Alright, pretty sizable update, let’s see what we have today.
The car crash was horrific, but there’s some sort of cosmic karma for the man who was campaigning so hard against Obamacare is now loving it, since he lost his insurance.
This is really awesome, NYC public schools will get Muslim holidays off. I always wondered why we didn’t, since we got Christian holidays off.
fun.’s new project called “Bleachers” has its first single, and it’s awesome:
In case you haven’t heard, the Ugandan President signed into a law a horrific bill making it illegal to be LGBT in the country. The bill is so extreme, you can be locked up for life just for opposing the law. Their ethics minister is even quoted as saying that they show “tolerance” to gays by “not slaughtering them.” The Center for Constitutional Rights is suing US evangelical pastor Scott Lively, citing that he is directly responsible for the bill coming into existence (he has also been linked to the anti-LGBT bill in Russia). So yeah, it’s all disheartening and tragic and infuriating that a US citizen is partially responsible for these crimes against humanity.
Also in crazy anti-LGBT news, Arizona is inching closer (the Governor can still veto it) enshrining discrimination into law. In response, a pizza shop put up this amazing sign. The bill, at its worst, can lead to public servants refusing service to gay citizens. So say I live in Arizona and my house is burning down. The firefighters see a HRC flag, they could legally let it burn by refusing me service. Andrew Sullivan reminds us that Catholics should be more concerned with divorce than gays, if they really want to be able to legally discriminate, considering Jesus specifically mentioned the divorced.
And Boehner is still refusing to bring ENDA up for a vote, even though it would probably pass. No real surprise, but still sad to hear.
In the last bit of bad LGBT news, members of the LGBT community who live in anti-equality areas, die 12 years earlier than LGBT citizens in safer places. But, being homophobic takes two and a half years off the hater’s life. So that’s something at least.
A music video staring 3D printed stars:
An awesome back tattoo that gets colored in as he visits countries around the world.
Guys. We’re running out of clowns.
An awesome compilation of pop culture from the New York Times:
A troll on Twitter took on Dan Savage, and he and his husband hosted an impromptu fundraiser for Planned Parenthood to fight back.
And just as a reminder, a mere three percent of Planned Parenthood’s budget is for abortion services. The rest is basic reproductive and medical care, they are a great resource for the community, both men and women. And speaking of, the abortion rate is at the lowest levels since 1973. That comes from more access to comprehensive sex education and access to contraception. The crazy draconian laws that have come onto the books the last few years aren’t in this study, as there isn’t data for those years yet.
I think it’s a cool campaign, but it took some flack. Either way, it makes the point that we tend to donate towards breast cancer, while we forget the brutal forces of other types of cancer, especially pancreatic.
That’s it for now, have a great one!
