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News Round-Up: February 13, 2019

Donald Trump may think having a dog could make him look 'phony,' but InstaHunk Naor Yazdan says he's already found his Valentine's date, and this looks like true love to me.

Some news items you might have missed:

• Donald Trump may think having a dog could make him look ‘phony,’ but InstaHunk Naor Yazdan says he’s already found his Valentine’s date, and this looks like true love to me.

• Out actor/singer Jussie Smollett will give his first interview since he was attacked in Chicago last month to Robin Roberts on GMA Thursday morning.

• Netflix’s upcoming ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ is set to debut at the San Francisco International Film Festival at the Castro Theater on April 10. The series will arrive on Netflix this summer.

• Donald Trump said today that his proposed border wall will be harder to climb than Mount Everest.

• After Ellen Page called out movie star Chris Pratt for promoting his church, virulently anti-LGBTQ Hillsong Church, Pratt finally took to social media to defend the church saying it “opens its doors to absolutely everyone.” Let’s just say it didn’t go over well with the Twitter people.

• Season 3 of Netflix’s Emmy Award winning ‘make better’ series, Queer Eye, is set for release on March 15, and the streaming giant shared the news with a Valentines-themed video clip accompanied by a new track from pop star Carly Rae Jespen, “Now That I Found You.”

After two seasons in Atlanta, the series is changing locations to help our folks in the Kansas City area. Hit play below for the upbeat vid.

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Ellen Page On Trump/Pence Attacks On LGBTQs: “This Has To F**king Stop”

Out actress Ellen Page calls out Trump/Pence administration for attacks on LGBTQ people

During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, out actress Ellen Page became  emotional as she spoke about the damage Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have inflicted on the LGBTQ community.

The appearance began on an upbeat note as Colbert congratulated Page on her one year anniversary of marrying her wife.

Colbert asked how she sees the current environment in Hollywood for LGBTQ people since she publicly came out five years ago.

“I mean, look, there’s clear evidence that it has changed, that there’s some progress; that there’s some more representation,” said the former Oscar nominee. “But honestly, I think we really need to hurry up.”

After talking on environmental issues and the disproportionate way climate change affects marginalized people) Page segued into a passionate takedown of Donald Trump and Mike Pence, connecting their hateful, incessant attacks on LGBTQ people to the violent hate crime on Empire actor Jussie Smollett earlier this week.

“Sorry, I’m like really fired up tonight. But it feels impossible to not feel this way right now, with the president and the vice president, Mike Pence, who, like, wishes I couldn’t be married.

“Let’s just be clear: The vice president of America wishes I didn’t have the love with my wife. He wanted to ban that in Indiana, he believes in ‘conversion therapy,’ he has hurt LGBTQ people so badly as the [governor] of Indiana.

“Connect the dots. This is what happens. If you are in a position of power and you hate people, and you want to cause suffering to them, you go through the trouble, you spend your career trying to cause suffering, what do you think is going to happen? Kids are going to be abused and they’re gonna kill themselves, and people are going to be beaten on the street.

“I have traveled the world and I have met the most marginalized people you can meet. I am lucky to have this time and the privilege to say this.

“This needs to f**king stop.”

The silence between Page’s thoughts is raw and palpable. Kudos to Colbert for not jumping in and allowing the moment to breathe.

And as she ended her impassioned plea, the audience erupted in a roar of approval.

Watch below.

LGBTQ advocacy groups cheered:

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News Round-Up: January 3, 2018

Some news items you might have missed:

• Actor and fitness model Lony Pizarro (above) proves not every shirtless pic happens at the beach or in a bathroom 🙂

• Looks like actress Ellen Page and gf Emm Portner heard some wedding bells recently. #Congrats

• Kenneth-in-the-212’s “Wrestle Wednesdays” are plenty reason to get through the week 😉

• The ISIS executioner who beheaded gay men has been captured in Iraq

• Eric Trump, attempting to retake the mantle of “Dumbest Trump,” accused out talk show host Ellen DeGeneres of being a part of the “Deep State” conspiracy. You know, that “Deep State” thing about elected government officials – which Ellen is not…?

• A gay couple in Houston was kicked out of their Uber at 4AM by their driver after exchanging a sweet kiss.

• It’s no wonder the guys over at NewNowNext are suddenly rugby fans. Who knew sports could be so much fun?

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Trailer: “Tallulah”

From Vulture:

Good news, Juno fans: Ellen Page has a baby again. Bad news: She seems to have lost track of her hamburger phone, also the baby belongs to Tammy Blanchard, not Page.

In Tallulah, Page absconds with Blanchard’s baby, realizes that was a terrible idea, and looks for maternal advice from Allison Janney, who’s playing the mother of Page’s missing boyfriend.

Also, Uzo Aduba is the child-services officer on the case — boy, Sundance movies do get complicated.

Tallulah premieres July 29 on Netflix.

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New TV Series: Viceland’s “Gaycation” With Ellen Page & Ian Daniel

Via press release:

VICELAND, VICE’s new TV network, launched the first trailer for GAYCATION, a brand new series hosted by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel.

Ellen and her best friend Ian set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world. From Japan to Brazil, Jamaica to America, they discover the multiplicity of LGBTQ experiences, meeting amazing people and hearing their deeply moving stories of struggle and triumph. GAYCATION celebrates the state of LGBTQ identities across the globe.

The series premieres on Wednesday, March 2nd at 10PM.

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Sen. Ted Cruz Defends LGBT Discrimination Via “Religious Liberty” To Actress Ellen Page

Sen. Ted Cruz got catch in a heated exchange with out actress Ellen Page at the Iowa State Fair over “religious liberty” laws which become a license to discriminate against LGBTs.

Page began by asking the senator, who was wearing an apron and grilling pork chops, his opinion on Americans losing their jobs for “just strictly being gay or trans.”

“What we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith,” Cruz said.

“For discriminating against LGBT people,” Page responded.

“Now I’m happy to answer your question, but not to have a back-and-forth debate,” said Cruz.

Cruz brought up Dick and Betty Odgaard, an Iowa couple who stopped renting their art gallery for weddings after a long legal battle for refusing to host a same-sex wedding. “No one has the right to force someone else to abandon their faith and their conscience,” Cruz said.

The presidential hopeful also pivoted to bring up the serious anti-gay oppression is occurring in Islamic states. “ISIS is executing gay people, Iran is executing homosexuals, and on the left you hear complete silence about Iran hanging homosexuals,” he said.

I would disagree that there has been silence on the issue of LGBTs being killed by ISIS.

In the end, this stands as what may be the most substantive discussion on LGBT rights in the presidential campaign thus far.

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OUT Reveals 20th Anniversary OUT100 Covers

OUT Magazine’s annual OUT100 Issue celebrates “the year’s most entertaining, heroic, and compelling people, from all walks of life—including professional athletes, trans pioneers, actors, activists, designers, journalists, emerging musicians, artists, and dancers.”

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the OUT100 with this year’s with the theme, “On the Shoulders of Giants.”

As in other years, there are multiple covers for the issue. This year OUT features fab four Ellen Page, Zachary Quinto, Sam Smith and Samira Wiley.

You can check out the OUT100 here.

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Ellen Page comes out at HRCF Las Vegas conference

At the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s inaugural Time to Thrive conference in Las Vegas, Ellen Page (Juno, X-Men: Days of Future Past) kicked off the weekend by coming out.

“I’m here today because I am gay and because maybe I can make a difference,” the Oscar-nominated actress said. “To help others have an easier and more hopeful time.”

“I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain … Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for giving me hope. Happy Valentine’s Day.”