Author: Brett

Jennifer Lopez To Produce Show About Lesbian Couple For ABC Family

Brett

Nine years after she played a Lesbian character in the movie “Gigli,” Jennifer Lopez is developing an hour-long show for ABC Family about a lesbian couple with kids.

According to Deadline.com, the new series centers on a lesbian couple with kids (one biological son and adopted teen twins–one a boy, the other a girl), whose household is turned upside down when a wayward teenage girl moves in.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/jennifer-lopez-lesbian-show-abc-family_n_1666862.html?utm_hp_ref=lesbian

Here Are The Startups New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Invested In

Brett

Marissa Mayer is the new CEO of Yahoo.

What is she going to do with the company? We don’t know. She might not know.

She just landed the job Monday afternoon. She starts on Tuesday morning.

However, we can get a clue about what she thinks is interesting in the tech industry by looking at where she’s invested her own personal money.

Via Crunchbase, and a quick search through Google, we’ve grabbed the companies she invested in.

http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-startups-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-has-invested-in-2012-7?op=1#ixzz20plVkBxq

$1 million attack on Tammy Baldwin fizzles?

Brett

Two separate half-million dollar attack ad campaigns targeting Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the Wisconsin Senate race may have produced zip for the special interest groups that launched them.  New polling numbers suggest the presumptive Democratic nominee’s standing in the race has actually improved over the last few weeks.  Baldwin is now tied with two GOP challengers and leads two others, according to the firm Public Policy Polling.

 

http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/07/11/1-million-attack-on-tammy-baldwin-fizzles/

LGBT studies program stirs controversy at University of Louisiana

Brett

LAFAYETTE, La. — A new minor at the University of Louisiana Lafayette is stirring up controversy and has some calling for the university to remove the program from its curriculum.

The University became the first in the state to offer an LGBT studies minor last spring. According to the website for the minor, it offers students with a chance at broad interdisciplinary study. In order for students to successfully complete the minor, they must complete 18 credit hours in LGBT studies.

 

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/lgbt-studies-program-stirs-controversy-at-university-of-louisiana/

Thomson Reuters says Minnesota anti-gay amendment is bad for business

Brett

MINNEAPOLIS -– Media giant Thomson Reuters on Friday said that a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business.

John Shaughnessy, a spokesman for the New York-based business data provider, told reporters Friday that several of the company’s Minnesota-based executives wrote in an email to employees, “We believe the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, if passed, would limit our ability to recruit and retain top talent.”

 

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/thomson-reuters-says-minnesota-anti-gay-amendment-is-bad-for-business/

America’s shame: 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT kids

Brett

LOS ANGELES – About 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT, and nearly all homeless youth service providers in the U.S. now serve LGBT youth, according to a comprehensive report on LGBT youth homelessness released Thursday.

Nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) respondents indicated that family rejection was a major factor contributing to LGBT youth homelessness, making it the most cited factor. More than half (54 percent) of respondents indicated that abuse in their family was another important factor contributing to LGBT homelessness.

 

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/americas-shame-40-percent-of-homeless-youth-are-lgbt-kids/

From Losing My First Boyfriend to Homophobia to Empowering LGBT Youth: It Gets Better

Brett

High school is a tough time for everyone; we’re all trying to figure out who we are, how to be adults, and what “clique” we fit into. This is especially difficult if you’re also trying to figure out if you’re gay or not.

I knew by freshman year that I was gay, but that entire year was a lie for me. I thought being gay was bad, or wrong, or maybe just a phase, and I knew I could hide it. But the pressure of all the lies was deeply upsetting, so I told my best friend. She proceeded to tell everyone else, too, to spread rumors about me. My lie was over, people knew, and I felt like everyone was staring at me. But at least I still had the support I needed to stay alive: my boyfriend.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-beaver/from-losing-my-first-boyfriend-to-homophobia_b_1672557.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

5 Tips for Bullied LGBTQ Youth

Brett

Joto, maricón, mariposa, pato — just a few of the words I heard other students (and their parents) call me throughout middle school. Unknown to them, I grew up in an authentic Mexican-American family, so I knew the meaning of their words. Each word was a variation of “f*ggot,” and even the way they said it sounded cruel and disgusting; mariposa no longer meant “butterfly” to me.

Regardless of what people thought of me then, I walked from class to class seemingly unscratched; I would walk home hand-in-hand with the girl I claimed to like, only to find myself hours later sitting in my room in confusion — thinking about boys.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-andrade-pimienta/5-tips-for-bullied-lgbtq-youth_b_1668645.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

Little Known Fact: Woody Guthrie Was a Big Ol’ Racist

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Woody Guthrie is one of the most universally-celebrated musical figures of 20th century, and there’s been a gale of veneration accompanying the 100th anniversary of his birth tomorrow. This includes a weekend of tributes and events in his former ‘hood Echo Park, and the re-naming of a public square downtown in his honor. Our feature this week, meanwhile, tells the story of his time in Los Angeles, pre-fame, through analysis of four unearthed singles that were recorded here.

 

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/07/woody_guthrie_racist_stalin_apologist.php

We Are The Youth Shares Stories Of LGBT Bullying

Brett

The bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth isn’t a new phenomenon. What is new is the number of young people who are willing to speak out about their experiences — and the number of adults and allies who are listening.

We Are the Youth, a photojournalism project sharing the individual stories of LGBT youth, is about the lives of young people who happen to be gay. For many of the youth, they couldn’t accurately share their stories without including the pain of being bullied. Some have been picked on because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Others just because they are perceived as a little outside of the mainstream.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/we-are-the-youth-lgbt-youth_n_1624793.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices