Arrow star Colton Haynes and his husband (?) Jeff Leatham confused Instagrammers today congratulating each other on their one-year wedding anniversary.
We say “confused” because after only six months of married life, Haynes filed for divorce this past May 8.
At the time of the separation, Haynes posted a video of a song he recorded about relationship infidelity called, “Man It Sucks.”
But in August, the two were spotted together at LAX leading some to think a reconciliation was in the works.
Today, Haynes posted pics from their 2017 wedding with the caption, “Can’t believe it’s already been 1 yr. since we got married @jeffleatham 🙂 Happy Anniversary my beautiful husband ❤️❤️❤️”
A post shared by Colton Haynes (@coltonlhaynes) on Oct 27, 2018 at 2:43pm PDT
At about the same time, Leatham posted his own anniversary message which read, “I can’t remember what it was like before you, and I don’t even know how we got here but maybe that’s exactly what I needed. Someone who could make me forget where I came from and someone who could make me love without knowing how to fall. R.M. Drake – Happy Anniversary My Beautiful Husband – ❤️🖤❤️🖤- Life is a beautiful place with you beside me. – I LOVE YOU”
GLAAD recently released its 14th annual Where We Are on TVreport; a comprehensive forecast of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) characters expected in primetime scripted programming in the 2018-19 television season.
This is the 23rd year GLAAD has tracked the presence of LGBTQ characters on television.
First time since GLAAD began tracking these statistics, there are more LGBTQ people of color (50%) than white LGBTQ people (49%) on broadcast television.
Of the 857 regular characters on broadcast scripted primetime programming, 75 identified as LGBTQ. Additionally, there were 38 recurring LGBTQ characters.
Netflix had the highest number of LGBTQ characters on streaming platforms, and FX was the top cable network thanks to this year’s LGBTQ-themed series Pose and The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
It’s great to hit record highs, but GLAAD is pushing for even more visibility on television with a 2-year goal of 10% of series regular characters on primetime broadcast television being LGBTQ.
Terrible news as there has been yet another mass shooting in America today.
A gunman entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this morning and opened fire as parents and family were celebrating the birth of a child.
The synagogue was hosting a bris. Parents, perhaps for the first time, were marking the birth of their son just eight days prior — a profound and emotional moment in their collective lives — and a maniac burst in and opened fire.
An official in Pittsburgh reported that at least four people were dead and at least 12 people had been shot after a gunman opened fire at a synagogue on Saturday morning.
Erika Strassburger, the city councilwoman for the district that includes the synagogue, the Tree of Life Congregation, said the gunman had surrendered to the police after being barricaded in the building and had been taken to the hospital.
Three police officers were shot but their injuries were not life- threatening, she said.
Asked by reporters about the horrific incident, Donald Trump blamed the victims, not the hate, saying if they had had guns things “maybe nobody would have been killed except him.”
President Trump: “This would be a case for if there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would’ve been able to stop him, maybe there would’ve been nobody killed except for him” pic.twitter.com/dxf45rGhXr
Donald Trump on Pittsburgh shooting at synagogue: “To see this happening again and again and again, it’s just a shame.”
He’s asked if there’s anything that can be done: “Look at the violence all over the world. The world is violent. The world is a violent world.” pic.twitter.com/lx4HfBmThf
MSNBC’s The 11th Hour sent a reporter down to chat with Trump supporters at a rally down in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the results are about what you’d expect.
Only worse.
Meet Trump supporter Arvil Runyon, who believes Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sent themselves pipe bombs to influence voters.
Ahem.
That’s in stark contrast to the facts that show the MAGAbomber’s fingerprint and DNA was ON THE F*CKING BOMBS.
President Obama ,out on the campaign trail this week for midterm elections, reminded me (again) why I loved this guy as president.
Here’s just a few examples of how clear he makes it all to understand.
Remember how ‘Hillary’s email’ was the worstest thing in the world in 2016?
OMG, the sky is falling! She’s leaking classified info! She’s irresponsible.
And then this week comes the report that Donald Trump doesn’t like using his secure government phone.
So, he tweets and calls informal advisers like Sean Hannity on his iPhone – a phone that apparently the Chinese and Russian governments can listen in on.
Barack puts it all in perspective:
“They didn’t care about [Hillary Clinton’s] emails…because if they did, they’d be up in arms right now as the Chinese are listening to the president’s iPhone that he leaves in his golf cart,” Barack Obama said at a campaign event, slamming GOP politicians and conservative media pic.twitter.com/KjlLHOTXC5
Barack Obama said Republican “fear mongering” over the migrant caravan is one of many issues GOP leadership has used to distract while “they are robbing you blind.”
“They’re giving tax cuts out to billionaires, but they don’t want you to notice that,” he continued pic.twitter.com/VYHKpltgia
“Fox News will not tell you that what the Republicans are saying about pre-existing conditions aren’t true… but it would be nice if the serious outlets did,” Obama said, slamming the media for not calling out inaccurate statements made by elected officials pic.twitter.com/xqg1dqeqxf
Matthew Shepard, who became a symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement in the 1990s, was finally laid to rest today at Washington National Cathedral 20 years after his death.
Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, presided over the service which was attended by over 2,000 people.
In his homily, Robinson shared an anecdote from the first police officer who arrived at the site of Shepard’s attack, a remote fence to which his battered body was lashed and had spent the cold night. When the officer arrived, he said, a deer was laying beside Shepard’s body. Upon her arrival, the animal looked straight into the officer’s eyes and ran away.
“What she said was: ‘That was the good Lord, no doubt in my mind.’ And there’s no doubt in my mind either. God has always loved Matt,” Robinson said.
Robinson urged the crowd to not just remember Shepard, but to continue to be vigilant regarding the ongoing discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
“I don’t want anyone to leave here without being reminded that you are loved by the god of all that is,” Robinson told the crowd. “You are loved beyond your wildest imagining.”
Robinson said more than once during his comments to “go vote.”
He closed with these words: “There are three things I’d say to Matt: ‘Gently rest in this place. You are safe now. And Matt, welcome home.’ Amen.”
Caitlyn Jenner, arguably one of the most famous transgender people in the world, has penned an op-ed for The Washington Post saying her “outlook has changed significantly” regarding her support for Donald Trump and his administration.
“These past two years under President Trump have given me the opportunity to reflect on a lot of topics that have come up in the LGBTQ community and in our nation,” writes Jenner. “As I’ve watched and pondered, my outlook has changed significantly from what it was during my highly publicized and glamorized early Caitlyn days, when my life as an out trans woman was just beginning.”
Admitting she’s been on a learning curve since coming out as transgender, the 68-year-old shares she has “reflected on what my unique position of privilege means and how I can best use it to make a positive difference.”
Pointing to Trump’s declaration at the Republican National Convention in 2016 where he promised he would do everything in his power to “protect LGBTQ citizens from violence and oppression,” Jenner says she “saw fertile ground for change within the Republican Party on LGBTQ issues.”
With American views on LGBTQ citizens were improving, even in the GOP voter base, Jenner felt “optimistic that this was how I could leverage my privilege for change.”
After “many trips to Washington” which produced what she described as “positive” and “encouraging” conversations, Jenner felt hopeful for “positive change.”
“Sadly, I was wrong,” admits the former Olympian. “The reality is that the trans community is being relentlessly attacked by this president. The leader of our nation has shown no regard for an already marginalized and struggling community.”
“He has ignored our humanity,” continued Jenner. “He has insulted our dignity. He has made trans people into political pawns as he whips up animus against us in an attempt to energize the most right-wing segment of his party, claiming his anti-transgender policies are meant to “protect the country.”
“This is politics at its worst. It is unacceptable, it is upsetting, and it has deeply, personally hurt me.”
Jenner now feels her belief that she could work with the Trump administration to improve transgender lives was “a mistake.”
She calls the recently leaked Department of Health and Human Services memo, that reveals a plan to redefine gender in a very narrow manner that could virtually erase 1.4 million trans people in the United States, “just one more example in a pattern of political attacks” on trans people.
“I do not support Trump,” she shares. “I must learn from my mistakes and move forward.”
“I need to listen more to the members of the LGBTQ community and to learn more. I need to better use my voice, my privilege and my foundation to advocate and support our community.”
Jenner concludes with the statement: “The world needs to hear us. The world needs to know us. We will not be erased.”
Of course, the Twitterverse chimed in:
First he came for the Blacks and I did not speak out because I was not Black
Then he came for the Mexicans and I did not speak out because I was not Mexican
Then he came for the Muslims I did not speak out because I was not Muslim
So it’s only now, after 21 months of Trump’s hatred, bigotry, misogyny, racism, corruption and treason that @Caitlyn_Jenner finally admits she was wrong about him? I’m sorry, but I’m LONG past the time I gave a flying fuck about what she thinks. https://t.co/7hmGzPgslo
C’mon, Caitlyn Jenner, you did not think Donald Trump would help trans people. He picked Mike Pence as his veep, for chrissakes. You thought he would help your bank account.
Earlier this morning, as the nation is gripped with fear over more package bombs being discovered and a nationwide manhunt for a serial bomber intensified, the President of the United States tweeted that “bomb stuff” is affecting vote momentum for Republicans.
Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this “Bomb” stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!
The Trumpster also groused about how bots were being removed from his Twitter account (because ‘fake’) and it must be a ‘bias’ conspiracy.
Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join – they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all. A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?
When Trump let us know, at 10:19 AM, that he's annoyed the "bomb" stuff was interfering with his political message, he must have already been briefed that the arrest was imminent— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) October 26, 2018
The president is upset an attempted mass terrorist attack could hurt his party’s political standing https://t.co/BQxexAZfDs— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) October 26, 2018
Honest to G-d, there have been 12 assassination attempts, let alone the postal workers and law enforcement put at risk by these acts of domestic terrorism, and this is what Trump is doing right now. pic.twitter.com/7wxPnqEKec— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 26, 2018
NBC News reports that 56-year-old Florida resident Cesar Sayoc, Jr. has been identified as the suspect who sent a dozen pipe bomb packages to prominent critics of President Donald Trump.
Sayoc’s white van, which had pictures of Trump and the presidential seal plastered to the windows, was seized by the officials and hauled off to a secure facility.
For those who will ask, according to records, Sayoc is a registered Republican.
Far-right Trump supporters like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have suggested in the past couple of days that the bombs might have been sent by Democrats as a ‘false flag.’
A man has been arrested in Plantation in connection with the bombs sent to a dozen critics of President Trump, investigators said.
A police source said the federal investigation tracked a suspect to Plantation, near Broward Boulevard and State Road 441. The U.S. Department of Justice said one man was in custody and a press conference will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
FBI agents and other law enforcement officers were examining a white van in a commercial parking lot, covered with pro-Trump stickers. They covered the van with a blue tarp and were preparing to load it on to a truck.
The investigation had shifted to South Florida Thursday and Friday, as the number of bombs reached 12.
The latest bombs discovered were sent to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, both similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats.
