Suicides, Antigay Accusations Sully Elite San Diego School
Suicides, Antigay Accusations Sully Elite San Diego School
Did the principal of a prestigious California academy bully members of the gay-straight alliance?
Thom Senzee
www.advocate.com/education/2015/07/07/suicides-antigay-accusations-sully-elite-san-diego-school
Zea, The Ohio Girl Who Stood Up To A Homophobic Preacher, Raises Money For LGBT Youth
Zea, The Ohio Girl Who Stood Up To A Homophobic Preacher, Raises Money For LGBT Youth
Zea Bowling, the Ohio girl who became an Internet sensation last week when she calmly and quietly waved a rainbow flag as a homophobic preacher screamed at her, is using her newfound fame to make a difference.
An image of Zea (pronounced “Zay-uh”) was turned into a T-shirt by a local artist, and in a video released on Monday, the 7-year-old said she would donate half the funds from sales of the shirt to the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, an LGBTQ youth community center in Columbus.
“I want to donate money from my T-shirts to help kids have fun and be safe,” Zea said in a video released on Monday.
Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states, Zea attended a local arts and music festival with her family. As happened across the country, the event became an impromptu celebration of the decision, and Zea was waving a rainbow flag when the preacher approached and began yelling at her through a microphone.
Instead of backing down, Zea waved her flag in an image that quickly went viral across social media:
#lovewon #mykid #zeabowling #comfest2015 #happycomfest
A photo posted by Ryan Bowling (@bowling.ryan) on Jun 27, 2015 at 10:09am PDT
Ryan Bowling, Zea’s dad, told The Huffington Post via email that she isn’t really conscious of her sudden fame.
“Thankfully, Zea is not on social media, and she doesn’t watch the news, so that has helped to shield her from much of the buzz,” Bowling said. “That having been said, at play-dates, the first thing her friends have said to her has been ‘Zea, I saw you on TV last night!'”
As for Zea’s distinctive name, Bowling said they were looking for something unique and pretty.
“We didn’t want her to ever be mistaken for anybody but herself,” he said.
There’s little chance of that happening now.
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Matt Bomer reveals he could have been Superman
Matt Bomer reveals he could have been Superman
Matt Bomer was cast as Superman in a failed film, he has revealed in a new podcast.
The Magic Mike star says he was cast as the Man of Steel back in the early ’00s on a JJ Abrams scripted film directed by Brett Ratner.
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Bomer remembered playing Clark Kent opposite Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Adams went on to play the role in the 2013 film opposite Henry Cavill.
‘Brett chose me for the project and then it all fell apart,’ Bomer said. ‘It was a very lengthy process to get the role, I think it was over the course of three months because I went in in a cattle call. It sort of evolved from there.
‘It was a month of, “Okay, looks like this is going to happen”. And then it slowly fell apart. I have zero regrets about that, I feel like I’ve gotten to do such a rich array of roles in so many different things.
‘I haven’t been too locked in… I mean that’s a very iconic role to portray, to suddenly be that character in everyone’s minds forever.’
Bomer said the Superman movie was ‘completely different’ to the darker takes that Superman Returns and Man of Steel took, saying it was ‘very light-hearted’ in many ways.
‘It focused on him much more when he was younger and in college,’ he said.
The White Collar actor has actually suited up as the superhero post the failed film, starring in a 2009 Japanese commercial for Toyota Prius and voicing the character in animated film Superman Unbound.
If he had been cast, he would have been the first openly gay actor to portray Superman in a live-action film. Other LGBTI actors include Ian McKellen as Magneto, Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde, and Anna Paquin as Rogue in the X Men films.
Last year, queer actor Ezra Miller was cast as The Flash – becoming the first LGBTI person to lead a superhero franchise. It will be out in 2018.
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Joe Morgan
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Jesus was gay or ‘at the very least’ queer, says theologian
Jesus was gay or ‘at the very least’ queer, says theologian
A theologian has claimed Jesus was gay or at least queer, and maybe even transgender.
Dr Reverend Bob Shore-Goss, who holds a doctorate degree in Comparative Religion from Harvard, said he ‘would love to jump into bed with Jesus’ – for spiritual reasons, of course.
‘At the very least, Jesus was queer,’ the openly gay senior pastor, told Vice magazine.
‘He broke the rules of his culture, of heteronormativity. He subverted masculinities and gender codes in his culture. Queer doesn’t necessarily mean sexual orientation, but it can include that.’
He added: ‘Perhaps he was intersex or trans, because he was born without a father, and therefore was born female and took on the phenotype of a male.’
Shore-Goss said St Paul would probably be described as a closeted homosexual today – ‘they didn’t have those words at the time.’
‘There was no concept of sexual orientation, but there was a concept of gender,’ he said.
‘So, in the Bible, when a man sleeps with another man like with a woman, it’s an abomination. See, the emphasis is on a man betraying his status: He has feminized himself. So it’s a gender violation as opposed to a sexual violation.’
Finally, asked whether Jesus was a top or a bottom, he answered: ‘Versatile.’
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Darren Wee
www.gaystarnews.com/article/jesus-was-gay-or-at-the-very-least-queer-says-theologian/
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Watch Young Women Destroy Gender-Based Barriers #LikeAGirl In Under 3 Minutes
Watch Young Women Destroy Gender-Based Barriers #LikeAGirl In Under 3 Minutes
A powerful new ad is reminding young women that they can conquer their limitations — like a girl.
On July 7, Always released a video called “Unstoppable,” featuring young girls talking about the ways society limits them because of their gender. The spot is a follow-up to Always’ #LikeAGirl Super Bowl ad.
In the three-minute clip, young girls are asked if they’ve ever been told they shouldn’t do something because they’re girls. Every single one of them responds with a resounding “yes.” “All the time. It’s a constant,” says one young woman.
In a survey conducted by Always, 72 percent of girls between the ages of 16 and 24 reported feeling limited by society because of their gender. Over half of the girls surveyed felt they lacked the confidence to pursue their goals after puberty.
“I can’t really like rescue anybody,” one young girl says. “It’s always the boys who rescue the girls in the stories.”
Always is partnering with 18-year-old actress and female empowerment advocate Maisie Williams to encourage girls to overcome the bullsh*t that gets thrown their way. Williams told The Huffington Post that gender-based expectations and stereotypes can be debilitating.
“These expectations have a profound effect on their confidence, especially at puberty. But I believe there are things we can do to change that,” Williams said. “I know what a big role confidence plays in achieving any goal, and I think it is vital for young women to stay confident at puberty and motivated to pursue their passions.”
Toward the end of the video, the girls are asked to write down the limitations they feel society puts on them. Their answers are heartbreaking:
“Can’t be brave.”
“Girls should be perfect.”
“Girls aren’t strong.”
The girls are then asked to write down these limitations on big white boxes. One by one each girl kicks and punches the boxes, metaphorically demolishing the structures that prevent women and girls from advancing every day.
“I think that you need to keep going with whatever you love to do and do anything you want,” says one girl at the end of the video. “You can conquer any fear you’ve had. Just live your dream and do whatever you want to do. That’s why I love the word unstoppable.”
Here’s to girls being unstoppable, brilliant, fearless, strong — and whatever the hell they want to be.
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France swimmer suffers broken nose in anti-gay attack
France swimmer suffers broken nose in anti-gay attack
A French swimmer has suffered a broken nose in an anti-gay attack that forced her to withdraw from a major competition.
Mélanie Hénique, 23, and two female friends were approached by four men as they left a restaurant in Amiens, northern France on 26 June.
‘They asked us for cigarettes but I felt it was not for that,’ she said.
‘We were going to leave but they started insulting us and everything happened very quickly. One of the guys has blocked us, I did not see it coming, the guy hit me, I was completely stunned, I do not know what happened after I saw my friends on the floor. After, we went to emergencies.’
Hénique said she ‘fully accepts’ her homosexuality but preferred to keep her private life private.
However, she felt it was her duty to make public the facts, ‘if only to help all those who dare not complain. It happens too often.’
‘I have been insulted, but have never been hit,’ she continued, without wanting to specify the ‘violent’ homophobic slurs.
‘There was a lot of hatred. Psychologically, it is a shock, I did not expect it at all,’ she said.
‘I went complaint Friday (3 July) in Amiens, where it happened. It was important to go to complain. It is a serious act, homophobic, it is unacceptable, it must be punished.’
Hénique had to postpone training for 10 days after the attack and was a forced to withdraw from the French Open over the weekend.
She won bronze in the 50m butterfly at the world championships in 2011 and has been selected to compete again at the 2014 world championships in Kazan, Russia in August.
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Darren Wee
www.gaystarnews.com/article/france-swimmer-suffers-broken-nose-in-anti-gay-attack/
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Bullying from the Top?
Bullying from the Top?
Accusations that the principal bullied the gay-straight alliance at San Diego’s so-called most progressive high school
Thom Senzee
