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Waitaminute, these guys trust THIS guy?!

Waitaminute, these guys trust THIS guy?!

TheIrishDevil posted a photo:

Waitaminute, these guys trust THIS guy?!

Oh, when I first met you I did not think it would ever lead to this.
No, I did not think I’d have ever got the chance to witness this.
No, but here we are and you just closed the door to your room…

And now we’re alone.

Black boots, tight jeans, blonde hair, red lips, those looks could kill.
I can’t stop myself from staring, standing so still.
The way you look at me with that smile and those eyes,
And next thing I know you start to dim the lights…

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My thanks to SLAM // kink & stuff, Short Leash, and After Midnight Fashion! I’m pleased and humbled that these brands enjoy my style enough to allow me to play with all of their fun goodies.

For everyone who follows me for reasons other than product features (which is most of you), fear not! I’m going to continue shooting in my usual style and incorporating all sorts of gear and goods into my photos just like I always have. I’ve actually already been doing it for quite a few months. I’m exceptionally selective when I approach a brand or a brand approaches me – I need to appreciate their stuff enough to actively, truly be inspired by it otherwise it’s not a good fit. These folks are enabling me to be even more artistic and creative, definitely not less.

This version of the photo is meant for the blogger and ad groups. Clean version available here.

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SLAM // kink & stuff – attic skybox

SLAM’s attic is a full skybox in rustic-modern attic styling with plaster and brick walls, exposed rafters, and configurable lighting. Materials enabled, two rooms. Find it at The Man Cave Event for January, and afterwards in SLAM’s Marketplace as well as inworld. Check out more angles of the attic and the full details here. I also have another shot in-progress that utilizes the skybox’s side room – check back for that!

SLAM // kink & stuff – low table

The low table is a chameleon-style piece of fully materials enabled furniture – when not in use it looks like a relatively innocuous coffee table. The moment you want it to however, it transforms into a nicely featured low cage with RLV and both solo and couples animation options. Available in three versions: One that transforms as described here, a functional dungeon-only cage version, and a decorative-only coffee table version. Check out the full details here. Originally available at Man Cave, but now purchasable in SLAM’s Marketplace as well as inworld.

Short Leash – Sadistic Pleasures Crop & Sadistic Pleasures Paddle – used as decor among the other tantalizing toys here, but both are texture-configurable props with bento handhold poses included.

All Short Leash and SLAM creations are original mesh and materials enabled for your pleasure.

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Also featuring Not So Bad’s Leandro Suit Trousers, and an array of toys and tools from brands such as Emerald Dust, Artisan Fantasy, Philotes and Flaks.

Body featured is Legacy Masculine, using Clef de Peau skin.

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NEWS

Cynthia Nixon headed to Broadway…with Ellen?

Cynthia Nixon headed to Broadway…with Ellen?

Via Wikimedia Commons

Actress Cynthia Nixon has announced she will wade into directing with a new production of the iconic lesbian drama Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. Ellen DeGeneres and Lily Tomlin have also signed on to produce along with Harriet Newman Leve, Portia de Rossi and Jane Wagner.

The New York Times has announced that Nixon, known both for her role in Sex and the City and for her run for Governor of New York in 2018, will mount the first-ever Broadway production of the 1980 play. Upon its off-Broadway debut, playwright Jane Chambers won praise for her depiction of lesbian life–a rarity on stage, even by today’s standards. The plot follows a group of lesbian women vacationing at the island of Bluefish Cove one summer, joined by a straight woman who hasn’t figured out that she’s surrounded by queer women.

Related: Cynthia Nixon is running for governor and memers are losing their sh*t

“None of the women in this play apologize for being lesbians,” Chambers told The Times in 1981. “They accept it and go on to lead productive lives. I don’t know why that should be a threat to people.”

An opening date, venue and cast have yet to be announced, though the play is set to open sometime this year.

www.queerty.com/cynthia-nixon-headed-broadway-ellen-20200114?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

NEWS

Mass Extinction, Cardi B, James Murdoch, Michelle Malkin, Drop Bear, River Phoenix, Tina Turner, Nico Tortorella: HOT LINKS

Mass Extinction, Cardi B, James Murdoch, Michelle Malkin, Drop Bear, River Phoenix, Tina Turner, Nico Tortorella: HOT LINKS

James Murdoch

JAMES MURDOCH. Murdoch son blasts News Corp and FOX News Channel over climate change denial: “Kathryn and James’ views on climate are well established and their frustration with some of the News Corp and Fox coverage of the topic is also well known. They are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in Australia given obvious evidence to the contrary.”

TOO LATE. UN Convention on Biological Diversity sounds alarm on sixth mass extinction: “Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet’s sixth era of mass extinction, according to a United Nations agency.“

MICHELLE MALKIN. Prince Harry has been emasculated by Hollywood.

The Emasculation of Prince Harry in Six Pictures.

The toxic impact of SJW Hollywood feminism on Western man cannot be understated. pic.twitter.com/wMLNQ6uzOk

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 13, 2020

OKURRRR. Cardi B may run for Congress.

HERE WE GO AGAIN. Russians hacked Ukrainian company at center of impeachment. “The Russian tactics are strikingly similar to what American intelligence agencies say was Russia’s hacking of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign. In that case, once they had the emails, the Russians used trolls to spread and spin the material, and built an echo chamber to widen its effect.”

Chairman Schiff tells @maddow that he is a “bit distressed” that he first learned about the Russian hacking effort of Burisma from the New York Times report and that the Intelligence Community has not come to the Intel Committee with any information about it.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 14, 2020

MADE-FOR-TV DRAMA. What Trump wants from his impeachment trial: “The biggest gamble now is the White House’s decision to put Pat Cipollone, the top attorney, out in front as the face of the president’s defense. While Cipollone is known as a well-respected litigator within conservative circles and a close ally of the president, his chops on TV remain unproven at best.”

MCCONNELL. Trial could start Tuesday…

$7.2 BILLION. Trump diverting funds from Pentagon to pay for border wall. “The administration will take $3.5 billion from counterdrug programs and $3.7 billion from military construction funding, according to internal planning figures obtained by the Post, compared to $2.5 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively, last year.”

NOT YET. Booker holding off on endorsement following exit from race: “I’ve got to get started on securing another six years in the Senate.”

007. Is Billie Eilish singing the next James Bond theme?

THIS SMELLS LIKE MY VAGINA. Gwyneth Paltrow offers up unique candle.

PRANK OF THE DAY. British reporter tricked into wearing a full body armor suit to handle a “drop bear” (aka koala). “So drop bears are a close cousin of the koala, but they’re actually really vicious. So it’s sort of like a dingo and a normal domestic dog. They’re bigger, they’ve got longer claws, they’ve actually got really small fangs, and the interesting thing about the fangs is they have a really mild venom.”

HOLLYWOOD ISSUE OF THE YEAR. Vanity Fair’s annual magstravaganza.

JOKER INTERVIEW OF THE DAY. Anderson Cooper talks to Joaquin Phoenix about his late brother River’s influence.

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Hayley Kiyoko “She”.

BROADWAY PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY. “River Deep/Mountain High” from TINA: The Tina Turner Musical.

TRAILER OF THE DAY. Morbius.

TV TRAILER OF THE DAY. Night on Earth.

TATTOO TUESDAY. Nico Tortorella.

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Mass Extinction, Cardi B, James Murdoch, Michelle Malkin, Drop Bear, River Phoenix, Tina Turner, Nico Tortorella: HOT LINKS

NEWS

HRC to Honor Naomi Campbell, Kristin Chenoweth & PVH Corporation at the 19th Annual Greater NY Gala

HRC to Honor Naomi Campbell, Kristin Chenoweth & PVH Corporation at the 19th Annual Greater NY Gala

Today, HRC announced that award-winning supermodel, philanthropist and businesswoman Naomi Campbell will be honored with HRC’s Global Advocacy Award, award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will be honored with the Ally for Equality Award, and PVH Corporation (PVH Corp), owner of iconic brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, will be honored with the HRC Corporate Equality Award at the 19th Annual HRC Greater New York Gala on Saturday, February 1 at the Marriott Marquis. 

“Naomi Campbell is a global change-maker and cultural innovator. As an outspoken human rights advocate, Naomi has used her international platform to address humanitarian issues, including women’s rights, environmentalism and the global HIV and AIDS epidemic impacting millions of people around the world,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “As a trailblazer and world-renowned figure in the modeling and fashion industry, Campbell has been a fierce champion for diversity and inclusion in the industry. We are incredibly excited to honor Naomi Campbell with HRC’s Global Advocacy Award at the 2020 HRC Greater New York Gala.”

“Kristin Chenoweth is a dynamic, multi-faceted artist who has used her platform to lift up the LGBTQ community,” added David. “On the stage, screen and beyond, Chenoweth is leaving her mark while proudly standing with us as a powerful ally and advocate. We are excited to honor Kristin Chenoweth with the HRC Ally for Equality Award at the 2020 HRC Greater New York Gala.”

“As a fashion industry leader, PVH Corp’s commitment to LGBTQ equality is making a real difference in the lives of their employees and customers,” said David. “The Human Rights Campaign applauds PVH Corp’s continued advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ people, and we look forward to honoring them with the HRC Corporate Equality Award at the 2020 HRC Greater New York Gala.”

One of the five original supermodels, Naomi Campbell is one of the most prolific and influential profiles of contemporary culture today, fronting the covers of more than 1000 magazines and featured in advertising campaigns that included Burberry, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino. As a barrier-breaking leader, Naomi was the first Black model to appear on the cover of TIME magazine, French and Russian vogue as well as the first British Black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue. Through the years, she has been outspoken on diversity and inclusion in the modeling and fashion industry. With an international platform, Campbell has been actively engaged in an array of nonprofit initiatives across the globe — from human rights and global health to environmentalism. Her most prominent work for Africa began when she met the late Nelson Mandela in the early 1990s, who named Campbell as an “Honorary Granddaughter” for her endless activism. In 2005, Naomi founded her own non-profit Fashion For Relief, which presented charity fashion shows around the world to raise millions for various global crisis. As an advocate for HIV and AIDS research, Campbell has also addressed the need to end the global HIV and AIDS epidemic impacting millions of people around the world.

Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voiceover and stage. Chenoweth is best known for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway, for which she received a Tony Award in 1999, and she was also nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in the musical Wicked. In 2009, she received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Pushing Daisies. Chenoweth has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards and a People’s Choice Award for her role on Glee. As an outspoken person of faith, Chenoweth has often used her platform to speak out against the discrimination of LGBTQ people. She has also actively engaged in educational initiatives, including creating “Places! The Kristin Chenoweth Tour Experience,” an educational program that works to cultivate arts education across the globe. 

Through its leadership in the fashion industry, the PVH Corporation has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to equality for all Americans, including advocacy for LGBTQ Americans in the workplace. PVH Corporation has shown support to the LGBTQ community across the United States in combating various anti-LGBTQ legislations and partnered on campaigns and efforts around ongoing issues facing LGBTQ Americans.

“We’re proud to be recognized by HRC for taking a stand on LGBTQ+ rights and we’ll continue to use our voice and collective power to work towards equality and acceptance within our workplace, our industry and the world at large,” said Emanuel Chirico, Chairman & CEO, PVH Corp. “At PVH, our longstanding commitment to inclusivity is embedded in our culture and the way we do business. We believe that every individual should feel empowered to be themselves and express who they are.”

Set to take place at the Marriott Marquis, the 2020 HRC Greater New York Gala, the first since HRC opened its New York office, brings together HRC’s most active members and supporters in the greater New York area to raise crucial funds in the fight for LGBTQ equality. Tickets and further information are available at www.hrc.org/events/hrc-greater-new-york-gala.

www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-to-honor-naomi-campbell-kristin-chenoweth-pvh-corp-at-new-york-gala?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

NEWS

Victory! Arizona Sex Education Bill Requiring Teachers to Instruct LGBTQ Students to be Abstinent Stopped

Victory! Arizona Sex Education Bill Requiring Teachers to Instruct LGBTQ Students to be Abstinent Stopped

Source: The Hill

GLAAD today celebrated what appears to be the end of SB 1082, a dangerous bill introduced by anti-LGBTQ activist, Arizona Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen.

Arizona State Rep. Daniel Hernandez just confirmed that the Arizona Senate Education Committee canceled a hearing for the bill which was scheduled for today. His tweet is available below:

Your work has paid off!

SB1082 has been stopped and will not be heard today in the Senate. Your calls tweets and emails have shown that discrimination is not an AZ value. #StopSB1082

CC: @AZLGBTQ t.co/W57GhLGsbG pic.twitter.com/fikSk4ZR9U

— Representative Daniel Hernandez Jr (@danielforaz) January 14, 2020

GLAAD has been working to shine national attention on the bill alongside Arizona-based organization ONE Community, a coalition of socially responsible businesses, organizations, and individuals who are moving diversity, inclusion, and equality forward for all Arizonans.

According to ONE Community, SB 1082 would have:

  • Required teaching abstinence to LGBTQ and other students,
  • Prohibited age appropriate and medically accurate sex education before seventh grade, which goes against the recommendations of Republican Governor Doug Ducey’s task force to prevent sexual abuse, and
  • Froze out sex education in both district and charter schools by threatening schools with lawsuits from individual parents and connecting health education with crimes against children.

SB 1082 was first introduced by State Senator Allen earlier this year, and after public outcry, was quickly amended to remove language that included “homosexuality” in a list of topics that would be banned from sexual education classes.

LGBTQ talent including Manny MUA, Trace Lysette, and Joey Graceffa also spoke out against the bill on Twitter. 

This. Cannot. Be. Passed. Absolutely not!!!!!! This would require teachers to teach ABSTINENCE ONLY to LGTBQ kids…. no no no t.co/m3rVO9v1U0

— Manny MUA (@MannyMua733) January 14, 2020

SB 1082 Requires teaching abstinence to LGBTQ and other students.
Prohibits age appropriate and medically accurate sex education before seventh grade. Yikes… @glaad t.co/eeOpbiaASk

— Trace Lysette (@tracelysette) January 14, 2020

TAKE A MOMENT TO READ ABOUT THIS. Teaching “abstinence-only” in schools is not only extremely dated, but harmful & dangerous to today’s youth. Teaching safe-sex and consent is the only way. t.co/TNRETuaPSg

— Joey Graceffa (@JoeyGraceffa) January 13, 2020

Arizona State Rep. Daniel Hernandez today spoke out: “With the cancellation of today’s hearing on the anti LGBTQ SB1082 our faith has been renewed that hate is not an Arizona value. We must continue the fight and be vigilant but today we can breathe a sigh of relief. We look forward to the day that all Arizonans can work, live, and thrive without fear of discrimination that is enshrined in law.”

Angela Hughey, President and Co-Founder of Arizona’s ONE Community and ONE Community Foundation: “The State Senate’s decision to not hear SB1082 is victory for LGBTQ students in Arizona. We thank the Senate for listening to stakeholders across the state about the harmful impacts of this bill by saying no to Sen. Allen’s dangerous legislation. We will continue to work to educate our community about the positive benefits of inclusive policies for all Arizonans, including LGBTQ Arizonans.”

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis also spoke out today: “Phenomenal LGBTQ leaders like ONE Community and local elected officials made sure Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen’s shocking anti-LGBTQ bill had no place in Arizona’s legislature. State Senator Allen had no business introducing a poorly researched and irresponsible bill to the state legislature, and it’s a relief that LGBTQ Arizonans will not be placed in jeopardy due to one person’s selfish, and ill-informed agenda.”

Previously, Arizona State Representative Daniel Hernandez and State Senator Tony Navarrete both spoke out against SB 1082 in a video released on Twitter:

I joined my colleague @NavarreteAZ co chair of the @AZLatinoLC to talk about a bad bill moving this Tuesday t.co/p8uymPXJXz

— Representative Daniel Hernandez Jr (@danielforaz) January 10, 2020

In 2019, Arizona elected leaders came together in a bipartisan fashion to repeal the harmful and discriminatory “no promo homo” law, a decades-old law that prevented LGBTQ students from receiving accurate information in health education classes and banned schools from sexual education that “promoted a homosexual lifestyle.” Republican Governor Doug Ducey signed the repeal into law.

The 2015 Arizona Youth Risk Behavior survey by the Williams Institute of UCLA School of Law found that 47% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual students in Arizona had seriously considered suicide compared to 15% of non-LGB students in the prior year. SB 1082 would ban potentially life-saving information from reaching at risk students.  

According to ONE Community, parents in Arizona already have the right to see all educational materials that will be used in their children’s classrooms.  All parents in Arizona can keep their own children out of sex education classes because no student participates in a sex education curriculum unless their parents give written permission. SB 1082 would ban education for other people’s children.

Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen has a long history of opposing equality for LGBTQ Arizonans and spouting controversial rhetoric about other marginalized communities. She was a staunch opponent of the successful repeal of Arizona’s “no promo homo” laws last year. Prior to that, she advocated for a state constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality, writing: “same sex marriage is about forcing all within our society regardless of religious or traditional beliefs to accept radical changes which will have far reaching consequences. Consequences that change the very core of our society and how it functions. The loser will be the children who must endure the selfish desires of adults.”

During a 2015 debate on a bill allowing people to bring concealed weapons into public buildings, she attracted national attention for suggesting: “Probably we should be debating a bill requiring every American to attend a church of their choice on Sunday.” Last year, State Senator Allen apologized following widespread criticism for a speech she gave in which she spoke about the “browning” of America and said “we’re going to look like South American countries very quickly.”

January 14, 2020

www.glaad.org/blog/victory-arizona-sex-education-bill-requiring-teachers-instruct-lgbtq-students-be-abstinent

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