This hunky gay meteorologist is showing off his home workout routine and so much more

Adam Joseph is a beloved meteorologist from Philadelphia. Like many of us, he’s been going a little stir crazy while in quarantine. So to help pass the time, he’s launched a new online series called “At Home With Adam,” in which he offers viewers an inside glimpse at life with his husband and their two kids.

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Adam, who Buzzfeed named the “second-hottest TV anchor in the world” in 2017, has been posting all sorts of fun videos, sharing some of his favorite cocktail recipes, teaching how to make your own barometer, and showing off his creative home workout routines.

Here he is demonstrating how to make a curl bar out of a broomstick…

And here he is showing how to turn your sofa into a leg presses machine (with an added assist from his daughter, Hannah)…

But it doesn’t stop there. Adam has also been busy doing home demolition projects…

Building garden boxes…

Making molten lava cakes…

And cutting his own hair…

Seriously, is there anything this guy can’t do?!

Scroll down for more pics from Adam’s Instagram page…

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Colorado Cafe Packed with Unmasked Customers, Employees at Illegal Mother’s Day Reopening in Defiance of State’s COVID-19 Regulations: WATCH

A Colorado cafe was flooded with unmasked Mother’s Day customers when it reopened in defiance of the state’s COVID-19 public health orders which allows only takeout and delivery services.

Nick Puckett, a reporter’s for Colorado Community Media filmed the crowd packing the cafe. One customer cheered for Puckett, flashing a ‘thumbs-up’ sign.

Governor Jared Polis issued a statement through his deputy press secretary Shelby Wieman: “These restaurants are not only breaking the law, they are endangering the lives of their staff, customers, and community. Under Safer at Home, restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, and other similar places of public accommodation offering food or beverage for on-premises consumption are still closed.  Delivery and drive-up service is available. Coloradans can contact their local public health department if they believe someone is violating Safer at Home.”

The restaurant released a statement on Twitter, saying, “We are standing for America, small businesses, the Constitution and against the overreach of our governor in Colorado!!”

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Elton John posts beautiful tribute to Little Richard

Elton John is among the many figures from the entertainment world to pay tribute to rock’n’roll icon, Little Richard, who died on Friday in Nashville at the age of 87. His cause of death was cancer.

Posting a photo of Little Richard in his heyday to Instagram, John said, “Without a doubt – musically, vocally and visually – he was my biggest influence. Seeing him live in my teens was the most exciting event in my life at that point. Goosebumps, electricity and joy came from every pore. His records still sound fresh and the opening few seconds of “Tutti Frutti” are the most explosive in music history.

“I was lucky enough to work with him for my “Duets” album in 1993. He was shy and funny and I was SO nervous. The track we recorded “The Power” is a favourite in my catalogue.

 

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“We also played live at the Beverly Hilton and I felt like I’d died and gone to heaven. He influenced so many and is irreplaceable. A true legend, icon and a force of nature. #RIP Little Richard.”

Related: Elton John’s kids sing him happy birthday and it’s adorable

Born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon, Georgia, in 1932, Little Richard achieved worldwide fame in early 1956 with his breakthrough hit, ‘Tutti Frutti’ – achieving chart success as a nascent rock’n’roll icon just before Elvis Presley.

He went on to have 15 chart hits in three years, including classics such as ‘Long Tall Sally’ and ‘Lucille’.

His flamboyant and wild stage act electrified audiences. Before his mainstream success, he was already an experienced showman. He’d performed as a drag queen called Princess LaVonne in the early 1950s with various vaudeville acts.

Offstage, his personal life was just as wild as his stage persona. He was twice arrested for lewd conduct in the 1950s, having a fondness for using a female friend to pick up men, and then watching her and the man have sex in the back of his car.

The original lyrics for ‘Tutti Frutti’ were concerned with anal sex: “If it don’t fit, don’t force it / You can grease it, make it easy.” However, these were changed before the song was committed to vinyl.

He was later open about attending orgies and sleeping with men, variously describing himself in one interview as “omnisexual” and telling Penthouse in 1995, “I’ve been gay all my life”.

However, a victim of the times he lived in and his upbringing, Little Richard had conflicting views on his sexuality over the decades, sometimes denouncing homosexuality as “unnatural”, and briefly once turning his back on rock’n’roll in the late 50s to become a preacher.

Related: Little Richard says he’s no longer gay, has abandoned all ‘unnatural affections’ toward men

Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan were among the many others to pay tribute to the rock pioneer. Jagger tweeted, “I’m so saddened to hear about the passing of Little Richard. He was the biggest inspiration of my early teens and his music still has the same raw electric energy when you play it now as it did when it first shot through the music scene in the mid ’50s.

“When we were on tour with him I would watch his moves every night and learn from him how to entertain and involve the audience and he was always so generous with advice to me. He contributed so much to popular music. I will miss you Richard, God bless.”

Dylan tweeted, “I just heard the news about Little Richard and I’m so grieved. He was my shining star and guiding light back when I was only a little boy. His was the original spirit that moved me to do everything I would do.”

Paul McCartney tweeted, “I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it. He would say, ‘I taught Paul everything he knows’. I had to admit he was right.

“In the early days of the Beatles we played with Richard in Hamburg and got to know him,” McCartney continued. “He would let us hang out in his dressing room and we were witness to his pre-show rituals, with his head under a towel over a bowl of steaming hot water, he would suddenly lift his head up to the mirror and say, ‘I can’t help it cos I’m so beautiful.’ And he was.”

Writer and director Ava DuVernay (Netflix‘s When They See Us), recalled how Little Richard had generously helped her when she was a struggling creative trying to get a break in the business.

“I served soul food brunch to Little Richard every Sunday for a year while waitressing at Aunt Kizzy’s Back Porch in LA,” DuVernay tweeted.

“I was a college student. He tipped me a crisp $100 bill each week on a $75 breakfast with friends. This was 30 years ago. Helped me so much. God rest his soul.”

 

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Rest In Peace, Magnificent One, Creator of the Preen and the Rock and Roll Scream. God Bless You, Little Richard.

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Trump Launches Attack on ‘Meet the Press’ Host Chuck Todd After Network Says it ‘Inadvertently’ Cut Short Clip of Bill Barr Clucking ‘History is Written by the Winners’ — WATCH

NBC News’ Meet The Press anchor Chuck Todd is under fire from Donald Trump and conservatives after the network admitted it had “inadvertently and inaccurately” presented a quote from Attorney General Bill Barr without its full context. The interview’s topic was the Justice Department’s inexcusable dropping of charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, which former president Barack Obama said puts the “rule of law at risk.”

In the clip, Barr responded to a question from Todd, who asked, “When history looks back on this decision, how do you think it will be written?”

In the shortened clip, Barr said, “Well, history is written by the winners. So, it largely depends on who’s writing the history.”

Todd then told commentator Peggy Noonan that he was “struck by the cynicism of the answer, adding, “It’s a correct answer. But he’s the attorney general. He didn’t make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job.”

In the full clip, Barr had added, “But I think a fair history would say that it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law. It helped, it upheld the standards of the Department of Justice and it undid what was an injustice.”

NBC News said that it “inadvertently” cut the clip short.

Trump, of course, seized on the moment to fuel his argument that the “fake news” media is out to get him, and called for Todd’s firing.

Trump also spent the weekend firing off attacks on Obama, after the former president’s remarks about Flynn and Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Said Obama: “The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed — about the Justice Department dropping charges against Michael Flynn. And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”

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#AM_Equality: May 11, 2020

ICYMI — HRC & GLSEN HOSTED AN LGBTQ+ VIRTUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY ON FRIDAY: The ceremony honored the LGBTQ+ high school and college graduating class of 2020. As the country is encouraged to practice social distancing, many institutions are canceling or postponing their graduation ceremonies; this effort honored the nearly half a million LGBTQ+ students HRC estimates are graduating this spring, who may be impacted by these cancellations and who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Watch the ceremony here. 

• Speakers and performers in the virtual ceremony included: HRC President Alphonso David; GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard; Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA); Josie Totah; Shangela; Bob the Drag Queen; Eureka; Shea Diamond; Dillard University President Walter M Kimbrough; Marshall Fundamental Secondary School (Pasadena, Calif.) Principal Mark Anderson; University of Central Arkansas 2020 student and former HRC Youth Ambassador Lucas Segal; South Carolina State University 2020 student Charles C. Patton; Class of 2020 high school students Jessica Chiriboga; Elle Smith and HRC Youth Ambassador Nhandi. 
• For a full list of all of HRC’s efforts and resources during the COVID-19 global health crisis, please visit this link.

MUST WATCH MONDAY — CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY BY ENSURING FAMILIES EVERYWHERE HAVE SUPPORT TO GROW & THRIVE: HRC research shows too many LGBTQ families do not have access to paid leave. It’s time every home has access to paid family leave. Learn more from HRC. 

Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day by ensuring families everywhere have the support they need to grow and thrive. �� @HRC research shows too many LGBTQ families do not have access to paid leave. It’s time every home has access to paid family leave. #MothersDay t.co/4bxyjX3F5S pic.twitter.com/AZU8SoNBrX

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 10, 2020

LGBTQ HELPLINES SEE SURGE IN CALLS AS QUEER COMMUNITIES FACE ISOLATION AND LOCKDOWN IN UNWELCOMING HOMES: More from PRI. 

THE 2020 CENSUS STILL DOESN’T ASK ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, BUT LGBTQ PEOPLE MUST STILL COMPLETE IT: More from Vice.  

The #2020Census may lack questions regarding one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, but it’s more important than ever that LGBTQ people respond to protect many of the programs they depend on. t.co/B9fHAnCCFD

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 8, 2020

IN THE STATES

ACTION MUST BE TAKEN AFTER THE KILLING OF AHMAUD ARBERY: HRC has called for action to bring his killer to justice and prevent future bias-based crime. “State legislators must stop turning a blind eye to the persistent scourge of bias-motivated crimes and work swiftly to enact fully-inclusive hate crime protections,” said HRC Senior Legislative Counsel Xavier Persad. Read more from USA Today. 

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GABRIELLE UNION (@itsgabrielleu) AND DWYANE WADE (@DwyaneWade) SHOW SUPPORT TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY AMID PANDEMIC: More from UPI. 

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

GERMANY PASSES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT LGBTQ YOUTH FROM SO-CALLED “CONVERSION THERAPY”: Germany becomes the fifth county in the world to ban conversion therapy, joining Malta, Ecuador, Brazil and Taiwan. In the United States, currently 18 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico all have laws or regulations “protecting youth from this harmful practice.” More from The Hill. 

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The Advocate remembers David Carter, a historian who wrote a definitive book on the Stonewall riots

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