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Pete Buttigieg, Cats, Pope Benedict, Ivanka Trump, P!nk, Love Simon, Queer Eye, Wikleaks: HOT LINKS
Pete Buttigieg, Cats, Pope Benedict, Ivanka Trump, P!nk, Love Simon, Queer Eye, Wikleaks: HOT LINKS
MAYOR PETE’S BIG WEEKEND. Buttigieg to formally kick off campaign.
“Pete Buttigieg is expected to formally kick off his long shot 2020 campaign this Sunday. If successful, he’ll make history certainly as the first openly-gay president, the first mayor to move into the White House and America’s youngest-ever commander in chief” –@peteralexander pic.twitter.com/B4Q1p8NrNd
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 12, 2019
ENDORSEMENT. Former DNC Chairman Steve Grossman endorses Buttigieg: “Proud to support @PeteButtigieg and his vision for inclusive prosperity for all Americans.”
Proud to support @PeteButtigieg and his vision for inclusive prosperity for all Americans. #PeteButtigieg #PeteForAmerica t.co/42Iv1x2aEf
— Steve Grossman (@SteveGrossmanMA) April 11, 2019
NO ENDORSEMENT. Pence says Trump never endorsed Wikileaks: “I think the president always, as you and the media do, always welcomes information,” Pence said in an interview with CNN. “But that was in no way an endorsement of an organization that we now understand was involved in disseminating classified information by the United States of America.”
ON THE RAG. This week on the gay magazines….
ISRAEL FOLAU. Rugby Australia’s meeting with homophobic star player changes nothing: “Folau met RA boss Raelene Castle on Friday, with neither party backing down in a feud that threatened to turn ugly. Folau maintained a stony silence after earlier holding crisis talks amid RA’s threat to tear up his multi-million-dollar contract following his latest attacks on homosexuals.”
POPE BENEDICT XVI. Former Pope comes out of retirement to blame sexual abuse scandal on sexual revolution of the ’60s and gay priests: ‘Church historian Christopher Bellitto questioned if Benedict, who turns 92 next week, was being manipulated by others. … “It is catastrophically irresponsible, because it creates a counter-narrative to how Francis is trying to move ahead based on the 2019 summit,” he told Associated Press in an email. “The essay essentially ignores what we learned there.”’
WORLD BANK. Trump says he considered Ivanka: “I even thought of Ivanka for the World Bank … She would’ve been great at that because she’s very good with numbers. She’s got a great calmness … I’ve seen her under tremendous stress and pressure. She reacts very well—that’s usually a genetic thing, but it’s one of those things, nevertheless. She’s got a tremendous presence when she walks into the room.”
JUSSIE SMOLLETT. Having the time of his life in Hawaii.
SPIN-OFF OF THE DAY. Disney+ is developing a spin-off of the gay coming out coming-of-age story Love, Simon: “The Disney+ project will be based on Becky Albertalli’s 2018 novel Leah on the Offbeat, which served as her sequel to the 2015 book Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (on which Love, Simon was based). The book centers on Leah, the best friend of Simon Spier, as she attempts to navigate various personal issues, including friendships, relationships, body image and self-esteem.”
TACO TRUCK TAMMY. White woman threatens to call ICE on taco truck workers.
NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. P!nk “Can We Pretend”.
TRAINING VIDEO OF THE DAY. How cats are trained for movies like Pet Sematary.
KEEP OR CANCEL OF THE DAY. Queer Eye on hetero trends.
FRIDAY FLASH. Cody by Issa Tall.
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National Poetry Month: LGBTQ Poets Who Inspire
National Poetry Month: LGBTQ Poets Who Inspire
This year, HRC is celebrating National Poetry Month by asking young people nationwide to write poems about what equality means to them and share them with us. These poems and young poets are so inspiring as they paint a pictures of our world as a place where everyone is treated equally and all people can live life freely.
This vision of love and inclusion has always been explored by poets who use the art form to bring us closer to a world where all people, including LGBTQ people, are fully included in every community. Among them are inspiring LGBTQ poets including Audre Lorde, Andrea Gibson, Mary Oliver, Fatimah Asghar and Chen Chen. Learn more about them below:
Audre Lorde was a Black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother and justice warrior. Her writing, activism and poetry speak to the struggle often faced by people who have been marginalized by society, including LGBTQ people and people of color. The last four stanzas of one of her most famous poems, “The Black Unicorn,” show that even though progress has been made, more work remains in the fight for full equality for all people: “The black unicorn is restless / the black unicorn is unrelenting / the black unicorn is not / free.”
Mary Oliver, an out poet who believed “poetry mustn’t be fancy,” wrote at length about nature and the beauty of the world around us. Inspired by other queer women poets including Edna St. Vincent Millay, she explored the intersection of herself as a queer woman and the world in which she lived, embracing everyday beauty.
Andrea Gibson is a poet and activist whose work focuses on gender, politics and the struggles that LGBTQ people still face. Many of their poems are spoken word, a form of poetry and performance art characterized by rhyme, repetition, improvisation and word play that frequently speaks to issues of social justice and community. One of Gibson’s most moving poems is their tribute to the victims of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting in June 2016.
Fatimah Asghar is a Pakistani, Kashmiri, American poet and queer woman. In her debut book of poems, “If They Come For Us,” Asghar focuses on navigating coming of age and questioning her sexuality without guidance from her parents, who passed away when she was young. The book explores what it means to hold an intersectional identity in today’s world, while still remembering the history of those who came before.
Chen Chen is an up-and-coming poet who also explores the intersection of identities in today’s world in his poetry. His poem “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities” captures the heart of his work: “To be, in my spare time, / America for my uncle, who wants to be China / for me. … To be a cyclone / of laughter when my parents say / their new coworker is like that, they can tell / because he wears pink socks, see, you don’t, so you can’t, / can’t be one of them. To be the one / my parents raised me to be — / a season from the planet / of planet-sized storms.”
A.W. is another young poet who is taking up the reins of the next generation of poets advocating for equality. A.W.’s poem “Differences” inspires us to be who we are, treat everyone equally and always stand up for ourselves and our friends: “Treat people well, don’t treat them different because they’re different, all people should be able to do what other people can do if it is a good choice.”
For more information on how HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program harnesses the power of poetry in our lesson plans, visit the Welcoming Schools website. HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program and lesson plans help children share and explore issues they are passionate about, make connections around social justice and build inclusive communities by learning about and celebrating one another.
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the nation’s premier professional development program providing training and resources to elementary school educators to:
- Welcome diverse families;
- Create LGBTQ and gender-inclusive schools;
- Prevent bias-based bullying;
- Support transgender and non-binary students.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2019
Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2019
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time to stand with survivors, raise awareness and reflect on how communities are affected by violence. While sexual violence is pervasive in all demographics and communities, it is critical to understand the ways in which the LGBTQ community is disporportionately affected.
Within the LGBTQ community, transgender people of color and bisexual women face especially alarming rates of sexual violence that begin earlier in life, often during childhood.
- The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that 47% of transgender people are sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime.
- Among people of color, American Indian (65%), multiracial (59%), Middle Eastern (58%) and Black (53%) respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey are the most likely groups to have been sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
- According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly half (48%) of bisexual women who are rape survivors experienced their first rape between ages 11 and 17.
LGBTQ people endure higher rates of poverty, stigma and marginalization, which means that the LGBTQ community is at a greater risk for violence, including sexual assault. Moreover, the ways in which society both hypersexualizes LGBTQ people and stigmatizes LGBTQ relationships can lead to intimate partner violence that stems from internalized homophobia and shame.
Additionally, for LGBTQ survivors of sexual assault, LGBTQ identities — and the discrimination faced surrounding those identities — often make LGBTQ people hesitant to seek support from police, hospitals, shelters or rape crisis centers, the very resources that are supposed to help.
LGBTQ people, allies and advocates must work together to address this epidemic of sexual violence. As a community, we need to talk about how sexual violence uniquely affects LGBTQ people and how to better care for survivors.
Last year, HRC’s Sarah McBride spoke out about her own experience of sexual assault months after coming out as transgender and how discrimination and stigma affected her. “We need to know that we are safe and protected from discrimination in accessing the kind of services, care and support that every survivor of sexual assault deserves.”
With all this in mind, experiencing sexual violence can be extremely isolating. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, there are some LGBTQ-friendly resources listed below:
Let’s Talk About It: A Transgender Survivor’s Guide to Accessing Therapy
National Sexual Assault Hotline – can also refer you to a local rape crisis center
1-800-656-HOPE (4673) 24/7 or
Online Counseling at hotline.rainn.org/online
1-866-331-99474 (24/7) or Text “loveis” 22522
The Anti-Violence Project– serves people who are LGBTQ
Hotline: 212-714-1124 Bilingual 24/7
Hotline: 1-800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743) or
Online Chat at www.volunteerlogin.org/chat/
FORGE– serves transgender and gender nonconforming survivors of domestic and sexual violence; provides referrals to local counselors
The Network La Red – serves LGBTQ, poly and kink/BDSM survivors of abuse; bilingual
Hotline: 617-742-4911
Northwest Network– serves LGBT survivors of abuse; can provide local referrals
Hotline: 206-568-7777
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Molly Shannon describes her wild ride playing Emily Dickinson in ‘Wild Nights With Emily’
Molly Shannon describes her wild ride playing Emily Dickinson in ‘Wild Nights With Emily’
Many of us have grown up knowing about American poet Emily Dickinson, but what do any one of us really know about her life? Was she really a spinster afraid of going outside? The new indie film, Wild Nights With Emily, tells a more true story about the person behind the pen, as played on screen by comedy superstar Molly Shannon.
Wild Nights With Emily explores the untold history that led to the common belief that Emily Dickinson never left her house. The film’s director and writer, Madeleine Olnek, explains that from her perspective, “Emily Dickinson was “a rebel [who] lived life on her own terms.”
With the help of new technology, historians were able to find erased names on passionate letters Emily Dickinson had written to a lover, proving that she had a lifelong romantic affair with her close friend, Susan. Olnek found such inspiration in Emily that she felt that she needed to write this side of the famed American poet’s story.
But it wasn’t necessarily an easy film to finance and get made. When asked what her professional experience has been like as a lesbian feminist filmmaker, Olnek jokingly replied, “People just throw money at [me]. It’s great!”
For the first time on the big screen, Emily Dickinson is full of humor and love, proving herself as an unsung inspiration for the LGBTQ community. With Olnek at the wheel, Shannon shines as Emily in this light-hearted drama, showcasing her experiences of romance, heartbreak, sexism, and bravery. The film follows Emily life as she pursues publishing and finds herself falling in love with Susan, a childhood friend.
Molly Shannon recently opened up to GLAAD about being a part of this wonderful film:
Your portrayal of Emily Dickinson is so completely different from the mainstream mythology that she was an agoraphobic spinster. How did you prepare for, and approach, taking on this role?
Well, Madeleine Olnek, our writer/director is just so knowledgeable about Emily Dickinson and her life. We also worked very closely with scholar Martha Nell Smith who is an expert on Emily. So, I really asked them a lot of questions about her, and if I didn’t understand certain things in her poems, I would go to them.
You’ve been involved with a lot of LGBTQ-inclusive media projects – such as the fabulous The Other Two, which just finished airing its first season – but this is the first time you’ve played an LGBTQ character; a well-known historical figure, at that. What was the experience like to portray Emily Dickinson as her most authentic self?
It felt amazing to portray Emily Dickinson as her authentic self. I’m really happy and proud to be a part of telling the truth about Emily’s life. She is an unclaimed LGBTQ community hero and a model for the new wave of feminism that advocates equality for all. The way I knew her growing up, and how she was presented for years and years, was as a victim, a frightened woman who spoke to people through walls with no desire to have her voice heard in her lifetime. And this false idea that we had of her ends up sabotaging women today who are struggling to get their voices heard and are looking for role models.
I believe there was a lot of collusion between people who were close to Emily who had seen these letters but were worried that if the truth got out then the reading public who was so enamored with the image of the shy spinster recluse would no longer want to read. Yes, there were erasures of Susan’s name, but what was interesting is there are so many letters that were untouched. Hiding in plain sight is how we think of this story.
People thought they were doing something positive by hiding the fact that she had a long romantic life with Susan, her creative collaborator, and sister-in-law, but now the world has changed and we can tell the truth. And Madeleine Olnek and I want to tell the truth with our movie.
Wild Nights With Emily is a period piece but the subject matter is certainly timely, particularly with recent developments within the Women’s Movement and LGBTQ rights. What lessons do you think Emily Dickinson can have for women living in 2019?
Well, Emily Dickinson is an unclaimed LGBTQ community hero. She is a role model. She is a writer who experienced rejection during her lifetime. The film examines sexism through the lens of comedy. And basically, the film reveals a woman whose efforts to get published were repeatedly rejected by the sexist oppressive establishment. This can serve as an empowering role model with modern female writers with similar struggles trying to get their voices heard.
The sanitized version of her life that we are used to is not serving us, so we want to tell the truth.
Emily Dickinson is a trailblazer and a rebel artist who pushed the envelope with her poetic form. She desperately wanted to be published.
Do you have a favorite scene from the film? Or a favorite experience on set working with Madeline?
My favorite scene is with Higginson, an editor of the Atlantic Monthly played by the wonderful actor Brett Gelman. Emily was trying really hard to sell herself to him when he came to visit her. She sent him 90 poems, and in the scene, I’m really trying to sell myself. She is talking a mile a minute and he keeps telling her what he doesn’t like about her poems, such as the use of dashes. I love it because in this scene she is the opposite of what we think of her, and she ends the scene by saying “thank you for your surgery” and is depressed it didn’t go well. I just love how hard she tried.
You told EW that Wild Nights With Emily is, “such an important movie to correct and change history and tell the truth!” So much of queer history has been revised or erased, and your work often strives to undo that damage. What draws you to projects that push for honesty and corrective history?
I think the film spotlights her romantic life as well as her enduring poetry, which was hidden during her living years since the publishing industry was not keen to reward a woman who didn’t confine to the norms of the time. The film features a really strong female-centered LGBTQ narrative. I was passionate about looking at her now, as the former version of her sabotaging women today. People thought they were doing her a service by having a 40-year long romantic and creative collaborative relationship. The world has changed and now we can tell the truth.
In 1951, a book came out about Emily’s affair with the second woman, Kate, which is also in our movie. In 1951 it was the height of the red scare where homosexuality was equated with communism. At this time, it could have threatened Emily Dickinson’s poems being read in schools. I think that is kind of interesting. There was a feeling that ED was one of the few women who were in the canon and her love for women would be used as dirt on her to discredit her.
Wild Nights With Emily opens at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles on April 12 and rolls out wider from there. Q&A’s will take place on Friday, April 12 at 7:30 pm with Molly Shannon, Amy Seimetz and Susan Ziegler, and on Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 pm with Seimetz and Ziegler.
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 12, 2019
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 12, 2019
HRC DENOUNCES UNCONSCIONABLE TRANS TROOP BAN ON DAY OF IMPLEMENTATION, RAISES TRANS FLAG AT HQ: “At this difficult moment for transgender service members and those wishing to serve their country, every transgender patriot should know that a grateful nation supports you,” said HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride). “The Trump-Pence transgender troop ban is dangerous for both transgender people and our national security, which is why a bipartisan chorus of members of Congress, leading military experts and overwhelming majorities of Americans oppose this despicable policy.”
- Tune in to MSNBC at 1:25 p.m. ET to see HRC’s Charlotte Clymer discuss the discriminatory ban.
Tomorrow, the President’s ban on transgender people serving their country goes into effect. This isn’t about budgets. It’s hatred. t.co/trWZuEFovM
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 12, 2019
WHY WE FIGHT FRIDAY — MUST WATCH — TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS JOIN THE VIEW TO DISCUSS TRUMP-PENCE TRANS TROOP BAN: Staff Sgt. Patricia King and Capt. Jennifer Peace spoke to The View about risks this ban poses, including systematic discrimination and the possibility that service members and their dependents will receive substandard medical care. More from ABC.
- The American Medical Association blasted the ban, saying: “The only thing deficient is any medical science behind this decision.” More from The Associated Press.
Transgender Army members talk new military policy on ‘The View’: ‘If you’re transgender you’re simply not welcome’: t.co/wKCHxXS7es pic.twitter.com/Hd18G4H8LG
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) April 11, 2019
VICTORY! AZ STATE LEGISLATURE REPEALS BAN ON LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: “All young people need and deserve curriculum that validates their identities and prepares them for health and success,” said HRC Arizona State Director Justin Unga. “This victory should serve as a reminder of what we can accomplish when we put Arizona students’ success ahead of politics.” Read more at HRC.
STATE ROUNDUP:
- Texas Senate Passes Bills That Would Gut LGBTQ-Inclusive Protections for Millions of Texans. “These harmful bills would gut the enforcement of the only protections that many LGBTQ Texans have,” said Rebecca Marques, HRC Texas state director. Read more at HRC.
- Texas Rep. Julie Johnson introduces bill to increase access to lifesaving HIV & AIDS medication. More from HRC.
- TREND ALERT! More and more states stepping up to protect LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy” including the latest — Massachusetts. More from Gay City News.
- Anti-equality lawmakers in Iowa are advancing a bill to change the way judges are selected as payback after pro-LGBTQ and pro-choice rulings. More from Mother Jones.
ILLINOIS’ MEDICAID PROGRAM TO COVER MEDICALLY-NECESSARY HEALTH CARE FOR TRANS PEOPLE: “Healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and I’m committed to ensuring our LGBTQ community and all Illinoisans have access to that right,” Governor J.B. Pritzker said in the statement. More from CBS.
TODAY ON THE ELLEN SHOW — PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PETE BUTTIGIEG TALKS ANTI-LGBTQ MIKE PENCE: “I’m not critical of his faith, I’m critical of bad policies. I don’t have a problem with religion — I’m religious, too,” said Buttigieg, who is openly gay. “I have a problem with religion being used as a justification to harm people — especially in the LGBTQ community.”
I really enjoyed meeting @PeteButtigieg. Don’t miss him on my show tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/A6IQmB0zpj
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 12, 2019
HISTORIC FIRSTS AS OKLAHOMA CITY & EAU CLAIRE, WIS., SWEAR IN FIRST OPENLY GAY COUNCILMAN & FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER COUNCIL MEMBER, RESPECTIVELY: More from Oklahoma’s News 4 and Eau Claire Leader Telegram.
RYAN MURPHY INVITES 500 LGBTQ TEENS TO SPECIAL VIEWING OF PLAY “THE PROM”: More from The New York Times.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
HRC JOINS LETTER CALLING ON SECRETARY POMPEO TO CONDEMN BRUNEI’S DRACONIAN LAW TARGETING LGBTQ PEOPLE: The complete letter can be found here; read more in the Advocate.
Brunei has begun implementing a heinous new law targeting #LGBTQ people & others with ���������� ���� ��������������. @realDonaldTrump, @Mike_Pence & @SecPompeo MUST condemn these atrocities and take every possible action to stop them. #EyesonBrunei t.co/LZ8RMdkXST
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 12, 2019
CAYMAN ISLANDS’ COURT OF APPEALS HALTS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY: The government is appealing a March decision that found the country’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. More from Gay Star News.
HISTORIC MOMENT IN ARMENIA AS TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT: Lilit Martirosyan spoke to lawmakers about the violence and discrimination she has faced and called for members to pass laws to promote equality. More from Eurasianet.
- Since her historic speech, Martirosyan has received death threats, leading the United Nations, the European Union and local groups to express grave concern. More from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
RUGBY AUSTRALIA TERMINATES PLAYER’S CONTRACT FOLLOWING MULTIPLE ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS: More from The Associated Press.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
The New York Times’ T Magazine publishes a play by Ted Malawer about love in a gay detention center.
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