Nate Silver on how Bernie Sanders could win Iowa and New Hampshire and then lose everywhere else. “Put another way, Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t representative of the more diverse electorates that Democrats will turn out elsewhere. It just so happens that the idiosyncrasies of the first two states match Sanders’s strengths and Clinton’s relative weaknesses.”
Japan’s LGBT community launches unprecedented bid for same-sex marriage by appealing through human rights law.
Orange is the New Black‘s Matt McGorry is a fan of the Free the Nipple movement.
Northern Ireland’s former Health Minister questioned by police over comments made at an election event linking child abuse with gay relationships.
Homeopathy blog claims gay people can be “cured” by acupuncture.
American Samoa encouraged to follow Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality.
An op-ed on why we should stop slut-shaming Marc Jacobs for his nude Instagram photo. “Today, in a society that is much more open and tolerant than that of our predecessors, queer men perform what has now become somewhat of a coming of age on mobile applications like Grindr, Jack’d, Scruff, and many (many) others as well as (but to a much lesser extent) on other, more common apps like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.This move by Jacobs presents an opportunity for opening the discourse. Why is sex positivity not promoted for queer and trans folk? Why are we constantly considered deviant? We’re “allowed” to marry now, so we’re only supported when we conform to your lifestyles? It is high time that it becomes publicly understood that queerness exists beyond the means and context of 2.5 kids and a white picket fence.”
Dallas Episcopal bishop says hell no to gay weddings at his churches.
Scientists say wild bumblebee species are being squeezed into extinction by climate change in North America and Europe.
X-Men: Apocalypse stars Nicholas Hoult and Sophie Turner rocks out at Taylor Swift’s Montreal show this week.
Giuliana Rancic is walking away from E! News.
The Atlantic on why the case against encouraging polygamy is still strong. “And if civil marriage’s benefits are extended to a practice as historically and potentially destabilizing as polygamous marriage, it will undermine the conservative case for conserving civil marriage and strengthen the libertarian case that the state should get out of the business of incentivizing any particular relationship structure.”
Chicago radio host implies Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson might be gay. “And I understand there were times past where you felt you had to live a lie,” said Dan Bernstein. “This isn’t that time. This is quite the opposite of that; you don’t have to live a lie. You don’t have to be artificial.”
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce says it won’t be removing the stars of Bill Cosby or Donald Trump from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Civil unions bill rejected by 50-39 vote in Israel’s parliament.
Blue Bell Ice Cream gears up for return to store shelves following recall over listeria outbreak.
Transgender actress Mia Isabella responds to Tyga cheating rumors. “It’s very sad that the idea of a man loving a trans person has to be considered a scandal when all people are equal — love always wins doesn’t it? I live in a world in my mind where everything is a fairy tale of love. Saddening to see small-minded thoughts travel so quickly like wildfire not knowing if its true or not.”
Stand united with Katniss Everdeen in this new teaser video for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
