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Monthly Archives: June 2019
NYC temporarily renames Gay Street to be more inclusive for World Pride
NYC temporarily renames Gay Street to be more inclusive for World Pride
Rainbow marks for LGBT month
Rainbow marks for LGBT month
Retro Jets posted a photo:
A330-243 C-GPTS wearing special markings with the tail fin star in rainbow colours. Rolls out on runway 23R at Manchester after arrival from Toronto on 16.6.19
The Equality Act: Rep. Chris Pappas
The Equality Act: Rep. Chris Pappas
Supreme Court Sends Oregon Wedding Cake Case Back to State
Supreme Court Sends Oregon Wedding Cake Case Back to State
The state should reconsider the discrimination case in light of Masterpiece Cakeshop, the high court rules.
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Taylor Swift’s new Pride music video is jam-packed with over 20 cameos from LGBTQ icons
Taylor Swift’s new Pride music video is jam-packed with over 20 cameos from LGBTQ icons
Taylor Swift just premiered the music video for her new Pride anthem “You Need To Calm Down” and, well, we’re having a hard time calming down.
The video is jam-packed with over 20 cameos from some of our favorite LGBTQ icons and allies.
The star-studded cast includes Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, Laverne Cox, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan van Ness, Bobby Berk and Tan France, Ciara, RuPaul, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita, Billy Porter, Adam Lambert, Adam Rippon, Ryan Reynolds, Hayley Kiyoko, Todrick Hall, Chester Lockhart, Dexter Mayfield, and Hannah Hart.
It ends with a call to action. Swift appeals to fans to sign a petition for Senate support of the Equality Act, urging them: “Let’s show our pride by demanding that, on a national level, our laws truly treat all of our citizens equally.”
Watch.
Related: Clever clever: Taylor Swift’s new song leads to surge in donations to GLAAD
Fired Australian Rugby Star Israel Folau Attacks LGBTQ People in Sermon at Church: WATCH
Fired Australian Rugby Star Israel Folau Attacks LGBTQ People in Sermon at Church: WATCH
Australian rugby superstar Israel Folau, who was recently terminated by Rugby Australia for his public position that Hell awaits homosexuals, among other hateful remarks, gave a sermon at his Sydney church on Sunday which further attacked gay and transgender people.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: “The former rugby union star described homosexuality as a sin and claimed the devil was behind primary school children being allowed to decide if they wanted to change gender.”
Said Folau in the sermon, which you can watch below if that’s how you want to spend your day: “This is what the devil is trying to do, to instill into the government, into this world, into society, and it is slowly happening. The sad thing is why a lot of people out there that are non-Christians say bad things about the church, is because a lot of the churches allow those things to happen. They say that a man and a man should be able to be married and there is nothing wrong with it. This buys into the theme of pleasing man rather than pleasing God and standing up for the truth.”
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Fired Australian Rugby Star Israel Folau Attacks LGBTQ People in Sermon at Church: WATCH
HRC Opposes Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk
HRC Opposes Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk
Today, HRC reaffirms its opposition to the nomination of Matthew J. Kacsmaryk to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
“Matthew Kacsmaryk is among the most anti-LGBTQ judicial nominees put forward by the Trump-Pence administration,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “He has been vociferous in his opposition to same-sex marriage, legal protections for gender identity and sexual orientation, and the basic humanity of transgender people. To be qualified for the bench, every nominee must demonstrate a commitment to equality under the law. Kacsmaryk fails a basic expectation of impartiality. The Human Rights Campaign will continue to raise the alarm about Kacsmaryk and other nominees who refuse to protect the rights of all Americans.”
Trump and Pence put forward Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a lawyer and political commentator with a long history of horrific views on the LGBTQ community. Kacsmaryk has implied that transgender people are “delusional”, opposed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s position that sexual orientation and gender identity are covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, publicly slammed non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people throughout his career, and in opposing aspects of LGBTQ equality like same-sex marriage, has derisively dismissed equality as unwanted symptoms of a “sexual revolution”.
The Human Rights Campaign will continue to stand alongside coalition partners in demanding judicial nominees who uphold the legal rights of all people, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
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Morris Singeltary brings a message of hope & love to black men struggling with HIV
Morris Singeltary brings a message of hope & love to black men struggling with HIV
Name: Morris Singeltary, 42
Who he is: Spectacular HIV activist, peer educator
What he’s contributed: Singletary brings a message of hope and faith to black men dealing with HIV by reassuring them that there is support for them, both from their own community and, despite what they have been told from the conservative preacher set, from God as well.
Why we’re proud: You have to have a lot of charisma to hold your own onstage with Beyoncé and JAY-Z, and Singletary has plenty to spare.
Singletary was among the black LGBTQ trailblazers who presented the power couple with GLAAD’s Vanguard award last March. He told the audience that he was inspired by “Beyoncé’s unending work ethic and her unending love for her fans and her kids to gain inspiration” for his own work as an HIV activist and educator.
Singletary wowed the crowd with his enthusiasm. “Beyoncé and JAY-Z concerts are like world peace is happening – it’s gay, straight, black, white, and everyone is dancing and singing together,” he said. “Those concerts are a place where everyone is safe and accepted. Could you imagine if the world was one big Beyoncé and JAY-Z concert? What a wonderful world that would be.”
But Singletary also spoke to his own experience that night. “I stand on this stage- the largest LGBTQ stage out there- knowing that you can be a little Black boy in Atlanta, and go to Church, and know that God still loves you – with or without HIV,” he told the audience.
Singletary was chosen to be a presenter because of his work with the COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States) Initiative. The initiative, a 10-year, $100 million partnership with community-based organizations working to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the South, is funded by Gilead Sciences, the maker of the PrEP treatment Truvada.
Singletary’s journey to the stage that night wasn’t an easy one. “The very first thing I ever heard about HIV is my mom saying, ‘This is the punishment that gays get from God for being gay,’” he told the online platform them. ” I heard that when I was six years old.”
Singletary was diagnosed as HIV positive in 2006. His health was precarious–he was hospitalized twice and his mother was told that he may only have months to live. When he did recover, he fell into substance abuse. Eventually, he found an online support group and got sober. Because he lost his old job, he turned to a new career as a peer educator for Clayton County, part of the Atlanta metro area.
The 9-to-5 job soon became 24/7 activism. Singletary started a Facebook Live stream called #hivandme, for black men who were in the church.
“When the church comes across a young man that’s LGBTQ, you can be a sinner, you can be a drug dealer, that’s ok — but to be a same-gender-loving man or woman, then your sin is the worst,” Singletary said. “I had to be the example of God loving a black queer man with HIV.”
Singletary also started a Facebook group, PoZitive2PoSitive, where he hosts live chats about thriving with HIV. His activism caught the eye of Gilead, which was looking for someone in the Atlanta area for the COMPASS Initiative.
“The COMPASS Initiative has allowed me the opportunity to show that you can be a Black boy with HIV and love God and know God loves you,” Singletary told them. “That pushed me to be a stronger activist. I always said before then that I never wanted to be the black face of HIV. But the fact is I have HIV, I’m doing well with HIV, and I have a platform that people listen to.”
As for the future, Singletary says that “I want to move my activism to a bigger level where people can see it more.” There’s no question that a lot of people could be helped by a message of support and love–or that Singletary is the perfect person to deliver it.
