Kevin Spacey Denies All #MeToo Allegations in Bizarre Christmas Video

Voicing his House of Cards character Frank Underwood, Spacey dropped a twisted video denying all allegations and claiming, “You want me back.”
 

www.advocate.com/people/2018/12/24/kevin-spacey-denies-all-metoo-allegations-bizarre-christmas-video

HIV Rates Rise Among Black Gay Men On PrEP

Citing a study in the  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes AIDSMap recently reported that “Awareness and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States increased significantly between 2014 and 2017. The study also showed that PrEP was reaching individuals with high levels of sexual risk, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and substance use, the very individuals most in need of this highly effective form of HIV prevention.”

However,  the report goes on to say:

HIV prevalence was significantly higher among PrEP users compared to individuals who were not on PrEP. The investigators stress this does not show PrEP failure but is likely due to factors such as poor medication adherence and lack of engagement with healthcare providers.

It is imperative to recognize that our findings reflect challenges to maintain proper usage of PrEP rather than biological failure of PrEP to protect against HIV,” write the authors. “HIV infections that have occurred among PrEP users are the result of suboptimal levels of drug concentrations because of challenges in adhering to PrEP medical regimens.”

Black MSM account for the largest proportion of new HIV infections in the US. If current epidemiological trends continue, 60% of black MSM will be HIV positive by the age of 40. Tackling the HIV epidemic among black MSM is therefore an urgent public health priority.

“The impact of HIV in the lives of Black gay men is as much a story of moral failure as policy failure,” Charles Stephens of the Counter Narrative told Towleroad.  “Any discussion around how HIV impacts the lives of Black gay men, must center racial justice. In the public health conversation, we are far too often blamed for the health outcomes we experience, rather than the failures of health care institutions. This has everything to do with race. Any programmatic, clinical or policy agenda to address HIV among Black gay men  must center our human dignity, be informed by our culture, address systemic barriers rather than individual behaviors, and resist deficit based messaging and pathological narratives about our community.”

Stephens added that he would caution against blaming Black gay men for “lack of adherence” and not sufficiently engaging healthcare providers, as to why the study found higher HIV prevalence among PrEP users compared to those not on PrEP . “We must ask harder questions of healthcare providers, including what efforts have been taken to eliminate institutional barriers to care for Black gay men. And are the service providers offering PrEP culturally literate on working with Black gay men?”

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Mark Kanemura Dons His Gay Apparel for an Instagram Holi-Slay Spectacular: WATCH

So You Think You Can Dance contestant, Lady Gaga dancer, and friend of Carly Rae Mark Kanemura, known for his Pride-themed Instagram shows, is donning his gay apparel again for a Holi-slay spectacular.

Starting off with Barbra Streisand:

 

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Happy Holi-SLAYS! @barbrastreisand #merrychristmas #jinglebells #santa #christmas #wig #barbrastreisand #tistheseason #santababy #letitsnow #dance #pride #tittybow

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Miss Patti Labelle then gets a turn:

 

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a holiday classic. #wheremybackgroundsingers @mspattilabelle #merrychristmas #christmas #hohoho #happyholidays #pride #lipsync #wig thank you for my very own lipstick @missfamenyc

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Then it’s time to Let It Snow.

 

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Let it ho! Let it ho! Let it ho! #winter #winterfashion #winterwonderland #christmas #merrychristmas #hohoho #letitsnow #fashion #pride #fashionweek #wig #snow #snowqueen #bubblewrap #frozen thank you for being my snow fairy @amandabalen

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the cold never bothered me anyway *slams door* (shout out to the dollar store and the bubble wrap that came with my packaging this week for my fashions) #snowqueen #frozen #frozen2 #winter #winterfashion #winterwonderland #christmas #letitsnow #tistheseason #pride #wig #fashion #fashionweek #bubblewrap

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And Confidence Man’s “Santa’s Coming Down the Chimney”.

 

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when my friends ask me if i got them anything for Christmas… @confidenceman_ #christmas #merrychristmas #hohoho #happyholidays #santa #present #gift #pride #wig #fashion #fashionweek #style

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With some Kelly Clarkson to wrap it up!

 

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my final act in Mark’s Christmas Spectacular 2018. @kellyclarkson Happy Holidays everyone! Thank you for letting me celebrate the season with you! Much love and aloha always! thank you for my new wigs @dbano #christmas #merrychristmas #christmastree #happyholidays #winterfashion #fashion #hohoho #pride #wig #kellyclarkson

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Happy Holigays everyone.

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Mark Kanemura Dons His Gay Apparel for an Instagram Holi-Slay Spectacular: WATCH

Felicity Jones’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Battles Gender Discrimination

In an exclusive clip from On the Basis of Sex, Jones’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg preps to challenge and change the way gender is viewed in the courts.

www.advocate.com/film/2018/12/24/felicity-joness-ruth-bader-ginsburg-battles-gender-discrimination

Juanita MORE! reflects on surviving the holigays
It can be hard to enjoy the holidays. But trust me – it can be done!

www.queerty.com/juanita-reflects-surviving-holigays-20181224?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Teen Takes Broadway Musicals to the Next Level — While Mom Drives: WATCH

Need something funny to share with the fam over this Christmas holiday? Colin O’Leary’s ‘Showtunes 2018‘ mash-up is sure to start a few conversations. Colin O’Leary is to ‘Carpool Karaoke’ as Randy Rainbow is to ‘PBS News Hour’. Both take a staid and predictable format and offer it the drama and pizzazz of a Broadway musical.

And the other star in O’Leary’s clip, the brilliant foil, is Colin’s mother Carol (and was that grandma?), who plays the ‘straight woman’ to his over-the-top theatrics and also manages to be the most accepting and wonderful mom ever.

Here’s the list of shows O’Leary performs in the clip above (in order):  Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, Dreamgirls, Les Miserables, Frozen, The Wiz, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, and a very wet The Little Mermaid.

O’Leary continues with Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Carousel , Evita, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Hamilton, Cats , Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Carrie, Funny Girl, Rocky Horror, Phantom of the Opera, Frozen, Wicked, Mary Poppins, Phantom of the Opera, and Frozen.

A few weeks ago, Colin and Carol were invited to a taping of Will & Grace where the video above was played before the taping. Sean Hayes posted the visit to his Facebook page.

And more reason to be excited: Colin says that he’s working on a second act.

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Teen Takes Broadway Musicals to the Next Level — While Mom Drives: WATCH