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Rapper Malka Red Accidentally Creates Gay Anthem With Her Single ‘Boy Booty’
Rapper Malka Red Accidentally Creates Gay Anthem With Her Single ‘Boy Booty’
“Well, I guess…boy booty is…OK,” says the character of Malka Red’s reluctant friend towards the end of the rapper’s video for her aptly named song “Boy Booty.”
The video, which has been steadily racking up views since it was released earlier this month, centers around the almighty boy booty, and while it takes Malka some time (and ample booty) to get her friend to come around on the topic, gay men certainly don’t need any nudging.
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In an email to Queerty, Malka writes, “It’s a response to sexism I’ve experienced in the music industry, and it’s also been a hit within the gay community. A friend told me I had ‘accidentally created a gay anthem.’”
Accident or not, we’ve long held that men deserve a little objectification every now and then. Call it a leveling of the playing field, or just call it hot.
Malka likes boy butt and she cannot lie; we’re with her.
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Prop. 8 Lawyer Ted Olson Joins Legal Fight Against North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’
Prop. 8 Lawyer Ted Olson Joins Legal Fight Against North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’
Prop. 8 lawyer Ted Olson has joined the Human Rights Campaign in their legal effort to support the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against North Carolina’s discriminatory bathroom bill, HB 2.
HRC announced on Wednesday that Olson will write an amicus or ‘friend of the Court’ brief in support of the DOJ’s suit.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch last week announced the lawsuit against North Carolina and Governor Pat McCrory for violating the rights of transgender citizens.
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Olson, who previously served as the U.S. solicitor general under George W. Bush, has argued dozens of cases in front of the Supreme Court. The conservative lawyer became an unexpected ally of the left when he took up the case against Prop 8, the California ballot measure banning same-sex marriages, in 2009. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court in 2013, when the justices upheld a lower court’s decision to overturn the ban.
“HB2 discriminates against fellow citizens because of who they are,” Olson said in a statement. “This law directly challenges the legitimacy of the identity of transgender persons and then compels them to deny it every time they use a public restroom. There can be no doubt that this is bad for business in North Carolina.”
HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement,
“HB 2 is a hateful piece of legislation that has not only harmed thousands of people across North Carolina, but hurt companies and damaged the state’s economy. We are proud that Ted Olson, one of the nation’s leading conservative legal minds, will lead a brief on behalf of the business community and advocate for the equal rights and dignity of transgender Americans.”
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Seychelles Lawmakers Approve Measure to Decriminalize Gay Sex
Seychelles Lawmakers Approve Measure to Decriminalize Gay Sex
The Republic of the Seychelles, the archipelago nation off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, has moved to decriminalize gay sex.
An amendment to change the country’s criminal code passed in parliament with 14 votes in favor, 14 abstentions, and 4 members not present. There were no votes opposed to the bill.
The Seychelles’ current ban on gay sex is a holdover from British colonial rule. Any person found guilty of sodomy could be sentenced to 14 years in jail.
The Seychelles News Agency reports:
The proposal was first made by President James Michel in his State of the Nation address. Island church leaders were against the proposal but said God’s love applies to everyone. A leader from the gay and lesbian community said she appreciated the fact that no members of parliament voted against it.
A representative from the ruling Parti Lepep – which holds 31 seats in parliament — said that politicians need to fight for equality, including that of sexual preference.
“While we appreciate the diversity of races, politics and religion, on the other hand as a country we are treating sexual orientation and diversity seperately,” said Chantal Ghislain, who represents the nation’s inner islands.
The newly appointed Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, who attended her first sitting on Tuesday, also voted in favour.
Before the vote on Tuesday, Seychelles Foreign Affairs Minister Joel Morgan addressed critics of the change who say the amendment would codify sin: “A sin is not determined by the government but by religion. Each individual needs to follow his or her conscience on the issue.”
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Hillary Clinton Calls for End to HIV Criminalization: WATCH
Hillary Clinton Calls for End to HIV Criminalization: WATCH
Hillary Clinton called for an end to HIV criminalization in a video recorded for attendees at the HIV is Not a Crime convention in Huntsville, Alabama this week.
Clinton urged the U.S. to increase research, expand access to PrEP, and bring down the cost of prescription drugs. She promised to reform outdated and stigmatizing criminalization laws and “enforce civil rights laws to fight HIV-related discrimination, stigma, and injustice.”
The conference unites and trains advocates living with HIV and allies in the U.S. about laws criminalizing PLHIV and teaches strategies and best practices for repealing those laws
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Clinton recently met with HIV/AIDS activists in New York City.
Said activist Peter Staley following the meeting:
“We started about an hour late, but she stayed well beyond our budgeted 45 minutes — over an hour, in the end. A frank exchange. It was a first step in what we all agreed would be an ongoing process with her campaign. No surprise — she’s an HIV wonk.”
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Seychelles Decriminalizes Same-Sex Activity
Seychelles Decriminalizes Same-Sex Activity
The Seychelles, an island state in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, today became the latest country to decriminalize male same-sex activity. Female same-sex relations are not criminalized in the country.
The breakthrough followed years of debate, and the government’s commitment in 2011 to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council that it would decriminalize same-sex activity. The pledge came during the island state’s Universal Periodic Review before the UN.
“I am over the moon that we have finally won this long struggle,” Ronny Arnephy, Vice-Chair of LGBTI-Sey, told HRC. “Now that the bill has passed, it paves the way for same-sex marriage and adoption. Our actions won’t stop here, and we will keep moving forward until we have full equality for Seychelles’ LGBTI community.”
Since 1955, Section 151 of the Seychelles Penal Code has criminalized consensual same-sex activity, with penalties of up to 14 years in prison if convicted. The law was rarely enforced.
“This victory gives hope and encouragement to activists around the world,” said Ty Cobb, Director of HRC Global. “We congratulate the LGBTQ community in Seychelles on their watershed accomplishment, and for joining a host of other nations, including the U.S., that have banished LGBT criminalization laws to the dustbin of history.”
With this vote, the number of countries that criminalize LGBTQ people drops to 74.
Five countries have decriminalized same-sex activity since 2011. In July 2015, Mozambique revised its Portuguese colonial-era code that criminalized same-sex sexual activity. Other countries that have decriminalized same-sex activity in recent years are Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe in 2012, and Lebanon and Palau in 2014.
While gradual progress continues to be made, there have also been setbacks. India’s Supreme Court re-criminalized same-sex acts in 2013, overturning a lower court’s 2009 ruling to decriminalize by “reading down” the notorious Section 377, which had been declared unconstitutional.
This decriminalization vote follows the release of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) and Logo entertainment’s historic report on global attitudes towards LGBTI people. The report found that 53 percent of respondents say that being LGBTI should not be a crime. This is the first survey showing that a majority of the world’s population supports the decriminalization of same-sex activity.
www.hrc.org/blog/seychelles-decriminalizes-same-sex-activity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Seth Meyers Gives a History Lesson on Bathrooms
Seth Meyers Gives a History Lesson on Bathrooms
Bathrooms have a political history that goes back to the 1800s, says Seth Meyers.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/18/seth-meyers-gives-history-lesson-bathrooms
Nation's Largest Latino Civil Rights Group Joins LGBTs in N.C. Boycott
Nation's Largest Latino Civil Rights Group Joins LGBTs in N.C. Boycott
National Council of La Raza pulled its convention from North Carolina protest of the anti-LGBT HB 2.
This Ad Campaign on Being Asian and LGBT Is Overdue
This Ad Campaign on Being Asian and LGBT Is Overdue
www.advocate.com/families/2016/5/18/ad-campaign-being-asian-and-lgbt-overdue
gc2016 May 18 silent procession in plenary
gc2016 May 18 silent procession in plenary
United Methodist News Service posted a photo:
Activists support each other following a silent march through the May 18 plenary session of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. They are protesting what they believe is an attempt to silence LGBTQ voices. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.
