14 Images of Phil America’s Colors of Progress for LGBTQ Rights
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Daily Archives: June 24, 2019
Here’s how to create the most awesome New York WorldPride adventure ever
Here’s how to create the most awesome New York WorldPride adventure ever
Here are a few pointers for making travel plans to visit WorldPride in New York
Kansas to Allow Gender Marker Change on Birth Certificates
Kansas to Allow Gender Marker Change on Birth Certificates
The change comes after trans Kansans represented by Lambda Legal filed suit.
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The Longest Married Gay Couple in the U.S. Reflects on That Moment 48 Years Ago: WATCH
The Longest Married Gay Couple in the U.S. Reflects on That Moment 48 Years Ago: WATCH
Jack Baker and Mike McConnell, who obtained a marriage license in Blue Earth County, Minnesota in 1971 because the state’s laws did not explicitly say that marriage had to be between a man and a woman, hold the title of the longest-married gay couple in the United States.
Baker and McConnell are reflecting on that moment in a new clip from Minnesota local station WCCO.
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The Longest Married Gay Couple in the U.S. Reflects on That Moment 48 Years Ago: WATCH
Nevada Passes Sweeping Set of Pro-Equality Bills in 2019 Legislative Session
Nevada Passes Sweeping Set of Pro-Equality Bills in 2019 Legislative Session
Nevada’s 2019 legislative session has officially ended, and HRC celebrates the progress made for marginalized communities in LGBTQ equality, health care, reproductive rights, access to the ballot box, measures to end gun violence and more.
“This session marked the first female majority state legislature in U.S. history,” said HRC Nevada State Director Briana Escamilla. “They championed equality for all Nevadans by passing vital legislation that not only mark important accomplishments, but protect Nevadans from the Trump-Pence administration’s dangerous policies.”
The landmark bills that were passed include:
SB311 – Credit Non-Discrimination: Expands statewide non-discrimination protections in the application of credit, adding to existing protections for LGBTQ Nevadans’ in housing, employment, education, public spaces, foster care and jury selection.
SB97 – LGBTQ Panic Defense Ban: Bans perpetrators of violent crimes from asserting a victim’s LGBTQ identity as a potential defense for their actions.
All victims of violent crimes and their families deserve equal justice, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. @HRC_NV is grateful that @GovSisolak signed #SB97 into law.t.co/xMyCN0HiPn
— HRC in Nevada (@HRC_NV) May 21, 2019
SB284 – HIV Modernization Taskforce: Establishes a task force that will evaluate state law and make recommendations to help ensure Nevadans living with HIV or AIDS are treated equally. This is a stark contrast to the Trump-Pence administration, which constantly undermines prevention, treatment and awareness.
SB204 – Suicide Prevention: Requires schools to adopt a policy for the prevention of suicide and provides training for teachers and students about suicide prevention, and to specfically address LGBTQ youth among others.
SB364 – Health Care Facilities Non-Discrimination: Prohibits discriminatory practices by medical providers and facilities. This combats Trump-Pence administration regulations that empower health care providers to cite their personal beliefs in refusing to provide life-saving care for LGBTQ patients.
SB179 – Trust Nevada Women Act: Decriminalizes abortion, and modernizes informed consent. This highlights the critical need for pro-equality leaders in local government as states like Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Ohio relentlessly attack Americans’ reproductive rights.
With the onslaught of attacks on Americans’ reproductive rights, Nevada passes #SB197, decriminalizing abortion.
���������� ������������������ ������������ & @HRC_NV thanks @NaralNv & the #NVLeg for fighting to #StopTheBans. #TrustNevadaWoment.co/9kF1BNy9xS— HRC in Nevada (@HRC_NV) May 22, 2019
AB345 – Voting Rights: Establishes same-day voter registration, universal polling locations, extends early voting hours, and allows voters to permanently request an absentee ballot instead of applying for one each election cycle. The bill also implements automatic voter registration, an initiative that Nevadan voters approved on the 2018 ballot.
These milestones for equality were made possible by the Nevada voters who turned out to elect pro-equality candidates up and down the ballot, including Gov. Steve Sisolak and openly LGBTQ members, Senators David Parks, Pat Spearman, Dallas Harris, Melanie Scheible and Assembly Woman Sarah Peters who have been trailblazers in the Silver State.
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford have fought tirelessly for the Equality Act, which passed the House in May. This critical bipartisan legislation will finally provide clear, comprehensive non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people across the country in employment, housing, public spaces, education, jury services, credit and federal funding.
We’re thankful for our local partners Transgender Allies Group, ACLU, Silver State Equality, Battle Born Progress, PLAN, Let Nevadans Vote Coalition, NARAL and Planned Parenthood who led the work on these pro-equality bills, and we are proud to join them as we continue the fight for full equality.
Lesley-Ann Brandt Speaks at HRC’s Louisiana Dinner
Lesley-Ann Brandt Speaks at HRC’s Louisiana Dinner
11 Photos of Ukraine’s Largest Pride Ever in Kiev
11 Photos of Ukraine’s Largest Pride Ever in Kiev
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Retired priest reinvents himself as gay adult film star at age 83, says he’s “having a party!”
Retired priest reinvents himself as gay adult film star at age 83, says he’s “having a party!”
Norm Self describes making his adult film debut at age 83 as “splendid.”
The retired clergyman from North Carolina tells The Sun he feels “more vibrant” than ever, because his “erotic energy has taken over” since pivoting from a lifelong career in the church to a late career in adult entertainment two years ago.
So far, 85-year-old Self has appeared in four gay adult films since 2017. And while he hasn’t been paid for his work, he’s really not too concerned about that. Self is mainly in it for the sex.
And to inspire future generations not to feel trapped “in the norm.”
Self, who recently appeared in the documentary “On The Game: The Sex Business,” says his career change happened a few years ago when the person he was living with asked if he would ever consider doing gay porn.
“My housemate asked me if I’d be in a film,” he recalls. “I was invited in and all of a sudden all this attention comes to me.”
“We are going to have sex anyway so why not make it a liberating and bonding experience instead of hiding it away in the shadows?”
Last year, Self, who came out as gay in 1997, told Huffington Post that making his first adult film was simply “delightful,” saying the “best part was just being there and doing it.”
“It was splendid! How could it not be? (I was in) a blessed rural setting, surrounded by a cast and crew of loving, competent, supportive brothers intent on sharing the good news of the healing power of pleasure. What could be more delightful? And, if you’ve seen the video, with the two adorable models performing, what else could be lacking?”
Four films later, he’s still having a blast. Or, as he put it, “having a party.”
When asked by HuffPo what is the biggest misconception about older people and sex, Self replied, “I would speculate that the biggest misconception is that sex ‘wears out’ and isn’t for elders.”
“I would dispute this fabrication by pointing to many elders I know (even older than I am!) who regularly enjoy this sweet intimacy.”
Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS
Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS
FRANK BRUNI. The gay truth about Trump: “His treatment of gay people perfectly reveals the flabbiness of his convictions and his willingness to stand at odds with a majority of Americans if it pleases the smaller number who adore him. He’ll suffer our anger for their ardor. Decency and principle don’t enter into it.”
LORI LIGHTFOOT. Chicago’s first African-American female and LGBTQ mayor speaks with Stephen Colbert.
RAVELRY. Popular knitting website bans support of Donald Trump: “We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.”
STUDENT DEBT. Bernie Sanders announces plan to cancel all student debt – $1.6 trillion.
NEW: Sen. Bernie Sanders details plan to cancel $1.6 trillion in student debt for everyone, saying the plan ends “the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation…to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of doing the right thing.” t.co/3BLFtPFRsH pic.twitter.com/BjwIUzf5fI
— ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2019
GMCLA. Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles to honor David Mixner with Lifetime Legend award. “David is a pioneer, hero, and legend, in our community and many others for the past six decades.”
LIT. 19 iconic NYC buildings to be lit for upcoming WorldPride.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. NPR goes to Sao Paulo’s Pride which is politically charged this year given the atmosphere created by Brazil’s anti-LGBTQ president Jair Bolsonaro.
BUCHAREST. Thousands join Pride parade in Romanian capital: “On June 22, nearly 10,000 people braved rain to march the length of Calea Victoriei, a major avenue in central Bucharest, dancing and waving rainbow flags. Organizers said the march was bigger than the pride parade in 2018.”
MADAME X. #1 album (opens in a new tab)” href=”https://ew.com/music/2019/06/23/madonna-madame-x-billboard-200/” target=”_blank”>Madonna has her ninth #1 album.
MINNESOTA. St. Paul City Council member urged to resign after homophobic social media posts surface: ‘Busuri says his Muslim faith does not support homosexuality and that criticizing his previous posts amounts to Islamophobia. He says he will represent all his constituents regardless of sexual orientation but won’t recant his past statements…In one 2014 post, Busuri said he was “going back to Uganda” after the country approved a law criminalizing homosexuality.’
SCARING THE CHILDREN. Nancy Pelosi on what she told Trump about ICE raids.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on what she told President Trump about ICE raids that have now been delayed: “Children are scared. You’re scaring the children of America, not just in those families but their neighbors and their communities. You’re scaring the children” pic.twitter.com/rnmUztMLan
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 24, 2019
BUCHENWALD. Ceremony held to remember gay victims of the Holocaust: “About 50 people marched through the grounds of the Buchenwald Memorial holding a rainbow flag and placed flowers at a marker for 650 camp prisoners who were assigned uniforms with pink triangles between 1937 and 1945.”
MASTERCARD. “True Name” program is a first for the credit industry: ‘Imagine being unable to pay for dinner or getting harassed at a checkout line because the name on your credit card isn’t who you are. That’s a reality for many transgender and nonbinary people, and one that MasterCard aims to address with its new True Name program. Cardholders will soon be able to swap out credit, debit or prepaid cards with their “dead name” with new ones featuring the names they actually use. Experts say it’s a first for the financial services industry.’
MOUNT EVEREST. John Oliver takes a deep dive into the tourist industry at the world’s highest peak.
007. Toilet camera found on James Bond 25 set.
SUMMER BOD. Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys some fun in the sun in Cannes.
CHARLES LESLIE LOHMAN. How a self-taught art curator because a gay rights champion: “The ’60s was the barest beginning. You had gay art and straight kids taking off the shackles of the Eisenhower years. The ’70s was like a flower opening up. There was hedonism. Everything got surprisingly gay: art, music, dance, theater. The ’80s was a terrible shrinkage because the plague got everyone. The ’90s was about recovery. We discovered artists didn’t go into hiding; there were still a few private venues that showed work. We reestablished ourselves. During the new century things were sort of back to normal. This new decade has brought a new audience of people who weren’t even born when the AIDS crisis was here.”
DEPRESSION. Lizzo is opening up about hers: “There’s no one I can talk to because there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Life hurts.”
UNDERSEA KRAKEN OF THE DAY. Giant squid caught on camera for second time ever. ‘The video was captured by a team of researchers on an expedition funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who were studying the impacts of light deprivation on deep sea creatures living in the “midnight zone,” 3,280 feet (1000 meters) below the surface.’
FAT BURNER OF THE DAY. Coffee.
COOKING VIDEO OF THE DAY. 63 ways to cook a potato.
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Prince “Manic Monday”.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Saeed Alfarhat.
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