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Op-ed: A Letter to Heather and Her Two Mommies From Their Creator
Op-ed: A Letter to Heather and Her Two Mommies From Their Creator
Back in 1989 an LGBT-themed children’s book titled Heather Has Two Mommies incited condemnation from conservatives — and adoration from LGBT families. With her book being reissued, author Lesléa Newman has some words for her most famous character.
Lesléa Newman
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/04/13/op-ed-letter-heather-and-her-two-mommies-their-creator
New resolve over LGBT legislation
New resolve over LGBT legislation
HARRISBURG — A backlash over a controversial Indiana law is spurring new resolve among supporters of legislation to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in this state. Bills to include members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
thetimes-tribune.com/news/new-resolve-over-lgbt-legislation-1.1862837
Op-ed: The Pink Mob Strikes Again
Op-ed: The Pink Mob Strikes Again
Here’s the case that our social media frenzy played into the hands of equality opponents.
Jim Patterson
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/04/13/op-ed-pink-mob-strikes-again
Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race Condragulations tour @ The Ritz, Manchester
Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race Condragulations tour @ The Ritz, Manchester
RuPaul’s Drag Race Condragulations tour arrived at The Ritz in Manchester on Sunday night
Baby, I was born this way
Baby, I was born this way
On the heels of President Obama announcing his support for the banning of conversion therapy, WGN’s Hannah Stanley talks with nuclear engineer and LGBT activist, Sam Brinton about the next steps.
'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Returns With A Flashback, Funeral And New Nemesis
'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Returns With A Flashback, Funeral And New Nemesis
Finally, “Game of Thrones” returned on Sunday night, and the Season 5 premiere definitely lived up to all the hype. The first episode of the new season had murder, a funeral and dragons, aka everything you’d want and expect from “Game of Thrones.” Beyond that, the premiere caught us up with every major character except Arya (don’t worry, we’ll see her in Episode 2), setting up the unquestionably crazy season to come.
Spoiler alert for Season 5, Episode 1, “The Wars to Come”
Here’s what happened:
The first-ever flashback
Although showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff made a rule that they would avoid flashbacks in the series, they broke that rule this season. The episode opened with a flashback to Cersei’s childhood when she visited a fortune teller known as Maggy the Frog. The woman answered twp questions, telling young Cersei things we’ve already seen: she’ll become Queen and have three children.
Tywin’s funeral
Charles Dance wasn’t gone for good after the Season 4 finale. The actor returned for one final scene: Tywin’s funeral.
Tyrion and Varys arrive in Pentos
Varys finally let Tyrion out of the wooden crate he was locked up in while traveling across the sea. The two arrived in Illyrio’s palace in Pentos and Varys explained his mission to Tyrion: to unite him with Daenerys to assist her in taking over the Seven Kingdoms. Will the two finally meet this season? (Spoiler: according to these leaked set photos, yep!)
Wait, is that Lancel Lannister?!
After Tywin’s funeral, a young man with a buzz cut approaches Cersei whom she calls cousin Lancel. Remember him? Lancel used to be awkward and skinny with long blond hair. He was the one responsible for feeding Robert Baratheon so much wine before the King was killed by a boar and who had a secret affair with Cersei. We last saw Lancel in Season 2, but now he’s back, looking much more grown up as a devout follower of the Faith of the Seven religion. After his conversation with Cersei, it’s clear Lancel will become a major nemesis to her this season.
Chaos reins in Meereen
The first death of the season comes in a completely unexpected moment. An Unsullied visits a brothel (just to cuddle!) when suddenly one of the Sons of the Harpy, a group of Meereenese noblemen rebelling against Dany, cuts his throat.
R.I.P. Mance Rayder
Mance Rayder is a man of dignity and will take a knee for no man. Jon Snow tries to talk the leader of the Free Folk into pledging allegiance to Stannis as he marches South to defeat Roose Bolton. When he refuses, Stannis has Mance burned to death until Jon shows mercy and shoots him with an arrow.
Sansa and Littlefinger leave the Vale
After watching Robin’s pathetic sword fighting, Sansa and Littlefinger depart from the Vale to head elsewhere. But where are they going? Wherever it is, it looks super close to where Brienne and Podrick are.
Pissed off dragons
Dany checks on two of her dragons, Rhaegal and Viserion, who are chained up underground. To put it simply, they are pretty pissed and breathe a bunch of fire at her. The kids are not happy.
“Game of Thrones” airs on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO.
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Hillel hosts Passover Seder
Hillel hosts Passover Seder
On Saturday, April 4, Lawrence’s chapter of Hillel, a Jewish campus organization, hosted a Passover Seder in the Warch Campus Center to celebrate the recent Jewish holiday.
Clinton Announcement Features Historic Representation of LGBT Individuals, Families
Darren Criss Loves Drag, Meryl Outsings Gaga And Is Kristen Stewart Dating A Girl?
Darren Criss Loves Drag, Meryl Outsings Gaga And Is Kristen Stewart Dating A Girl?
Do we really need a remake of the brilliant, un-improvable The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The folks at Fox think we do.
Darren Criss was asked by a Broadway.com reporter how he looks in drag for his upcoming stint in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. “Mama look good,” he replied, “She’s real pretty.”
Tongues are wagging about the relationship between Kristen Stewart and her female assistant who were spotted holding hands recently. Check out some of the pics here.
Are you still mad about Boy George? The pop icon will be the subject of an upcoming reality series.
Be on the lookout for Seed Money, a fascinating-sounding new doc about Chuck Holmes, who was renowned as the “gay Hugh Hefner,” which is on the festival circuit.
In her next film Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep plays the lead singer of a cover band and performs a rendition of Lady Gaga‘s “Bad Romance” that director Jonathan Demme says blows away the original version.
Jeremy Kinser
