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Clooney reminds us that the 5th richest nation in the world hasn’t had an election since 1962. The rollout of Brunei’s Sharia death penalty for homosexuality and adultery will be implemented on April 3, prompting George Clooney to call for a boycott of these Dorchester Hotels:
Read More"My goal is to be a walking piece of political art every time I show up," Porter told Vogue. "To challenge expectations. What is masculinity? What does that mean? Women show up every day in pants, but the minute a man wears a dress, the seas part."
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Madonna launched her role as an ambassador for the 50th anniversary celebrations commemorating riots at New York’s Greenwich Village Stonewall Inn with a New Years Eve drop-in.
Accompanied by her son David Banda on acoustic guitar, the pop star welcomed 2019 in the iconic bar that jump-started the modern LBGTQ movement. Madonna led the crowd in a sing-along of "Like a Prayer" and covered Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love."
"I stand here proudly at the place where pride began, the legendary Stonewall Inn, on the birth of a new year," she said. "We come together tonight to celebrate 50 years of revolution.”
The singer called for peace and understanding in her speech, saying, “If we truly took the time to get to know one another we would find that we all bleed the same color and we all need to love and be loved. Let’s remember who and what we are fighting for — ourselves, for each other, but truly and most importantly, what are we fighting for? Let’s take a minute to reflect on how we can bring more love and peace into 2019, let’s look at how we can bring random acts of kindness. Maybe we can find an opening to bring the light in. Are you ready to do that?"
Confusion Abounds In Joy Reid's Alleged Homophobic Comments & FBI Investigation Into Her Blog Hack
MSNBC host Joy Reid is again embroiled in controversy with Twitter user @Jamie_Maz about several homophobic posts a decade or more old from her now defunct blog, the Reid Report. When @Jamie_Maz first called Reid out in December 2017, she apologized for certain posts that were mild on the hot sauce menu, but clearly embarrassing given Reid's current success as a first-rate, informed and articulate progressive TV personality.
This example of an alleged Joy Reid comment, tweeted by @Jamie_Maz gets to a fundamental argument between in the 2016 Democratic primary. While he is vague about when the statement was written, this opinion attributed to Reid remains an argument today, even though Democrats are chilled out and fully committed to gay rights, gay marriage, gays in the military and all other gay rights. Today the argument continues around purity test topics like abortion and gun control.
Gay Rights Supreme Court Decision Activist Edith Windsor Dies At Age 88
Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose landmark Supreme Court case led the US Supreme Court to grant same-sex married couples both federal recognition and a host of federal benefits previously available only to married heterosexuals, died Tuesday in Manhattan at age 88, writes The New York Times.
Her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor, who Windsor married in 2016, confirmed Windsor's death at a Manhattan hospital.
In what is generally regarded as the second most important Supreme Court ruling in America's fight for and against same-sex marriage rights, "the Windsor decision, handed down in 2013, was limited to 13 states and the District of Columbia. But in a more expansive ruling in 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges and three related cases, the Supreme Court held that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry anywhere in the nation, with all the protections and privileges of heterosexual couples. Its historic significance was likened to that of Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, which decriminalized gay sex in the United States."
'Gaysi': Sakshi Juneja's Queer Blog Thrives In India's Illegal Queer Scene
Posting Testino's 'Role Play' for Vogue India, AOC discovered 'Inside Gaysi: the blog transforming India's queer scene', appearing Monday in The Guardian'. Charukesi Ramadurai shares writes that the zine's content includes pieces of fiction, photo-essays, personal narratives, illustrations and how-to guides on the theme of sexual desire, from A Quick Guide to Scissoring to evocative verse on Love in the Age of Surveillance.
David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)(1972). Photo: courtesy David Hockney.
ArtNet: British Institutions Will Highlight Gay History in 2017 Read on.
British institutions including British Museum, the Red House, the Walker in Liverpool, the Russell-Cotes museum and gallery, and more are marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalized gay relationships between men over 21.
The 1967 act amended the law of England and Wales regarding homosexual activity, with Scotland following suit in 1980, and Northern Ireland in 1982.
One of the largest exhibitions will be the Tate Britain's April 2017 'Queer British Art 1861-1967', featuring a full-length portrait of British icon Oscar Wilde, who was imprisoned for his sexuality.
Artist Vik Muniz told the AP that he chose to include New York married couple Thor Stockman and Patrick Kellogg in his new Second Ave Subway mural project because 'Perfect Strangers' represents "just the people you would expect to see" riding the city's subway.
The new Second Ave subway opens on New Year's Day.
Caitlyn Jenner and MAC Cosmetics have debuted their first makeup collaboration, with a lip color called 'Finally Free'. Described as a midtone rosey nude color, the lipstick is priced at $17, with 100% of the selling price going to the MAC Aids Fund Transgender Initiative to support the transgender community. Caitlyn amps up her old Hollywood look by wearing a black corset. Shop it.
Jenner stirred up a tempest a few weeks ago, talking nonsense about becoming her candidate Ted Cruz's ambassador to the trans community. We wonder if Jenner has had anothing to say about North Carolina's new, controversial LGBT bill.
House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, puts in place a statewide policy banning individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex. The bill also reserves the right to pass nondiscrimination legislation to the state government, saying state laws preempt any local ordinances. It was an anti-discrimination bill passed in Charlotte that triggered the North Carolina state action .
Bruce Springstein cancelled his scheduled concert in North Carolina tonight, explaining: :"Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry -- which is happening as I write -- is one of them.
Lionsgate cancelled its production on a pilot for the original Hulu comedy 'Crushed', moving it to Canada from North Carolina. In a real blow to the state, online-payment company PayPal announced cancellation of a $3.6 million new facility in the state.
Caitlyn Jenner and Chandi Moore wrote a post for LGBT community blog WhoSay, that is featured on People Magazine.
Growing up, my family and I were in church every time the doors opened. We used to say we went to church "from Sunday to Sunday." Even though I didn't realize I was transgender as a kid, I still knew I was different. When I was sitting in church, I used to feel like the sermon was all about me – directed at my "sins" specifically. I heard that my lifestyle was not becoming of God, and it was very hard.
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