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Maddow Nominated For Television Critics' Award
Huffington Post:
MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” is again the only cable news show nominated for a Television Critics Association award.
Let the swooning continue…
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Though we prefer her in ripped t-shirts and jeans, Kristen Stewart is looking pretty smokin’ in the new issue of Elle.
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Thirteen is number one!
KStew is two!
Tegan is 17...
Sara is 18 (but neither was 19. Sorry)
See Jillian, coming out = good press!
Calvin Klein, Obsession
AfterEllen’s 2010 Hot 100 is up today and surprisingly, Kristen Stewart is not number one. Though she’s gotten plenty of hype over the last year, House’s Olivia Wilde takes the lead. While last year’s No. 1, Portia de Rossi drops to the fifth spot, Jillian Michaels finally shows up, and though they appear back-to-back, people still prefer Tegan slightly more than Sara (though Sara is ahead in the Out Women List - go figure!).
OK, now back to work. Just kidding.
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A lot of blogs are talking about how “no one cares” that Lady Sovereign came out. We’re not saying that, because it was so totally obvious for years. I mean, right? Have you seen her perform? No shocker there!
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Kiana Firouz, 27 years old, is an outspoken Iranian LGBT rights activist, filmmaker, and actress. When clips of her video documentary work featuring the struggle and persecution of gays and lesbians in her country were acquired by Iranian intelligence, agents began to follow Firouz around Tehran, harassing and intimidating her. She fled for England where she could safely continue her work and studies.
She plays a starring role in Cul de Sac, a documentary film produced in the UK about the condition of lesbians in Iran, and based heavily on Firouz’s own life story. Directed by Ramin Goudarzi-Nejad and Mahshad Torkan, the movie will premiere in London in a few days. Since the trailer was posted on YouTube in December 2009, Cul de Sac has attracted global media attention, with thousands of views. Apparently, some of those views included members of Ahmadinejad’s puppet media in Iran. They know who Firouz is and what she stands for. They want her to come back to the country she was born in to answer for it.
Firouz, understandably, has requested asylum from the British government. Much to everyone’s shock and dismay, the British Home Office has rejected her application for refugee status. Yes, they know she’s gay. Yes, they know she could be deported back to Iran at any time, and that if this happens, Firouz will most likely be sentenced to torture and death after being found guilty of the “unspeakable sin of homosexuality” because she has participated in explicit lesbian sex scenes in the movie, and been a fierce proponent for human rights in her country.
In Iran, the punishment for lesbianism involving mature consenting women consists of 100 lashes. This punishment can be applied up to three times. After a fourth violation of Iranian law, a woman convicted of “unrepentant homosexuality” is finally executed by hanging, often publicly, in front of a howling mob.
please sign the petition to save this woman
and reblog this, unfortunately her story has not gotten
around to the mainstream media!!!
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