Famous Roman Skeletons Found Holding Hands Were Both Male

The relationship between the deceased men remains unknown.

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Debate Question Prompts Pete Buttigieg to Reflect on Decision to Come Out as Gay: WATCH

At Thursday night’s Democratic primary debate in Houston, Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded to a question to candidates about the most serious professional setbacks they’ve faced by talking about his decision to come out as gay.

Said Buttigieg: “You know, as a military officer serving under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and as an elected official in the state of Indiana when Mike Pence was governor, at a certain point, when it came to professional setbacks, I had to wonder whether just acknowledging who I was, was going to be the ultimate career ending professional setback. I came back from the deployment and realized that you only get to live one life and I was not interested in not knowing what it was like to be in love any longer.”

“So I just came out,” added Buttigieg. “I had no idea what kind of professional setback it would be especially because, inconveniently, it was an election year in my socially conservative community. What happened was when I trusted voters to judge me based on the job that I did for them, they decided to trust me and reelected me with 80% of the vote and what I learned was that trust can be reciprocated and that part of how you can win and deserve to win is to know what’s worth more to you than winning.”

Buttigieg continued: “And I think that’s what we need in the presidency right now. We have to know what we are about. And this election is not about any of us up here. It is not about this president, even though it’s hard to talk of anything else some days. It’s about the people who trust us with their lives, a kid wondering if we’re actually going to make their schools safe when they’ve learned active shooter drills before they’ve learned to read, a generation wondering we will actually get the job done on climate change. And if we hold to that, then it doesn’t matter what happens to each of us professionally. Together, we will win a better era for our country.”

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 13, 2019

STUDY FINDS THAT SUBJECTING TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE TO SO-CALLED “CONVERSION THERAPY” IS ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES: “One of the most alarming findings from this study was the association between exposure to gender identity conversion efforts during childhood and a four-fold increased odds of lifetime suicide attempts,” said lead author Dr. Jack Turban, a resident physician in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. “We hope our findings contribute to ongoing legislative efforts to ban gender identity conversion efforts.” More from Fenway Health and The Washington Post.

FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY — PARENTS AND STUDENTS JOIN UNITY WALK & RALLY AT KANSAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO SUPPORT TRANSGENDER STUDENT TARGETED BY HATE GROUP: Residents lined the sidewalks in support, as hundreds joined a joyful, supportive rally outside Brookwood Elementary School in Leawood. HRC’s Parents for Transgender Equality National Council member Debi Jackson (@the_debijackson) and her husband joined the walk. Watch Shannon O’Brien’s (@ShannonOBTV) inspiring report at Fox 4 KC. 

CHILDREN’S BOOK JULIÁN IS A MERMAID WINS PRESTIGIOUS KLAUS FUGGE PRIZE: The book, about a celebration of individuality and the power of being seen and affirmed, is featured as a part of HRC’s “Jazz & Friends National Day of School and Community Readings.” More from PinkNews and HRC.

And the winner is…..
Jessica Love for ‘Julian is a Mermaid’!
Huge congratulations to Jessica on this wonderful book ����#KlausFluggePrize2019 pic.twitter.com/7ofXDtJ305

— Klaus Flugge Prize (@KlausFluggePr) September 11, 2019

“YOU BELONG TO THE HEART OF THIS CHURCH”: At a gathering of young Catholics in the D.C. area, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory welcomed a transgender man, Rory, who asked what place he had in the church. Replied Gregory, “There is nothing that you may do, may say, that will ever rip you from the heart of this church… So if you’re asking me where do you fit, you fit in the family.” More from Washington Blade.

MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS HEAR TESTIMONY ON ADDING AN “X” GENDER MARKER TO STATE IDS: More from WHDH 7 News Boston. 

HRC REMEMBERS LGBTQ TRAILBLAZER & CIVIL RIGHTS ICON EDIE WINDSOR, WHO PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO YESTERDAY: More from HRC. 

As a leader and icon in the fight for equality, Edie Windsor, who passed away two years ago today, became a hero to millions & her advocacy continued well beyond the Supreme Court.

Thank you, Edie, for pushing our country closer to the promise of a more perfect union. #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/SeboDVGOSd

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 12, 2019

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

CARIBE AFIRMATIVO, UNA ORGANIZACIÓN LGBTQ DEL CARIBE COLOMBIANO, REPORTA 74 CANDIDATOS ABIERTAMENTE LGBTQ PARA LAS REGIONALES: En colaboración con Victory Fund Institute, el estudio revela que los candidatos pertenecen a 18 diferentes partidos políticos. Más de El Heraldo.

CHILEAN LGBTQ GROUPS FORMALLY REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT BE REQUIRED TO BRING MARRIAGE EQUALITY MEASURE TO CONGRESS: Groups denounce the Pinera government for failing to uphold a previously agreed to settlement to “promote” marriage equality. More from The Associated Press. 

• El Senado de Chile podría votar sobre matrimonio igualitario en octubre. Más de El Heraldo. 

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Bowen Yang to become first openly gay Asian cast member on SNL

As a leader and icon in the fight for equality, Edie Windsor, who passed away two years ago today, became a hero to millions & her advocacy continued well beyond the Supreme Court.

Thank you, Edie, for pushing our country closer to the promise of a more perfect union. #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/SeboDVGOSd

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 12, 2019

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AOC’s Face Burns into Skulls in Ad Aired by ABC During Debate: WATCH

#BoycottABC trended on Twitter after the network aired an ad that featured Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face burning until it changed into a pile of skulls. The ad featured Elizabeth Heng, a former Republican House candidate in California, and was financed by her campaign donors.

The Daily Beast reports: “The ad is the product of New Faces GOP PAC, an independent expenditure political group created in March. The group has raised about $170,000 so far, largely from a number of five-figure individual and corporate donors in California. New Faces GOP appears to be purely a Heng-related venture. Of the group’s 22 publicly disclosed donors, Federal Election Commission records show that at least 13 of them also contributed to Heng’s 2018 congressional campaign, which she lost to Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) by 15 points.”

AOC responded to the ad on Twitter: “Republicans are running TV ads setting pictures of me on fire to convince people they aren’t racist. Life is weird! … Know that this wasn’t an ad for young conservatives of color – that was the pretense. What you just watched was a love letter to the GOP’s white supremacist case.”

Heng responded: “”Not Republicans. Me. Are you really calling me a racist @aoc? I’m calling all Democrats out for supporting an evil ideology. Or are you just in Congress to hang out with celebrities and tweet out ridiculous ideas like the green new deal?”

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