LGBTQ news and entertainment
What can you say to this? It’s all in his own words. And most of it is not ancient history.
This video shows how Trump’s positions change like the wind to suit his personal needs.
Very, very damaging.
As a CATS alum myself – I often joke I did the show back when it was a good credit – I find this very funny. Great original details thrown in for authenticity.
I love that the Rum Tum Tugger is played by Trump, who admits this has all been a joke and he really doesn’t want to be in the race at all.
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In an effort to help the voters decide the primary, The Iowan Republican Committee hires Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber to stage live entertainment starring the Republican candidates.
Posted by RepubliCATS on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
(tipped by TRR reader Leslie)
New campaign ad up from the Hillary Clinton campaign that utilizes video clips from decades ago, highlighting her work on behalf of children her entire life.
We caucus here in Nevada, and I really, really dislike it.
As the video points out, many people don’t have the time to take off work and attend a caucus for an hour or two at a specific time.
Primaries, which are like a regular election, are held all day – people can come, vote and leave in the morning, afternoon or night. Whatever time suits their life and schedule.
Primaries definitely include more voters, and that should be the point. I’m told Nevada does the caucus thing because primaries cost more. Boo.
This is pretty cool. God knows the younger crowd likes tech-y, new things.
Via Adweek:
New posters have gone up in Toronto District School Board schools, which include 76,000 middle school and high school students. Launched by LGBTQ advocacy group Toronto Pflag, the posters depict a rainbow that spells out the LGBTQ acronym: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Straight, Queer and 2-Spirited.
When students use the flash on their camera phones to take a picture of the poster, the words are suddenly accompanied by nouns that illustrate LGBTQ folks are people they know, respect and love.
“We wanted to send a positive message to students that we are all more than just our gender identity and sexual orientation,” says Toronto Pflag president Anne Creighton. “Our mission is to get students talking about these things, so the novel and shareable nature of this poster was a perfect fit for our message.”
The Houston Chronicle has the surprising developments in the Planned Parenthood story:
A Harris County grand jury investigating allegations that a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston illegally sold the tissue of aborted fetuses has cleared the organization of wrongdoing and instead indicted two anti-abortion activists behind the undercover videos that sparked the probe.
Secret videographers David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted on charges of tampering with a governmental record, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of up to 20 years in prison. Daleiden received an additional misdemeanor indictment under the law prohibiting the purchase and sale of human organs.
Last night, the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts (LARA) presented an online presentation of the nominees and winners of the 9th OUTmusic Awards on www.outmusicawards.com.
These are actually the winners of last year’s awards, but the presentation was cancelled due to some financial issues. Those issues continue to be shrouded in secret for what has been deemed legal reasons.
Via press release:
The 9th OUTmusic Awards were scheduled for production on January 19th, 2015, but the ceremony was postponed due to the fact that OUTmusic Inc. the 501c3 non-profit organization was the victim of a substantial financial fraud crime.
“Unfortunately, we had to abruptly postpone our production of the 9th OUTmusic Awards due to the fact that our organization is the victim of Financial Fraud Crime which caused significant and astronomical damages we were not able to recover from as fast as we wanted to. Hence, we were not able to deliver the production of the 9th OUTmusic Awards months later as we were planning. I wanted to share this information with you sooner, but because this was a crime against our organization, I was advised to not disclose any details to ensure the best possibility for justice to prevail in our favor. I have taken the necessary steps with the proper authorities and have been working with some generous business, media, and creative industry professionals who stepped up to offer their support in our endeavor to recover.”
I’ve supported the OUTmusic Awards in the past as I’m a big believer in giving LGBT artists acknowledgement for their artistic achievements. Here’s hoping OUTmusic’s issues have been resolved and the organization can move forward in celebrating LGBT achievement in music.
Here’s a complete list of the announced award winners:
THE 9th OMA THEME SONG
Gold Nation (Soundtrack To Freedom)
Sir Ari Gold with Bob Sandee, Zhana Roiya and Sophia Ramos
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
We Will Know
Omar Thomas
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
She (She4Me)
Jen Foster
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
The Other Side
Monifah Carter
HUMANITARIAN SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Be Strong (LGBT Youth)
MRF feat. Lisa Bello, Justin Waithe, and Sheree Dunwell
BEST COUNTRY/FOLK SONG
Something Great
Karmen Butler
BEST DANCE/EDM
Deja Vux
Jonte’
BEST RAP/HIP-HOP SONG
New York
Infinite feat. Sonny Lewis
BEST ROCK SONG
Hell In Gramercy
Derek Nicoletto
BEST POP SONG
Unexpected Love
Charice
BEST R&B/SOUL SONG
Ooh Damn (Like Ooh)
Reina Williams
BEST JAZZ/CABARET SONG
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Nhojj
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG
Toya Delazy
Forbidden Fruit
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL SONG
Come Bless The Lord With Me
The Relationship
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Aris
BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG
Bleed
Jess Godwin
BEST SONG ON A SOUNDTRACK
“Rebecca” from the webseries Producing Juliet
Rob Gokee
BEST NEW AGE/INSTRUMENTAL SONG
Forever With You
D’Lance Jones
BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING/PERFORMANCE
Since U Been Gone
Well Strung
BEST SPOKEN WORD
Tender
MRF feat. TJ Johnson, Clevland P. Jones
BEST CD COVER ARTWORK
We Will Know
Omar Thomas
BEST COMEDY RECORDING OR LIVE PERFORMANCE
It’s Christmas Everyday
VonTanner
We have our first picture of the much-ballyhooed “reunion” of the cast of FRIENDS thanks to “The Big Bang Theory” star, Johnny Galecki, who posted the above to his Instagram.
The pic shows his “The Big Bang Theory” co-stars Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, and Simon Helberg sitting at a table with Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc.
Via ExtraTV:
The “Friends” cast was on hand for an NBC special to honor legendary TV producer and director James Burrows, who directed 15 episodes of the hit show from 1994 to 1998.
The only “Friends” cast member missing was Matthew Perry, who has been rehearsing a play in London. Though Perry wasn’t there, he will introduce the cast in the NBC special via video. The special airs on February 21.
Stars from “Two and a Half Men,” “Will & Grace,” “Cheers,” “Frasier,” and “Mike & Molly” were also scheduled to pay tribute to Burrows.
