#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: November 9, 2015
Bruni takes on transphobia; Mormon Church breaks silence on controversial new policy; Rhode Island to remove Medicaid exclusions for transgender patients; Mississippi Couples challenge state’s adoption ban; And more.
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www.hrc.org/blog/entry/am-equality-tip-sheet-november-9-2015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
When Growing Old Makes You Invisible As A Gay Person
“LGBT seniors are going back into the closet because that fear is real. You just know when they don’t want you there,” says one elderly participant in a new documentary Gen Silent about the largely unreported issue of homophobic home care workers intimidating the people they should be assisting.
The show takes a hard look at aging in the gay community, where seniors are less likely to have children or close contact with family and in turn more likely to age alone.
Below, an exclusive clip from the show followed by the trailer, which airs November 9th on LOGO at 9 p.m. ET/PT:
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Dan Tracer
Hal Sparks: I Was Proud to Do ‘Queer As Folk’ Gay Sex Scenes – WATCH
In a new YouTube video, actor Hal Sparks addresses a question he often gets about his time on seminal gay TV show Queer As Folk: were the sex scenes “uncomfortable because they’re gay sex scenes and you’re straight?”
Says Sparks,
“The reality is no, it had no bearing on my discomfort or comfort in doing the scene at all. The sexual aspect, who the partner was in these particular scenes, had no bearing on my comfort level…The discomfort that I felt [on Queer As Folk] ever was mainly physical to the environment…I felt so proud that we were actually shooting something worth doing, that it just never came up.”
Watch Sparks explain his experience with the gay sex scenes from Queer As Folk below:
[h/t Instinct]
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Sean Mandell
Hal Sparks: I Was Proud to Do ‘Queer As Folk’ Gay Sex Scenes – WATCH
The Devious New Conservative Plan To Turn LGBT People Against Each Other
A Change.org petition to “Drop the T” from LGBT is trying to turn the gay community against transgender equality.
The post The Devious New Conservative Plan To Turn LGBT People Against Each Other appeared first on ThinkProgress.
Zack Ford
thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/11/09/3720478/change-petition-transphobia-wedge/
Out Magazine's OUT 100 List Features Caitlyn Jenner, Robbie Rogers And More
As 2015 winds to a close, Caitlyn Jenner can add “Newsmaker of the Year” to her ever-growing list of accomplishments this year.
The 66-year-old Olympic champion, who came out as transgender in an April interview with Diane Sawyer, nabbed that prestigious title on Out magazine’s OUT 100 list for 205. Meanwhile, “Portlandia” creator and star Carrie Brownstein was honored as “Artist of the Year,” and British singer-songwriter Olly Alexander is the “Breakout of the Year.”
Jenner told the magazine that she’s “terribly excited about the future” after what’s turned out to be a banner year.
“I want to be excited about life always. For the longest time, I was not. I isolated myself from the world. I never felt like I fit in anywhere,” Jenner told the magazine. “Today that’s all changed.”
Each year Out magazine chooses 100 of the most compelling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the world to create its OUT 100 list. Honorees are chosen from all walks of life, and include actors, writers, politicians, activists, sports figures and artists, among others.
Also featured on the 2015 list are U.S. soccer star Robbie Rogers, “Looking” actor Russell Tovey and “Cosby Show” icon Raven-Symoné. Check out the full OUT 100 here, and check out a selection of the list below.
Congrats to the honorees!
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Open Question: If no one has a problem with flying a LGBT flag then no one should have a problem with flying a confederate flag right?
I mean if we’re really going to be about letting people be “who they are” we should allow it, after all most people don’t even know what the civil war was really about. this is all besides the fact the confederate flag was just the country flag of the CSA, just like how the American flag is USA’s country flag, it’s essentially just a symbol.
HRC Honors LGBT Elders Day
Today, HRC Honors LGBT Elders Day.
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John Barrowman’s Naked Bum Steals The Spotlight In Otherwise Boring Press Shot
We aren’t entirely sure what’s going on in John Barrowman’s latest Instagram photo, and frankly, we don’t care.
The Doctor Who and Arrow actor was posing for a photo in Louisville, KY, when he donned a cheeky smile, pivoted and presented for the camera.
And those are the only facts that matter to us at this time.
Here’s the full moon rising:
It’s all about the #Barrowbum #Arrow Thanks Louisville:) jb
A photo posted by johnscotbarrowman (@johnscotbarrowman) on
Of course, this wasn’t the first flash of flesh we’ve seen from Barrowman.
Related: Remember Aaron Carter? Well Here’s What His Butt Looks Like.
He put a refreshing spin on those “NOH8” photos in 2013 by finding some creative real estate for the logo:
#Barrowbum for life.
Dan Tracer
Jim Broadbent: Ben Whishaw Thriller About Gay Spy Is ‘Not A Gay Story’
Actor Jim Broadbent says that London Spy, the upcoming BBC thriller about a gay spy who unwittingly gets his lover (Ben Whishaw) dragged into a nefarious world of espionage, is not inherently a “gay story.”
“It’s not a gay story. It’s not about that. It’s about these particular guys, who happen to be gay, who are in the midst of this maelstrom of an unfolding tale.”
As previously reported, London Spy‘s central story emerges out of a gay relationship. The Guardian describes the plot thus:
Subtler and more romantic than your usual spook fare, the plot spirals out of a gay love story – surely the first such intrigue in a mainstream TV spy drama – and is propelled by Whishaw’s perpetually downtrodden Danny. Working in a stock room by day and frequenting Vauxhall’s clubs by night, Danny is, says Whishaw, a bit lost. But everything changes when he bumps into the beneficent, enigmatic Alex (Edward Holcroft) on Lambeth Bridge in the early hours after a night out. The two characters are vastly different: Alex is an awkward and eloquent maths genius; Danny is, despite his circumstances, cheeky, charming and boyish. But they click and a relationship blossoms. All this time, Danny believes Alex to be an investment banker, but he is in fact a gifted MI6 spy. And when the latter suddenly disappears and the police start asking difficult questions, Danny gets sucked into the shadowy, subversive, terrifying world of espionage. […]
After Alex vanishes, the main relationship we follow is between Danny and Scottie, Jim Broadbent’s character. An elderly, wise but wounded figure, Scottie used to work in the secret services, and acts as a kind of mentor to Danny[…] There are also hints of unrequited love between the pair, an original set-up for the typically macho world of the spy thriller.
London Spy was penned by gay writer Tom Rob Smith and premieres tonight on BBC 2 in the UK.
Watch the trailer for the film below:
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Jim Broadbent: Ben Whishaw Thriller About Gay Spy Is ‘Not A Gay Story’
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