Laverne Cox, transgender actress from the hit Netflix show “Orange Is The New Black” covers this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly.
Yay!
Laverne Cox Covers Entertainment Weekly
News Round-up: June 10, 2015
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Some stories you may have missed:
• Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black) will be the first transgender person to be immortalized at the famous Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum
• A straight couple in Australia plan to divorce if same-sex marriage is legalized in his country.
That’ll learn ’em.
• It seems McKinney resident Sean Toon, who stood up for the police officer who handcuffed a 14 year old girl over pool party chaos, might have had more to do with the incident that he has previously let on.
• There are 3,000 kids in Michigan waiting to be adopted and the state Senate just made that much more difficult.
• The new Netflix series Sense8 is pretty fab. And so is the handsome latin star Miguel Ángel Silvestrewho, who plays one of the show’s gay characters. Check out his teaser video below.
Kids Asked Their Thoughts On Bruce Jenner/Caitlyn Jenner Pics
Clip description: Kids were presented with two pictures, one of Bruce Jenner and one of Caitlyn Jenner, and their reactions will both surprise you and inspire you.
“She looks happy.”
“She looks really confident.”
SheKnows Media’s Hatch program creates content for grown-ups, made by kids on a mission.
Short Film: “Dylan”
DYLAN is a short film written and directed by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and is based on a interview done with Dylan Winn Garner.
The film follows a young trans man as he explains his story, his exploration in the trans community, his family’s acceptance of his identity, and ultimately his physical and emotional transformation.
Shot in Coney Island at dawn, the film shows as Dylan literally sheds the layers that have been weighing him down for so many years, and finds a freedom in self love and acceptance.
Rohrbaugh hopes that Dylan can show transgender individuals, (particularly youth), who may be struggling, that they are not alone in this process and that what is waiting for them on the other side is worth it.
An official selection at several important film festivals like Outfest (this coming July 12th) in Los Angeles, the Boston LGBT Film Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and the St. Louis International Film Festival, the short is timely and relevant as transgender rights and understanding come front and center in the LGBT world.
Watch the compelling film short below and find more about the film’s journey on Facebook here.
TV Tonight: “Becoming Us” On ABC Family
Tonight, ABC Family will air its ABC Family’s new trans-focused documentary series, “Becoming Us.”
From Ryan Seacrest Production, “Becoming Us” focuses on one family’s teenage son, Ben Lehwald, and his journey to understanding his parent’s transition.
As more and more transgender people share their stories, the public’s understanding of gender identity and expression builds.
A recent national HRC survey revealed that 22 percent of likely voters personally know or work with someone who is transgender, and, of that group, two-thirds expressed favorable feelings toward them. That’s up from 17 percent who said they knew a transgender person just a year ago.
Tune in tonight to ABC Family at 9/8 c to see the premiere of “Becoming Us.”
Instagram: Caitlyn Jenner
Learn from those who have walked the path before you. #TransIsBeautiful #LivingOurTruth #JustTheBeginningA photo posted by Caitlyn Jenner (@caitlynjenner) on Jun 6, 2015 at 3:30pm PDT
News Round-Up: June 6, 2015
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Some news stories you may have missed:
• GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee gave a full-throated endorsement of Josh Duggar and his Duggar family when the current child molestation scandal broke. The day after the parent’s Fox News interview, the endorsement on Huckbee’s website disappeared.
• The U. S. Air Force eases their policy regarding transgender service
• 70,000 Scruff members share their Pride plans around the world. Guess which city is most excited about celebrating Pride?
• Haters petition the Olympics to revoke Caitlyn Jenner’s Olympic medals. The Olympics denies the request in succinct fashion.
• Senate Republicans vote against gay and lesbian vets’ access to spousal benefits that all other married veterans have.
• Legendary impersonator Jim Bailey passed away this week at the age of 77. Watch the clip below from an appearance on The Carol Burnett Show – what an amazing talent.
Teaser: New Docu-Series Follows Caitlyn Jenner “I Am Cait”
E! has announced an eight-part, one-hour documentary series titled I Am Cait, which will illustrate Caitlyn Jenner living her life as a transgender woman and telling her intimate story as she seeks out her “new normal,” according to the press release:
Living for the first time as the person she feels she was born to be, the series will also explore what Cait’s transition means for all of the people in her life and how those relationships are affected.
I Am Cait will premiere on Sunday, July 26, at 9 p.m.
The video would auto-play, which everyone hates, so here’s the link to watch the video teaser at E! website.
Mike Huckabee Wishes He Could Have Pretended To Be Transgender To Shower With High School Girls
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made a rather odd comment earlier this year at the 2015 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, regarding transgender folks by saying he wished he could have pretended to be transgender in high school “when it came time to take showers in PE.”
“For those who do not think that we are under threat, simply recognize that the fact that we are now in city after city watching ordinances say that your seven-year-old daughter, if she goes into the restroom cannot be offended and you can’t be offended if she’s greeted there by a 42-year-old man who feels more like a woman than he does a man.”
Huckabee continued saying saying he wished someone told him in high school he “could have felt like a woman” and shower with the girls.
“Now I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE,” said Huckabee. “I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I’d rather shower with the girls today.’ You’re laughing because it sounds so ridiculous doesn’t it?”
Why Caitlyn Jenner Chose Not To Spell Her Name With A “K”
Since the world met Caitlyn Jenner yesterday, one item of note was that Caitlyn spells her name with a “C” and not a “K” which would have fallen in line with the Kardashian tradition.
In new info made available from Jenner’s Vanity Fair interview, Jenner shares that it was considered but in the midst of finding a new name, she went for the road less travelled.
“It’s one of the hardest things in life — choosing your own name,” she said. “One way she attempted to come up with ideas was by watching the Miss America pageant.”
Other names in consideration were apparently Cathy and Heather, but Jenner’s assistant , Rhonda, came up with the name Caitlyn and it resonated.
Jenner’s first response was “I love that name, too!” but after thinking on the spelling, Jenner felt it was time to break in a new direction and not use the “K.”
And that is how Caitlyn Jenner came to be.