LGBTQ news and entertainment
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From the YouTube post: Everyone deserves to be treated with respect – It’s time we ask New Zealand WTF?!
More than 30 of New Zealand’s leading celebrities come together in this Rainbow Youth and Outline campaign.
For more information and to make a donation visit http://www.wtf.org.nz
Grammy Award winning vocalist Leslie Ellis joined us on The Candi & Randy Show to talk about life as a working singer/songwriter in “music city” – Nashville.
Through her career Leslie has sung with many artists including Celine Dion on “My Heart will Go On” – from the movie “Titanic” (for which Leslie won the Grammy) and Thomas Dolby on his latest album “Forty” (featured on “Hyperactive”). She sang the original soundtrack song, “Six Times Around the Sun” for the CBS mini-series, “Perfect Murder, Perfect Town.” Four of Leslie’s original songs appeared in the musical “Cowboy Cafe” and were performed live at the show’s premiere in North Carolina.
Her self penned “Flyer Song” was adopted by the US Navy and made into a video as a tribute to the troops and their families. She’s also written songs that were recorded by The Bellamy Brothers and NYC based recording artist David Ippolito.
As an actress, Leslie has appeared on television and the Broadway stage – CATS, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and CITY OF ANGELS.
In 2007, she starred in an independent film called, “My Name Is Wallace” which was invited to the Cannes Film Festival; and in 2009 appeared in “The New, True Charlie Wu” as Eudiamonia.
Throw into the mix that she’s developing a new cooking show and you have a real achiever with a great amount of charm.
More info about the fantastic Leslie Ellis at www.LeslieEllis.com
James Bond – Skyfall star Daniel Craig looking super agent cool in a pair of John Varvatos shades yesterday while doing a little shop-shop in NYC with wife, Rachel Weisz!
Good enough for “James Bond” – good enough for me.
Actually, my Michael loves all things John Varvatos. Great designer. If, somehow, you don’t know the designer’s fab work check him out at www.johnvarvatos.com
Glee star Jane Lynch narrates this documentary about LGBT rights in America. The video features a candid interview with President Obama, who speaks about the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, why he supports marriage equality, and what’s at stake for the LGBT community in this election.
Check out the new LGBT section – and list of LGBT accomplishments – of President Obama’s campaign website.
Gen. Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level.
“I have no problem with it,” he said in the interview, which will air at 5 p.m. ET. “In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that’s called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president’s decision.”
President Barack Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, a change in his position, in early May.
Powell’s statements on Wednesday also represented a turning point in his own public statements on the matter. The former secretary of state was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when the military “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” position was implemented.
“It was the Congress that imposed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred,” Powell told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, recalling former President Bill Clinton’s support of overturning a ban on military service for gay individuals. After public opposition, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” was seen as a compromise.
Powell said he is aware of religious objections to same-sex marriage, but spoke primarily about it as a matter of public policy.
“I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them,” he said.
He said he has “a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones, and they are as stable a family as my family is and they raise children. And so I don’t see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married under the laws of their state or the laws of the country.”
In 2010, Powell said he favored a military repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and was in “full support” of Congressional action which resulted in the policy’s repeal.
For a quarter of a century, B. Smith Enterprises has quietly supported those in need by being the center of the community on Restaurant Row in New York City, and will now be running an ad playfully supporting gay marriage in Dan’s Papers this weekend and throughout the summer.
Inspired by the six colors of the rainbow that symbolize gay and lesbian community pride (pictured), it says:
According to Dan Gasby, Chairman of B. Smith Enterprises, “B. Smith stands for civil rights and human rights; for people whom, no matter what their political leanings or religious beliefs, should be free to love who they choose unfettered. Coming off of President Obama’s recent support of gay marriage, we wanted to make a statement about how we believe the world should be. Our message: be thankful, be supportive, be expressive, be yourself. We also want to commend the NAACP for their courage and leadership in supporting and recognizing this critical human rights issue: people should be allowed to love whomever they wish.”
Las Vegas-based Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®.
Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be submitted from within the app or from any web browser or smart phone.
The newest video in HRC’s ‘Americans for Marriage Equality’ campaign featuring fun. guitarist and vocalist Jack Antonoff.
Fun’s “We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe)” is the highest-selling single so far in 2012.
Says Antonoff:
“Hey! I’m Jack Antonoff from the band ‘fun.’ Touring around the country my bandmates and I are completely blown away by the love and support we get from our fans. And it’s completely insane to us that some of them aren’t afforded the same rights simply because they’re gay or lesbian. Join me, my band mates and the majority of Americans in the fight for marriage equality nationwide.”
Approximately 53% of the American public supports marriage for same-sex couples, according to a number of nonpartisan polls, including Gallup, CNN, and Washington Post/ABC News.