Report: Couple Refuses Deal in Torture Case
A mother and boyfriend charged with the torture and murder of an 8-year-old boy were reportedly offered a plea deal.
Michelle Garcia
www.advocate.com/crime/2014/10/30/report-couple-refuses-deal-torture-case
Adore Delano And Bianca Del Rio Pop Up In New Starbucks Commercial
At first we were having trouble telling if this was an actual for-real Starbucks-sanctioned ad, but all signs seem to indicate that yes, it’s legit! Here’s a super-cute video featuring Adore Delano and Bianca Del Rio that is, amazingly, a real and totally fantastic commercial for Starbucks.
Our natural skepticism got the better of us at first, because it looks a lot like the cute little videos that drag queens make all the time, and not always with permission. After all, the coffee chain has never actually made a commercial targeted specifically to queers.
“Maybe Starbucks has no idea this video was made,” we thought to ourselves, because we are bitter and cynical and do not believe in a world full of magic.
But of course, if RuPaul teaches those girls anything, its to use their fame for lucrative endorsements. So yes, as it turns out, Starbucks is indeed on-board with this video. (Even though as of this writing, they don’t seem to have tweeted about it. Yet.)
The point is, it’s a funny video, the girls are great, and we want to see lots more videos like this one.
matt baume
NOM Targets Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor in New Ad: VIDEO
Hoping to put its recent string of embarrassing set-backs squarely in the rear-view mirror, the National Organization for Marriage has begun targeting Sen. Mark Pryor with the hopes of ousting the two-term Democrat from Arkansas.
Highlighting Pryor’s somewhat ambiguous position on LGBT equality, NOM released a new SuperPac ad and press release this week, with Brian Brown urging “Arkansas voters who believe in marriage as the union of one man and one woman cast their votes for Tom Cotton.”
Watch the 30-second spot, AFTER THE JUMP…
Politico rates the Arkansas Senate race as a “Likely Republican”
Previously, “NOM Spends Over $100K to Support Anti-gay North Carolina Senate Candidate Thom Tillis: VIDEO” [tlrd]
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2014/10/nom-targets-arkansas-senator-mark-pryor-in-new-ad-video.html
Ukraine: Kiev's oldest cinema BURNS after LGBT film screening
W/S Fire-fighters extinguishing fire at Kiev’s ‘Zhovten’ movie theatre M/S Fire-fighters extinguishing fire at Kiev’s ‘Zhovten’ movie theatre W/S Fire-fighters extinguishing fire at Kiev’s…
WATCH: Antigay Pastor Says 'Upscale Sodomites' Spread Ebola at Starbucks
Yes, another crazed rant from Harlem minister James David Manning, who says Starbucks is ‘ground zero’ for Ebola.
Trudy Ring
Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran Sang 'Stay With Me' Together, But We're Not Crying (Okay, We Are)
At a Wednesday night concert in England, Sam Smith brought Ed Sheeran on stage to help him sing “Stay With Me.” The crowd was into it.
So was Smith:
A photo posted by Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) on Oct 10, 2014 at 4:22pm PDT
We’ll be over here crying.
Philadelphia Updates Hate Crime Law to Protect LGBT Community
Today, Philadelphia’s city council passed a bill to update the city’s hate crime laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HRC.org
Tom Ford Says Half Of His College Friends Died Of AIDS Before 1990
I moved to New York in 1979 just before my18th birthday. Of my close friends at NYU, more than half of them had died from AIDS by 1990. I remember the fear of the early 1980s. I remember the feeling of having dinner with a friend and running into someone I hadn’t seen and the light would rack across their face and my heart just sank—you knew. They looked fine but there was something. There was something in their eyes. There was something about the look on their faces that told you that the next time you saw them they wouldn’t look as well. … Today’s generation of young adults have never known the ravages of AIDS as some of us have and for that reason, in some cases, they have let down their guard. We cannot let down our guard.”
— Designer Tom Ford, while accepting the Award of Inspiration at amfAR Inspiration Gala last night in Los Angeles
H/t E! Online
Jeremy Kinser
Nashville's Gay Rugby Team Gets Wet, Muddy, and Shirtless for New Calendar: PHOTOS
2015 is ‘bearing’ down on us in a big way now that the Nashville Grizzlies gay rugby calendar has arrived!
One of the team’s members, Thomas H., writes us:
“The Nashville Grizzlies RFC is a USA Rugby Division III club. We are a socially and ethnically diverse group of guys ages 19-53 learning a great sport, getting some good exercise and giving back to our community. Established in 2006, the Grizzlies have had the opportunity to play teams all over the nation and abroad. Every two years we travel to the Bingham Cup, named in honor of Mark Bingham who died on United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 attacks. We played in the 2014 Bingham Cup in Sydney, Australia, where we won the Hoagland Vase, named in honor of Mark’s mother. We are currently in the process of bidding for the 2016 Bingham Cup and are excited about the chance to bring an international gay rugby tournament to the South.
This year, we are raising to money to ensure that gay rugby is as affordable as possible to all of our players, regardless of their means. Part of our efforts include our annual calendar fundraiser. This year, local photographer Chris Malone lent his talents for us to have a very artistic and creative calendar.
The calendars are available at the team’s shop, but you can see a few more sexy preview shots, as well as a photo of the team in Sydney, AFTER THE JUMP…
Andy Towle
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