Kentucky Lawmaker: Fine Schools $2,500 Every Time a Trans Student Uses 'Wrong' Bathroom

Kentucky Lawmaker: Fine Schools $2,500 Every Time a Trans Student Uses 'Wrong' Bathroom

Last week Senator C.B. Embry, Jr. introduced an antitrans bill to Senate, declaring that removing trans students from same-sex facilities is an “emergency.”

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Mitch Kellaway

www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/01/18/kentucky-lawmaker-fine-schools-2500-every-time-trans-student-uses-wr

Justin Bieber’s “Big Wiener” And Calvin Klein Ads Ridiculed By SNL

Justin Bieber’s “Big Wiener” And Calvin Klein Ads Ridiculed By SNL

Justin Bieber’s laughter-inducing ads for Calvin Klein undies, which are really really real and definitely not photoshopped, inspired Saturday Night Live‘s resident out funny lady Kate McKinnon to reprise her acclaimed imitation of the all-grown-up singer. McKinnon’s Bieber showed off his tattoo that made him say “Owee,” demonstrated that he’s old enough to drink (a juice box) and pointed to his “pee-pee” a lot.

Watch the ridiculing below.

Jeremy Kinser

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Inside The UK's Thriving Muslim Drag Queen Scene

Inside The UK's Thriving Muslim Drag Queen Scene
There is no shortage of queer-friendly establishments in Londontown, but a rising group of drag queens — pioneered by Muslim men — is taking over cities like Manchester and Birmingham.

Asifa Lahore, a prominent drag queen based in the U.K., told HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski on Wednesday that despite the difficulties he faces being Muslim, gay and a drag queen, the aforementioned British cities have a “thriving” drag scene.

“Drag queens are out, they’re proud,” Lahore said. “They’re going to the clubs. They’re going out on the scene and they’re making a lot of difference.”

He said the most difficult part about making someone “just come out and bring out their inner queen” is chipping away and breaking down the massive boundaries that religion and culture impose on identifying as gay.

Watch the clip above for more.

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www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/18/england-muslim-drag-scene_n_6473568.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Jeremy Jordan Sings His Face Off Celebrating Celine Dion

Jeremy Jordan Sings His Face Off Celebrating Celine Dion

On January 9th, Broadway’s biggest belters celebrated the best-selling Canadian music artist in history, Celine Dion, in an evening of epic power ballads and classic pop tunes at the hot NYC cabaret spot 54 Below. The starry cast included Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Smash), who brought his considerable vocal prowess to the enormous pop aria, “It’s All Coming Back To Me.”

Not only does Jordan’s voice soar through the piece, he brings the right balance of humor to moments letting you know he doesn’t take himself too seriously. We, however, take Jeremy’s uber-talent way serious.

The writer of the song, Jim Steinman, had this to say: “As I wrote and produced the song for Celine – I’m very impressed and pleased with Jeremy’s ability to scale the Olympian operatic heights and imbue it with humor, seamlessly! All in all, brilliant!! And thank you.”

By the way, Jeremy co-stars with Into The Woods star Anna Kendrick in the upcoming film adaptation of the cult musical favorite The Last 5 Years, which will be released in theaters and VOD February 13.

Watch him belt it out below.

 

Randy Slovacek is a blogger at The Randy Report.

Jeremy Kinser

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Ireland's Health Minister Leo Varadkar Comes Out: 'I Am a Gay Man'

Ireland's Health Minister Leo Varadkar Comes Out: 'I Am a Gay Man'

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Ireland’s Health Minister Leo Varadkar has come out of the closet this morning, becoming the first openly gay minister in the country’s history.

The Irish Times reports:

“I am a gay man, it’s not a secret, but not something that everyone would necessarily know but isn’t something I’ve spoken publicly about before,” he told Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio 1.

“It’s not something that defines me,”he said. “I’m not a half-Indian politician, or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter. It’s just part of who I am, it doesn’t define me, it is part of my character I suppose”.

Varadkar says he decided to begin speaking publicly about his sexuality because of the upcoming political debates surrounding LGBT issues: the marriage equality referendum and the debate over blood donations from gay and bisexual men

Listen to Varadkar’s “coming out” interview, AFTER THE JUMP


Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2015/01/irelands-health-minister-leo-varadkar-comes-out-i-am-a-gay-man.html

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