Sam Smith Comes Out as Non-Binary, Genderqueer
“I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between — somewhat on the spectrum,” Smith says in a new interview.
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WATCH: Author Jacob Tobia is one proud sissy on ‘The Daily Show’
WATCH: Author Jacob Tobia is one proud sissy on ‘The Daily Show’
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Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo Debate Whether Kellyanne Conway Should Be Allowed on CNN: ‘It’s Below the Dignity of This Network’ — WATCH
Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo Debate Whether Kellyanne Conway Should Be Allowed on CNN: ‘It’s Below the Dignity of This Network’ — WATCH
CNN anchor Don Lemon told fellow anchor Chris Cuomo that he doesn’t think it’s appropriate to allow Trump spokesperson Kellyanne Conway on the network to spew her lies.
Said Lemon: “She never answers a question. She berates you. She’s condescending. She uses our network to give her talking points. For me it feels beneath the dignity of this network to have someone on who just constantly lies and misconstrues things. And I feel like having someone on like that is giving them a platform that they have not earned.”
“If I held that standard I’d have very few people on the show,” Cuomo argued. “If you are going to limit who you have on the show to the people who only answer the questions and are truthful, you are going to be alone a lot of the time. Here’s what I think. She’s the president’s first choice for his defense. I believe he gets that right. That if this is who you put out to defend you, fine.”
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Sam Smith Speaks Out About Being Nonbinary, Genderqueer, Says He’s Considered a Sex Change: WATCH
Sam Smith Speaks Out About Being Nonbinary, Genderqueer, Says He’s Considered a Sex Change: WATCH
British singer-songwriter Sam Smith sat down with Jameela Jamil for the premier episode of I Weigh Interviews, for a fascinating interview about body image, in which he talked about his body image and said that he identifies as nonbinary.
Smith talked about his body issues, something he talked about recently in a widely-shared post on Instagram, and the shame he feels when he removes his shirt and he isn’t as fit as everyone else.
He said the issues began as a teen when he discovered that he had more estrogen in his chest: “I fully had breasts, and I had liposuction. I was 12. It didn’t really change anything. I think I put the weight back on in two weeks. I hadn’t figured out my relationship with food. Being 12 years old and having liposuction was a big deal. It was the basis of all my teasing…I had some horrible situations in school with guys. A guy grabbed my chest once and played around with it in front of all of his friends.”
Smith, who grew up in a small village, said that at age 16 he stopped wearing boys’ clothes and wore full make-up to school every day.
“I turned into the gay clown, basically,” he said. “I owned it.”
Smith explained that a paparazzi photo prompted him to lose a large amount of weight in recent years. He says a photo appeared of him diving off some rocks in Australia and he felt shamed by it.
Smith’s discussion about his body issues moved into one about gender and sexuality, and he said that he identifies as nonbinary.
Said Smith: “I’ve always had a bit of a war in my body and my mind [about how to define myself]…I do think like a woman in my head at times. I’ve sometimes sat there and questioned, do I want a sex change? It’s something I still think about, but I don’t think it is.”
Smith has talked about this before. In October 2017 he said, “I don’t know what the title would be, but I feel just as much woman as I am man.”
Smith explained: “Nonbinary genderqueer means you do not identify in a gender. You are just you…you are your own special creation. That is how I take it. I’m not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between — somewhat on the spectrum.”
“Maybe I’m not a man. Maybe I’m not a woman. Maybe I’m just me. And that’s okay.”
“I think the same in sexuality,” he added. “I’ve been with too many straight men to know that not everyone who says they’re straight are fully straight. You can sometimes like doing a bit of this here and a bit of that there. You fall in love with people, not genitals. I’ve always been very free in terms of thinking about sexuality. I’ve tried to change that into my thoughts on gender.”
“Maybe I’m not a man. Maybe I’m not a woman. Maybe I’m just me. And that’s okay,” he continued.
Smith also talked about fame, and said that the things you have to sacrifice make it not worth it: “If I had the chance to do this all again, I would not do this….I can’t cheer up about it. I’m very lucky. I have money now….Part of my life died. No one treats me the same, ever. The things I go through every day are different.”
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 15, 2019
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 15, 2019
HRC MOURNS VICTIMS IN TRAGIC MOSQUE SHOOTINGS IN CHRISTCHURCH: Statement from HRC President Chad Griffin
“We are heartbroken and outraged by this terrorist attack on Muslims in places of worship, and we mourn for the victims and their families. Hate violence against Muslims is a global epidemic, fueled by the toxic combination of Islamophobia and xenophobia that has led to tragedies here in the United States and in nations around the world. While in these moments, only the attackers are directly responsible, there is a broader climate of hate that encourages and inspires deadly extremism such as this. We call on politicians who traffic in dangerous anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate speech, including Donald Trump, to immediately stop the fear-mongering and divisive politics that can have deadly consequences. Now is a time to be united against hate — not engage in the ‘both sides’ rhetoric that only serves to legitimize extremists.”
Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) continued, “On this day, and every day, we join in solidarity with the Muslim community, including LGBTQ Muslims, to honor the victims of hate-fueled violence with action and to combat hate and bigotry in all of its forms.” More from HRC.
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) (@SenAmyKlobuchar), who joined Griffin this morning at HRC’s annual Equality Convention in Washington, D.C., said: “For me this is just another moment where we should be standing up against hate … But we should also be standing up for the Muslim community.”
- Also this morning at the Convention, which draws hundreds of HRC volunteers, members and leaders from across the nation, The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) led an emotional discussion with U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS) (@RepDavids), Susie Lee (D-NV) (@RepSusieLee) and Chris Pappas (D-NH) (@RepChrisPappas) on the rise of hate and crimes targeting the Muslim community, communities of color and the LGBTQ community.
This morning @HRC President @ChadHGriffin called on @realDonaldTrump to end his trafficking in dangerous anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant hate speech. Fear-mongering & divisive politics can have deadly consequences. #NewZealandMosqueShooting #UnitedAgainstHate t.co/D0zf4pxcK1 pic.twitter.com/3z9A4C80GC
— Stephen Peters (@stephenpeters2) March 15, 2019
“A STAIN ON OUR COUNTRY” — FORMER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST TRUMP-PENCE’S TRANSGENDER TROOP BAN: Ray Mabus says that the ban “tells our children that merit has no place, while prejudice does.” More here.
Ray Mabus served as Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2016 — the longest tenure as leader of the Navy and Marine Corps since World War I. t.co/csjTaTcsLc
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 14, 2019
MAKING HISTORY — SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR APPOINTS FIRST LGBTQ FIRE CHIEF: Jeanine Nicholson, a 25-year veteran in the department, is also only the second woman to hold the position. More from NBC.
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY: #HRCONTHEHILL — HUNDREDS OF HRC VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY ON CAPITOL HILL: More from HRC.
.@HRC‘s Lobby Day is in full swing. Coming off yesterday’s introduction of the #EqualityAct, 300+ volunteers from around the country are fanning out across Capitol Hill to advocate for LGBTQ equality. So proud of this team. pic.twitter.com/sRXeXg1R1j
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) March 14, 2019
“QUEER PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO ABORTIONS, TOO”: Reclaiming February and March as Black Bi Women’s History and Health months, National LGBTQ Task Force’s Candace Bond-Theriault (@attorney_bond) writes about how “in the conversations about reproductive rights, the needs of LGBTQ+ people are often erased despite the fact that we face even greater barriers to getting the reproductive health care we need.” More from Out.
“For far too long, cishet, white, middle-to-upper class women have been centered in the fight for abortion and reproductive rights,” writes @attorney_bond.
“We must end that. It’s time to make access a reality for all of us.” t.co/KWnKDljxGD
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) March 13, 2019
LGBTQ AND WRITERS OF COLOR STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT: Read more from The New York Times.
ATLANTA MAYOR CREATES POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS: More from Project Q Atlanta.
STATEHOUSE ROUNDUP
- The Maryland House this week approved legislation allowing an ‘X’ gender marker option on personal identification documents. The bill heads to Governor Larry Hogan for consideration. More from the Baltimore Sun.
- The Illinois House approved a measure requiring public schools to update their curriculum to include LGBTQ history. The bill now heads to the state Senate. More from Illinois News Network.
- An Ohio Senate panel reviews proposed legislation that would update the state’s nondiscrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. More from Dispatch.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASES ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: The report notes occurrences of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but for the second year in a row, has refused to report on women’s sexual and reproductive rights as human rights. More from our partners at the Council for Global Equality.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
WAMU features a touching story of Alexander Flores Olivas, one of the 15 LGBTQ migrants from Central America seeking asylum in the District; The Washington Blade honors the late Nancy Ruth David, a cryptographer, travel writer and LGBTQ activist; Variety announces that Netflix’s One Day at a Time (@OneDayAtATime) will be canceled after its third season
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The Trump era has emboldened our worst opponents
The Trump era has emboldened our worst opponents
While the Family Research Council has always enjoyed far more government access than most of us would like from an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group, there was a time in the not too distant past when even conservatives were starting to recognize that there are certain forms of advocacy that take them off message from the larger party brand and interests. Sure, from time to time mainstream conservatives, and sometimes even moderates, would show up at an FRC conference and play to that base. But for the most part, toward the end of the last administration and prior the current one, we were in a place where even elected officials who vote against our interests would shy away from catering to groups that unapologetically promote so-called “conversion therapy.”
In the Trump era, elected officials seem to have dropped all qualms. Let’s look at just one metric: The daily radio show of FRC president Tony Perkins.
Tony’s show has always featured occasional visits from the more extreme members of Congress. You get a Louis Gohmert here. A Vicki Hartzler there. Back in the day, then-congressman Mike Pence used to even occasionally fill-in as Tony’s guest host. But for the most part, it was only the far fringes, most always from the larger chamber, and still a somewhat rarity.
Now, elected members of Congress, from both chambers, appear on Tony’s show almost daily.
- In the nine shows that have aired this month, six different members of Congress (Loudermilk, Yoho, Burgess, Gohmert, Johnson Hartzler) have appeared.
- In the month of February, four Republican US Senators (Lee, Sasse, Daines, and Hawley) And ten GOP Reps (Gohmert, Johnson, Yoho, Davidson, Cheney, Gosar, Kelly, Wagner, Green, and Scalise) put in appearances. Two of them (Sen Hawley and Rep Johnson) appeared on multiple days, making for a broadcast calendar where the anti-LGBTQ hate group hosted Republican members of Congress on more days than not.
- January was more of the same. Only this time, in addition to near-daily appearances from the (Republican) men and women of Congress, Vice President Mike Pence also went on Tony’s show, where he both talked about their close friendship and attacked the people who were questioning why his wife chose to take a job at an anti-LGBTQ school. That appearance is here, if you care to listen.
- In December, Tony hosted twenty-one daily shows. Of those twenty-one days, fourteen of the programs featured members of Congress or a member from the Trump administration. On some shows, there were multiple elected officials. On the December 20 show, four members of Congress appeared on that same program.
- November was no different. In the last week of that month, all five days of programs featured US Senators and US Reps. Tony had cozy chats with eight different high-ranking government officials in just those five days.
You can look through the archives in the time since Trump was elected and you will find the same: a GOP that seems to have absolutely no qualms catering to an organization the proudly strives to “convert” LGBTQ people, or a man who has said some of the worst imaginable things about us.
And let’s be 100% clear: these appearances are not disconnected from FRC’s larger anti-LGBTQ agenda. It’s not like Tony hosts special “mainstream” days where he only focuses on tort reform. On many days when these elected officials appear (which is to say most every day), they often appear right alongside people and organizations who go on the show to proudly hock their “reparative therapy” wares. Here are just a few examples:
- Wednesday, 2/13/19: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) appeared. On that same show, FRC’s Peter Sprigg, a man who infamously said he wanted to “export homosexuals from the United States,” went on to discuss why trans people are incapable of serving in the United States military.
- Monday, 1/28/19: Rep Ted Yoho (R-FL) chose to go on the show. Later in the same episode, his fellow Floridian, the viciously hostile John Stemberger , came to to attack a proposal to introduce sexual orientation and gender identity protections into the Sunshine State.
- Tuesday, 1/8/19: Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX) appeared in the first block. On that same show, Michele Cretella from the highly discredited American Academy of Pediatricians (which is also designated as a hate group by the SPLC) discussed supposed Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria, which she insists shows that transgender is a fad
- Friday, 1/4/19: Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) made an appearance. On that same program, a representative from an organization called Living Hope Ministries, which purports to “change” LGBTQ people, went on to discuss “people who are experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction.”
- Tuesday, 10/23/18: Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) put in a visit. In the next segment, Peter Sprigg, who in addition to calling to “export” us has also said he supports criminal sanctions against us, went on to discuss his narrow views on biology as it relates to LGBTQ people
- Wednesday, 6/13/18: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was the first guest. Later in that same show, a California pastor who supports “conversion therapy” and who opposed his states attempts to ban it went on to make the case for why “changing” LGBTQ people is a fair practice.
- Tuesday, 2/13/18: Rep Ted Poe (R-TX) went on. In the very next segment, a Michigan pastor appeared to talk about his program to “help” women who are struggling with sexuality and identity.
The above is just a small selection. You can look through the archives and pull just about any show. And it’s not even just the guests themselves. On many of these shows, Tony discusses a particular news story in which he takes the decidelty anti-LGBTQ view. His callers weigh in with their own anti-LGBTQ views, and they all have a good laugh at our expense. The whole production is geared toward delegitimization of LGBTQ rights and, decidedly, LGBTQ people.
But in this new era, where Tony Perkins is a regular White House guest and hostilities abound in just about every department of government, this sort of delegitimization has become par for the course.
In a country where so many norms are being obliterated on a daily basis, this is yet another thing that we cannot allow to become a new normal. Perhaps the GOP needs to adopt a new rally cry: Make Bigotry Unacceptable Again.
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Jeremy Hooper is a writer, activist, and father in New York, NY.
March 14, 2019
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HRC Mourns Victims in Tragic Mosque Shootings in Christchurch
HRC Mourns Victims in Tragic Mosque Shootings in Christchurch
“We are heartbroken and outraged by this terrorist attack on Muslims in places of worship, and we mourn for the victims and their families,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Hate violence against Muslims is a global epidemic, fueled by the toxic combination of Islamophobia and xenophobia that has led to tragedies here in the United States and in nations around the world. While in these moments, only the attackers are directly responsible, there is broader climate of hate that encourages and inspires deadly extremism such as this. We call on politicians who traffic in dangerous anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate speech, including Donald Trump, to immediately stop the fear-mongering and divisive politics that can have deadly consequences. Now is a time to be united against hate — not engage in the ‘both sides’ rhetoric that only serves to legitimize extremists.”
Griffin continued, “On this day, and every day, we join in solidarity with the Muslim community, including LGBTQ Muslims, to honor the victims of hate-fueled violence with action and to combat hate and bigotry in all of its forms.”
