Dan Baer, Behind Hillary’s Gay Rights Speech, Makes a Run for Senate
Baer, who helped craft Hillary Clinton’s “gay rights are human rights” speech, now hopes to be the first out gay male U.S. senator.
www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/16/dan-baer-behind-hillarys-gay-rights-speech-makes-run-senate
Trans man fighting to be listed as father on son’s birth certificate
Trans dad and documentary star Freddie McConnell has opened up about his legal fight to be listed as the father on his son’s birth certificate.
McConnell, who lives in the UK, shared his experience of giving birth as a transgender man in the documentary Seahorse (which we covered, along with the philosophical questions it raises, here on Queerty). Per UK law, whoever gives birth to a child is automatically listed as the mother on a birth certificate. McConnell wants to be the first trans dad to successfully challenge that policy, and receive listing as the father.
Related: ‘Seahorse’ director Jeanie Finlay on filming a trans dad giving birth to a beautiful boy
UK law also holds that cases of this nature keep the participants anonymous. Several UK publications, including The Daily Mail, sued to have the veil of anonymity lifted. A judge agreed, and McConnell has said he will not challenge. The name of his child, however, remains classified. McConnell wants to keep it that way.
“Any parent can relate to that bone-deep urge to just keep your child safe,” McConnell said to BuzzFeedNews. “I thought that we would be anonymous the whole way through because I thought that in these cases anonymity remains in place to protect children involved in the proceedings. That is my primary concern at all times. And that was the basis on which I decided to pursue the action.”
A judge in the case is expected to rule on McConnell’s petition to be listed as the father very soon.
‘What’s Your Ethnicity?’ Kellyanne Conway Questions Reporter While Defending Trump’s Racist Rants: WATCH
White House aide and Hatch Act violator Kellyanne Conway was asked “to what country was Trump referring” when he told four congresswomen of color, all American citizens, to return to their own countries in his racist Twitter rant on Monday.
Kellyanne Conway asks reporter @AndrewFeinberg “what’s your ethnicity” after he asks about Trump’s racist tweets. pic.twitter.com/zcQpNyQVd8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 16, 2019
“What’s your ethnicity?” Conway replied, immediately.
“Why is that relevant to this conver…?” the reporter, Andrew Feinberg, responded.
“I’m asking you a question,” Conway pushed on. “My ancestors are from Ireland and Italy.”
By asking about my ethnicity (a mix of and , I’m told) in response to my question, @KellyannePolls inadvertently confirmed that @realDonaldTrump was telling @IlhanMN, @RashidaTlaib, @AOC, @AyannaPressley to return to Somalia, Gaza, Puerto Rico, and somewhere in Africa. t.co/0egLbFXILk
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 16, 2019
This was meant with no disrespect.
We are all from somewhere else “originally”. I asked the question to answer the question and volunteered my own ethnicity: Italian and Irish.
Like many, I am proud of my ethnicity, love the USA & grateful to God to be an American t.co/OvBALIO6WP
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) July 16, 2019
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Former Employees at Tech Giant Dell Allege Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
LGBTQ workers at tech giant claim obstacles existed at work over their gender identity while employed.
www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/16/former-employees-tech-giant-dell-allege-anti-lgbtq-discrimination
Antoni Porowski leaves nothing to the imagination in Tom Ford’s underwear
Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski has us feeling totally parched in his new photo shoot for Tom Ford latest underwear campaign. The collection will soon be available in select Neiman Marcus stores as well as online.
Practicing my sporadic sprezzatura in @tomford underwear, available @neimansman in-store and online. #neimanmarcus #ad pic.twitter.com/YEGoud1m2Z
— Antoni Porowski (@antoni) July 3, 2019
In a statement, Porowski says: “Tom Ford’s new underwear collection at Neiman Marcus is all about confidence. Feeling confident is something that is really important to me, and I think that starts with feeling comfortable in your own skin. The entire underwear collection is both beautifully designed and functional, which is perfect for me being that I’m constantly on the move or in the kitchen. I’m a classic white brief guy, but admittedly my personal favorite from this collection is the Zebra Silk.”
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View this post on InstagramWhat NYC blackout? @tomford X @neimanmarcus
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Related: Antoni Porowski’s latest body transformation will have you completely transfixed
Biden Jokes That He’ll Challenge Trump to a Push-Up Contest Should He Question His Stamina: WATCH
Joe Biden told MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski that he has what it takes to handle Trump during a debate.
Said Biden on Morning Joe: “I realize that some have concluded that because I didn’t respond very tough back to her that how can I take on Trump? I’ve never had any trouble taking on anyone from Trump to Putin to Xi Jinping to anybody else.”
Asked how he would respond if Trump began attacking his age or his mental fitness, Biden replied, “I’d say, ‘c’mon Donald, c’mon man. How many push-ups do you want to do here, pal?’ I mean, jokingly…’C’mon, run with me, man.’”
“I’m not going to get down in the dirt with him,” Biden continued. “That’s the only place he knows how to fight. I’m just going to continue to talk about what he’s doing, why it’s so damaging to America, and – as my mother would say – I’m not going to take any guff from him.”
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Biden Jokes That He’ll Challenge Trump to a Push-Up Contest Should He Question His Stamina: WATCH
People with Disabilities are Crucial in the Fight to Elect a Pro-Equality Majority
It’s the start of National Disability Voter Registration Week. In both presidential and midterm elections, candidates running for office often discuss issues impacting marginalized communities — including LGBTQ people, women, Latinx and African-American people — but often voters with disabilities get left out of this broader conversation.
However, people with disabilities are a formidable voting bloc.
TODAY starts National Disability Voter Registration Week (July 15 – 19)! We are on a mission to ensure every Disabled American has access in the upcoming elections. Spread the word, get registered, & #REVUP t.co/Y6oEdw1B3X #DisabilityVote pic.twitter.com/LEwCz7dgFn
— AAPD (@AAPD) July 15, 2019
In fact, more than 14 million people with disabilities — spanning all disability types and demographic categories including gender, race/ethnicity, age and religion — voted in November 2018. According to TIME, that turnout surpassed the 11.7 million Latinx voters and came close to the 15.2 million Black people who cast ballots last year.
Not many studies have specifically tracked the voting power of LGBTQ people with disablities, but a report from the National Center for Biotechnology Information found that prevalence of disability was higher among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults compared to their straight counterparts. Unfortunately, data surrounding the experiences of transgender and non-binary people living with disabilities was not captured in this study.
People with disabilities are unfairly underserved in the political debate. This is why HRC supports the “For the People Act” (H.R. 1) and the Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) that would eliminate barriers to voting for everyone, including people with disabilities.
Now more than ever, we need to harness the power of ALL people and get them to the polls.
Voting is the single most important action you can take to hold our leaders accountable. But you can’t vote if you aren’t registered. Take action and head over to hrc.org/vote to register and check your voter status TODAY.
Professional ‘Gay Footballer’ Tweets That He is Coming Out As Soon As Possible
An anonymous Twitter account claiming to be a closeted professional football (soccer) player in the English Football League announced on Monday that after a meeting with the manager and chairman of his football club, he plans to come out of the closet as soon as possible, prior to the start of the upcoming season in August.
An update following my meeting with the club on Sunday. Thank you to all of you that have shown your support so far pic.twitter.com/yRZrgXG5e6
— The Gay Footballer (@FootballerGay) July 15, 2019
The anonymous Twitter account began tweeting on July 5 that he was preparing to come out of the closet as gay. If true, the player would be the first out gay football player in England.
Tweeted the account: “I’m a professional footballer, playing for a club in the @SkyBetChamp. I will be revealing my identity soon, but I am a proud gay man, hoping to break the mould. I am under the age of 23, and today I came out to my family. Soon, I will come out publicly. … Today I came out to my family. I have hid my sexuality for far too long. My family responded amazingly well, and other than a few close friends, they were the first to know.”
The alleged player said he was meeting with his manager and captain to come out of the closet.
Twitter users naturally expressed skepticism over the legitimacy of the claims. But the user continued to tweet: “A huge % of the interactions I’ve had have been positive. I completely understand the scepticism, but once I’ve gone public, hopefully those sceptics will at least be respectful. Tweets like this however are why this situation has to be handled carefully, for myself and my club.”
The “Gay Footballer” said that he had come out to his manager and chairman in a later tweet, and then teased another meeting on July 14 to discuss “next steps.”
Tweeted the “footballer:” “This afternoon I requested a meeting with both my manager and the club chairman. At this meeting I revealed to both gentlemen that I am a homosexual man, I explained that I had only yesterday come out to my family. I sought advice from both men regarding the fact that I not only want to, but will, come out publicly as a proud, confident gay professional footballer. As it currently stands, once I have taken the time to give full consideration to how and when I am to make it public, a press conference will be organised by the club, with invitations to be made in due course to both local and national press.”
There are currently no openly gay Premier League footballers. In the U.S., Collin Martin, a midfielder for Minnesota United, came out as gay in June 2018, making him the only openly gay professional athlete active in any of the five major sports leagues: MLS, NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB.
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Professional ‘Gay Footballer’ Tweets That He is Coming Out As Soon As Possible
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: July 16, 2019
UNCONSCIONABLE — THE TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION’S LATEST ATTACK REMOVES PROTECTIONS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS: Reports CNN: the move by Trump-Pence “would prohibit migrants who have resided or ‘transited en route’ in a third country from seeking asylum in the U.S., therefore barring migrants traveling through Mexico from being able to claim asylum and as a result, drastically limit who’s eligible for asylum.” More from HRC.
The Trump-Pence White House is trying to ban asylum seekers. This proposed regulation is a transparent attempt to close our doors, out of fear and ignorance, to all people fleeing violence and persecution. We cannot let this happen. t.co/BIVh4kk0ru
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 15, 2019
MICHAEL L. JOHNSON BECOMES POWERFUL SYMBOL OF NEED TO OVERHAUL HIV CRIMINALIZATION LAWS: Last week, Johnson, a gay athlete convicted of not disclosing his HIV status to sexual partners, was released from prison 25 years earlier than expected. He plans to work with advocates to update laws that stigmatize and unfairly penalize people living with HIV. More from The New York Times.
TUESDAY TWEET — ALAN TURING, GAY PIONEER MATHEMATICIAN AND CODEBREAKER TO BE FEATURED ON £50 BRITISH BANK NOTE. More from NBC, The Washington Post and The Telegraph.
The Bank of England announced gay pioneer mathematician Alan Turing, who is credited by many as the father of modern computing, will be honored on British bank notes starting in 2021. ��€��️�� t.co/ET4qYCayjd
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 15, 2019
REMEMBERING ROSE GREENE, LONGTIME CHAMPION FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS: Greene helped develop the inaugural California AIDS ride in 1994 — a multi-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise funds for HIV and AIDS services. More from Los Angeles Times.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA REJECTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BY ONE VOTE: More from CBC and Pink News.
“FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS NOT FREEDOM TO HARM”: Read this powerful oped by Dr. Justin Koonin (@JustinKoonin), president of ACON (@ACONHEALTH), Australia’s largest LGBTQI health organization, in The Sydney Morning Herald.
MOUNIR BAATOUR OF TUNISIA IS RUNNING TO BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MUSLIM PRESIDENT: More from Independent.
LGBTQ CANADIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DURING THE COLD WAR TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION: More from Pink News.
JAPAN LGBTQ COMMUNITY HOPES UPCOMING ELECTION WILL ADVANCE DISCUSSION ON LGBTQ RIGHTS: More from Japan Today.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Gay Star News spotlights importance of the first Bisexual Health Summit at the 2019 National Sexual Health Conference; OutSports highlights LGBTQ swimming club District of Columbia Aquatics Club (@swimdcac) breaking world records at the International Gay and Lesbian world championship meet
Have news? Send us your news and tips at [email protected]. Click here to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow @HRC for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!
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GLAAD and Social Connection App Chappy provide sweepstakes winner a “phenomenal experience” at WorldPride
This year, New York City hosted WorldPride, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. GLAAD participated in the historic NYC Pride March along with more than 150 individuals, including LaReco Dixon, who joined the GLAAD team this year as the Grand Prize winner of the “Chappy x GLAAD” sweepstakes. LaReco was selected as the winner last December during GLAAD Tidings in Los Angeles. The Grand Prize included travel and accommodations for LaReco and his friend Justin Olson to fly to NYC to attend and experience WorldPride.
Launched in 2017, Chappy is a social connection app on a mission to end the stereotyping of gay men in dating and friendship, one connection at a time. Chappy is driven to create a kinder world both on and offline, and that starts from within the constellation of the gay community. The “Chappy x GLAAD” sweepstakes is just one of the ways Chappy is supporting GLAAD as part of its “Chats for Charity” initiative that launched last November. Every chat initiated by users on Chappy raises money for GLAAD’s work to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ community. This is mirrored in Chappy’s efforts to bring a sense of respect to online dating, with a no-tolerance policy for discrimination in the app.
Read below LaReco’s once in a lifetime experience celebrating WorldPride in the Big Apple, and click here to learn more about Chats for Charity.
One day, I was scrolling through Chappy and saw this opportunity with GLAAD. I didn’t know all the details, but your boy still applied. Then I found out that I won a trip to NYC to attend WorldPride. Even better, I could invite someone to join me! The process of picking someone was very strenuous, but I thought why not bring someone that I love and that I believe would appreciate coming to NYC with me. I decided to invite my podcast co-host and friend, Justin Olson. I couldn’t believe that I was going to bring one of my favorite people to NYC for the first time to help me celebrate a huge milestone for the LGBTQ community.
Moving on, let’s skip weeks ahead. We started to talk about the trip on our podcast and counted down the days before the big weekend arrived. In the words of Miley Cyrus, we “hopped on the plane at LAX,” and we were so anxious, exhausted, and EXCITED all at the same time. After some delays and a cancelled flight, we finally landed in New York City!
We could see the grungy sewage, hear sirens, and smell pizza grease. Getting on the subway for the first time, it still hadn’t hit us that we were actually in New York City. During our trip, Justin and I visited Time Square, the Financial District — where we got to go and remember the people that passed on 9/11 — and Ellis Island where we went to see Ms. Liberty herself (The Statue of Liberty). We also enjoyed staying at one of the most amazing hotels in Manhattan, CitizenM. The accommodations were awesome, but we barely spent time there because we were always out, bursting through the streets with excitement.
My favorite part of the trip was getting to the Pride March. It was quite the teachable moment for us both. We were on our way to the march, but we got held up because of a beautiful demonstration that was happening in remembrance of the riot for Stonewall, given that it was the 50th Anniversary.
We looked fantastic during the march thanks to Express who dressed the whole GLAAD team for this wondrous occasion. Also, I appreciate the two amazing ladies who made me into a glitter monster while we waited to start marching. Justin and I even got the honor of holding the GLAAD banner, which was something we did not expect to receive.
Directly after the march, we met one of the amazing queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11, Ms. Shuga Cain, which was awesome. Justin and I then had dinner together at a restaurant called BJs. Then randomly late in the evening, we ran into my 6th grade teacher, Ms. Bailey Murdock from Darlington Middle School in South Carolina. Now that was a crazy surprise, but I guess that’s what happens when you follow the pull of the universe.
All in all, the trip was a fun ride, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I have more gratitude than I can express for what happened in those 48 hours.
Thank you once again to GLAAD & Chappy for allowing us to experience WorldPride. I have to say my heart is overwhelmed, and I’m so happy to have been a part of this phenomenal experience.
I’m an Official LReco, and I’m outta here.
A big thank you to LaReco and Justin for joining us for WorldPride. You can hear more of LaReco and Justin’s inspiring experience in NYC by listening to their Proud to Be You podcast. Stay tuned for upcoming giveaways and download Chappy, the gay relationship app for men, by clicking the link here.
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