Daily Archives: April 15, 2019



You Might Like

Videos | Dating

Live Cams | Live Chats

 

NEWS

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on Fire: VIDEO

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on Fire: VIDEO

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on fire. The fire alarm went off around 6:30 pm according to André Finot, a spokesman for the cathedral.

Developing… (refresh for updates below)

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on fire. pic.twitter.com/DG1U8FKQov

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 15, 2019

Photographs shared on social media showed flames shooting out of the roof of the iconic French Gothic landmark and popular tourist destination as a massive blaze appeared to be underway. France’s most famous cathedral was built between the years 1163 and 1345.

Famed Paris cathedral Notre Dame is on fire pic.twitter.com/Vv7lwGuxWZ

— Matkal Netsah (@MatkalN) April 15, 2019

Sixteen statues were recently removed from the church’s spire by crane due to renovation work that has been continuing on the structure.

Notre Dame, Paris, is on fire and it feels like the end of the world. pic.twitter.com/qYYk7ewipq

— Shiv Malik (@shivmalik) April 15, 2019

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted: “A terrible fire is underway at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The @ PompiersParis are trying to control the flames. We are mobilized on the spot in close connection with the @ dioceseParis . I invite everyone to respect the security perimeter.”

Un terrible incendie est en cours à la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Les @PompiersParis sont en train de tenter de maîtriser les flammes. Nous sommes mobilisés sur place en lien étroit avec le @dioceseParis. J’invite chacune et chacun à respecter le périmètre de sécurité. pic.twitter.com/9X0tGtlgba

— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) April 15, 2019

So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2019

Roommate just sent this of Notre Dame on fire in Paris woowwww pic.twitter.com/NEMs33AHYD

— Process Guy (@leistomania93) April 15, 2019

Before the news breaks, the Notre Dame is on fire. pic.twitter.com/fhSNcznCG2

— Ashley (@AshhHuntington) April 15, 2019

#NotreDame on fire pic.twitter.com/2o6fdFmLbC

— Liam Taylor (@LiamMTaylor) April 15, 2019

Appalling News from #Paris Would seen to be a MAJOR fire at #NotreDame Cathedral. so sad pic.twitter.com/fBOBsZ9n4I

— Fraser Rush (@fraser_rush) April 15, 2019

The post Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on Fire: VIDEO appeared first on Towleroad Gay News.


Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is on Fire: VIDEO

NEWS

GLAAD Calls on the American Museum of Natural History to Cancel Planned Event with Anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro

GLAAD Calls on the American Museum of Natural History to Cancel Planned Event with Anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian President: “I prefer, rather, a son run over by a convoy to a homosexual son. If my son were ‘gay,’ he would be dead to me.” 

NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called on the American Museum of Natural History to immediately cancel an upcoming event featuring Brazilian President and notorious anti-LGBTQ activist Jair Bolsonaro that’s to be held on the museum grounds. According to The Gothamist, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce plans to hold a gala event to name Bolsonaro its “Person of the Year” at the Museum.

“It’s dangerous for a respected attraction like the American Museum of Natural History to provide a national platform for a foreign leader who is known for targeting and attacking marginalized communities, especially LGBTQ people,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “Parents and current members of the Museum like me should not stand idly by while the Museum grants visibility to someone who supports the assault of young children just for potentially being LGBTQ. The Museum should re-examine serving as the home for Bolsonaro’s honor, and instead, send a message to LGBTQ Brazilians as well as its LGBTQ members by canceling the event.”

Brazilian President has a horrific and barbaric anti-LGBTQ record, and since his election last year, President Bolsonaro – like the Trump Administration – has systematically tried to erase LGBTQ families from the fabric of Brazil. Just recently, President Bolsonaro even praised the anti-LGBTQ efforts made by President Trump and his administration since taking office in 2017 – a total of 103 attacks on LGBTQ Americans overall.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Anti-LGBTQ History of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

  • Said he’d prefer his son die in an accident than be gay (Rough translation: “There are certain things that I say are as death. It would bring me disgust, would make me sad, and I even think that he, himself, would abandon me in that case. To me, it is death. And more: I’d rather he died in an accident than show up with some guy. To me, he really would have died.” Original interview, in Portuguese, can be found here: web.archive.org/web/20110709235317/http://playboy.abril.com.br/entretenimento/entrevista/jair-bolsonaro/
  • Reiterated his preference for a dead son over a gay son: “I prefer, rather, a son run over by a convoy to a homosexual son. If my son were “gay,” he would be dead to me.”
  • Supported a father who beat his 8-year-old son to death for showing effeminate traits, suggesting that beating the child would have prevented him from being gay.
  • Has bragged that “if I see two men kissing on the street, I’m going to hit them.” 
  • Said: “If a gay couple came to live in my building, my property will lose value. If they walk around holding hands, kissing, it will lose value! No one says that out of fear of being pinned as homophobe.”
  • Claimed LGBT rights activists wants to recruit children for sex: “They want to reach our children in order to turn the children into gay adults to satisfy their sexuality in the future. So these are the fundamentalist homosexual groups that are trying to take over society.”
  • Said being gay is a “behavioral issue” inspired by “liberal habits” “drugs” and “women also working,” adding that is a young person starts hanging out with certain people with a certain behavior, he’ll adopt that sort of behavior. He’ll think it’s normal”.lab.org.uk/ellen-page-confronts-jair-bolsonaro-about-homophobia-in-rio-de-janeiro/
  • Referred to a rival political party as “a party of dicks and faggots”.
  • Implied that President Dilma Rousseff is a lesbian, demanding that she “admit your love with homosexuals”.
  • Called Eleonora Menicucci, the Minister for Women’s Policy, “a big dyke”.
  • Said he’d “rather have a son who is an addict than a son who is gay”.
  • Said he does not have a gay child because his children are well educated.
  • Insisted gay parents sexually abuse their children: “I make a connection between homosexuality and pedophilia because many of the children who will be adopted by “gay” couples will be abused by these homosexual couples.”
  • Wanted to rid textbooks of homosexuality.
  • Removed LGBTQ rights from human rights ministry considerations just hours after inauguration.
  • Said: “If your son begins to act like this, sort of gay, he deserves a smack and he’ll change his behavior”.

###

 

 

 

April 15, 2019
Issues: 
Tags: 

www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-calls-american-museum-natural-history-cancel-planned-event-anti-lgbtq-president-jair

MISC

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World

China’s last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died over the weekend at the Suzhou Zoo. She was the last known female of her species. Only three others are known to exist, one at the Suzhou Zoo and two others in separate lakes in Hanoi, Vietnam. Yangtze softshell turtles are the largest freshwater turtle species in the world.

The turtles became threatened due to habitat loss and the use of the shell and bones for (useless) Chinese alternative medicine.

China’s last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) died on Saturday after an artificial insemination at the Suzhou Zoo in East China’s Jiangsu province. Now, only three remain in the world. #wildlife t.co/wQG2XdebOl pic.twitter.com/wu0WwofX1q

— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) April 14, 2019

China Daily reported: “An international research team carried out the fifth artificial insemination for the female turtle on Friday, but the animal did not recover from the procedure, even though researchers spent hours trying to save its life. The dead female turtle is believed to be over 90 years old; Suzhou Zoo’s male turtle is over 100 years old.”

The post Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World appeared first on Towleroad Gay News.


Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World

MISC

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 15, 2019

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 15, 2019

MAKING HISTORY — PETE BUTTIGIEG OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, FIRST OUT GAY CANDIDATE TO SEEK DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT: Read Maureen Groppe’s (@mgroppe) piece in USA Today about what Buttigieg’s candidacy means to LGBTQ people including Matthew Miller, 25. He drove with his dad from upstate New York for the campaign announcement Sunday in South Bend, Indiana, where Buttigieg is mayor. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing that you just have to be there for to experience,” Miller said. Read more at USA Today and Out.

  • In 2018, exit polling showed that more than 7 million LGBTQ voters — 6% of total turnout — cast ballots, making the difference in key races from coast to coast. More from NBC.
  • And on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) officially launched his presidential campaign in his hometown of Newark, in a speech that focused on “Democratic ideals of health care for all, LGBTQ rights, economic equality and a pathway to citizenship for immigrants,” reported NBC’s Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC).  Read more at NBC.

Historic: Today, for the first time, an out gay candidate will officially launch his campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. Truly consequential moment for our country & movement. Another strong, pro-equality candidate in an exciting primary!t.co/GszlA0Pt97

— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) April 14, 2019

HRC’S CHARLOTTE CLYMER, AN ARMY VET, WRITES OPED ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN: “For over three years, I carried caskets in Arlington National Cemetery. I folded American flags for loved ones. I didn’t know anything about the gender identity or sexuality of those I carried — just that they had died in selfless service, and they wore the flag of this country to the grave,” wrote Clymer (@cmclymer). More from Broadly.

  • Clymer also appeared on MSNBC’s Velshi & Ruhle on Friday to discuss the ban. Watch here.

My piece for @Broadly on why Trump’s trans troop ban is absolutely a ban, despite what Trump says.

The Trans Ban Is in Effect, And Service Members Are Now in Jeopardy t.co/vGuCbrvKTD via @broadly

— Charlotte Clymer��️‍�� (@cmclymer) April 12, 2019

HRC & SAGE ANNOUNCE FIRST-EVER ASSESSMENT OF CARE FACILITIES SERVING OLDER LGBTQ PEOPLE: A centerpiece of the effort will be the Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI), the first-ever nationwide assessment of how long-term care facilities are treating their LGBTQ residents. Facilities are being asked to take the first step by signing onto a “Commitment to Caring” pledge. More from HRC and McKnight’s Senior Living.

.@HRC and @sageusa are teaming up to improve the experiences of LGBTQ elders. A centerpiece of the effort will be the Long-Term Care Equality Index, the first-ever nationwide assessment of how long-term care facilities treat their LGBTQ residents. t.co/KZD2WYdWgp pic.twitter.com/x4IDItHTpB

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 15, 2019

MONDAY MUST WATCH — IN NEW HRC VIDEO, REP. STEPHANIE MURPHY (D-FL) CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE EQUALITY ACT: Watch here.

“I believe in fighting to ensure that everybody has an equal shot at the American dream.”

Thank you to @RepStephMurphy for co-sponsoring the #EqualityAct and fighting for all LGBTQ Americans. pic.twitter.com/0rx53jVgYH

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 11, 2019

THIS WEEK IN HUH? MIKE HUCKABEE CLAIMS THAT LGBTQ EQUALITY IS THE “GREATEST THREAT” AMERICA FACES: Lisbeth Meléndez Rivera (@LisbethMR_HRC), HRC director of faith outreach & training responded “The future of the Christian Church in the U.S. depends on the voices of the faithful who will continue to be vocal in supporting marginalized communities, and on LGBTQ people who are working to strengthen and transform our faith communities — even in the face of these dangerous, exclusionary voices.” More from HuffPost.

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TO BEGIN ADMITTING TRANSGENDER MEN: More from Associated Press.

With this decision, @Morehouse is taking a step in the right direction to show trans men — especially black trans men — that they are welcome, they are accepted, and they can have the same opportunities and college experience as their cisgender classmates. t.co/anwwG8hIiy

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 14, 2019

“MOB VIOLENCE” — DALLAS POLICE ARREST ONE SUSPECT IN VICIOUS DAYTIME ATTACK ON TRANSGENDER WOMAN: Edward Thomas, 29, is one of several suspects in the videotaped attack on Muhlaysia Booker, 23, who is home from the hospital and recovering. More from Dallas News, WFFA and The Washington Post.

Our hearts are with the trans community in Dallas today. We hope the victim will receive justice after this horrible attack. t.co/fxeXe4GErq

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 13, 2019

CALIFORNIA MAN CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME FOR MAKING THREATS AGAINST GAY STARBUCKS EMPLOYEE: Vincent O’Sullivan used slurs against the man, and threatened to blow up the coffeeshop. More from San Francisco Gate.

 GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

INDEFENSIBLE — BRUNEI GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TRIES TO DEFEND DRACONIAN ANTI-LGBTQ LAW TO U.N.: More from Reuters.

  • Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has reached out to the Bruneian government to express his concern over the law. More from Gay Star News.

INTENTIONAL “OUTING” OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN JAPAN CAUSING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS: Local support hotlines report a spike in calls, highlighting the mental health implications of being “outed.” More from Kyodo News.

 READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

The Advocate (Louisiana) reports on the second-annual Pride Prom in New Orleans; OZY shares a harrowing story of an Egyptian gay man once jailed for his sexual orientation; HRC co-hosts 12th annual Rainbow Seder

.@HRC is proud to join @E_DCJCC GLOE Program and Rabbi Avi Strausberg of the @HadarInstitute to host the 12th annual Rainbow Seder, one of the nation’s largest and longest-running Passover seders for the queer Jewish community and its allies. �� pic.twitter.com/l83nw8f9NX

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 15, 2019

Have news? Send us your news and tips at [email protected]. Click here to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow @HRC for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!

www.hrc.org/blog/am-equality-tipsheet-april-15-2019?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

You Might Like

Videos | Dating

Live Cams | Live Chats