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☆ The controversial postelection episode of 'Saturday Night Live' got a lot of people talking — including Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The "Saturday Night Live" postelection episode didn't land well with fans of the show or Elon Musk. AdvertisementThe "Saturday Night Live" postelection episode was criticized by people across the political spectrum, including Elon Musk. Related Video Crowd boos Elon Musk at Dave Chappelle's comedy show"Listen, I know a lot of ugly women, feminists, I mean, don't want to hear this message. pic.twitter.com/WpLVfMn5gH — BQ (@BrendanQ_1999) November 10, 2024To all the people that are offended by Bill Burr’s SNL monologue. @nbcsnl — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024They are so mad that @realDonaldTrump won 🤣🤣 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024

Persons: Elon, Bill Burr, Musk, Dana Carvey, —, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Dave Chappelle, he's, Burr, Dave Chappelle's, Kamala Harris, — Kiki, ”, Dolly Parton, Bill Burr's Organizations: Service, Trump, SNL Locations: e" c

☆ Harrison Butker: Chiefs owner Clark Hunt not concerned about Kansas City kicker forming PAC
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt has said that he has no concerns with kicker Harrison Butker forming a political action committee (PAC) based on Christian values. Butker announced the formation of UPRIGHT PAC during the Chiefs’ bye week last weekend, which, according to its website, intends to “reclaim the traditional values that have made this country great” and “mobilize Christians across this country to make sure we protect these values” at the upcoming election. The UPRIGHT PAC website, which Butker promoted on social media, features prominent photos of the 29-year-old and an appeal for donations. Hunt speaks to media at a Chiefs training camp earlier this year. He has featured in all five of the Chiefs’ games this season, making 12 of his 14 field goal attempts in the team’s unbeaten start.

Persons: Clark Hunt, Harrison Butker, Butker, Hunt, Denny Medley, Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, “, Travis Kelce, Republican Sen, Josh Hawley, ” Organizations: CNN, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Benedictine College, Reuters, NFL, Republican Locations: Kansas, Nashville

There are many commemorations that mark important milestones for queer people and their allies: Pride Month, LGBTQ History Month, Lesbian Visibility Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, among many others. For celebrities and others in the public spotlight though, coming out also means sharing their sexuality or gender identity with millions of people around the world. Here are a few of the people who have come out so far in 2024. Heidi Gutman / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images fileJulia FoxActor and author Julia Fox appeared to come out as a lesbian in a TikTok video shared in July. Stefania D'Alessandro / WireImage fileBruce Joel Rubin“Ghost” screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin proved in June that it’s never too late to come out.

Persons: Reneé Rapp, Chappell Roan, Sophia Bush, Ashlyn Harris, “ I’ve, ”, ” Sophia Bush, Dimitrios Kambouris, Amber Ruffin, “, ” Ruffin, ” Amber Ruffin, Heidi Gutman, Julia Fox, Fox, Emily Gracin, ” Fox, Ye, Rachpoot, Bauer, Griffin, Maren Morris Singer Maren Morris, Tucker Carlson, Maren Morris, Jim Bennett, Trey Cunningham, he’s, Cunningham, Louisa Jacobson, Louisa Jacobson’s, Jacobson, Oscar, Meryl Streep, Christopher Polk, Zamata, Michael Buckner, Amanda Tori Meating, ” Meating, she’s, Richard Shotwell, Maya Massafera, Massafera poignantly, Roberto Cavalli, Stefania D'Alessandro, Bruce Joel Rubin, it’s Organizations: Pride, Getty, Fox News, U.S, The New York Times, Times, Glasgow . MI, New York Times, Lesbian, Variety, Entertainment, Vogue, Hollywood, Guardian Locations: Glasgow, Milan

A drag queen who was included in a Trump campaign ad has suggested he may take legal action since he did not give the campaign permission to use the video of him. The ad also showed Harris posing for pictures with drag queen Pattie Gonia at a 2022 Pride month event. “President Trump is for you.”On Thursday, Pattie Gonia — whose real name is Wyn Wiley — posted a video on his social media accounts denouncing the ad. “No, the Trump campaign did not have my permission to use my name or likeness. A representative for the Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Pattie Gonia, “ Kamala, ”, Trump, Pattie Gonia —, Wyn Wiley —, ” Wiley, “, ” Wiley —, TikTok —, Wiley, Donald Trump, Harris “, “ You’re Organizations: Trump, “, Trans, NBC, Civil Liberties Union Locations: of, Instagram, Pride, California, U.S

☆ Los Angeles' LGBTQ history comes alive at Circa: Queer Histories Festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Dan Allen | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

It’s all part of Circa: Queer Histories Festival, which returns for a second edition of packing LGBTQ History Month — aka October — with events that explore and celebrate L.A.’s myriad queer legacies. “Los Angeles is not just a big city, it’s like a small country,” said Tony Valenzuela, executive director of One Institute, Circa’s organizer. “There’s just so much diversity here, folks from all over the world, and it has a really vibrant — not just queer and trans community, but queer and trans history. That history has long been overshadowed by New York and San Francisco, but I think that’s really changing.”Tony Valenzuela, pictured here at the Out100 Celebration in Los Angeles in 2023, is the executive director of the One Institute, which organizes the Circa: Queer Histories Festival. “It doesn’t have to be events that fill an auditorium with 300 people,” he explained.

Persons: Faeries, Don Kilhefner, trailblazers, Long, ”, Tony Valenzuela, “ There’s, ” Tony Valenzuela, Alberto Rodriguez, “, ” Valenzuela, Valenzuela Organizations: Finland House, One Institute, Variety, ”, Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos Locations: Los Angeles, Finland, New York, San Francisco, Palestine

☆ Rebel Wilson announces marriage to Ramona Agruma
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Kaitlyn Schwanemann | Kaitlyn Schwanemann Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Actor Rebel Wilson announced her marriage to Ramona Agruma in an Instagram post Monday. Wilson, 44, and Agruma, 40, were pictured in white gowns, holding hands and flower bouquets. Wilson announced her surprise Disneyland engagement to Agruma, an entrepreneur, in February 2023. In June 2022, the “Pitch Perfect” star announced in an Instagram post that she was in a relationship with a woman. I can’t even describe the love I have for her, she’s a beautiful miracle!” Wilson wrote on social media.

Persons: Rebel Wilson, Ramona Agruma, Wilson, “, …, ”, Royce Lillian, ” Wilson Organizations: Pride, Disney Locations: Sardinia

Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who documented her transition in her viral "Days of Girlhood" TikTok series, announced her debut book Wednesday. “Paper Doll” will be released March 11. Last year, Mulvaney shot to national attention after a partnership promoting Bud Light's March Madness contest became a culture war flashpoint. “For months now, I’ve been scared to leave my house, I have been ridiculed in public, I’ve been followed, and I have felt a loneliness that I wouldn’t wish on anyone,” Mulvaney said at the time. Mulvaney has since released her debut single, “Days of Girlhood,” along with a music video.

Persons: influencer Dylan Mulvaney, ”, “, ” Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Bud Light's, Rock, Bud Light, I’ve, shouldn’t Organizations: Pride, Transgender Law Center Locations: American, ”

☆ Companies are caving to anti-DEI crusaders. That’s bad for business
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

(And in doing so, gave rise to a generation of hilarious “That’s why, for this pride month, I’ve partnered with” memes. But more damaging than the cringe of a tone-deaf tweet about diversity is when companies give up on the performance altogether. This week, Molson Coors, a longtime sponsor of Pride events and partner to LGBTQ+ nonprofits, joined the list. A Molson Coors representative declined to comment beyond the memo. Coors Light may have looked at its rival getting pummeled by right-wing pundits and feared being the next target.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Kendell Jenner, I’ve, John Deere, Davidson, Molson Coors, Coors, Robby Starbuck, ”, Nathaniel Meyesohn, Starbuck, George Floyd, Bud Light, Cait Lamberton, “, you’ve, pummeled, they’re, Tom Sebok, Molson, Sebok Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Pepsi, Harley, Tractor Supply, Molson Coors, Molson, Human Rights, Coors, DEI, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, The New England Consulting Locations: New York, America, United States

☆ What went disastrously wrong in Laxman Narasimhan's 17 months as CEO of Starbucks
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewLaxman Narasimhan is stepping down as CEO of Starbucks, just 17 months after he assumed the role in March 2023, the coffee giant announced on Tuesday. Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol will take over in September, with current CFO Rachel Ruggeri serving as interim CEO until then. Narasimhan's time at the head of the company had been tainted by falling sales, union clashes, and activist investors. Its former CEO keeps attacking the companyHoward Schultz, who led Starbucks for over 23 years, is not afraid to share his views on company management. In Starbucks' press release addressing the leadership change, Schultz didn't acknowledge Narasimhan's time at the company.

Persons: —, Laxman, Chipotle, Brian Niccol, Rachel Ruggeri, Laxman Narasimhan, William Blair, Sharon Zackfia, Narasimhan, Chris O'Cull, Elliott, Paul Singer, Elliott Management, Howard Schultz, Stephen Brashear, Getty Howard Schultz, Schultz, Schultz didn't Organizations: Service, Starbucks, Business, Narasimhan's, Elliott Management, CNBC, Getty, Street, The Workers United, Financial Times, Pride Locations: China, Palestine

☆ Nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz advances to semifinals for Team USA
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Isabel Yip | Isabel Yip Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Team USA middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz secured a spot in the women’s 1500-meter semifinals after finishing third in their qualifying heat at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Keep going,” Hiltz wrote, in part, on Instagram. “I will keep men out of women’s sports!” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, in all caps. “Transphobia is going crazyyyy at these Olympics,” Hiltz wrote in an Instagram story. I could just feel the love and support.”Hiltz will compete in the women’s 1500-meter semifinal on Thursday.

Persons: Nikki Hiltz, “, it’s, ” Hiltz, Imane, Lin Yu, Lin, Khelif’s, Angela Carini, Carini, Elon Musk, Harry Potter ”, J.K, Rowling, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Hiltz, transphobia, —, ” Organizations: USA, Paris Olympics, Boxing Association, International Olympic Committee, IOC, IBA, Tokyo Olympics, Games, NBC Sports, Pride, NBC Locations: Instagram, Algeria, Taiwan, Russian, Paris, Italian, “

☆ How Popcorn for the People empowers individuals with disabilities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow Popcorn for the People empowers individuals with disabilitiesIn honor of Disability Pride Month, Steven and Sam Bier share their journey of creating Popcorn for the People, a business dedicated to providing meaningful employment for individuals with disabilities. From a small popcorn stand to a thriving enterprise, this father-son duo exemplifies the American Dream through hard work, innovation, and community support. Discover how their commitment to creating opportunities goes beyond awareness, fostering real change and empowerment for individuals with disabilities.

Persons: Steven, Sam Bier

☆ Serena Williams aims dig at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at ESPY Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Tennis legend Serena Williams took a shot at Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker while hosting the ESPY Awards on Thursday, referencing controversial comments made by the kicker earlier this year. Presenting the event with her sister and fellow tennis icon Venus Williams and Abbott Elementary actress Quinta Brunson, the 23-time grand slam champion delivered a dig at Butker during a segment about women’s sports. “So go ahead and enjoy women’s sports like you would any other sports because they are sports,” Venus said to wrap up the segment. Williams’ remark at the ESPYs was made in response to a speech that Butker made in May to 485 graduates at Benedictine College, a small Catholic school in Atchison, Kansas. Butker later reaffirmed his commitment to his comments: “If it wasn’t clear that the timeless Catholic values are hated by many, it is now.”

Persons: Serena Williams, Harrison Butker, Venus Williams, Abbott, Quinta Brunson, ” Venus, ” Serena, “, ” Brunson, Butker, Williams, Amanda Davies, should’ve, Matt Baron, BEI, ”, ” Butker, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes Organizations: CNN, Tennis, Kansas City Chiefs, WNBA, Benedictine College, GLAAD, Pride, NFL, Chiefs Locations: Atchison , Kansas, Mount St, Scholastica, Kelce

☆ Why I Won’t Be Marching in the N.Y.C. Pride Parade - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Amichai Lau-Lavie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve been marching in Pride parades since 1995, but I won’t be marching this year in New York, where I live. Pride Month has always been about a political and progressive embrace of our rainbow of choices. Long before Oct. 7, 2023, Jewish progressives like me protested the Israeli occupation and preached a just two-state solution. I have helped to pioneer faith-led Pride programs that are grounded in Jewish values, fighting for freedom and liberation for all. So it’s painful to admit that I don’t feel welcome as my full self in many queer public places that once felt like home.

Persons: I’ve, I’m, Long Locations: New York, Israel, Gaza, American

More than two million people will fill the streets of Manhattan on Sunday for the New York City Pride March. But in small towns across the New York region in recent weeks, the march’s buoyant spirit has already gotten a head start. Jamie Creamer, 38, who lives in Patchogue, on the South Shore of Long Island, attended a Pride event there with her wife and their two young children, “to start setting an example,” she said. “My son plays sports in this town, and I’m a coach in this town. If we want to make a difference, we’ve got to start with ourselves.”

Persons: Jamie Creamer, “, ”, we’ve Organizations: New York, New York City Pride Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York, Hudson, Long, Patchogue, Shore, ”

☆ More companies are staying quiet during Pride, but money is still flowing to LGBTQ+ causes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A GLAAD spokesperson said Friday that the group has not seen donations or corporate support decline this Pride month, though it does not yet have a total tally. Pride Month merchandise is displayed at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. A sign disparaging Bud Light beer is seen along a country road on April 21, 2023 in Arco, Idaho. Anheuser-Busch, the brewer of Bud Light has faced backlash after the company sponsored two Instagram posts from a transgender woman. For its part, Bud Light hasn't posted in support of Pride month on its Instagram or X pages this year.

Persons: Stephen J, Cohen, Bud Light, Luke Hartig, Tim Bennett, Bennett, Sarah Kate Ellis, Ellis, JPMorgan Chase, Booking.com, Joe Biden, Justin Sullivan, Bud, Target, Natalie Behring, Kid Rock, Ron DeSantis, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light's, Michel Doukeris, Bud Light hasn't, Neil Reid, Reid, Tarang Amin, Tara Dziedzic Organizations: Getty, Gravity Research, D.C, Fortune, Tribury Productions, Procter & Gamble, GLAAD, Stonewall, Monument Visitor Center, New, Google, JPMorgan, Target, Pride Month, Anheuser, Busch, Busch InBev, Florida Gov, Constellation Brands, Modelo, InBev, UFC, RBC, University of Toledo, Fox News, The New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, Washington, New York City, San Francisco , California, Arco , Idaho, U.S, RBC Europe

☆ Biden campaign fundraises $27 million after first debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

US President Joe Biden speaks at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center grand opening ceremony in New York on June 28, 2024. The Biden campaign has raised $27 million starting from the day of the first presidential debate through Friday evening, a campaign spokesperson announced on Saturday. The Biden campaign, the Democratic National Convention, and Biden PACs and committees jointly raised $85 million in May, lagging behind Trump's $141 million haul in the same month that the former president was convicted on 34 felony charges. The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how much of this new fundraising came from grassroots donors online versus higher-dollar donors. Biden supporters, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have tried to spin the debate by recognizing, rather than ignoring the president's debate blunders while also asking voters to look past them.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump's, Camp David, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton Organizations: Stonewall, Monument Visitor, Democratic National Convention, Biden, Democratic, Trump, Monument Visitor Center, Pride, Camp Locations: New York, Atlanta, Raleigh , North Carolina, North Carolina, New Jersey

☆ Over 100 same-sex couples get married at mass wedding ceremony in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Mexico City Reuters —Over a hundred same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday in a group ceremony that was both romantic and political as part of Mexico City’s gay pride celebrations month. The ceremony started with a concert by the Gay Choir of Mexico City, followed by a civil ritual to exchange vows and formalize the marriage. ReutersMexico City, the capital city of Mexico, was in the global vanguard regarding same-sex marriage. Mass same-sex weddings are part of an annual ceremony that takes place during Pride Month in the city. In 2023, hundreds of same-sex couples and transgender people in Mexico City celebrated weddings and the completion of administrative processes to change their gender.

Persons: “, ”, Ricardo Mercado Organizations: Reuters, Gay Choir of, Pride Month, Pride Locations: Mexico, Gay Choir of Mexico City, Reuters Mexico City, Mexico City

☆ Rural retailer Tractor Supply eliminates DEI roles, Pride support and carbon emissions goals
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shoppers are seen at the parking lot of a Tractor Supply Co. store near Bloomsburg. Tractor Supply is also retiring initiatives aimed at reducing environmental impact and improving employee diversity. Tractor Supply said it's making the changes to better represent the values of the communities and customers it serves. "Rural communities are the backbone of our nation and what make America great," Tractor Supply said in the news release. CNBC contacted Tractor Supply for more details about the changes, and the company declined to comment beyond the release.

Organizations: Tractor Supply Co, Bloomsburg . Tractor, Human Rights, Pride, Human, Pride Month, Tractor Supply, ", FFA, CNBC, Supreme, Starbucks, Disney, Target, Pfizer, Associated Press Locations: Bloomsburg, America

And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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Wong, David Henry Hwang’s, Richie, wasn’t, Wayne Barker, — John Wogan Edmund White, Edmund White, Horatio, Leonard Fink’s “, Barbara Confino, Leonard Fink, Joseph Rodriguez, Bleecker, You’d, Gosh, Michael Snyder Pat Oleszko, Chichi, Kirsten, who’d, she’d, — C.H, Brian Michael Smith, Gay, Smith, Kiki Ball, Josue Infante, Skyler Cruz, Jamison, — J.A.R, Agnes Denes’s “, Don Yowell, Finkelstein, Agnes Denes, Leslie Tonkonow, Don, Agnes Denes’s, JD Samson, Sia, Mark Hunter, Anthony Cotsifas I’d, Johanna Fateman, Tigre, Michael O’Neill, Obama, might’ve, — Kate Guadagnino Kristen Kish, Kish, Suzanne Kreiter, David Moir, Bravo, isn’t, — J.W, Stephen Spinella, Mantello, Joan Marcus, Photofest, Tony Kushner’s, Louis Ironson, Milton Glaser, he’s, David, Marshall Grant, Joe Pitt, Walter, Awards, Stephen, ” —, Freedia, Devon Hurst, Sissy Nobby, Barack Obama’s, Lyle Ashton Harris, Big, Bounce, ” — M.B, Thom Browne, Browne, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont, Malcolm Venville, Paul Fortune, Michèle Lamy —, — J.C, Catherine Opie’s “, Opie, Ian, Lehmann Maupin, Eileen Myles, Jenny Shimizu, I’ve, Nicole Acheampong Danez Smith, Juan Cordero, ” Womp, They’d, hookups, Who’s, We’ve, You’re, J.A.R, Linda Simpson, India, Little Louie Vega, who’s, — K.G, Alexander Chee, Alexander Chee’s, Marguerite Duras’s “, Jeongneung, King Jungjong, Eric McNatt, Chris Chee, — M.S, Sam Jay, Jay, Jonah, Kumail ”, hadn’t, K.G, Phillip Lim, Lim, Tourmaline, Sylvia Rivera, Luce Capco Lincoln, York’s, We’d, Marsha P, John Cameron Mitchell, Larry Kramer, Mitchell’s, Mitchell, Martha Swope, Billy Rose, Mark Tusk, ” Kramer’s, Larry, Ned Weeks, Ned, “ Hedwig, J.W, Joerg Lohse, Reena, there’s, Matt Bomer, Bomer, Simon Halls, Neal Caffrey, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally —, — I’d, Hollywood, Wu Tsang, Neil Rasmus, Wildness, ’, Wildness ”, Roxane Gay, Mueller, Brandon Williams, Donna Gottschalk, Donna Gottschalk’s “, Duchess, Galerie Marcelle Alix, goddamn, Coco Romack Michael R, Aaron Kinney, Nova, “ I’m, Bob Damron’s, Sgt, Shirley, Waldorf, Harold’s, Jean ] Genet, Marcel, Proust Organizations: Pride, Stonewall, West, America’s, ACT UP, San, Playwrights Horizons, Odeon, New York’s TriBeCa, Electric, Getty, Police, Billy, New York Live Arts, Keith Haring Foundation, BAM Hamm, Liberation, Brooklyn Liberation, Brooklyn Museum, Fort, New York’s, New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Broadway, Equity, LGBT Community Center, Fulbright, Mudd, New, Bisexual, Transgender Community, Center, Transgender Community Center, “, Maxwell, Museum School, Farmers, Seattle, Boston Globe, Travel, New York Times, Rancho Mirage, Gay, Caesar’s, FEMA, Yale, York’s Webster Hall, Masters, Records, Pyramid, Work, ACT, Carpenters, Seymour, Edinburgh, Atlanta —, Ninja, Huntington, New York, Lesbian, Equal, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, USA, Children’s Hospital of Los, MoMA, Whitney Biennial, University of Nebraska, Alamy, HarperCollins, of Engineering, Google, Division, Astor, Tilden Foundations, Pershing, University of Southern, Pershing Square Locations: New York, Berlin, “, America, San Francisco, Baltimore, New York’s, New York City, California, Atlanta, Europe, Wayne County, Dortmund, Germany, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Rockland County, N.Y, ’, I’m, Brooklyn, West Dakota, Fort Greene, New, Leonard Fink’s “ Bars, Street, Rome, —, Aspen, Colo, Copenhagen, Danish, Peru, Los Angeles, Agnes Denes’s “ Wheatfield, Downtown Manhattan, North Moore, TriBeCa, Hoboken, N.J, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, Boston, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Vinnie’s, Bedford, Austin , Texas, Copley, Menton, Asian American, York, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles’s, L.A, Hong Kong, Seoul, Casa, Koreatown, Minneapolis, Grindr, East, India, Wigstock, Tompkins, Vershire, Chee, Iowa, Huntington Beach, Chelsea, Barneys, Madison, Miami, New York State, Washington, The, LA, Silver Lake, Missouri, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Zurich, Central, American, Westlake, Los Angeles and New York, Lincoln, Alphabet City , New York, Lenox, United States, University of Southern California, Downtown Los Angeles

☆ Judy Garland and ‘The Trolley Song’: Why an 80-year-old performance speaks to today’s LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Scottie Andrew | Sydney Bishop | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. And yet it has found new life online nearly 80 years later as an unlikely anthem for LGBTQ Pride. “Happy pride month (sic) to Judy Garland in the trolley song. Kelleher likened it to Cher’s 1998 autotune fantasia “Believe” but “somehow even more gay.”Like Cher’s hit, “The Trolley Song” is dripping in artifice. “The Trolley Song” has been adopted by LGBTQ people since Garland first started singing it in concert.

Persons: ”, Louis, Judy Garland, Sabrina Carpenter’s, Oz, Dave Karger, Patrick Kelleher, Garland, ” Kelleher, “, huff, Esther Smith, ‘, clang ’, ’, zing ’, Paige Turner, … ” Turner, ” Paige Turner, Turner, Kelleher, Louis ”, Manuel Betancourt, “ Judy, Rufus Wainwright, –, Judy, Rufus, Wainwright, ” Wainwright, Garland’s, ” Karger, Dee Michel, Dorothy, ’ ”, Michel, ” Michel, Jim Bailey, Princess Diana, King Charles, Liza Minnelli, It’s, ” Turner, “ Gay Organizations: CNN, LGBTQ, Turner, TCM, Warner Bros ., Pride, Broadway, Carnegie Hall, Capitol Studios, Gay Boys Locations: St, Ireland, Missouri, New York, London, Los Angeles

☆ Opinion: Why I had to break up my arranged marriage to a perfect mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Opinion Saju Mathew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Mine started at the core of an Orthodox South Indian Christian family in Nigeria, West Africa, where I was born and raised. Being gay can be perceived as very shameful and devastating to an Indian family — regardless of how incredibly accomplished you might be. Silently, even today, most Indian parents would be thrilled if their kids became doctors —it’s estimated that India is the biggest source country for doctors in the US. This would give me a much better chance of getting into a good medical school. She was finishing her last year of medical school.

Persons: Saju Mathew, X, CNN —, Saju Mathew Don Stallings, Mine, — it’s, Dr, Mathew, “ she’s, ”, don’t, fiancée, He's Organizations: CNN, Grady Hospital, Orthodox South Indian, Netflix, Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, —, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Atlanta, Nigeria, West Africa, India, Kabba, Africa

☆ How the vodka soda became 'gay water'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The combination of soda water and vodka has long been a fixture of boozy LGBTQ+ life, particularly among gay men. One of those came from Houston-based lawyer Jeff Watters, who called the vodka soda the "gay water" of the nighttime in a post on X. Retail is also central to the business for Gay Water, a startup offering canned cocktail variations of vodka soda. The former's vodka soda citrus is 100 calories per can, while Gay Water contains 80. The Gay Bar Shop, a specialty retailer, sells an 11-ounce, $49 candle that smells like a vodka soda with a lime garnish.

Persons: Emily Rabbideau, Justin Ruka, Orlando, Ruka, seltzer, Lucas Hilderbrand, Justin, Jeff Watters, Coke, Watters, Hilderbrand, Mary Holt, Holt, Eric Einstein, Einstein, Brendan Oudekerk, bartenders, Rose Kennedy, Tom Campbell, Campbell, James Delos Reyes, that's, Spencer Hoddeson, Hoddeson, Bud Light, Kylie Jenner's, Boston Beer, Victor Tran, Tran Organizations: Love, Alaska Airlines, CNBC, University of California, San Francisco, Gay, New York City, Washington , D.C, New, Boston Beer, Boston, Gay Water Locations: San Francisco, Irvine, Houston, bartenders, Lawrence , Kansas, New York, Washington ,, West Hollywood, influencers, New York City, Gopuff, Virginia

While she is not a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Gamblin said, she is an ally. Aldrich had expressed an open hatred for the LGBTQ+ community and had indicated an interest in mass shootings before, the document said. Some patrons hid or played dead as Aldrich moved though the club, shooting indiscriminately. Anderson Lee Aldrich, center, sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs in November 2022. The shooter agreed in January to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from the Club Q shooting.

Persons: Anderson Lee, Aldrich, Charlotte Sweeney, Sweeney, ”, “, ” Ashtin Gamblin, Gamblin, Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Kelly Loving, Raymond Green Vance, Aldrich –, Stephanie Clark, Paugh’s, ” Clark, ” Wyatt Kent, ” Kent, ” Aldrich, Anderson Lee Aldrich, Anderson Lee Aldrich’s Organizations: Denver CNN, Prosecutors, US Department of Justice, Pride, Q, Justice Department, Court, Colorado Springs, CNN Locations: Colorado, Wyoming, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Orlando , Florida, Aurora

☆ Thailand to become first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Helen Regan | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The result of the vote means that Thailand will become only the third place in Asia to allow for marriage equality after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019 and Nepal in 2023. Mark Phillips/CNNPrevious attempts to legalize marriage equality over the past decade had stalled. Nonetheless Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, of the Pheu Thai Party, had also promised to bring the marriage equality bill to parliament. Japan is the only Group of Seven (G7) country that has not recognized either same-sex civil unions or same-sex marriage, despite recent high court decisions that ruled not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. South Korea does not legally recognize same-sex marriage but in February 2023, a South Korean court ruled in favor of a same-sex couple seeking equal health benefits.

Persons: ”, Panyaphon Phiphatkhunarnon, Thailand –, ” Panyaphon, Watit, ” Pokpong, Pokpong, Mark Phillips, Pita Limjaroenrat, Srettha Thavisin, Srettha, “, Peerapon Boonyakiat, Xi Jinping Organizations: CNN, Love Foundation, Pokpong, “, Party, Thailand’s, Pheu Thai Party, Bangkok Pride Locations: Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia, Taiwan, Nepal, Bangkok, Sukhumvit, Myanmar, Brunei, Indonesia, Aceh, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Beijing, South Korea, Korea

☆ Thailand passes landmark bill recognising marriage equality
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for the country to become the third territory in Asia to recognize same-sex couples after Nepal and Taiwan. The law gained the support of nearly all upper house lawmakers and will be sent to the palace for royal approval. LGBTQ+ advocates called the move a "monumental step forward" as it would make Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to enact marriage equality legislation. Thailand is already known for its vibrant LGBTQ+ culture and tolerance, making it a popular destination for tourists. "This would underscore Thailand's leadership in the region in promoting human rights and gender equality," the Civil Society Commission of marriage equality, activists and LGBTI+ couples said.

Persons: Srettha Thavisin Organizations: Civil Society Commission, Pride Locations: Thailand's, Asia, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Bangkok

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