” More shots are fired, and screaming can be heard in the background.”
March for our Lives Jacksonville is working on coordinating a response to the recent mass shooting. We once again are incredibly devastated to hear of such tragedy. We need to make sure this does not ever happen again in our city!! #TheLandingMassShooting
— March For Our Lives Jacksonville (@march4livesjax) August 26, 2018
March For Our Lives collective releases statement on Jacksonville mass shooting: “We should not have to experience #AnotherFLShooting. We must #StopGunViolence.” pic.twitter.com/q02SZIowVS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 26, 2018
How many mass shootings in your state will it take for you to do something?
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 26, 2018
The Madden livestream. Warning: Audio is disturbing.
WARNING: DISTURBING – Audio of the shooting caught on this Twitch stream during the Madden tournament in Jacksonville. Multiple fatalities, 1 suspect dead, per @JSOPIO. pic.twitter.com/KLppNuHBlT
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) August 26, 2018
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Must-See LGBTQ TV: ‘The Comedy Line Up: Part 2’ drops on Netflix, and a brand new ‘Wynonna Earp’
Must-See LGBTQ TV: ‘The Comedy Line Up: Part 2’ drops on Netflix, and a brand new ‘Wynonna Earp’
Photo Credit: Syfy
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
On Friday, Netflix will premiere the second half of The Comedy Line-Up, a series of 15-minute sets from a variety of comedians. Among this batch are lesbian comedian Emma Willmann, who can be seen on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Matteo Lane, a gay comedian who was one of the panelists on GLAAD and HBO’s “The New Queer Comedy” panel in Provincetown. The first half of The Comedy Line-Up is available to watch now on Netflix, and features queer comedians Sam Jay, Sabrina Jalees, and Tim Dillon. The Comedy Line-Up: Part 2: Friday, on Netflix.
Friday also sees a brand new episode of Wynonna Earp, the science fiction/Western show, that has a accumulated a huge fan base, for both its fun tone and its inclusion and positive treatment of queer characters. GLAAD’s own Megan Townsend recently sat down with the actors who play fan favorite couple Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught, and the video is below. In this week’s episode, Lady Luck seems to have abandoned Wynonna and Nicole when an errand for Nedley goes terribly wrong; and Mama discovers Doc’s secret. Wynonna Earp: Friday, 9pm on Syfy.
Sunday, August 26: Fear the Walking Dead (8pm, AMC)
Tuesday: Hit the Floor (10pm, BET)
Wednesday: The Sinner (10pm, USA)
Friday: The Comedy Lineup (Netflix); Wynonna Earp (9pm, Syfy); Killjoys (10pm, Syfy)
August 26, 2018
Issues:
www.glaad.org/blog/must-see-lgbtq-tv-comedy-line-part-2-drops-netflix-and-brand-new-wynonna-earp
Cross the Rainbow Brick Road
Cross the Rainbow Brick Road
Mike McNiven posted a photo:
Network Rail have changed the crossing point from the station down to Auyton Street into Rainbow colours for Manchester’s Pride celebrations
Benham Brothers terrified they’ll be thrown in jail if they don’t engage in the gay sex revolution
Playwright and Screenwriter Neil Simon Dead at 91
Playwright and Screenwriter Neil Simon Dead at 91
Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon has died at the age of 91 of complications related to pneumonia, according to his publicist.
Variety reports: ‘A statement from his reps said, “Neil Simon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, died last night at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. The cause was complications from pneumonia….His wife, Elaine Joyce Simon, was at his bedside along with Mr. Simon’s daughters, Ellen Simon and Nancy Simon.” Beginning in the 1960s, Simon could guarantee good Broadway advance sales, a rare feat for a writer. He had more than 30 plays mounted on Broadway, including four that ran simultaneously in 1966: “Sweet Charity,” “The Star-Spangled Girl,” “The Odd Couple” and “Barefoot in the Park.”’
Playbill adds: ‘Simon also made his mark as a creator of original screenplays, writing the scripts for the 1972 critical hit The Heartbreak Kid, which was directed by Elaine May; The Out-of-Towners, starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis as hapless visitors comically victimized by New York City; Murder By Death, a spoof of the detective genre; and the 1977 romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl, which starred his then-wife Marsha Mason and helped to make Richard Dreyfuss a star. He was nominated for an Oscar for the latter, as well as for the films of California Suite, The Sunshine Boys, and The Odd Couple. He won a Golden Globe for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated for The Sunshine Boys and The Heartbreak Kid.’
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31/52 Safe Flight Happy Pride
31/52 Safe Flight Happy Pride
Meteorry posted a photo:
Amsterdam Pride 2018…a must for a ’52-Weeks selfie’…
Location: Prinsengracht corner Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam.
Coordinates: 52°21’41” N 4°53’45” E
Happy Pride: A self portrait together with Paul and Paul dressed up like KLM flight attendants and purser Bianca Botox and Marijke Grootgeschapen together with Diana as captain Kirk.
Amsterdam Pride: Amsterdam Pride or Amsterdam Gay Pride is a citywide gay-festival held annually at the center of Amsterdam during the first weekend of August. The festival attracts several hundred-thousand visitors each year and is one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands.
The peak of the festival is during the Canal Parade, a parade of boats of large variety on the first Saturday of August, which usually goes from Oosterdok, Zwanenburgwal and the Oudeschans, Amstel, over the Prinsengracht to Westerdok (clockwise since 2017).
Every year hundreds of thousands of visitors come to this event and is therefore one of the busiest public events in the Netherlands. In the United States, the Amsterdam Gay Pride was voted the best Gay Pride celebration in Europe in 2008 and in 2018 the Amsterdam Pride was voted Best Public Event in the Netherlands. [ Source: Wikipedia ]
To Listen: Daniel Balavoine – l’Aziza (Youtube)
Weather: Partly cloudy, 22° C
Self-portrait technics: ‘Stretched arm’ method without self-timer.
PHOTOS: All that glitters is not gold (but sometimes it’s gold)
PHOTOS: All that glitters is not gold (but sometimes it’s gold)
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