50 Years Later, the Film ‘Gay Deceivers’ Is Still Very Gay, Very Bad
The Gay Deceivers was homophobic, juvenile, and, somehow, ahead of its time.
www.advocate.com/film/2019/7/30/50-years-later-film-gay-deceivers-still-very-gay-very-bad
Daily Archives: July 30, 2019
World Cup-Winning Coach Jill Ellis Leaving Women’s Soccer Team
World Cup-Winning Coach Jill Ellis Leaving Women’s Soccer Team
Ellis, who led the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team to back-to-back wins, says the time is right to move on.
www.advocate.com/sports/2019/7/30/world-cup-winning-coach-jill-ellis-leaving-womens-soccer-team
The Top European Cities You Should Visit For a Romantic Getaway Before Summer Ends
The Top European Cities You Should Visit For a Romantic Getaway Before Summer Ends
Nothing beats escaping the hustle and bustle of daily life and travelling somewhere hot and sunny with the one you love, but with so many great places to visit it can be hard to narrow down where exactly you should go. Phillip Garlick from travel money experts H&T, reveals his top recommendations for romantic city […]
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This Lesbian Rabbi Cared for Dying AIDS Patients When Few Would
This Lesbian Rabbi Cared for Dying AIDS Patients When Few Would
Rabbi Denise Eger discusses coming out of the closet during the early days of the AIDS crisis on the LGBTQ&A podcast.
www.advocate.com/religion/2019/7/30/lesbian-rabbi-cared-dying-aids-patients-when-few-would
PHOTOS: This disabled bisexual fitness model hopes to inspire and motivate others
PHOTOS: This disabled bisexual fitness model hopes to inspire and motivate others
Jennifer Lopez, Pepe Muñoz, Capital One, Social Media Addiction, Dark Horse, Gay Star News, Lil Nas X, Tom Goss: HOT LINKS
Jennifer Lopez, Pepe Muñoz, Capital One, Social Media Addiction, Dark Horse, Gay Star News, Lil Nas X, Tom Goss: HOT LINKS
QUINNIPIAC POLL. 51 percent say Trump is a racist.
HOT ROD. J Lo gets $146,000 car for her birthday but she hasn’t driven in 25 years.
PAGE SIX. Celine Dion’s inner circle fears that her BFF Pepe Muñoz has too much control: “It’s crazy. She knows he’s gay and is accepting of it. She needs someone close to her and she fell in love. He’s turned into a René type.”
ALL ABOUT THE BASE. Trump aides see Democratic sparring as way to grow base: “According to four people involved with or close to the Trump campaign, the president’s reelection team believes trumpeting these moments will help win over a certain type of voter that could help carry him to a second term. It’s the voter who might be wary of Trump, but is more alarmed by a Democratic Party they feel is drifting dangerously to the left.”
INDIANAPOLIS. Gay guidance counselor sues Indianapolis archdiocese for discrimination. “Lynn Starkey, one of two gay guidance counselors who have accused the archdiocese of discrimination, names the church and Roncalli High School — the Catholic school where she worked for nearly 40 years until she was fired in May — in the lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.”
BREACH. Massive data breach affects 100 million Capital One customers: “The suspect, Paige Thompson, 33, left a trail online for investigators to follow as she boasted about the hacking, according to court documents in Seattle, where she was arrested and charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse.”
ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA. GOP Rep. Josh Hawley introduces bill to ban addictive’ social media features: ‘For example, it would ban YouTube’s “autoplay” feature, which loads up new videos for users automatically; Facebook and Twitter’s “infinite scroll,” which allows users to continue scrolling through their homepages without limit; and Snapchat’s “streaks,” which reward users for continuing to send photos to their friends.’
DARK HORSE. Katy Perry committed copyright infringement with hit single, jury finds.
GAY STAR NEWS. UK-based LGBTQ publication shuts down. “There are a number of reasons, of course. But the biggest change was the level of confidence brands and businesses in the UK have, due to the uncertainty over Brexit. It won’t surprise anyone to hear that many media organisations are struggling with the same problem. There has also been another trend which has become more apparent this year. Brands which are wishing to ‘do’ LGBTI work are increasingly doing so in a tokenistic way.”
PLASTICS. Holiday Inn to ditch mini-shampoos: “The owner of Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels says Tuesday that its nearly 843,000 guest rooms are switching to bulk-size bathroom amenities as part of an effort to cut waste. The transition is due to be completed in 2021.”
OLD TOWN ROAD. Mariah Carey congratulates Lil Nas X for breaking her record. “Keep living your best life!”
MIGUEL RAMIREZ. Trial of man accused of killing gay college student in 2014 ends in mistrial: “Jurors failed to reach a verdict after deliberating since late last week. Ramirez was evaluated after his competency fell into question and Hall said two court-appointed experts had different opinions on whether Ramirez should stand trial. Thus, a competency trial with a jury was arranged, Hall said.”
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Tom Goss “Quayside”.
TRAILER OF THE DAY. The Hunt. “Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose.”
TRAILER 2 OF THE DAY. The Lighthouse.
TV TRAILER OF THE DAY. American Horror Story: 1984.
TOO HOT TUESDAY. Lucien Leon Laviscount
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COVERING 2020: GLAAD Releases Second Tip Sheet for Journalists; Momentum Building for Constitutional Equality
COVERING 2020: GLAAD Releases Second Tip Sheet for Journalists; Momentum Building for Constitutional Equality
GLAAD urges all 2020 candidates to support an expanded ERA that would explicitly protect women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities
GLAAD President & CEO: “…the issue of non-discrimination has a rightful place in this week’s debate and through the campaign trail.”
READ: Vol. 2: Covering 2020 – An Amendment for Constitutional Equality
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today announced its second in a series of tip sheets for journalists covering the 2020 election ahead of the second Democratic Primary Debates in Detroit, Michigan. The second tip sheet, Covering 2020: An Amendment for Constitutional Equality, highlights an idea to expand the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to include explicit protections for other marginalized communities – including people of color, the disabled, and LGBTQ Americans.
The New York Times spotlighted GLAAD’s support for an Amendment for Constitutional Equality last month on the 50thanniversary of the Stonewall Inn Riots and the start of the first presidential debates for the 2020 election cycle. During those debates, Democratic candidates like Kamala Harris, Julian Castro, and Elizabeth Warren called for policies to protect LGBTQ Americans, people of color, and women – including ratification of the original ERA. Legal and policy experts convened by theERA Coalition have crafted draft language – The Amendment for Constitutional Equality – that meets this imperative.
“LGBTQ issues were nearly invisible in the last Presidential election and now need to be front and center alongside issues impacting other marginalized communities,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “At a time when marginalized communities are under attack, the issue of non-discrimination has a rightful place in this week’s debate and through the campaign trail.”
GLAAD’s “Covering 2020: An Amendment for Constitutional Equality”
So far, the Trump Administration has been responsible for issuing more than 117 attacks against LGBTQ Americans in policy and rhetoric since 2017. The entire list of the Trump Administration’s anti-LGBTQ actions, which include Trump’s ban on allowing transgender Americans from enlisting in our nation’s armed forces to opposing the Equality Act, can be found by visiting GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project at www.glaad.org/trump.
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‘Changing the Game’ Depicts the Joy and Agony of Young Trans Athletes
‘Changing the Game’ Depicts the Joy and Agony of Young Trans Athletes
This incredible film just won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Outfest film festival.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/7/30/changing-game-depicts-joy-and-agony-young-trans-athletes
DA says he won’t prosecute LGBTQ domestic violence cases because gay relationships aren’t real
DA says he won’t prosecute LGBTQ domestic violence cases because gay relationships aren’t real
Craig Northcott is the District Attorney for Coffee County, Tennessee and a self-proclaimed “good Christian man.” But he may soon be without a law license after spouting off his homophobic beliefs at a religious conference and then doubling down on them later.
A letter signed by over 330 lawyers is urging the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility to issue an emergency suspension of Northcott’s law license after he was caught on video telling a religious conference that he doesn’t believe the state’s domestic violence laws apply to LGBTQ people because he doesn’t recognize their relationships as being valid.
“So, what do I do with domestic assaults?” Northcott said on the tape. “On one hand, I don’t prosecute them because I don’t recognize it as marriage. On the other hand, if I don’t prosecute him, then the sinner, the immoral guy, gets less punishment. I say, ‘There’s no marriage to protect.’ So I don’t prosecute it as domestic [assault].”
In response to the leak, Northcott put out a statement saying he personally believes the laws are intended to “promote and protect the sanction of the institutions of marriage and family.”
“I assume that two adults who live together that are of the opposite gender are involved in a marital-type relationship absent some other relationship that suggests otherwise,” Northcott wrote.
Evidently, he didn’t get the memo about the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage back in 2015.
Northcott then tried arguing that, really, he’s honoring LGBTQ people’s wishes, writing, “In fact, my intent was in part to honor what I know has been the desire of the LGBTQ community–keeping the government out of their bedrooms.”
Tennessee’s domestic violence laws apply to any people who live together, regardless of whether they a sexual relationship. This includes roommates, siblings, house guests, etc.
“Mr. Northcott’s written reply to the complaint removes all doubt as to his current defiance of the rule of law and intent to further engage in conduct beneath the decency required of our profession along with raising serious questions as to his competency and fitness to practice,” the five-page letter, which was delivered to the Board yesterday, reads.
It continues: “Any attorney who believes he has the power to ignore the decisions of the United State Supreme Court is in violation of his oath and is disqualified from the practice of law.”
The letter also calls out things Northcott has posted on Facebook, including describing Islam an “evil” religion and comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan and suggesting only true Christians deserve constitutional rights.
“There are no Constitutional rights. There are God given rights protected by the Constitution,” the DA wrote. “If you don’t believe in the one true God, there is nothing to protect. No one other than God has given us any rights.”
Northcott argues that the remarks are based on his religious beliefs and are, therefore, protected under the First Amendment.
