Dallas Police Arrest Suspect in Transphobic Shooting

Domingo Ramirez-Cavente faces charges of aggravated assault after allegedly shooting a transgender woman.

www.advocate.com/crime/2019/9/25/dallas-police-arrest-suspect-transphobic-shooting

WATCH: Same-sex domestic violence explored in powerful new music video

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Tom Goss has just released his latest video. He told Huffington Post that “La Bufadora”, was inspired by a trip to Mexico with his husband.

Whilst there, he saw La Bufadora: a marine geyser or blowhole located on the Punta Banda Peninsula in Baja California, Mexico. When the ocean slams into the rocks, it shoots up from the opening in a spectacular explosion.

The phenomenon reminded Goss of how arguments in relationships can explode – sometimes spilling over into domestic violence.

Related: How showering with a college wrestling team made singer Tom Goss think he was asexual

For the video, Goss recruited actor Daniel Franzese to play his fictional partner. The two men are shown enjoying good times but also arguing, with Franzese at one point grabbing Goss by the throat.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a similar sort of relationship, be warned you may find the video triggering.

“As humans, we can be so volatile or wounded at the drop of a hat,” Goss told Huffington Post.

“Sometimes it is a choice we make, sometimes it is the deep-seated triggers that live within our bodies and minds. Just like La Bufadora, we ebb and flow, rest and explode.”

The video concludes with Goss walking away from the relationship. The film, directed by Michael Serrato, carries information on domestic abuse helplines. Goss says he wanted to remind people they possess, “the power to change their own lives”

Of working with Goss, Franzese said, “I think what Tom is doing here is showing a real vulnerable side of him and sharing fears and also bad memories along with really intimate thoughts and situations that most artists don’t always let us see.”

Related: WATCH: Tom Goss Hosts A “Bearbeque” For Wet And Wild Bears

Franzese will appear in two more films with Goss, which will be released to coincide with the latter’s new album, Territories, out October, 11.

Proceeds from the “La Bufadora” video will be donated to The National Domestic Violence Hotline and the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Intimate Partner / Domestic Violence Outreach.

Tweeting about the video yesterday, Goss reminded anyone experiencing abuse to reach out for help: “Domestic violence is alive in well in the LGBTQ community. It is up to us to stop it. If you need help, the @ndvh & @LALGBTCenter are standing by.”

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Mattel Introduces World’s First Gender-Neutral Doll: WATCH

Mattel this week is introducing the company’s first gender-neutral doll line “designed to keep labels out and invite everyone in—giving kids the freedom to create their own customizable characters again and again.”

TIME reports: ‘The doll can be a boy, a girl, neither or both, and Mattel, which calls this the world’s first gender-neutral doll, is hoping its launch on Sept. 25 redefines who gets to play with a toy traditionally deemed taboo for half the world’s kids. Carefully manicured features betray no obvious gender: the lips are not too full, the eyelashes not too long and fluttery, the jaw not too wide. There are no Barbie-like breasts or broad, Ken-like shoulders. Each doll in the Creatable World series looks like a slender 7-year-old with short hair, but each comes with a wig of long, lustrous locks and a wardrobe befitting any fashion-conscious kid: hoodies, sneakers, graphic T-shirts in soothing greens and yellows, along with tutus and camo pants.’

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Ocean Vuong, Gay Poet and Former Refugee, Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow

The writer, who once lived in a refugee camp in the Philippines, is now the recipient of the prestigious Genius Grant.

www.advocate.com/people/2019/9/25/ocean-vuong-gay-poet-and-former-refugee-named-2019-macarthur-fellow

Hotel of the Week: A ‘tempting’ stay at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas
Going to Las Vegas Pride on Oct. 12? This would be a great place to stay—

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UFC Fighters Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens Exchange Anti-Gay Slurs in Hotel Lobby: WATCH

UFC fighters Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens exchanged anti-gay slurs in a hotel lobby in Mexico City following a match in which Rodriguez allegedly poked Stephens’ eye, injuring it enough that the bout was called off. The hotel argument erupted after Rodriguez accused Stephens of faking the injury.

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3 solid kicks in less than 13 seconds, Isn’t that a record? 3 patadas sólidas en menos de 13 segundos, ¿no es un récord?

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In a video posted to YouTube by the UFC site Indiscutido, Rodriguez and Stephens call each other “pussy” and faggot” in the lobby of the JW Marriott hotel on Sunday morning before being separated by their respective security teams.

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