LMFAO!!!! Beauty and the Beast...the GAY QUEEN VERSION!!!! HEY GIRL!

Or should we say, "Salut, mademoiselle"? The opening scene of Disney's 1991 animated classicBeauty and the Beast gets gayed up with new narration that turns the quaint French village into a “little town full of queens and homos.” 

A clever YouTube user known as Wehoguy30 posted the video which includes a male narrator who is obviously inspired by the recent Honey Badger clip that became a viral sensation. Belle's picturesque stroll through her provincial town becomes peppered with sassy phrases like "Bonjour, Bernice, I love your new wig" and "Did you see Donna's tits? Don't they look real?"

Watch the clip below. 

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Texas College Refuses Lesbian a Job Interview

A college in Texas is being sued for reportedly turning away a qualified teaching candidate because college administrators perceived her to be a lesbian. 

Jacqueline Gill, a Ph.D. student and former high school English teacher, was hired as a temporary instructor at Tarrant County College in August 2009. Upon hiring for her temporary position, she was told that temporary instructors typically transition to work full-time at the college upon successful completion of a one-year contract. 

According to Lambda Legal, which is corepresenting Gill along with attorney Benjamin D. Williams, she received high praise from her colleagues, supervisors, and parents during her year of teaching. During the year, however, Gill punished a student for academic dishonesty, and the student retaliated by falsely claiming that Gill flirted with girls during class. She denied the claim, but English department chair Eric Devlin subjected Gill to a lengthy tirade against gay people, and said that "Texas and Tarrant County College do not like homosexuals."

In June 2010, near the end of her contract, she was not allowed to interview for a permanent teaching position. 

"I'm a good teacher and I work hard," Gill said in a statement Thursday. "But none of that mattered once Eric Devlin suspected that I'm a lesbian. While I have never hidden my sexual orientation, neither have I ever told anyone on campus that I am gay. My partner and I have been together for over 12 years and we're both Texas natives. Finding a job these days is hard enough — no one should have to go through something like this."

Gill's case says that Devlin and Antonio Howell, division dean of humanities at the campus, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution by refusing her to interview for the permanent position  based on their perception that she is a lesbian. The case is being filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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Gay Airman Accidentally Exposed: Rolling Out of the Deep

You may be one of the millions who saw a viral YouTube video showing a group of airmen covering Adele's hit "Rolling in the Deep." It just so happens that the guy who posted the video is on the verge of coming out to the world.

The airman who uploaded the video, using the nameAreYouSuprised, had also been keeping a vlog on YouTube about being gay in the military, chronicling his delicate coming-out process. Soon enough, his military colleagues started to figure out that the guy posting the videos of the band of singing airmen was also the guy posting the intimate (yet mostly faceless) vlog posts.

He's a 21-year-old stationed in Germany who has yet to have his first drink, isn't really a movie person, and really likes when people cook for him. Here is the performance that went viral and the still-unidentified airman's entries on being gay in the military. 

Rolling in the Deep — Military Cover — August 8

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U.K. to Lift Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donors

England, Scotland, and Wales will lift a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood, a restriction instituted in the 1980s but one not supported by scientific studies on blood supply safety. 

The BBC reports that government ministers have agreed to allow men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate if they have not engaged in sexual activity within the past 12 months, effective in November (earlier this year, the U.K. had considered putting a 10-year deferral on MSM blood donation). Northern Ireland is expected to issue its own decision on the matter in the near future. 

Citing recent research — including a December article in the journal Transfusion that found no evidence of increased HIV infection risk resulting from a 12-month deferral policy in Australia — the U.K.’s Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues, and Organs argued earlier this year that the lifetime ban could no longer be scientifically supported.

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration’s lifetime ban on MSM donors remains in effect, despite efforts by advocates, blood bank organizations, and lawmakers to overturn it. Last year an advisory committee voted against recommending that the MSM donation policy be changed, though committee members also voted that the current restrictions are “suboptimal” and recommended further research into distinguishing between high- and low-risk donors, regardless of sexual orientation.

Read the BBC report here.

Update: British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell issued the following statement on the blood donation policy change:

"Although the new policy is a big improvement on the existing discriminatory rules, a 12 month ban is still excessive and unjustified. Most gay and bisexual men do not have HIV and will never have HIV. If they always have safe sex with a condom, have only one partner and test HIV negative, their blood is safe to donate. They can and should be allowed to help save lives by becoming donors." 

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Lesbian Student Asked to Leave Christian School

Honesty is a virtue. Unless you’re a lesbian student at the Master's School, a K-12 Christian school in West Simsbury, Conn.

Rachel Aviles was a popular kid who excelled in academics, sports, and extracurriculars. And even though she isn’t a Christian, she says she respected the school's faith. Unfortunately, Aviles wasn’t able to attend what would have been her senior year because of circumstances resulting from an incident last spring.

The Harfort Courant reports that on a class trip, Aviles and several students pretended to be married, holding hands and making “wifey” phone calls to each other.

"Looking back, it was kind of stupid," Aviles says. "But it was harmless."

After the school learned of the innocent event, the students were called in and asked about their sexual orientation. When asked, Aviles admitted to administrators what her friends already knew: that she is a lesbian.

Aviles says she was asked to leave the school to avoid being expelled.

While the school's headmaster, Jon Holley, declined to discuss Aviles because of privacy concerns, the teen’s former coach, Heather Lodovico, said she phoned administrators to see if they would reverse the decision. The answer was no.

"She's a fantastic kid," said Lodovico. "My reaction was: 'Wow. Your God's really small.' Whether it's a sin or not, take that out of the picture, and this is still wrong. I think God's up there shaking his head going, 'Really? Really?'

Read the full story here.

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Google Honors Freddie Mercury With Doodle

Google paid tribute to the late Queen front man Freddie Mercury with an animated doodle Sunday, the day the gay British singer would have turned 65. 

The doodle, which first appeared on Google sites in locations including the U.K., took center stage on the U.S. Google site Monday. It features a 90-second video set to the song “Don’t Stop Me Now,” with Mercury performing onstage, soaring across sky and land on various rides, and vacuuming at home while dressed as a woman. 

Mercury died of complications from AIDS in 1991.

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Murders Put Focus on Same-Sex Domestic Abuse!!!

A spike in the number of same-sex partners killed in domestic violence episodes in Massachusetts draws attention to the inadequate response of law enforcement to the problem.
The Boston Globe reports on seven killings of same-sex partners since 2010, a sharp increase from one to three such murders in previous years. Advocates report that law enforcement officials and the court system fail to recognize, understand, and address the problem of same-sex domestic abuse, with fatal consequences for victims.

“Advocates say there is a deep resistance from some police departments to learn more about the issue,” according to the Globe. “They report dropping off brochures about services for victims only to have officers scoff or discard them. A few years ago, officers from one department in the state walked out of a workshop on helping gay domestic violence victims, said Curt Rogers, executive director of the Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project in Cambridge.”

The Globe continued, “There are regular reports of both victim and batterer receiving restraining orders to stay away from each other because a judge was unable to identify the abuser. For the same reason, victims have been arrested along with their abusers after police received a report of an assault.”

While advocates acknowledge the increase in murders could be the result of more reporting and not a jump in violence, they view the tragedies as an opportunity to call for more attention from and specialized training for law enforcement agencies.

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WELL WELL WELL: Rapper The Game Says Be Gay, Be Proud!!!

Rapper The Game gave an interview supporting gay people and telling closeted rappers and hip-hop performers to come out.

The Game, a 31-year-old rapper from Los Angeles, spoke to Vlad TV about the issue of gays in hip-hop. He said he has nothing against gay people, only those gays who hide their identity. "Be gay and be proud," he says at one point, adding that Beyoncé should have named her recent single "Gays (Who Rule the World)" instead of "Girls (Who Rule the World)." The rapper says those who hide in the closet can spread HIV to others they're not honest with.

The Game also indicates there are many "man fans" in hip-hop afraid to live openly and says Mister Cee, a DJ arrested for a public same-sex encounter recently, should be able to do his thing. Watch the video below.

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CELEBRITY SNEAKER STALKER!!!

Wear a size 12? Kanye’s got a pair of “Infrared” 6s he won’t be needing. While his Air Yeezy 2 breakout made headlines alone, it also makes Ye a headliner in this week’s Celebrity Sneaker Stalker. “New” is a common theme in this week’s column as we see new shoes on some of our old favorites and old sneakers on some new headliners. Is it Kanye versus the field today? Decide for yourself in the voting poll and give props in the comment section.

Wiz Khalifa in the Air Jordan 4 "Black Cat"

Chris Brown in the Jordan CMFT Viz Air 13 White /Grey

LeBron James in the Nike Air Footscape Woven Motion "Black Cat"

Common in the Nike Zoom Kobe VI "Del Sol"

Wale in the Nike LeBron 8 V2 Low "Miami Night"

DJ Khaled in the Air Jordan 11 Low IE Black/Red

Lil Wayne in the Vans Authentic Red/Yellow

Joe Budden (left) in the Nike LeBron 8 V2 Low "Solar Red" and Royce da 5'9 in the Nike Air Trainer SC 2 "Infrared" 

Cassie in the Air Jordan 3 "True Blue"

Chris Brown in Maison Martin Margiela Sneakers

Dwayne Wade in the Air Jordan 5 "Wolf Grey"

Ronnie in the Nike SB Dunk High "Osaka"

Big KRIT in the Nike MS78 Black/Freshwater

Brad Pitt in the Vans OTW Bedford White/Off White

Kanye West in the Nike Air Yeezy 2 Zen Grey/Solar Red

Kevin Hart in Lanvin Sneakers

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Adoption Legal in Mexico City, But Only One Couple Applies

A year after lawmakers in Mexico City granted same-sex couples the right to adopt, just one couple has taken them up on it.

A lesbian couple has been authorized by the Mexican government to adopt, and so far they are the only ones to request permission. Jaime Lopez Vela, a leader of the group Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transsexual and Transgender Agenda,told the Associated Press last year that the first case would be of girl being adopted by the lesbian partner of the child's biological mother.

Polling in the country show a potentially inhospitable atmosphere for the parents with widespread disapproval of gay adoption, according to Latin America News Dispatches. Mexico City is the only place in the country where adoption is allowed, and Mexico's Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that adoptions there must be respected elsewhere. And the slow process to adopt is, as it is almost everywhere, strewn with red tape.

The number of married couples in Mexico who might qualify to adopt isn't huge, but it's slowly growing. In August, Mexico reached its milestone 1,000th same-sex wedding. 

Approximately 85 percent of the couples were age 31 or older, according to the Associated Press. And estimates say 6% of weddings are foreigners coming the country to take advantage of marriage equality.

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Is Univ. of Virginia discriminating against LGBT employees?

An insightful article from the University of Virginia’s campus daily examines the school’s policies toward LGBT employees – and finds it lacking.

Tom Christensen writes that although sexual orientation is included in the University’s equal opportunity and affirmative action statement, it provides no benefits or support to LGBT employees – and doesn’t even track sexual orientation of its employees the way it tracks race, gender and other qualities.

Though the University says it can’t give domestic partner benefits to LGBT employees under state law, Christensen notes that other universities – most notably the University of Michigan- have found ways around such laws.

The article says:

Although the University blames current Virginia codes for barring it from offering health benefits to the partners of same-sex employees, Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, a former chief deputy attorney general for the commonwealth who now runs her own consulting firm, suggests that the University does in fact have the ability to extend health benefits to same-sex partners despite the state’s current codes.

Under Virginia code 23-69, the University is defined as a corporation. Gastañaga said this definition gives the University the ability to exercise certain corporate powers, such as extending health benefits to same-sex partners. Gastañaga also noted that, while the University is subject to the control of the General Assembly and the Virginia constitution, Virginia legislators would have to pass a law that specifically prohibits the University from extending health benefits to same-sex partners to prohibit such an action.

“It’s very broad language,” Gastañaga said of Virginia’s marriage codes.

It’s worth it to read the whole thing at the Cavalier Daily.

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SMH: Rights Group Reports 3 Hanged in Iran for Gay Sex

Mock nooses are displayed as protesters 

demonstrate outside the Iranian embassy 

in west London in 2010 to draw attention 

to human rights abuses including punishments 

such as stoning and executions.

Three men were executed in Iran on Sunday for having gay sex, according to Iran Human Rights, an organization that monitors state news there.

The group noted in a blog post today that the state-run Iranian news agency, ISNA, reports that three people who were hanged had been convicted of sodomy and other crimes such as robbery. A Sharia judge is allowed to decide how to kill any man who violates the anti-sodomy article of the law.

IHR says the men were identified in the report only by initials: "M.T.", "T.T." and M. Ch." 

IHR spokesman Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said these were "rare cases" in which the Iranian government had put someone to death explicitly for homosexual acts. "Iranian authorities normally present such cases as rape," Amiry-Moghaddam said in a statement.

So far, IHR is the only group reporting these deaths.

Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once famously told a reporter during a news conference that, ''In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it.''

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