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Police Investigating Death of Gay Man in Atlanta as ‘Hate Motivated’
Police are now saying that attack was “hate motivated.”
www.advocate.com/crime/2019/6/08/police-investigating-death-gay-man-atlanta-hate-motivated
Weekend Movie Review: ‘Dark Phoenix’
Don’t they have any healing and creative rejuvenation among the super-powered mutations at Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Children? If so, they needed them to lay their hands on this franchise for a few years before making another bungled attempt at the beloved Dark Phoenix storyline (from the 1980 comic books). But that’s a rhetorical question. If Dark Phoenix (2019) is any indication, mutations cannot save this franchise.
When we return to our characters, much has changed since the last visit. Which is fine since who wants to be reminded of X-Men Apocalypse? The X-Men are now no longer shunned by society but held up as heroes. Professor Xavier (James McAvoy, phoning this one in… but then who isn’t?) has a direct phone to the White House, like a Batman / Commissioner Gordon sitch gone national.
Their first mission, which serves as kind of a second prologue to the over and underwritten film, involves saving a space shuttle crew from imminent death. For underwritten/performed reason this is making Raven (Jessica Lawrence) nervous. The mission goes wrong with Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) appearing to explode with the doomed ship. But what’s this — she feels great with not a scratch on her? Well, not so fast. Her power is now off the charts and mental inhibitors that Xavier had placed on her as a child without her knowledge (uh-oh) have distintegrated as well. Her powers going haywire is bad enough for the team, but things get worse when super-powered mysterious aliens arrive on Earth (led by Jessica Chastain, going Terminator-franchise minimalist though she’s not playing a robot). The aliens intend to use Jean Grey, now nicknamed Phoenix for her remarkable resurrection, for their own nefarious purposes.
Battle sequences, plot contrivances, contractually obligated and completely joyless performances follow…
To be fair, Dark Phoenix does deliver a few meager thrills. The film makes you wait for Magneto and it’s wonderful to see Michael Fassbender’s effortlessly intense charisma back onscreen (where’s he been since marrying Alicia Vikander? That’s a long honeymoon). He clearly doesn’t want to be there, but then, neither does his character so it works. Disco-era mutant Dazzler gets a cameo which is irrelevant to the plot but still works as fan service (we never thought we’d see her onscreen!). Nightcrawler’s (Kodi Smit McPhee) teleportation skills are put to visually strong use, primarily because they look so different than everyone else’s computer generated gifts. A climactic action sequence on a speeding train goes on twice as long as it should and is too chaotic to follow well but it has two action-bliss jolts within if you’re patient about waiting for them.
What doesn’t work? Everything else.
The franchise has never done right by Cyclops (Tye Sheridan now, James Marsden earlier) or Storm (Alexandra Shipp now, Halle Berry then) and that continues here, with no effort to course correct. [SPOILER] And for a story that should feel apocalyptically large on an existential level, there is only one major death, and that one plays like it’s appeasing someone who was chafing against their endless contract. [/SPOILER] Stranger still given the budgets on superhero movies, it’s visually “small,” as if the X-Men and the aliens are the only people who exist in the known universe. One action sequence takes place in the suburbs but nobody appears to be at home. Another takes place in a single block of a city but feels no bigger than an unruly block party. Someone called the cops.
It’s all terribly unsatisfying.
Sophie Turner does what she can with her undermotivated central part, but there’s no magic in the performance to save the movie from itself. The X-Men movies originally leaned hard into allegory “mutants = persecuted minorities. Hatred is bad!” but this one barely knows what to do with something that should be easily resonant and message-movie flexible like losing control of your body or giving yourself over to rage.
The other actors have much less to do, only repeating beats we’ve seen them do multiple times before. The franchise is in a time loop after all, returning to this story again with different actors playing the same roles, but not, through the usual reboot format. It’s little wonder that everyone is merely going through the motions between “action” and “cut”.
We repeat: Mutations cannot save the X-Men. No half-measure cast changes or director swaps will do. Dark Phoenix is not, perhaps, the worst movie in the franchise, just the dullest. But when more movies from a franchise are fighting for Worst Of honors than Best Of, it’s time to bury it.
Logan knew that, somehow, and went to the grave honorably. Dark Phoenix tries to follow suit, in its own funereal way, but without that earlier film’s conviction, genre-twisting, and fine performances. Dark Phoenix strays wildly from the famous 1980 comic book storyline but still honors its downer outcome. It’s a bummer… intentionally and otherwise.
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“Straight Pride” memes are the gift that keeps on giving
You’ve likely heard by now that a far-right group called Super Happy Fun America is holding a “Straight Pride” parade in Boston later this summer.
According to its website, Super Happy Fun America wants to “celebrate the diverse history, culture, and contributions of the straight community.”
One of the group’s of three founding members is a man by the name of Chris Bartley, who identifies as gay.
Related: Meet the gay guy behind the effort to bring “Straight Pride” to Boston
On Wednesday, Bartley told Queerty he’s working to bring “Straight Pride” to Boston in an effort to “showcase how extreme the left has become.”
“My motivation to participate in this year’s Straight Pride is to make the far left realize how insane they have become and how overarching they are,” he said.
And now, the memes…
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View this post on InstagramBecause let’s be honest. That’s what you’ll be wearing. You know it. And I know it. And it’s tired. ?? #straightpride #summerstartsnow #intersectionalfeminism #myfeminism #itsmuellertime #hillaryforqueens #imstillwithher #imstillwithher #missmewiththebullshit #intersectionalfeminism #hillaryforqueens #imstillwithher #imstillwithher #imstillwithher #missmewiththebullshit #intersectionalfeminism #myfeminism #malefeminist #hillaryforqueens #blackgirlsrock #blackgirlmagic #america #midtermelections #thinkingoutloud #lgbt #nycgay #gaynyc #hillaryforqueens #hillaryrodhamclinton #imstillwithher #intersectionality #strongertogether #neverthelessshepersisted #feminist #nycgay #gaynyc #happypride #happypridemonth #blackboyjoy #liveOUTLOUD #gayandproud #blackexcellence #blm
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View this post on Instagram#straightpride #gaypride #StraightPrideVSGayPride #silly #ridiculous #whyarepeople
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View this post on InstagramBoogity boogity boogity – – – – – – – – – – #straightpride #pridemonth #pride2019 #prideparade #thegayagenda #gayagenda #lgbtmeme #lgbtmemes #lgbtqmeme #lgbtqmemes #gaymeme #gaymemes #nascarmemes #nascarmeme #racingmemes #sportsmemes #sportsmeme
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View this post on InstagramAunt Ida VS Straight Pride Parade! ?#auntida #edithmassey #femaletrouble #johnwaters #straightpride #parade #pride #no #badtaste #baltimore #popeoftrash #princeofpuke #disrespectful #str8 #filthy #filthelder #edie #carsick #rolemodels #maketrouble #shockvalue #indecentexposure #mrknowitall #thisfilthyworld #pencilmustache #trashcinema #midnightmovie #undergroundfilm #queer #lgbtqiapride
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View this post on InstagramPeople asking “When is #StraightPride?” acting like they don’t know @Walmart has 50% off khaki cargo shorts and American flag hats every damn day of the year. #gaysofinstagram #notgayasinhappybutqueerasinfuckyou #getyourowndamnparade #pride2019 ????
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View this post on InstagramApparently, though, some #assholes are trying to throw a #straightpride parade in #boston this year.
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View this post on Instagram#bostonstraightpride #straightpride #str8pride #heteropride #heterosexualprideday #heterosexualpride #heterosexualprideisajoke #nostraightpride #becauselogic
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View this post on InstagramI didn’t see one ? . . . . . . . . . #straightprideparade #magat #wcw #wheredeyatdoe #incels #lgbt #prideparade #pridemonth #pride? #singleaf #cornballs
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View this post on InstagramOnce you’ve been persecuted for your sexuality you can do whatever the fuck you want, huns. Crazy straight bastards . . . . . #gay #gayuk #scottishgay #gayscotland #gayglasgow #gaydundee #gayedinburgh #gayaberdeen #scotsgay #queerscotland #queer #lgbtq #gayboy #gaymemes #poofjuice #grindr #pride #gaypride #queerpride #pridemonth #straightpride #boston #bostonpride
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Related: Twitter has a lot to say about this “Straight Pride” parade happening in Boston
Nyle DiMarco’s black briefs, Troye Sivan’s wet t-shirt, & Shawn Mendes’ burn
This week the gay man organizing “Straight Pride” demanded that “straight people be afforded equal rights,” George Michael‘s boyfriend learned he got nothing, and the hotly anticipated Tales of the City reboot drew one week closer. Here’s what happened on Instagram:
Victor Turpin walked the beach.
View this post on InstagramHealthy life…healthy mind. #motivationmonday #health #fitness #energy #recharge
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Antonin the 2nd found his shadow.
View this post on InstagramThis is the only Chinese shadow I ve managed
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Derrick Gordon showed off.
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Ross Lynch and Gavin Leatherwood wore shades.
Jack Laugher set out to get a tan.
View this post on InstagramWhitest boy ever vs the sun.. I AM GOING TO BURN! ?
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Keiynan Lonsdale sported a rainbow.
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Nyle DiMarco sat on a bench.
View this post on Instagramentire summer mood ?: @laurenbenedictmowl
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Shawn Mendes broke a sweat.
View this post on InstagramIt isn’t genetics…@shawnmendes WORKS FOR IT ?? • • #LiftCorktown ??????????????? #NikeTraining ??????
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Gus Kenworthy made it halfway to LA.
View this post on InstagramPlease pray for our taints. ??
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Pietro Boselli explored a boulder.
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Ronnie Woo celebrated Pride.
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PJ and Thomas McKay got matching undies.
View this post on InstagramHappy Saturday, y’all! We’ve partnered with @meundies for #PrideMonth to share when we feel the most PROUD to be us. For PJ, it’s when he’s working hard on a goal that he’s set for himself, and when he achieves that goal. He’s in his element the most when he’s hard at work. For Thomas, it’s when he’s surrounded by his family and fur babies at home, either in deep, meaningful conversation or just watching a movie on the couch. It’s when we feel the most authentically ourselves that we truly shine, because no matter what anyone says, there’s only one YOU and that’s what makes you so special. Let’s take some time today to celebrate ourselves and everything that makes us great, shall we? ? #ad #meundiespartner #hhxmeundies
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Anthony Bowens went to Fire Island.
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Terry Miller got some sun.
View this post on Instagram???????? ????? ???. •• @jack_adamsusa swimsuit.
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Sam Asghari stood on the terrace.
Titanius Maximus stained his briefs.
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Troye Sivan got wet.
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Max Emerson and Andres Camilo took a bath.
View this post on InstagramShout out to nurse @andrescamilo___ #tubbuddies #bathbomb
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Anderson Cooper spoke to Entertainment Weekly.
Daniel Matsunaga dried himself.
Tyson Beckford returned to New York City.
Wilson Cruz wore orange.
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Matthew Camp took a call.
Jorik Hendrickx had cake.
Aydian Dowling shared some advice.
View this post on Instagram?? Summer is approaching and bodies are being ‘evaluated’ now more than any other time of year- ?? • Sometimes when we see our bodies and they don’t ‘look’ how society has conditioned us to think they should look- We get angry and say nasty mean things to ourselves internalizing those feelings and they turn into self hate, feelings of failure, feelings of not being good enough. • I’ve suffered for so many years and still suffer- • Over time I’ve learned to REPLACE that negative voice in my head and every time it has something nasty to say- I instead REMEMBER that my body is a POWERHOUSE! I think about all that my body has done for me. It has brought me to so many places, met so many people, and accomplished so many dreams and goals! • Drop a ?? to STOP ? the culture of ‘GOOD’ vs ‘BAD’ bodies • • • • #bodyimage #selfimage #bodypositive #loveyourbody #loveyourself #selflove #opinionofsheep #body #transbodies #bodies #fitness #fitnessculture #good #bad #aydiandowling #radicaloptimism #staypositive #staytrue #motivation #inspiration #positivity #powerhouse #ftmfitness #transdad #dadbod
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Nick Cannon channeled a Ken doll.
Carson Jones did some pull-ups.
View this post on InstagramWhat are goals if they aren’t mean’t to be crushed? Honestly though, it’s all about routine. Check out the link in my bio to learn more. . Today’s the start of my brand new venture! www.lifebycarsonjones.com is my new digital advocacy platform. Focusing on three core issues (equality, environment, and health), I’m going to be working even harder on issues that impact us all. Check it out now and thanks so much for your support! This is only just the beginning. . #pullup #fitness #health #outdoors #concentrationface #whatareyourgoals #instagay #fitgay #thedapperzookeeper #lifebycarsonjones #advocacy #issues #life #newproject #excitingstuff
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Nick Adams took a shower.
View this post on InstagramLos Angeles. 5-2-19 @sundaymorningsaints
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And Jwan Yosef put his hand in his pants.
Kimahli Powell conducts an underground railroad for the persecuted
Name: Kimahli Powell, 43
Who he is: Fundraiser, activist, lifesaver
What he’s accomplished: Raised in Canada by Jamaican-born parents, Kimahli Powell knows how he lives in a forward-thinking country that prioritizes equal rights for all its citizens. Not content to simply enjoy his own good fortune, Powell has spent his career helping others, through his work at the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Dignitas International, and other non-profits. In 2016, he became Executive Director of Rainbow Railroad, leading efforts to usher LGBTQ people out of dangerous home countries to safety and asylum.
There are 70 countries in which homosexuality remains a crime. In 11 of those countries, the punishment can reach all the way to the death penalty. Though the laws remain symbolic in some nations – as encoded sanctions of extreme abuse, bullying, and oppression – the latest country to adopt the death penalty, Brunei, upped the ante, announcing it will enforce the punishment before backing away after an international outcry.
When Chechnyan authorities began aggressively targeting gay men in 2017 – according to Powell, using dating apps like Grindr to entrap men, torture them, and then return them to their families for ritualistic “honor killings” – Rainbow Railroad stepped in, ultimately bringing 42 Chechen men to safety in Canada.
Rainbow Railroad also entered Egypt that same year, after authorities began rounding up citizens following a Cairo concert where two men raised a rainbow flag. They’ve brought refugees out of Syria and Barbados as well: 600-plus people in all, from a total of 22 countries.
Powell recently told 60 Minutes:
The majority of people that we help have told harrowing stories of being hunted down, of being excommunicated by their churches, their families, their communities, and so they’ve come to us really desperate.
Rainbow Railroad’s #60in60 campaign last November aimed to save 60 lives in the final 60 days of 2018.
It’s really personal and scary to see my brothers and sisters internationally facing persecution for being who they are, and so I take it with a point of personal privilege and pride that I’m able to help. If I wasn’t [born in Canada], I could very well be one of the individuals who our organization is there to help.
What should Pride at 100 look like?
Pride at 100 should be able to celebrate the eradication of laws that criminalize same-sex intimacy. It is not cliché to envision a world where Rainbow Railroad, like the Underground Railroad, no longer exists, because people are not living in fear of their lives, and in fact, are also celebrating Pride.
Kirsten Gillibrand Shops for LGBTQ Pride Gear with Chasten Buttigieg, Serves Drinks at Iowa Gay Bar: WATCH
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand served up drinks at Des Moines, Iowa gay bar The Blazing Saddle on Friday, and was spotted shopping for LGBTQ Pride gear with Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of her rival, South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg.
So this just happened. @Chas10Buttigieg is helping @SenGillibrand shop for pride. I love Iowa. #IACaucus #FirstRateFirstState #PrideMonth pic.twitter.com/9QXw97Vcbo
— Lara Henderson (@lara_marie14) June 7, 2019
Guy asks @SenGillibrand what her favorite drink is to order it, just gets handed hers instead
“It seems like it’s just whiskey straight!” he says #IACaucus pic.twitter.com/KnOuawvZig— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) June 8, 2019
@SenGillibrand pourin’ for Pride. She gets it. #IowaPride pic.twitter.com/4UpPnx8FLa
— Michael Tallman (@AllManicHamlet) June 8, 2019
.@SenGillibrand has made her return to the Blazing Saddle. “Anyone want a drink?” pic.twitter.com/cVcD8x7knp
— Linh Ta (@linhmaita) June 8, 2019
Now @SenGillibrand is mixing drinks at Blazing Saddle. Only in Iowa! #iacaucus #iapolitics pic.twitter.com/LL2cZjKbVN
— Kathie Obradovich (@KObradovich) June 8, 2019
Gillibrand this week released a lengthy LGBTQ agenda in a post published to Medium. The agenda included passing the Equality Act immediately, permanently codifying marriage equality as the law of the land, barring discrimination by adoption and foster care agencies, require hospitals to offer gender-neutral forms, tackling mental health among LGBTQ youth, enacting a nationwide ban on conversion therapy, addressing hate crimes against LGBTQ people of color, and more.
Added Gillibrand: “Here’s my biggest commitment of all: I won’t stop at the policies I’ve outlined today when it comes to fighting for LGBTQ families and individuals. The LGBTQ community is not a monolith with a finite set of needs, and equal rights and freedom from discrimination should be the bare minimum we accept. LGBTQ people deserve to live, work, raise families, and succeed just like anyone else — and LGBTQ kids deserve to grow up in a country that supports and encourages them. I’ll fight for them and their futures fiercely, just like I’d fight for my own family. As president, I will do more than defend LGBTQ rights — I will stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTQ community in the fight for equality. We’re in this together, because LGBTQ rights are human rights. And we will fight for them.”
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21 Pics of AIDS/Lifecycle on Red Dress Day: Minnie, Carmen, Waldo
www.advocate.com/photography/2019/6/08/21-pics-aidslifecycle-red-dress-day-minnie-carmen-waldo
9 Photos of the Last LA Pride Before the Plague, 1979
www.advocate.com/pride/2019/6/08/9-photos-last-la-pride-plague-1979
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