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Elle Fanning Comes Out of Her Shell With Robyn’s Help in ‘Teen Spirit’
Elle Fanning Comes Out of Her Shell With Robyn’s Help in ‘Teen Spirit’
Fanning stars as a British teen seeking to escape her hometown via an Idol-esque contest.
www.advocate.com/film/2019/4/12/elle-fanning-comes-out-her-shell-robyns-help-teen-spirit
Military gay rights advocate in the District: 1975
Military gay rights advocate in the District: 1975
Washington Area Spark posted a photo:
Rudolph “Skip” Keith is shown attending a gay rights conference held at All Souls Church in Washington, D.C. October 11, 1975.
Keith had been in the Air Force for seven years when he announced he was gay during a race relations class at Dover Air Force base on May 23rd.
Keith, a native of Washington, D.C., was an Air Force staff sergeant who had an “outstanding” service record, according to military authorities.
The Air Force recommended his discharge citing five instances in which Keith told people he was gay.
Keith said at the conference that “I liked the Air Force and hated to go. They’re a bunch of hypocrites and their rules for discharges aren’t hard and fast.”
Keith was given an honorable discharge.
Leonard Matlovich also attended the conference and was a national figure at that point in time while few had heard of Keith.
Matlovich was a former Air Force technical sergeant who was discharged after 12 years in the service in 1975 and had come out two months before Keith and became a leading gay rights spokesperson.
Unlike Keith, Matlovich was given a general discharge instead of honorable and he sued over his expulsion from the service and the lesser grade discharge.
At the conference Matlovich told the 350 attendees, “If we are united, nothing on earth can defeat us. Black Americans led the way in the fight for civil rights and now we’re asking for our share of the American pie.”
Matlovich planned his coming out with longtime D.C. gay rights activist Franklin Kameny who was looking for someone in the military to test the vague bans on gay people.
Matlovich became the first openly gay person to be featured on the cover a major news magazine when Time put him on the cover of a 1975 issue.
Matlovich’s suit stalled for years in the courts, but in 1980 U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell ordered him reinstated into the Air Force and promoted.
The Air Force offered Matlovich a financial settlement instead. Convinced that the military would find some other reason to discharge him if he reentered the service, or that the conservative Supreme Court would rule against him should the Air Force appeal, Matlovich accepted.
The figure, based on back pay, future pay, and pension, was $160,000.
Matlovich briefly lived in Washington, D.C. but ultimately settled in California where he continued gay rights activism.
He announced on Good Morning America in 1987 that he had contracted HIV, and was arrested with other demonstrators in front of the White House that June protesting what they believed was an inadequate response to HIV/AIDS by the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
Matlovich died of AIDS in 1988. Keith dropped from public view and it is unknown what became of him.
‘In 1993 the military adopted a “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy where gay people could stay in the military provided they didn’t disclose their sexuality and prohibited military personnel from asking about someone’s sexuality.
That policy was ended in 2011, although ongoing litigation over same sex marriage benefits and discrimination continue.
Transgender people were briefly permitted, but President Donald Trump ordered them expelled from the military in 2018.
For more information and related images, see
The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Lenten Devotional: We Are in This Together
Lenten Devotional: We Are in This Together
People — including the LGBTQ faithful — look to their faith as a source of guidance and inspiration. Throughout the Lenten season, HRC will share devotionals from faith leaders, LGBTQ people and allies. The campaign seeks to create an environment in which LGBTQ people of faith and their allies can practice the spiritual traditions of their faith in a welcoming, inclusive environment.
The Lenten season marks the days leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. For Christians, the resurrection is both a celebration of life and a reminder that people continue to suffer, including members of the LGBTQ community.
It is important to note that the season of Lent is observed by many Christian denominations and may not resonate with all readers. With this series, HRC seeks to amplify and honor the voices of LGBTQ-affirming faith leaders in many religious traditions.
Today’s post is a reflection on Ruth 1:16-17a, and it comes from J.J. Warren, a certified candidate for ministry in the United Methodist Church denied full certification because of Warren’s queer identity.
For more about the Lenten Devotional, visit hrc.im/Lent.
Do not press me to leave you
or to turn back from following you!
Where you go, I will go;
where you lodge, I will lodge;
your people shall be my people,
and your God my God.
Where you die, I will die —
there will I be buried.
Lent today is not all that different from the first Lent more than 2,000 years ago. We still grapple with economic imperialism. We are still torn by interreligious strife and apathy. Marginalized people are still harmed by those in power, and God’s presence is still silenced in those who don’t reflect the majority. In many ways, Lent today is exactly like that first Lent.
Within these circumstances, a powerful woman of color provides guidance for us. Ruth, a Moabite (a tribe excluded from the people of God by law), declares her love for and devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi: “Where you go, I will go … Where you die, I will die.”
As a queer United Methodist, my denomination recently reinforced its ruling that I am excluded from serving the people of God. Still, I follow the wise prophets who have tread this path before me. Where they go, I will go; and when they grow weary of fighting, I will sacrifice myself for the justice they pursued.
Struggling to stay in a faith that rejects us is the Lenten story. Ruth reminds us that no matter how difficult the terrain ahead, we are in this together. We will journey toward justice, and we won’t cease until we’ve reached the Promised Land.
The Lenten Devotional is a faith-driven resource that compiles meditations written by 47 faith leaders from across the U.S. This project and other public education work with faith leaders in HRC’s Project One America states and HRC’s Religion and Faith Program is made possible in part by the generous support of the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
www.hrc.org/blog/lenten-devotional-we-are-in-this-together?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Air Force gay rights advocates meet in D.C. – 1975
Air Force gay rights advocates meet in D.C. – 1975
Washington Area Spark posted a photo:
Rudolph “Skip” Keith and Leonard Matlovich talk to each other during a gay rights conference held at All Souls Church in Washington, D.C. October 11, 1975.
The two were discharged from the Air Force in separate cases in 1975 when they openly said they were gay.
Keith, a native of Washington, D.C., was an Air Force staff sergeant who had an “outstanding” service record, according to military authorities.
Keith had been in the service for seven years when he announced he was gay during a race relations class at Dover Air Force base on May 23rd.
The Air Force recommended his discharge citing five instances in which Keith told people he was gay.
Keith said at the conference that “I liked the Air Force and hated to go. They’re a bunch of hypocrites and their rules for discharges aren’t hard and fast.”
Keith was given an honorable discharge.
Matlovich was a national figure at that point in time while few had heard of Keith.
Matlovich was a former Air Force technical sergeant who was discharged after 12 years in the service in 1975 two months before Keith and became a leading gay rights spokesperson.
Unlike Keith, Matlovich was given a general discharge instead of honorable and he sued over his expulsion from the service and the lesser grade discharge.
At the conference Matlovich told the 350 attendees, “If we are united, nothing on earth can defeat us. Black Americans led the way in the fight for civil rights and now we’re asking for our share of the American pie.”
Matlovich planned his coming out with longtime D.C. gay rights activist Franklin Kameny who was looking for someone in the military to test the vague bans on gay people.
Matlovich became the first openly gay person to be featured on the cover a major news magazine in the early gay rights movement when Time put him on the cover of a 1975 issue.
Matlovich’s suit stalled for years in the courts, but in 1980 U.S. District Court
Judge Gerhard Gesell ordered him reinstated into the Air Force and promoted.
The Air Force offered Matlovich a financial settlement instead.
Convinced that the military would find some other reason to discharge him if he reentered the service, or that the conservative Supreme Court would rule against him should the Air Force appeal, Matlovich accepted.
The figure, based on back pay, future pay, and pension, was $160,000.
Matlovich briefly lived in Washington, D.C. but ultimately settled in California where he continued gay rights activism.
He announced on Good Morning America in 1987 that he had contracted HIV, and was arrested with other demonstrators in front of the White House that June protesting what they believed was an inadequate response to HIV/AIDS by the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
Matlovich died of AIDS in 1988. Keith dropped from public view and it is unknown what became of him.
In 1993 the military adopted a “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy where gay people could stay in the military provided they didn’t disclose their sexuality and prohibited military personnel from asking about someone’s sexuality.
That policy was ended in 2011, although ongoing litigation over same sex marriage benefits and discrimination continue.
Transgender people were briefly permitted, but President Donald Trump ordered them expelled from the military in 2018.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskcVHcxD
The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
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Amber Heard Reveals Shocking Details of Alleged Abuse by Depp
Amber Heard Reveals Shocking Details of Alleged Abuse by Depp
The Aquaman star detailed the abuse in a motion to toss out her ex-husband’s $50 million defamation suit against her.
www.advocate.com/people/2019/4/12/amber-heard-reveals-shocking-details-alleged-abuse-depp
