Gay couple denied a marriage license by local county clerk in New York

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Apple, Ivanka Trump, Laramie, Boys in the Band, Kate McKinnon, Zayn and Timbaland, 2018 Midterms: HOT LINKS

APPLE. The first trillion dollar company. “Apple’s ascent from the brink of bankruptcy to the world’s most valuable company has been a business tour de force, marked by rapid innovation, a series of smash-hit products and the creation of a sophisticated, globe-spanning supply chain that keeps costs down while producing enormous volumes of cutting-edge devices.”

2018 MIDTERMS. Senate rejects efforts to beef up election security spending. “Senators voted 50-47 against adding an amendment from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that would have provided the funding. Sixty votes were needed to include the proposal in the appropriations legislation under Senate rules. ”



A LOW POINT FOR ME. Ivanka Trump claims she laments family separation, says she doesn’t consider the press “the enemy of the people.” “We have to be very careful about incentivizing behavior that puts children at risk of being trafficked, at risk of entering this country with coyotes or making an incredibly dangerous journey alone,” she said. “These are not easy issues, these are incredibly difficult issues and like the rest of the country, I experience them in a very emotional way.”

WYOMING. Nazi flag flies in Laramie.

MADONNA. Why I moved to Portugal and became a soccer mom.

‘NICE LETTER’. Trump praises Kim Jong Un. “Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen! I am not at all surprised that you took this kind action. Also, thank you for your nice letter – l look forward to seeing you soon!”

Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen! I am not at all surprised that you took this kind action. Also, thank you for your nice letter – l look forward to seeing you soon!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2018

SIT DOWN. Trump renews calls to sit down with Robert Mueller. “President Trump pushed his lawyers in recent days to try once again to reach an agreement with the special counsel’s office about his sitting for an interview, flouting their advice that he should not answer investigators’ questions, three people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.”

AIR FORCE ONE TOURS. Democratic senators call for investigation: “Previous Presidents have provided friends and even campaign donors tours of Air Force One, but the reports that members of the President’s private club may have received such tours are particularly troubling because their relationship to the President arises out of an ongoing business relationship with the President.”

I’M GAY I’M NOT INTERESTED. Man smashes woman’s windshield after advances are denied.

NOTHING WAS DONE. Mother says group attacked her daughter because she’s a lesbian. “Absolutely nothing was done,” Catina Parks-Dorsey said. “No one was taken into custody, they told me I had to swear out my own warrant to have them arrested.”

FACEBOOK. Foreign influence report excluded most divisive rhetoric.

CHINA. Police break into home, arrest human rights critic during interview. ‘Retired Shandong University professor Wenguang Sun, who, according to VOA spokeswoman Bridget Serchak, “regularly speaks publicly about Chinese human rights and domestic and foreign policy issues in China,” can be heard on audio from Voice of America telling police that he is entitled to express himself.’

GENERATIONAL DIVIDE. The Boys in the Band audiences: “Based on a random sampling of recent theatergoers, the revival (which concludes its largely sold-out run on Aug. 11) seems to be attracting a predominantly male audience, some of whom look like they could vividly remember that original production or the film that followed it. But there are also pockets of younger audience members, ones who are decades removed from the closeted, tortured era portrayed on stage.”

KATE MCKINNON. Breaking down her Rudy Giuliani impression.

BRIGHTON, UK. Two school teachers came out during assembly: “They said they did it to help pupils feel more comfortable about their own sexuality.”

NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. Zayn featuring Timbaland “Too Much”.

THIRSTY TWEETS OF THE DAY. Henry Cavill.

THIRSTY THURSDAY. Dan Tai.

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Apple, Ivanka Trump, Laramie, Boys in the Band, Kate McKinnon, Zayn and Timbaland, 2018 Midterms: HOT LINKS

Call it Out: Fox & Friends Invites Radical Anti-LGBTQ Activist on Show

On July 31, Fox & Friends invited University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson on air to share extremist opinions regarding teaching students tolerance. During his appearance, Peterson asserted that “faculties of education are full of people who are radical.”

Peterson is an anti-LGBTQ extremist, using his platform as a media pundit to spread misinformation that stokes dangerous hatred. On his Twitter account, he has made specious claims that the movement for transgender equality and same-sex parents are a sign of “cultural collapse,” and that “science has not yet proven that trans is even a thing.”

We are calling out Peterson — and Fox & Friends for elevating his extremely dangerous rhetoric.

Last year, HRC debunked myths about transgender people being perpetrated by quacks and bigots like Peterson. Check out our video explainer, part of our McHugh Exposed campaign, here:

A widespread medical consensus and growing body of research have affirmed the reality of transgender people’s identities. Major medical associations, including the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association, have reinforced the validity of transgender people’s gender identities, as well as the medical necessity of transition-related care. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians also publicly support inclusive practices for transgender and gender expansive youth.

And Peterson’s ill-informed comments dismissing the importance of inclusive learning environments, and the teachers who help create them, simply promote putting children in peril.

• Inclusive schools are key to the success and well-being of LGBTQ students — the exact concept Peterson stands against.
• To date, only 19 states and the District of Columbia have enacted anti-bullying laws to protect LGBTQ students from being bullied by students, teachers and school staff on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
• Meanwhile, just 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed school non-discrimination laws and state-wide regulations to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination in schools on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Without such policies in place, LGBTQ youth remain vulnerable to discrimination, harassment and bullying from peers, teachers and administrators. HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut recently released the largest-of-its-kind survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, revealing in distressing detail the persistent challenges so many of them face going about their daily lives at home, at school and in their communities.

It found that these teenagers are not only experiencing heartbreaking levels of stress, anxiety and rejection, but also overwhelmingly feel unsafe in their own school classrooms. Only 27 percent of LGBTQ youth can “definitely” be themselves in school as an LGBTQ person and only 26 percent of LGBTQ youth report that they always feel safe in the classroom.

HRC remains committed to protecting LGBTQ youth and training youth-serving professionals through its the Welcoming Schools program, the All Children-All Families program and the Time to THRIVE conference.

HRC’s “Call It Out” calls out inaccurate, misguided or extreme anti-LGBTQ references in the public square. For more information, check out hrc.org.

www.hrc.org/blog/call-it-out-fox-friends-invites-radical-anti-lgbtq-activist-on-show?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Gay Valedictorian Raises Over $110,000 After Being Kicked Out of Home

After Seth Owen moved out of his home, his teacher set up a GoFundMe campaign to pay his college expenses.

www.advocate.com/youth/2018/8/02/gay-valedictorian-raises-over-110000-after-being-kicked-out-home

Henry Cavill opens up about being the ultimate Daddy
Gulp

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What Do We Have to Do to Get You to Vote?

Amanda Kerri is prepared to take extreme measures to ensure every LGBTQ person gets their ass to the polls in November.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/8/02/what-do-we-have-do-get-you-vote