Valerie Harper Was the Friend Every Gay Man Wanted
Harper, and her beloved character of Rhoda, were beautiful and kind underdogs.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/8/30/valerie-harper-was-friend-every-gay-man-wanted
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Coming Out (Rome, Italy)
Coming Out (Rome, Italy)
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Rome (Roma in Italian) is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 496.1 square miles (1,285 square kilometers), it is also the country’s most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits, and the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome’s history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city’s early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Urbs Aeterna in Latin or La Città Eterna in Italian) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the “Caput Mundi” (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban program aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural center of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centers of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the center of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
The historic center of Rome is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
School Principal Who Fought to Ban Books Over ‘Homosexual Content’ Arrested for Lewd Photos of Children
School Principal Who Fought to Ban Books Over ‘Homosexual Content’ Arrested for Lewd Photos of Children
Philip Todd Wilson, a former Kentucky school principal who ten years ago fought to ban books said to include “homosexual content” has been arrested and charged on 30 offenses related to possession and distribution of sickening photos of children.
The Winchester Sun reports: ‘According to Wilson’s arrest citation, state troopers in Richmond received a complaint Tuesday morning that Wilson possessed “explicit child p*rn*graphy” and had distributed it to another individual. KSP Detective Austin Brashear said in the citation that he interviewed Wilson and found approximately 15 images, and that he had distributed them within Clark County. … Wednesday morning, Clark District Judge Cole Adams Maier entered an automatic not guilty plea for Wilson, because the charges are all felonies. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 4. Maier appointed a public defender for Wilson, but left his $25,000 cash bond unchanged, including conditions that he have no contact with minor children or any Clark County schools.’
In 2009, Wilson campaigned to ban several books including Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson, Deadline by Chris Crutcher, Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles, and Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
According to one report from 2009, “The novels apparently portray teenagers who are struggling with dysfunctional families, sexual desire and thoughts of suicide.”
‘The Lexington Herald-Leader reported at the time that some parents complained the novels “contain foul language and cover topics — including sex, child abuse, suicide and drug abuse — unsuited for discussion in coed high school classes.”
Risha Mullins, the teacher who had the books in her classroom, would later write in a blog post that a parent of a student who chose to read “Lessons from a Dead Girl” emailed her along with Wilson, the superintendent and school board members and claimed she taught “soft pornography.”
Wilson and Montgomery County High School administrators eventually decided to pull the books in question from Mullins’ classroom, the teacher wrote in a post that was later deleted but archived in part by a blog dedicated to censorship issues.
Mullins wrote that several letters to the editor in the community newspaper targeted her in the weeks following the book ban and that colleagues stopped talking to her.
One of the authors, Jo Knowles, spoke out on Facebook following Wilson’s arrest: ‘The principal of the Kentucky high school who fought to ban my book, LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL (for “homosexual and other inappropriate content”) along w/ bks by Laurie Halse Anderson, Chris Crutcher & Neal Schusterman was just arrested on child p*rn*graphy charges (possession and distribution). He’s charged with fifteen counts of distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor, and fifteen counts of possessing matter portraying sexual performance by a minor. I was a very new author at the time all this happened and the press coverage was overwhelming. I was horrified by the accusations he and the superintendent made. And heartbroken for the brave teacher, Risha Allen Mullins who stood up for our books and faced so much unfair criticism.
I am having a lot of feelings right now. As I said to some friends last night when I got the news, “You can’t make this shit up.”‘
Anderson spoke out as well: “A man tried to ban Speak from school & public libraries in 2009 cuz it was “pornographic.” I wrote an op-ed in his newspaper & said anyone who finds the rape of a 14-year-old sexually exciting has serious problems. Poisonous leaders use their power to protect their evil.”
A man tried to ban Speak from school & public libraries in 2009 cuz it was “pornographic.” I wrote an op-ed in his newspaper & said anyone who finds the rape of a 14-year-old sexually exciting has serious problems.
Poisonous leaders use their power to protect their evil.@OIF t.co/4GwT2S5lJ1
— Laurie Halse Anderson (@halseanderson) August 28, 2019
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Actor Gabrielle Ruiz Speaks at 2019 HRC San Diego Dinner
Actor Gabrielle Ruiz Speaks at 2019 HRC San Diego Dinner
Kids’ Book Author Raymond Arroyo Bashes Boys Who Do Ballet on Fox News
Kids’ Book Author Raymond Arroyo Bashes Boys Who Do Ballet on Fox News
The author of the Bible-inspired Will Wilder series of children’s books mocked Lara Spencer for apologizing for her insensitive comments about boys and ballet.
www.advocate.com/media/2019/8/30/kids-book-author-raymond-arroyo-bashes-boys-who-do-ballet-fox-news
Don’t tell Lara Spencer, ‘Swan Lake’ with all-male swans is coming, and it is amazing
Don’t tell Lara Spencer, ‘Swan Lake’ with all-male swans is coming, and it is amazing
The breathtaking ballet sensation is back! Go see this show!
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Trans Woman Beaten on Oregon Beach After Using Women’s Restroom
Trans Woman Beaten on Oregon Beach After Using Women’s Restroom
A cisgender woman who’d seen Lauren Jackson in the restroom complained to her husband, who is now accused of attacking the trans woman.
www.advocate.com/crime/2019/8/30/trans-woman-beaten-oregon-beach-after-using-womens-restroom
Meet Teddy Quinlivan, Chanel Beauty’s first openly transgender model
Meet Teddy Quinlivan, Chanel Beauty’s first openly transgender model
Teddy Quinlivan just landed a sweet gig: the out-transgender model will step in as a new face of Chanel Beauty cosmetics.
Quinlivan also becomes the first-ever out-trans model hired by Chanel. She took to Instagram to share the announcement with her fans.
“I find I don’t cry anymore when things are sad, but isn’t it interesting when we shed tears in moments of triumph,” she wrote. “This was one of those triumphant cry moments for me. My whole life has been a fight. From being bullied at school consistently, kids threatening to kill me and going into graphic detail how they were going to do it, my own father beating me and calling me a fagot, to receiving industry blowback after speaking publicly about being sexually assaulted on the job… This was a victory that made all of that sh*t worth it.”
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In the same post, Quinlivan goes on to detail her early work on the runway living “in stealth;” that is, hiding her transgender identity. She also feared that coming out would damage–even ruin–her career as a model. Instead, she’s on the rise.
Related: Meet Victoria’s Secret’s first out-transgender model
“The world will kick you down, spit on you, and tell you you’re worthless,” she says with steadfast humility. “It’s your job to have the strength to stand up and push on, to keep fighting, Because if you give up then you will never experience the tears of triumph.”
In addition to her work with Chanel, Quinlivan has also appeared in campaigns for Milk Makeup, Redken, and Maison Margiela Fragrances. Her hiring as a spokesperson is just the latest in a number of fashion and beauty brands featuring transgender women as spokespeople. Earlier this year, model Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender model hired by Victoria’s Secret.
