2018-02a Bangkok Chinatown 2019 (12)
Matt Hahnewald posted a photo:
Close-up street portrait (outdoor headshot, two-third view and sideways glance) of a young Thai beauty, posing for the camera in front of colourful Chinese good-luck souvenirs at a stall in Bangkok’s Chinatown at Chinese New Year 2019 CE;
Yaowarat, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand.
More context:
Favoring Bangkok’s Chinatown (photo blog),
Doing a Background Check (photo blog),
Catching the Thai Smile (photo blog).
Steven Anderson Says Westboro Baptist Church Too Openly Homophobic
Says a pastor who has called for the murder and extermination of LGBTQ people.
Adam DeVine shares his unfiltered thoughts on “butt stuff”
Adam DeVine is the latest celebrity to participate in Buzzfeed’s thirsty tweet video series. The 35-year-old actor and his Workaholics co-star Blake Anderson recently sat down to read some of the filthiest things being written about them online.
Related: WATCH: Adam DeVine screens his explicit Netflix scene for his dad as they compare sizes
“Adam DeVine could call me a bitch and I would still let him tear me open,” one particularly parched fan tweeted.
“How about I call you nice names and then I enter?” DeVine suggested instead before lamenting about the “too aggressive” youth of America. “I want to caress and enter, not call you a bitch and tear you open.”
“I have a wide hole for Adam DeVine,” another fan tweeted, prompting DeVine to wonder aloud, “Does anyone want a wide hole?”
Related: Adam DeVine describes the sounds his body made when he filmed that explicit Netflix scene
And then there was this gem: “When will Adam DeVine eat my ass?”
Unfortunately for whoever tweeted that, the Pitch Perfect star isn’t down with analingis.
“Hey, I’m not going to,” he replied. “These kids are all into butt stuff, wide open, eating butts. When did the eating butts thing take over?”
Watch.
Pulse Survivors Headlining ‘Ex-Gay’ ‘Freedom March’ 10 Minutes from Nightclub
Two survivors of the Pulse Nightclub massacre who say that they’re no longer gay are headlining an “ex-gay” “Freedom March” 10 minutes from where the mass shooting that killed 49 people took place. The march is set to take place on September 14.
Newsweek reports: ‘The event is one of many such rallies put on across America by the Freedom March organization, which celebrates “freedom from homosexual/transgender lifestyles by the grace and power of Jesus Christ,” according to its website. The last Freedom March was held in June 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Orlando rally will take place at Lake Eloa Park, about 10 minutes away from the Pulse nightclub, which has become something of a memorial to anti-gay violence and America’s mass shooting epidemic. Organizers are promoting the involvement of two survivors of the Pulse shooting, Luis Javier Ruiz and Angel Colon, both of whom no longer identify as gay.’
The magazine adds: “Ruiz and Colon have also founded Fearless Identity, an organization that encourages people to reject their LGBT identities. Ruiz says they founded the ministry after receiving backlash for identifying as ex-homosexuals.”
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Pulse Survivors Headlining ‘Ex-Gay’ ‘Freedom March’ 10 Minutes from Nightclub
Senator Sherrod Brown and Connie Schultz Speak at 2019 HRC Dinner
Lesbians Rejected From Church Where They Met—A Year Later
Church leaders held a formal vote and sent a nasty letter reminding the lesbians they remain really unwelcome.
www.advocate.com/religion/2019/8/19/lesbians-rejected-church-where-they-met-year-later
CNN Tracks the ‘Meteoric Rise’ of Randy Rainbow: WATCH
CNN’s New Day profiled Randy Rainbow on Monday morning. John Berman sat down with our favorite political, “Emmy-nominated, national touring, A-level, lyrical-writing” musical theatre satirist and “all-around force of nature” to find out where he came from (Hooter’s), what makes him tick, and where he’s going:
It. Is. His. Real. Name.
Everything you always wanted to know about @RandyRainbow
but were afraid to ask. (including the truth about @Hooters) @NewDaypic.twitter.com/ftGxmJcSNb— John Berman (@JohnBerman) August 19, 2019
Said Rainbow: “As long as there’s news and controversy and as long as there are racist, anti-Semitic misogynistic bigots looking for a comeback, I’ll be here.”
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 19, 2019
HRC CONDEMNS TRUMP-PENCE EFFORTS TO ABANDON PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES: “The Trump-Pence administration’s filing today is both legally and morally unjustifiable,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow (@SarahWarbelow). “Their argument is un-American, anti-business and flies in the face of decades of federal case law, including established Supreme Court precedent. There can be no justification for such a narrow interpretation of the term ‘sex.’ Our community will not be silent, and we will not be erased.” More from HRC and the Washington Blade.
“Our community will not be silent, and we will not be erased.” @HRC condemns Trump-Pence and @TheJusticeDept’s brief submitted arguing that transgender people are not protected by Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination. t.co/j5QBLfu8Ui pic.twitter.com/7UvEQWxVif
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) August 18, 2019
ICYMI — HRC WELCOMES SEN. SHERROD BROWN AND CONNIE SCHULTZ TO CLEVELAND GALA, HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID DELIVERS FIRST GALA REMARKS: “In unity, we fight to be treated equally under the law. In unity, we fight to have our families treated fairly,” said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid). “In unity, we fight for society to recognize and respect us for who we are. In unity, we fight for the day we can stop fighting.” More from HRC.
Thank you Cleveland for such a warm and generous welcome to my very first @HRC dinner as President. And thank you @SenSherrodBrown and @ConnieSchultz for your incredible leadership and @JeffreyBChapman for your powerful words. pic.twitter.com/9PWZQvn9V7
— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) August 18, 2019
HRC ENDORSES U.S. REP. COLIN ALLRED AND TEXAS STATE REP. JULIE JOHNSON: “Congressman Allred is the type of leader we need in Washington: passionate, committed and focused on improving the lives of his constituents,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “Texas State Representative Julie Johnson has been a change-maker since joining the Texas House in 2018, and we know she will continue to fight fiercely for her fellow LGBTQ Texans once reelected.” More from HRC.
MUST LISTEN MONDAY: Elizabeth Coffey-Williams shares the heart-breaking story of being blocked from seeing her siblings when she came out as transgender in the 1960s, and how finding support at her local hospital enabled her to live her truth — and eventually reunite with her family. More from StoryCorps and NPR.
In the late 1960s, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams’ family kicked her out after she came out as transgender — before many knew what that meant.
Her 11-year-old brother helped welcome her back.t.co/wKIfenei3H
— NPR (@NPR) August 16, 2019
MORNING MUST READ — HRC’S JAY BROWN WRITES FOR USA TODAY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AN AFFIRMING FAMILY FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH: “When a child comes out as transgender, it’s important that they’re met by an affirming family. Sadly, many trans youth face rejection. Sometimes that rejection is blatant and ugly, other times it’s cloaked in what appears to be good intentions,” writes HRC Foundation Senior Vice President Jay Brown (@ThisIsJayBrown). “Fortunately, many parents are meeting the occasional difficulty with a determination to support their child.” Read more here.
“When a child comes out as transgender, it’s important that they’re met by an affirming family.” – @HRC‘s @ThisIsJayBrown writes for @USATODAY on embracing trans youth and the importance of school support in the face of family rejection t.co/G4EbtCBIPX
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) August 18, 2019
ICYMI — HRC RELEASES ANNUAL HEALTHCARE EQUALITY INDEX: A record 680 health care facilities actively participated in this year’s survey, and, even as Trump-Pence continue their assault on LGBTQ-inclusive health care, 406 of them earned a top score of 100. HRC President Alphonso David launched the HEI in Columbus, Ohio, as part of his cross-country #WeAreHRC tour. More from The Columbus Dispatch, WOSU and PRIZM.
Today we’re in Columbus, OH with our partners at @EquitasHealth to launch @HRC’s 2019 Healthcare Equality Index. As the Trump-Pence administration continues to attack the most fundamental rights of LGBTQ people, it is crucial that healthcare institutions stand with our community. pic.twitter.com/dwi6puAGEi
— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) August 16, 2019
TRIAL IN CASE OF HATE-MOTIVATED KILLING OF GEORGIA GAY MAN HEADS TO STATE SUPREME COURT: Last week, Magistrate Court Judge Nora Polk ruled there was enough evidence for the case to proceed. More from Atlanta Journal Constitution.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
HOW RUSSIA’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT THE PUTIN REGIME FOR 20 YEARS: “LGBTI people in Russia have turned out to be very strong. People have fought back. They’ve got organised. And they’ve come out in growing numbers and with defiant self-confidence,” Igor Kochetkov, co-founder of the Russian LGBT Network, writes for Metro.
MUST READ IN HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW — HOW MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS ADVANCE GLOBAL EQUALITY: Read the full piece from HBR.
OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON (@JimWatsonOttawa) COMES OUT AS GAY IN OP-ED FOR OTTAWA CITIZEN: Read more from the Advocate.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
AL.com covers Birmingham’s second annual Black LGBTQ pride festival.
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!
www.hrc.org/blog/am-equality-tipsheet-august-19-2019?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
‘If She Could See Me Now’
A2N0Y6A posted a photo:
I don’t often photograph much that is personal to me.
For 4 years i’ve focused on the city and nature around me in the Pacific Northwest but this is a special photograph to me and since Flickr is now the main home of my portfolio and where i’m found daily online and will continue to be… I’d like this here as well.
This is my Mother. She passed when i was 17 in 1992 after many years of struggling with health issues. She was bipolar like i am and she also battled schizophrenia which i do not suffer from. Her life wasn’t easy but she was an amazingly kind and compassionate person. Her intentions earlier in life were to become a Nurse but i happened and she ended up focusing on family life instead.
When i was young my Catholic family in Massachusetts where i am originally from weren’t very happy with my wanting to play with dolls and at one point wanting to put on dresses. She was the only person who not only was supportive of me but also made sure i knew she loved me and that there was nothing wrong with me, it was a matter of other people taking issue because they were uncomfortable with things in life.
Age 44 now approaching 3 years on HRT Estrogen Hormones i appear different, i’m finally happy and far more well adjusted in my own body and for the first time in life i feel OK. It’s been 27 years since i’ve seen her but one thing is certain:
If she could see me now she’d still be on my side and that means the world to me. I have no family otherwise at this point in life.
*The photograph of her was taken i believe when she was a Senior in High School, a couple years before i was born. I only have a few photos of her and this is my favorite, how i remember her best from when i was little.
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