Michael Lewis (model)

Michael Mario Lewis (, born 21 December 1987) is an Israeli actor and fashion model. In summer 2007 and winter 2008 Lewis was modeling for the Israeli clothing company Fox, with Esti Ginzburg. He appeared in fashion shows for Castro, and has been on the cover of several Israeli magazines.
In early 2010, he and professional dancer Anna Arronov were the winners of the fifth season of "Rokdim Im Kokhavim", the Israeli version of "Dancing with the Stars".
In 2011, Lewis was chosen by as one of “The 25 Sexiest men in the world”, next to George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
In 2012 he participated in the sixth season of the Israeli version of the reality show Survivor The VIP season, he retired early in the game due to health problems.
He also took part in the third season of Italian Peking Express in 2014, along with rally pilot Luca Betti, ending their journey in the fourth episode.
Personal life.
Lewis was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. His mother was born in Argentina, while his father was born in the United Kingdom. Lewis speaks 3 languages (Hebrew, English and Italian). He started acting and modeling when he was 15 years old. His hobbies include sports and reading (he often says that "books are my best friends").


Marie Ekorre

Marie Ekorre (born 11 December 1952) is a former Swedish film actress and glamour model. During the 1970s she starred in a number of German and Swedish sex comedies. She was "Penthouse" magazine's Penthouse Pet ("i.e." the centerfold) for its March 1974 issue.


RJ King

Robert Jackson "RJ" King III is an American male model. He has appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia twice.
Early life.
He was born in Columbia, Missouri on April 1, 1992. His sisters Meghan King Edmonds, Julie King, and Caitlin King are also in the entertainment or sports industries.
Career.
He is represented by IMG Models. King was discovered at a mall in St. Louis.
King has modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Dolce & Gabbana, Uniqlo, Max Mara, Samsung, Armani Exchange, Prada (as an exclusive), Hermès, John Varvatos, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Moncler, Salvatore Ferragamo, J. Crew, Carven, and Banana Republic, Rag & Bone, Brooks Brothers, and DSquared2 among others. His first job was for i-D magazine. He has also appeared in "W" and GQ Germany.
King ranks as a “Money Guy” on models.com


Pam Rodriguez

Pam Rodriguez is an American glamour model of Guatemalan and Puerto Rican descent.
Personal information.
Rodriguez was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.
Career.
Rodriguez began modeling in 2003, and appeared on the cover of "Open Your Eyes" magazine in 2008. She has also appeared in several other publications, including "FHM", "Lowrider", and "Smooth".
In 2009 she launched a swimwear line known as "Pure Rodri."


Kelly Knox

Kelly Knox (born 1984) is a British fashion model.
Early life.
Kelly Knox was born in Enfield, North London and raised in both Enfield and Poplar, East London. She was born without a left forearm but, from the age of seven, refused to wear a prosthetic arm and since then has never used a prosthesis.
Career.
In 2008, she was the winner of the BBC Three Reality TV show, "Britain's Missing Top Model". One of eight disabled women contestants, among her competitors were two deaf women, a wheelchair user and a woman with one leg. As the winner of "Britain's Missing Top Model", she won a photoshoot with top fashion photographer, Rankin, and a feature in "Marie Claire" magazine.
Unlike "Britain's Next Top Model", a modelling contract was not part of the prize, but she was offered an introduction to Take 2 Models (London) who signed her after the show but shortly after went into administration.
In September 2016, Knox was signed to a major agency - MiLK Management.
Television.
Knox has featured in two series of Gok Wan's "How to Look Good Naked" television series. She has also appeared on television in "Celebrity Ready Steady Cook" with Jonathan Phang, and has modelled and been interviewed on "This Morning" and BBC Breakfast.
In 2013, she starred as a lead actress in the second series of Channel 4's hidden camera series "I'm Spazticus", that seeks to change perceptions of disabilities.
In 2020, she appeared as a celebrity judge on the second episode of Sky TV's "Rankin's 2020", in his search for the best photographers, capturing the spirit of that extraordinary year in pictures taken by members of the public.
Modelling.
She has modelled in catwalk shows such as London Fashion Week and in September 2016, she walked on Carrie Hammer's runway as part of New York Fashion Week., and walked in the 'Trends for 2013 Fashion Show' for Procter & Gamble Beauty 'Vision House' in Beijing. She has featured in advertising campaigns for "VO5" and "Samsung". Knox continued to break fashion barriers in 'Tenk Nytt' or 'Think New' advertising campaign for Oslo City.
In April 2013, it was announced that Knox would feature in the latest campaign for high-street store Debenhams, the first high street chain to use disabled models in its campaigns. Knox's photo was featured in British "Vogue" magazine in April 2013. The imagery supposedly "celebrates diversity in the retail sector".
Magazines include: "Marie Claire UK" (2008), a cover for "Diva" (2010) and "Marie Claire China" (2013). Knox was interviewed for Australian disability magazine "Link", for their October 2014 issue. Knox featured in "Fabulous Magazine", Feb 2016. She has appeared twice on the cover of Grazia magazine (2020 and 2018).
She has worked in the UK, United States, Germany, China, Norway and Pakistan.
Knox shot for exclusive Parisian Fashion brand Yperlab in October 2014.
In 2018, Knox fronted a modelling campaign for Primark. In 2021, she fronted Asda's new maternity campaign.
Campaign Work.
In 2008, Knox launched a charity auction of celebrity shoes to raise money for landmine victims in aid of the Mines Advisory Group. She also worked with youth and education charity Raleigh. In 2013, Knox became an ambassador for Reach Charity, the association for children with upper limb deficiency.
In 2013, Knox presented a short video for United Response creative disability project 'Postcards from the Edges', to encourage other people affected by disability to create a postcard of their own to express what is important to them.
As part of the London College of Fashion's Better Lives Seminar on 10 March 2014, she spoke about "Ableism in Fashion".
On three occasions (2014, 2016 and 2017), Knox was voted one of the top 100 most influential people with a disability by the Shaw Trust and listed in the Power 100.
In early 2016 she co-founded the Diversity Not Disability campaign to promote equal opportunities for models with disabilities.
In 2016 Knox was shortlisted for Celebrity of The Year at The National Diversity Awards.
Knox was interviewed by Lou Stoppard at Nick Knight's Showstudio.com as part of their Prosthetics: Conversations, talking about the fashion industry's treatment of diverse bodies and her decision not to wear a prosthetic arm.
Knox is an ambassador (2016) for Parallel London and Disability Confident.


Audrey Giacomini

Audrey Giacomini (born 20 January 1986) is a French actress and model of Vietnamese origin on her maternal grandfather side who was half-Vietnamese, half-Italian and half-Breton. She is best known for playing Jeanne in her teenage years in "Mr. Nobody" (2009). She also played Lisa in "Polaroid song" (2012).
Other television credits include "Mon père dort au grenier" (2009), "La taupe 2" (2009), "Seconde chance" (2009), "Strictement platonique" (2010), "Saïgon, l'été de nos 20 ans" (2011).


Top Model (Scandinavian TV series)

Top Model is a Scandinavian reality television show, based on Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model". It was broadcast on TV3 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by Viasat in 2005 and 2006. A second adaptation of the show featuring plus-sized models was produced by the network in 2016.
Format.
The competition was divided into three separate competitions: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Each contest began with a group of twenty-something national semi-finalists that were narrowed down to nine national finalists in the first episode. Each episode, one contestant was eliminated, until there were just three contestants remaining in each competition. At that point, the three competitions would merge into one overall competition. The last contestant standing from each country competed in the finale, and from this group a winner was chosen.
The individual hosts for each country were Anne Pedersen in Denmark, Kathrine Sørland in Norway, and Mini Andén in Sweden. Andén left the show after the first two seasons and was replaced by Malin Persson for the third. The merged competition was hosted by Georgianna Robertson in season 1 and Cynthia Garrett in seasons 2 and 3.

Drospirenone/estetrol

Drospirenone/estetrol (E4/DRSP), sold under the brand names Estelle and Nextstellis among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication of drospirenone, a progestin, and estetrol, an estrogen, which is used as a combined birth control pill for the prevention of pregnancy in women. It is taken by mouth.
As of March 2021, it is approved in Canada and is pending approval in other countries. It was approved for medical use in the United States in April 2021.
Medical uses.
Drospirenone/estetrol is used as a combined birth control pill to prevent pregnancy in women.
Available forms.
In Canada it is available in the form of oral tablets containing 15mg estetrol and 3 mg drospirenone.
In the United States the tablets contain drospirenone 3mg and estetrol 14.2mg.
Pharmacology.
Pharmacodynamics.
Drospirenone/estetrol has a much lower impact on liver protein synthesis, including of sex hormone-binding globulin, angiotensinogen, and coagulation factors, than does ethinylestradiol/drospirenone.
Society and culture.
Legal status.
On 25 March 2021, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Lydisilka (estetrol/drospirenone), intended for oral contraception. The applicant for this medicinal product is Estetra SPRL. The CHMP also recommended the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Drovelis (estetrol/drospirenone), intended for oral contraception. The applicant for this medicinal product is Gedeon Richter Plc.


Harry R. Jackson Jr.

Harry R. Jackson Jr. (1953 – November 9, 2020) was an American Christian pastor, Pentecostal bishop, and author who served as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, and served as the presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches. He was also a social conservative activist and commentator and was known for his opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion. Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, an organization of ministers who promote socially conservative causes, and was a co-founder of The Reconciled Church Initiative. Jackson died in November 2020 of unknown causes.
Early life.
Jackson was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of Harry Jackson Sr. and Essie Jackson. His family moved to Ohio from Florida three years before Jackson was born because a white policeman in Florida had nearly killed Jackson's father. Jackson became involved in political activism as a child with his mother. He attended Cincinnati Country Day School. In an interview, Jackson stated that he had been "the black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people". Jackson graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he played football. He received a tryout with the New England Patriots, but did not make the team.
Jackson's family moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1973, eventually settling in Silver Spring, Maryland. Jackson obtained a high-level executive job at Republic Steel. He graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in business administration.
Ministry.
The death of his father caused Jackson to decide to become a Christian minister. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he preached in the inner city. Soon he took a job at Corning Glass (now Corning Incorporated) in Corning, New York, and preached in his free time. There, he founded a church called the Christian Hope Center, and his parishioners were mostly white. "We really broke racial barriers for a black man pastoring white people in 1981," he says.
Jackson's work in Corning attracted attention. He was recruited to Beltsville, Maryland to become the pastor of Hope Christian Church, a "multiethnic megachurch" that later grew to 3,500 people. He ministered there for the rest of his life.
Views, activism, and political involvement.
Jackson believed that same-sex marriage and abortion are morally wrong. He believed that abortion and gay marriage are causing the erosion of the black family, saying "I don't know of anybody black who says, 'I hate gay people.' We're more accepting generally. But you overlap that – homosexuality and gay marriage – with broken families, and we don't know how to put it back together," he said. "I believe that the Bible teaches that same-sex marriage is an oxymoron," he said. "If you redefine marriage, you have to redefine family. You'd have to redefine parenting. I'm looking at the extinction of marriage. And black culture is in a free fall."
Jackson was a prominent activist against same-sex marriage and abortion. Jackson began writing about the black family in the late 1990s, and he gained national recognition through his columns for "Charisma" magazine, in which he frequently wrote about abortion and gay marriage. In 2006, Jackson said, "'There are a whole lot of black Christians who may not be Republicans but who share similar moral values. So I appeal to the fact that more than two million black babies have been lost to abortion over the last four years and that over 70 percent of black babies are born to unwed mothers'".
In 2009, Jackson began leading the movement against legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C. A group led by Jackson filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia after the D.C. Board of Elections refused to allow a ballot initiative on the issue of same-sex marriage, claiming that such an initiative would violate D.C.'s Human Rights Act. In January 2010, the D.C. Superior Court upheld the board's decision. Jackson appealed to the D.C. Court of Appeals, but the court upheld the Superior Court's decision in a 5–4 vote. Jackson then appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the appeal was rejected without comment in January 2011.
Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, an organization composed of ministers who actively promote socially conservative causes.
Jackson was also a co-founder of The Reconciled Church Initiative, which seeks to bring racial healing to the church and America.
Jackson concurred with Pope Benedict XVI's belief that condom distribution increases the incidence of AIDS. In 2009, Jackson wrote: "I agree with the Pope that a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease."
Jackson argued that some police departments ought to be defunded and encouraged conservatives not to minimize the deaths of black men in the custody of law enforcement.
According to "Christianity Today", "Jackson achieved his greatest influence in Donald Trump’s White House, frequently attending functions, praying publicly, and advocating for policies such as the First Step Act, a prison reform bill that was signed into law in 2018. 'You can’t be a prophet to the culture while you’re standing outside of the room'. Jackson said in response to critics." Jackson prayed at Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017 and visited the White House on multiple occasions during the Trump administration.
Books.
Jackson authored "The Warrior’s Heart: Rules of Engagement for the Spiritual War Zone" (2004) and "You Were Born for More: Six Steps to Breaking Through to Your Destiny" (2013). He also co-authored books with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and pollster George Barna.
Personal life and death.
Jackson married his first wife, Vivian Michele Alexander, in 1976. Vivian served as a co-pastor of Hope Christian Church; she died in 2018. In September 2020, Jackson married Rosalind Lott.
In 2005, Jackson suffered esophageal cancer and a stroke. He later stated that he had nearly died in 2005.
Jackson died on November 9, 2020. He had recently attended a Rose Garden event, where the president nominated later-Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, that was called a superspreader event by the "New York Times" and led to an outbreak at the White House.


Together Again (Janet Jackson song)

"Together Again" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth studio album, "The Velvet Rope" (1997). It was written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional writing by Jackson's then-husband René Elizondo Jr. It was released as the second single from the album in 1997 by Virgin Records. Originally written as a ballad, the track was rearranged as an uptempo dance song. Jackson was inspired to write the song by her own private discovery of losing a friend to AIDS, as well as by a piece of fan mail she received from a young boy in England who had lost his father.
"Together Again" was well received by music critics, who praised the song's structure and Jackson's vocals. The single was a commercial success, topping the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for two weeks, as well as reaching number one on the "Billboard" Dance Club Songs chart. The single was additionally certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Worldwide, it peaked within the top-five in most countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, and topped the charts in the Netherlands. The single sold six million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Two music videos were produced for "Together Again". The video for the original, directed by Seb Janiak, shows Jackson and her dancers performing in a futuristic African paradise where people are seen living side by side with wild animals such as elephants, giraffes, and wildcats. Another video released for the 'Deeper Remix', was directed by René Elizondo Jr. and shows Jackson in an apartment. Jackson performed "Together Again" in a number of occasions to promote "The Velvet Rope", including at the American Music Awards and also on all of her tours since its release. It is also included in two of her greatest hits collections, "Number Ones" (2009) and "" (2010).
Background.
"Together Again" was written as a tribute from Jackson to a friend who had recently died from AIDS as well as AIDS victims and their families worldwide, as stated in the liner notes of "The Velvet Rope" (1997). Originally written as a ballad, the track was re-arranged as a dance and house song. Jackson was reportedly inspired to write the song from her own personal experience, as well as a piece of fan-mail she received from a young boy in England who had lost his father. According to Jimmy Jam, "it had a deep meaning for her because it was about a friend she lost to AIDS, but as with all her songs, she tries to make them apply in a general sense to anybody. The idea was to make it a joyous song musically". The arrangement of the song was constructed in 30 minutes by Jam, Lewis, and Jackson while in the recording studio. Once the melody was in place, Jackson finished writing the lyrics to the song. The song's sound was inspired by Donna Summer's song "Last Dance". Jackson told MTV News that her inspiration to write "Together Again" was "Runaway" by Nuyorican Soul, as the song reminded her of being in Studio 54 in New York when she was a child. "Runaway" gave Jackson a kind of New York feel of disco and she wanted to do something like this.
Composition.
"Together Again" was written and produced by Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional writing by Jackson's then-husband, René Elizondo Jr. It is a dance and house track. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, the song is set in common time with a key of C major. Jackson's vocals range between A3 to D5. The song has a moderate tempo of 123 beats per minute with the chord progression following the sequence of C–Em7/B–Em7(b5)/Bb–A7–Dm9–G13–Dm9–G13. The bass line in the chorus descends according to the key until reaching the supertonic, after which it goes back to the dominant note set up the resolution, the repetition of the chorus or the interlude, which begins on the submedian. At the end of the second bridge, the song modulates up a minor third into E-flat major. Three versions of the song were released; the original dance version, the "Deep Remix", an R&B and hip-hop version, and the "Deeper Remix", which is an R&B and soul remake. Lyrically, it was described as an ode from Jackson to a friend who had died from AIDS. Larry Flick from "Billboard" noted its "tear-stained lyrics". Ernest Hardy of "Rolling Stone" described it as "unsullied pop bliss", saying "The bass-heavy house track "Together Again" showcases a poignant lead vocal, giving off a '60s soul/girl group vibe",
Critical reception.
"Together Again" received positive reviews. BBC deemed it a "thumping great hit, an old-fashioned piece of professional dance music, played perfectly". Larry Flick from "Billboard" magazine called it a "gorgeous disco ode to loved ones lost to AIDS-related illnesses". Jackson "has clearly been studying Donna Summer records, delivering a wonderfully nuanced performance that takes firm command of the track's vibrant house beat without sacrificing an ounce of emotion". Music critic Joey Guerra from "The Daily Cougar" stated, "Jackson pours her heart into "Together Again," which builds to an ecstatic house beat" which takes "a cue from the soaring melodies of '60s girl groups". He further commented that the song is "genuine happy-feeling. It sounds lame at first but pay attention to what she's singing; that vocal smile changes everything." "Daily Record" said, "Michael's wee sis has never sounded so good. Janet has found herself and her sound." "She even makes a bid for gay icon status", wrote Neil McCormick in a review of "The Velvet Rope" for "The Daily Telegraph", "delivering a diva-ish performance reminiscent of Diana Ross on 'Together Again'." The song was compared to other singers' works. Jon Pareles from "The New York Times" described "Together Again" as "a creamy Diana Ross homage", noting that Jackson "deploys her small voice shrewdly" in it. Ian Hyland from "Sunday Mirror" said it is "some of the best club tunes she's ever done." Danyel Smith, while interviewing Jackson for "Vibe" in November 1997, elaborated that the song was a big, perfect ode to Donna Summer, and likened it to her songs "MacArthur Park" and "Last Dance". In 1999, 'Together Again" won the award for "Most Played Song" at the BMI Pop Awards.
Chart performance.
"Together Again" debuted at number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on the issue dated December 20, 1997, before becoming Jackson's eighth number-one single on January 31, 1998, spending two weeks at number one, and a total of forty-six weeks on the chart. It was Jackson's first single to reach number one in the U.S. since "Again" in 1993. The song also peaked atop the Hot Dance Club Songs chart and at number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Together Again" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Canada, it peaked at number two on the official singles chart and reached number one on the dance chart. In Australasia, "Together Again" also experienced success. In Australia, it debuted at number eighteen on the issue dated December 7, 1997, peaking at number four and staying on the ARIA Charts for twenty-five weeks and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for 70,000 copies shipped. In New Zealand, it debuted at number sixteen the week of December 21, 1997. On February 22, 1998, it reached its peak of number five, staying on the chart for ten weeks.
The song debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart on December 13, 1997, falling to six the following week, three weeks later it returned to its peak of four, spending ten weeks in the top ten and 19 weeks inside the chart. It was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), selling 600,000 units in the UK. It also spent a week atop the UK R&B singles Chart and number six on the UK Dance Charts. It is Jackson's best selling UK single. In Austria, it entered the singles chart at number twenty-five, eventually peaking at number six and spending a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. In France, the song peaked at number two for ten weeks, and was certified Platinum by the SNEP. In Germany, it peaked at number two for two weeks and remaining on the German Singles Chart for twenty-four weeks. It was certified Platinum for 500,000 copies sold. In the Netherlands, "Together Again" entered the singles chart at number sixty-one during the week of December 13, 1997. It eventually peaked at number one, staying a total of thirty-two weeks on the chart. The Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers (NVPI) certified the single Gold for shipment of 10,000 copies. On the Swiss Singles Chart dated January 11, 1998, "Together Again" debuted at number thirteen. After two weeks, it peaked at number two and was later certified Gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). A portion of the single's worldwide sales were donated by Jackson to The American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Music videos.
Two music videos were produced for "Together Again". The original version was directed by French photographer Seb Janiak and choreographed by Tina Landon. Filmed in the Serengeti, Tanzania, the video depicts Jackson with mini red ponytails on her head. She and her dancers perform in a futuristic African-flavored paradise where people are seen living side by side with wild animals such as elephants, giraffes, and wildcats. At a point of the video, Jackson appears to be hugging another version of herself. Dan MacRae from ET Canada commented, "Janet is positively beaming as she participates in some lovely choreography and chills out with local wildlife". This version received a nomination for Best Dance Video at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. Another music video was released for the "Deeper Remix". Directed by René Elizondo Jr, the video depicts Jackson in an apartment remembering a lost lover, with the singer commenting that "there's a butterfly that's throughout the video that represents the spirit" of this lover. Both videos are featured on the DVD edition of 2001's "All for You" and the 2004 video compilation "".
Live performances.
In order to promote "The Velvet Rope" and the single, Jackson performed "Together Again" at the American Music Awards of 1998. The singer has also performed the song on all of her tours since its release. She included the song on the 1998 The Velvet Rope Tour. Dressed up in "chandeliers and sensible clothing", it was performed as the closing song from the concert. Jon Pareles from "The New York Times" viewed the performance as "an elegy disguised as an arm-waving, feel-good song". The performance of the song at the October 11, 1998 show in New York City, at the Madison Square Garden, was broadcast during a special titled "The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden" by HBO. It was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, "The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert" in 1999. It was again performed as the encore on the All for You Tour in support of her follow-up album, "All for You" in 2001 and 2002. Gina Vivinetto from "St. Petersburg Times", while reviewing the concert, described the performance, "The show closed with a buoyant Together Again that found Jackson grinning, surrounded by dancers moving in refreshing, unscripted merriment". The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of "Together Again". This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, "", in 2002. Jackson also performed it on VH1's The Concert for New York City benefit concert which paid tribute to victims of the September 11 attacks the same year.
In 2004, while promoting her eighth studio album, "Damita Jo", Jackson made surprise performances of "Together Again" and "All Nite (Don't Stop)" at New York's Gay Pride March. "Together Again" was one of her older songs on the 2008 Rock Witchu Tour, her first tour in seven years. It was at the middle of the setlist. She was dressed in a gold and black glam hip hop-inspired track suit, and one gold glove. "Variety" magazine's Phil Gallo likened her vocals in the song to that of Diana Ross's. "Rap-Up" noted the audience "went wild" during the song. While reviewing the Vancouver concert, Marsha Lederman of "The Globe and Mail" noted that the most memorable moment of the show was when Jackson "stopped on the catwalk after her hit Together Again, listened to the crowd roar its approval, and became emotional – really emotional. We're talking tears. 'Thank you,' she said – seeming to really mean it, as she waved her hands, begging the audience to stop", she completed. While promoting her second greatest hits album, "Number Ones", the singer performed an eight-minute medley of six hits during the American Music Awards of 2009. It included "Control", "Miss You Much", "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "If", "Make Me", and finished with "Together Again". For the latter's performance, Jackson stood alone at center stage, smiling, as the received applauses and standing ovation from the audience. It also was the closing song of her concert at Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, in July 2010, which she headlined. "Together Again" was again performed as a closing number on her 2011 tour as a dedication to her late brother, Michael Jackson, wearing a tight white one-piece disco suit. MTV News' writer Vaughn Schoonmaker noted that the song appeared to be the biggest hit of the show. Writing for the "Hartford Courant", Thomas Kintner pointed out that "A finale of 'Together Again', offered as a simple tribute that recalled her brother again, proved the evening's highlight, a relaxed trip through the sort of juicy pop Jackson has stockpiled throughout her career, and which still charms when she lets it run". Jackson also included the song on her 2015-16 Unbreakable World Tour. The song is also included on the 2017-2019 State of the World Tour. Jackson also included the song on her 2019 Las Vegas Residency .
Track listings.
US CD single
US 12-inch vinyl
Remixes.
Tony Humphries Mixes
Jimmy Jam Mixes
Tony Moran Mixes
DJ Premier Mixes
Jonathan Peters Mixes (unreleased)
Credits and personnel.
Adapted from "The Velvet Rope"s CD liner notes:
Certifications.
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Jim Wallace (Australian activist)

James John Arundel Wallace, AM is a retired Australian Army officer and a current lobbyist on social issues. Wallace was the managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby from 2000 to 2013. He is now the Chairman of that organisation.
Early life and military career.
Wallace studied at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the British Army Staff College. He served in the Australian Army for 32 years, reaching the rank of brigadier. His service included command of the Special Air Service Regiment (1988–1990). He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1984.
Activism and criticism.
Wallace has publicly expressed opposition to women in combat and changing the Marriage Act of Australia. Several of his public comments, particularly those about homosexuality, have attracted criticism.
Writing in the "Herald Sun", conservative columnist Miranda Devine argued that Wallace has copped more than his fair share of abuse when it comes to defending traditional marriage.
Wallace has raised concerns about violent video games. "The Sydney Morning Herald" reported that Wallace "suggested a homosexual lifestyle was more hazardous to health than smoking." In response Prime Minister Julia Gillard called Wallace's comments "heartless", "wrong" and "totally unacceptable", and cancelled a speech she had planned to give to the ACL's national conference.
On 4 May 2012, Wallace appeared before the Australian Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee during their consideration of the "Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010" where he presented to the Committee his arguments, "in support of the definition of marriage".
Following a return visit to Syria, in 2013, to assess the situation for the minorities in the Syrian conflict, Wallace said that the vulnerable Christians there will face even worse persecution than that experienced by Egypt’s Coptic Christians. Saying that the West's policy for the Middle East "courts a disaster", he urged the West to take decisive action to protect Syria's Christians.
Wallace also commentates on defence and security issues, having lived in the Middle East where he served with the United Nations in Lebanon and Syria. In 2003 he was appointed the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute by the Minister for Defence. As of 2017 he was no longer on ASPI's Council.


Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw

Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (16 September 1916 – 23 May 1978) was the first Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and previously served as Chief Minister, legislator, and labour activist.
Early life.
Bradshaw was born in the Saint Paul Capisterre Village in Saint Kitts to Mary Jane Francis, a domestic servant, and William Bradshaw, a blacksmith. He was raised by his grandmother after his father moved to the United States when Bradshaw was nine months old. He attended St. Paul's Primary School and completed seventh grade, the highest level of primary education available in Saint Kitts at the time.
At 16, Bradshaw became a machine apprentice at the St. Kitts Sugar Factory, where he began to take interest in the labour movement. In 1940, he left the sugar factory following a strike for higher wages and joined the St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union as a clerk. Bradshaw succeeded Joseph Matthew Sebastian as president of the union in 1944.
In 1963 he married, Mildred Sahaley, a Kittitian-Lebanese. They had one daughter, Isis Carla Bradshaw, together. His first daughter, Etsu, is from an earlier relationship.
Political career.
Bradshaw supported the cause of the sugar workers and was one of the political stalwarts of the country. In 1945 he became president of the recently created St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Labour Party. He entered politics in 1946 and won a seat in the Legislative Council in the elections that year, later becoming a member of the Executive Council. In 1956 he was Minister of Trade and Production for St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. During the short-lived West Indies Federation (from 1958 to 1962), Bradshaw was elected to the Federal House of Representatives and held the post of minister of finance for the Federation.
After the break-up of the Federation, Bradshaw returned to St. Kitts from Trinidad. In 1966 he became Chief Minister, and in 1967 the first Premier of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, then an associated state of the United Kingdom. Under his leadership, all sugar lands, as well as the central sugar factory, were bought by the government. Opposition to Bradshaw's rule began to build. Opposition was especially great in Nevis, where it was felt that the island was being neglected and unfairly deprived of revenue, investment and services by its larger neighbour. Bradshaw mainly ignored Nevis' complaints, but Nevisian disenchantment with the Labour Party proved a key factor in the party's eventual fall from power. Opposition in Anguilla was even stronger, with the Anguillans evicting St. Kitts police from their island and holding referendums in 1967 and 1969, both times voting overwhelmingly to secede from St. Kitts-Nevis and remain a separate British territory.
In 1977 Bradshaw travelled to London for talks on independence with the British government.
Death.
Bradshaw died on 23 May 1978 of prostate cancer at his home in Basseterre. He was succeeded by his former deputy, Paul Southwell. He is buried in Springfield cemetery in Basseterre.
Legacy.
In 1996, Bradshaw was posthumously awarded the title of First National Hero by the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis and is honoured annually on National Heroes Day, which is observed on his birthday. On the inaugural National Heroes Day in 1998, the Golden Rock Airport in Saint Kitts was renamed the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in his honour. In 2007, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw Memorial Park was dedicated at his birthplace in St. Paul's. On 17 September 2010, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw building was dedicated on the Windsor University School of Medicine campus in Cayon.


Penile injury

A penile injury is a medical emergency that afflicts the penis. Common injuries include fracture, avulsion, strangulation, entrapment, and amputation.
Epidemiology.
Penetrating and blunt traumas combined make up approximately 90% of all civilian penile injuries (45% each), with burns and other accidents making up the remaining 10%.
Types.
Fracture.
Penile fractures are the result of rupture of the tunica albuginea. They are fairly rare and can co-occur with partial or complete urethral rupture, though this is rare. Urethral damage occurs in 10–38% of cases. Fractures are treated with emergency surgery, and can be diagnosed with ultrasound, especially in pediatric cases. Penile fractures are caused by trauma to the erect penis, typically by suddenly bending it laterally during penetrative intercourse with the receptive partner on top of the penetrating partner, or during masturbation. Characterized by a loud popping sound at the time of the injury, the result of the tunica albuginea rupturing. Other symptoms include severe pain, loss of erection, and swelling. Symptoms of urethral injury include hematuria, blood at the meatus, and dysuria. If left untreated, complications result in 28–53% of cases; these include permanent curvature of the penis, fistula, urethral diverticulum, priapism, and erectile dysfunction.
Degloving and avulsion.
Degloving and avulsion injuries involve the removal of the penis skin, which is a serious medical emergency. Treatment of these injuries involves either closure of the torn skin, or a skin graft to replace the skin lost in the injury. Skin grafts are constructed to attempt to preserve erectile function and sensation.
Soft-tissue injuries.
Strangulation.
Strangulation injuries to the penis, also called incarceration injuries, caused by hair, rubber bands, or other objects are the second most common soft tissue injury in children. Hair strangulation may be hard to diagnose due to the anatomy of the penis; the hair causing the strangulation may be hidden under the coronal sulcus if it is swollen. In adults, strangulation injuries that require medical treatment can be caused by a variety of objects typically used for the purpose of sexual gratification, extending the time of an erection, or enuresis, including metal rings, which must be removed by specialized cutting instruments. The object can also be removed by decompressing the penis. Because the vasculature of the penis is compressed, a variety of complications can result from strangulation injuries, depending on whether the veins, arteries, or both are compressed, including mild, reversible vascular obstruction; ischemic necrosis; gangrene and kidney damage; lymphedema; ulceration; urethrocutaneous fistula, loss of sensation; urethral injury; sepsis; and autoamputation.
Penile strangulation injuries that require medical attention are rare: since their first description in 1755, there have been approximately 60–120 reported cases. Though usually acute, cases of chronic strangulation and acute cases lasting up to one month have been reported.
Various objects have been involved in cases of strangulation:
Entrapment.
The most common soft-tissue injury is an entrapment injury involving the penis caught in a zipper; these injuries are particularly common in young children who are uncircumcised and are always superficial. They are treated by removing the zipper with local anesthesia using a bone cutter, lubrication, or hacksaw, dismantling the zipper, or removing the affected tissue, and can be prevented in most situations by circumcision. If not treated promptly, the affected tissue can swell and become infected. In some cases, emergency circumcision is necessary.
Other.
Other soft-tissue injuries to the penis can be caused by burns, animal bites, and human bites. Animal bites are common in children, and dogs are the most common animals involved. Though typically not severe, animal bites can cause amputation or infection. Treatment for animal bites and human bites involves antibiotic treatment and closure of the wounds by secondary intention because they are contaminated.
Penis burns can be very severe and often require specialized care in a burn unit to prevent contractures, severe scarring, or other complications including lymphedema, hypospadias, or necrosis. This treatment can involve debridement, skin grafts, antibiotics, and the use of a suprapubic catheter. Because of its thin skin, the penis is susceptible to full-thickness, third-degree burns. Burns to the penis typically co-occur with other severe burns. Most thermal penis burns are first or second degree burns caused by flame; some are caused by grease or boiling water. Electrical burns are typically deeper than thermal burns and require more extensive tissue removal.
Amputation.
Amputation of the penis can be either partial or complete. Often self-inflicted by people with psychiatric disorders, it may be occur with other trauma, such as in an assault or a mechanical accident. These injuries are treated by re-implantation if possible, with or without anastomosis of the vasculature to restore erectile function; skin necrosis and loss of sensation are common complications after treatment. Microsurgery on the vasculature decreases the risk of necrosis significantly. Klingsor syndrome is a psychiatric disorder that causes self-harm, which can involve the penis. Paranoid schizophrenia, eating disorders, and psychotic breaks can also be associated with penile injury. In some cases, transgender people who are not able to access genital surgery may self-amputate their penis. Favorable prognostic factors for replantation of amputated penises include short ischemic time and a clean incision (as opposed to a crush injury or ragged incision).
Replantation of an amputated penis can be done up to 24 hours after the injury, though fewer than 16 hours of cold ischemia or 6 hours of warm ischemia leads to the best outcomes. If replantation is not possible or desired, a penile stump can be closed and phalloplasty could be performed later.
Penetration.
Penetrating injuries can be caused by accidents during sexual activities (typically, by foreign objects inserted into the urethra), by weapons (i.e. bullets) during wartime, or by stabbing. These injuries can have varying severity and be superficial, affect the corpora cavernosa, other soft tissue, and/or urethra. In 50% of cases, the urethra is injured. Some foreign objects may be removed like any other penetrating object in soft tissue; using forceps and gentle traction. However, if the foreign object was inserted into the urethra or has damaged the urethra transversely, urethography is used to avoid further injury to the urinary tract while removing the object. Penetrating injuries make up approximately 45% of civilian penile injuries.
Causes.
The causes of penile injury are mostly the same as other causes of trauma; however, penile injury is more likely to occur during sexual intercourse and masturbation than other traumas. Nocturnal erections and sleeping positions can be another cause of penile injury. Industrial and automobile accidents can also cause penile injury. Self-injury may also affect the penis.
Diagnosis.
Most penile trauma can be diagnosed by history and physical examination, hearing 'snapping' or 'popping' sound, immediate penile pain, swollen, bruised (often known as eggplant deformity), some may notice blood over the urethral meatus. But in some cases, ultrasonography can indicate the extent of the injury and help a clinician decide if the injured person needs surgical treatment. It is important to rule out urethral injury in those with penile injury, as it is a urological emergency that may result in significant morbidity if left untreated.
Treatment.
The type of injury dictates the treatment; however, surgery is a common treatment. Most traumatic penile injury warrant an emergency repairing surgery to prevent complications and maintain functionality of the penis sexually and urologically.
Catheterization is usually a part of treatment for penis injuries; when the urethra is intact, urethral catheterization may be used, but if it has been injured, suprapubic catheterization is used. Some injuries, including animal bites, are also treated with antibiotics, irrigation, and rabies prophylaxis.
Complications.
Common complications from penile injury are erectile dysfunction, abnormal penile curvature, penile abscess, formation of fibrotic plaques, painful erection, urethral stricture, uretherocutaneous or corporourethral fistula.


Daphne Clair

Daphne Clair de Jong, née "Williams" (born 1939 in Dargaville, Northland) is a popular New Zealand writer of over 75 romance novels since 1977 as Daphne Clair and Daphne de Jong, and under the pseudonyms Laurey Bright, Clair Lorel, and Clarissa Garland, and she also publishes poetry and articles.
Daphne Clair de Jong was a founding member and first president of Feminists for Life New Zealand, and wrote articles articulating its position in the seventies. Feminists for Life had no policies on homosexuality/lesbianism or divorce, as stated in the constitution. She subsequently resigned from the organisation, which had increasingly become associated with social conservatism and conservative Christianity and later became Women for Life, dropping its feminist focus.
Biography.
Daphne Clair Williams was born on 1939 in Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand. She decided to be a writer when she was 8 years old. She published her first short story when she was 16. She writes romantic novels, poetry and articles. She conducts a romance writing workshop for aspiring writers with Robyn Donald and offers her home as a writers' retreat. She has won awards for both her romantic novels and other works.
Clair is married to a Netherlands-born man, they have five children and live in the winterless north of New Zealand.


John Carl Buechler

John Carl Buechler (pronounced "Beekler"; June 18, 1952 – March 18, 2019) was an American special make-up effects artist, film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was best known for his work on horror and science-fiction films, mostly as part of Charles Band's Empire Pictures, and directed films such as "Troll", ', "Cellar Dweller", ', and "Curse of the Forty-Niner". His work includes "Ghoulies", "From Beyond", "Troll", "TerrorVision", "Dolls", "Prison", ', ', and "Hatchet".
After he was diagnosed with Stage IV prostate cancer, his wife set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for medical expenses. Buechler died on March 18, 2019.


Roy Lucas (lawyer)

Roy Lucas (born November 27, 1941 – November 2003) was an American lawyer and abortion rights activist, known for drafting a law review that laid the theoretical background behind the principles articulated in "Roe v. Wade".
Lucas established the James Madison Constitutional Law Institute to work for women's abortion rights, and was instrumental in numerous abortion rights cases in the 1960s and 1970s, including "Roe v. Wade". After 1986, he focused primarily on art, painting and writing about art.
He died of a heart attack in November, 2003.


UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS

The UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS (UKC) was a United Kingdom-based organisation. Due to debt, it ceased operations at 5 pm on 25 July 2007.
UKC was established in 1993 as a "not for profit" organisation run by and for people living with HIV. In its original form, it was led by peers who advocated on behalf of those who most required the help. The onus was on listening to what clients required and empowering them, thus giving them the skills to face further challenges rather than allowing them to become dependent of services.
Its mission was to “to ensure the diverse voices of people living with HIV and AIDS could be heard.”
It supported people living with HIV with advocacy and advice services, and later devised an employability programme called Ensuring Positive Futures which aimed to support people living with HIV in the workplace. They shared offices and resources with the Denholm Elliot Project.
"Positive Nation" is an HIV and sexual health magazine, now published privately but established by the Coalition and published by them until 15 May 2007 when it had an annual readership of approximately 60,000.
UKC worked closely with HIV organisations across the EU in developing European policies and programmes, in addition to those in Uganda, South Africa and Zambia.
Its structure of HIV-positive people supporting and empowering other HIV-positive people was seen by the UN and the International Labour Organization as a useful model for HIV organisations in the developing world.
An article published on 7 September 2010 by "Third Sector Magazine" reported that the Metropolitan Police were currently investigating allegations of fraud at the defunct charity, and that no arrests had yet been made.


Vincent Crisostomo

Vincent Anthony Crisostomo (born February 6, 1961 in Tachikawa, Japan) is a gay Asian American HIV AIDS activist of Chamorro descent from Guam. He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995. He currently serves as the Program Manager of the 50-Plus Network at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Personal life.
Crisostomo grew up Catholic in a religious family. He attended church frequently and was an altar boy as well as a member of the church choir. While the church provided a sense of community, it also promoted intolerance of homosexuality. Eventually, this prompted Crisostomo to leave the church and his home.
Crisostomo met his partner Jesse Solomon in 1988 in New York City. Solomon was a physical therapist who worked with severely disabled children as well as a personal trainer and yoga teacher. They moved to San Francisco in 1990 and were one of the first 50 same-sex couples to register at the San Francisco City Hall. Solomon passed on October 6, 1991 of HIV/AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Work.
Volunteering in New York City.
Crisostomo began doing HIV AIDS work in 1985 when he was in New York City. One of his jobs was at a club where many patrons began falling sick. He volunteered to do hospital visits for the terminally ill HIV/AIDS patients. Crisostomo himself contracted HIV in 1987 and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995.
GAPA Community HIV Project and Asian AIDS Project.
In 1992, Crisostomo became an HIV AIDS educator in the Asian Pacific Islanders LGBTQ community through the GAPA Community HIV Project (GCHP) and the Asian AIDS Project, which later merged to become the API Wellness Center. Guam's World AIDS day in 1992 was also the day that Crisostomo became the first Chamorro to publicly come out as living with AIDS. He continued to travel back to Guam and the Pacific area to provide assistance on HIV AIDS capacity building and service provision.
Coral Life Foundation.
In 2001, Crisostomo moved from San Francisco to Guam to become the Executive Director of the Coral Life Foundation, a community-based organization working on HIV AIDS in the Asia-Pacific Area. Coral Life Foundation was the first NGO in the area to work on HIV AIDS. In that capacity, Crisostomo convened representatives from the six Pacific Island Jurisdictions which included AIDS directors, program staff, community stakeholders, along with capacity-building assistance providers funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to discuss the state of HIV prevention and care services in their respective jurisdictions. From these discussions PIJAAG was formed to advocate for the provision of quality HIV prevention and care services and to advise national, international, and local policy entities on HIV AIDS issues within the region. Under Crisostomo's leadership, PIJAAG successful advocacy led to a $600,000 increase in the region's HIV Prevention budget, funding of 3 Planning Grants for Care Services and baseline awards for services to those living with HIV. The Coral Life Foundation closed in 2002 and was replaced with GuaHAN Project, otherwise known as the Guam HIV/AIDS Network.
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Regional Networks on HIV/AIDS (7 Sisters).
Crisostomo later became the Executive Director of 7 Sisters, a broad-based alliance of regional Asia Pacific HIV/AIDS networks based in Thailand. He also served as UN AIDS Asia Pacific NGO Delegate from 2009 to 2010.
50-Plus Network.
Crisostomo currently facilitates the 50-Plus Network through the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. This network serves the gay, bi, and trans men community members who are 50 years or older in San Francisco through meetings twice a month and social gatherings.
Publications.
Crisostomo co-authored two academic papers on HIV AIDS.


Adjoa Amana

Adjoa Amana is a Ghanaian former official within World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), credited by UNFPA as being the "driving force behind the first behaviour change campaign to significantly reduce HIV prevalence." The campaign was called the Ugandan Information, Education and Communication Campaign (IEC) or the Health Education Campaign, and Adjoa Amana was its driving force between 1987 and 1990. She became aware that the prominent Ugandan singer Philly Lutaaya had AIDS. This was used in the communication campaign to make sure "AIDS had a face". Her and Lutaayas work was covered in the TV program "FRONTLINE / AIDS Quarterly Special Report; Born in Africa".
After retiring from international public service, Adjoa Amana has worked with out-of-school children and children on the streets in Ghana, founding the "Enhancing Youth Education and Health (EYEH) Soup Kitchen". The project received GH¢15,000 by the Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the first lady of Ghana, and her Rebecca Foundation.


Bob Chance

Robert Chance (September 10, 1940 – October 3, 2013) was a first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and California Angels in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969. Listed at tall and , Chance batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in Statesboro, Georgia.
His most productive season in 1964 with the Indians, when he batted a .279 average and posted career numbers in hits (109), runs scored (45), home runs (14), RBI (75) and games played (120). Over his MLB career, Chance appeared in 277 games; his 195 hits included 34 doubles, one triple and 24 homers. He knocked in 112 runs.
Additionally, Chance played two seasons in Japan for the Sankei/Yakult Atoms.
In between, Chance played winter ball with the Leones de Ponce of the Puerto Rican League during the 1961-62 season, and for the Cardenales de Lara of the Venezuelan League in 1968-69.
Chance died in 2013 in Charleston, West Virginia at the age of 73.


Center for Black Equity

The Center for Black Equity (known until 2012 as International Federation of Black Prides) is a coalition of Black gay pride organizers formed to promote a multinational network of LGBT/SGL (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Same Gender Loving) Prides and community-based organizations.
Founding.
The Center for Black Equity (CBE) is an organization birthed from a history of pride in the LGBT community. Before its time there were celebrations of LGBT pride in DC hosted by the Club House, a LGBT club that was occupied main by the Black LGBT community. The Club House started hosting what was called "Children's Hour", a themed party celebrated on Memorial Day. The "Children's Hour" brought members of the LGBT community together in celebration and awareness for each other. The Club House hosted this event for fifteen years until 1990, when the Club House had to cease business due to financial problems and key members of the staff being affected by AIDS.
This network of encompassed Black Prides from all over the world ; Albany, NY; Buffalo, NY; Rochester, NY; Boston; New York City; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Baltimore; Washington, DC; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Charlotte; Columbia, SC; Atlanta; Jacksonville; Central Florida (Tampa); Jackson, MS; Memphis; Nashville; New Orleans; St. Louis; Indianapolis; Chicago; Detroit; Twin Cities (Minneapolis); Little Rock; Dallas; Austin; Portland; Los Angeles; San Diego; Toronto, Canada; London, UK and Johannesburg, South Africa. The following Black Prides are in the IFBP membership pipeline: Columbus, OH; Oakland, CA; Gainesville, FL; Orlando; Virginia Beach and Greensboro, NC. Also, Latino Prides in New York; Boston; Portland, OR; Chicago and Washington, DC.
The IFBP organization decided that their brand was not aligning with their mission and services that had and is still growing today. On July 28, 2012, the board of IFBP decided to change the brand from International Federation of Black Pride to Center for Black Equity (CBE).
As IFBP.
The International Federation of Black Prides was organized during D.C. Black Pride of May 1999 by a coalition of Black Pride organizers representing Chicago, North Carolina, New York City, Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC. The coalition saw a need to organize the twenty plus Black Prides in the United States and abroad for the purpose of developing sponsorship strategies, providing technical assistance, networking, mentoring, and supporting one another. IFBP acquired its IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit status in November 2004.
Importance.
The Center for Black Equity serves as a beneficial tool for Black LGBT persons who deal with the duality of being black and LGBT. CBE is the only organization in the world strictly focused on the Black LGBT experience. The disproportionate effect of HIV/AIDS on the black LGBT community compared to their white counterparts serves as a driving force within CBE. The Black LGBT community also face work discrimination, issues in housing opportunity, and lack of medical access more than White LGBT persons.
The CBE intentionally networks with CBOs (Community Based Organizations) to reach to the Black LGBT community to do health screenings, and they assist in connecting them to care and making sure they stay in care. This support system is an integral part in the Black LGBT community that is disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Black gay and bisexual men account for the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States.


SALGA NYC

SALGA NYC (South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association of New York City) is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to improving the awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ people of South Asian origin in the New York City metropolitan area. The organization concentrates on providing cultural visibility for community members and opposing oppression and discrimination in the LGBTQ, South Asian, and intersectional communities. This includes leadership development, multi-generational support, immigration advocacy, mental health and HIV/AIDS activism, and political involvement. In 1995, SALGA NYC was awarded the Community Service Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Community Leadership Award from Queens Pride, Inc. in 2015.
Programming.
Founded in 1991, SALGA NYC's primary concerns are of providing support and visibility to a marginalized community. SALGA NYC has continually hosted a monthly support group since 1991 for those who self-identify as queer and South Asian, alongside many community building activities such as social hours, cultural programming and political organizing.
In addition to this regular program of events, SALGA NYC hosts informal community events and collaborates with similarly oriented community organizations in the NYC area. Past collaborations include health workshops with APICHA Community Health Center, the annual Color Me Queer post-pride party held with the Audre Lord Project and other LGBTQ People of Color community groups, and organizing with other South Asian groups such as Sakhi for South Asian Women and the South Asian Women's Creative Collective.
SALGA has also created a space for LGBTQ South Asian youth through its Youth Group. Members within SALGA formed a Book Club, which has hosted authors such as Ruth Vanita, Rakesh Satyal, and Vivek Shraya. SALGA also a regular dance team which performs in many venues including New York City Pride March, the Queens Museum, and Flushing Town Hall.
India Day Parade.
The group has gained media attention over its fight to participate in the annual India Day Parade in New York City, hosted by the Federation of Indian Associations. Denied the right to march in the parade from 1993–1997, SALGA held protests to counter the repeated rejections, including being invited to march under the Sakhi banner. SALGA was subsequently permitted to participate in the march up until 2000, when the FIA once again started to reject the organization's applications. Finally, once more, SALGA won the right to march in the India Day Parade in 2010.


Thomas J. Euteneuer

Thomas J. Euteneuer (born 1962 in Detroit, Michigan) is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach, and a pro-life activist. He was president of Human Life International from 2000 to 2010.
Life and career.
Thomas Euteneuer was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1962, the fourth of seven children born to Joseph and Mariann Euteneuer. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Licentiate of Sacred Theology degree in Biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is fluent in Spanish.
After his ordination in 1988, Euteneuer served as a parish priest in five parishes of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, secretary to the diocesan bishop, director of vocations, and spiritual moderator for the diocesan Respect Life Office. His pro-life activity began in the early years of his priesthood with prayer vigils, pilgrimages, pickets at abortion clinics, sidewalk counseling and the establishment of a crisis pregnancy center across the street from an abortion clinic in 1999, which became the subject of an HBO documentary in 2010.
In December 2000, he became president of the pro-life organization Human Life International (HLI). In that capacity, he made many appearances on EWTN and other local, national and international media. He was featured in the newspapers Human Events and National Catholic Register. In 2005 he was awarded the John O'Connor Award for Life by the Catholic lay group Legatus.
In those years Euteneuer was also called upon to serve as an exorcist; he wrote a book on the subject and became known for his talks about exorcism.
In 2007, Euteneuer appeared on the Fox News Channel program "Hannity & Colmes", to respond to a statement by host Sean Hannity, then a Catholic, against Church teaching on contraception. He wrote two columns about the controversy.
Resignation from HLI.
In August 2010, Euteneuer resigned from HLI at the request of his bishop. On January 31, 2011, Euteneuer issued a statement disclosing that he had "violat[ed] the boundaries of chastity with an adult female who was under my spiritual care," and expressing regret. Euteneuer emphasized that the violation had nothing to do with his position in Human Life International but "were related exclusively to my own decisions and conduct within the ministry of exorcism that I carried out independently from my responsibilities at HLI."
In June 2012, the Associated Press reported that a woman had filed a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington (Virginia), that diocese's bishop, and HLI accusing Euteneuer of sexual abuse during the performance of an exorcism. He was never a priest of the Diocese of Arlington. He was not named in the lawsuit since he and the woman had already reached a financial settlement. In 2014, a judge dismissed three of four of the suit's claims of legal wrongdoing against HLI.


Joe Borowski (politician)

Joseph P. Borowski (December 12, 1933 – September 23, 1996) was a Canadian politician and activist. From 1969 to 1971, he was a cabinet minister in Manitoba Premier Edward Schreyer's New Democratic Party (NDP) government. Subsequently, he gained national fame for his opposition to abortion.
Early life.
Borowski was born in Wishart, Saskatchewan, and was educated at Birchcreek School in that province. He subsequently moved to Sudbury, Ontario, and Thompson, Manitoba, to work as a miner and steelworker. Borowski was Vice-President of the United Steelworkers of America Local 6166 in 1964-65, and helped to win municipal incorporation for Thompson at around the same time. He retired from manual labour in his 30s, and became the owner of a gift shop.
Political career.
Borowski became a public figure in Manitoba during the late 1960s, when he camped outside the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in extremely cold weather on two separate occasions. His first such action, in 1965, was intended as a protest against the lack of free municipal elections in Thompson. The following year, he stayed outside the legislature for sixty-five days to protest the pay increases awarded to Premier Roblin and his cabinet. His presence was a nuisance to many in government, and cabinet minister Stewart McLean eventually had him ejected from the legislative grounds. He was later arrested on three separate occasions for refusing to collect the provincial sales tax in his store.
Borowski had not been directly involved in politics prior to this experience. He had supported John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives for a time at the federal level, but was not directly involved in partisan politics, and does not appear to have contemplated running for public office. He had become a local celebrity through his protest, however, and was drafted by the Manitoba NDP to campaign in a February 1969 by-election in the northern riding of Churchill. He won the party's nomination over Archie Nabess, and defeated independent candidate Blain Johnston by sixteen votes (confirmed by a recount) in the general election. He returned to the legislature in March 1969, to join the NDP caucus on the opposition benches. Borowski endorsed Sidney Green for the party's leadership in May 1969.
He was easily re-elected in the province's general election of 1969 (held in June), defeating Progressive Conservative Thomas Farrell by almost a thousand votes in Thompson.
When the NDP formed a minority government following the 1969 election, Schreyer surprised many by appointing Borowski as his Minister of Transportation. Borowski represented northern interests in the cabinet, and was also seen as an important populist link between the NDP and working class voters. Russell Doern, who joined cabinet in 1970, later claimed that Borowski's popularity rivalled that of the Premier during this period. On September 3, 1970, Borowski was given the additional position of Minister of Public Works.
There are conflicting views as to Borowski's performance in cabinet. Some claim that he was a committed Public Works Minister, who often conducted personal inspections of road renewal projects and demanded efficient results. Others allege that he treated provincial bureaucrats with contempt, and ran his ministries in a highly centralized manner. Assessments of his job performance, however, were soon overshadowed by controversies unrelated to his ministerial duties.
On February 17, 1971, Borowski made derogatory comments about aboriginal Canadians, veterans and people with disabilities during an address to NDP supporters in Winnipeg. Former party leader Russell Paulley openly criticized his remarks, and Borowski was nearly dropped from cabinet before agreeing to a public apology.
Borowski was known for his social conservatism on subjects such as pornography and abortion, and frequently expressed his views on these subjects in public debate. He was dropped from cabinet on September 8, 1971 after making several intemperate remarks on the subject of abortion, which included mocking a group of protesters who had arrived on the legislative grounds to support abortion services. As a backbencher, he tried to prevent public funds from being spent on hospitals which provided out-of-province abortion referrals.
Borowski finally left the NDP caucus on June 25, 1972, arguing that the Schreyer government's new film censorship board would not adequately prevent pornographic movies from entering the province. He initially sat as an "independent New Democrat", and later left the NDP entirely.
In the provincial election of 1973, Borowski ran as an independent candidate in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Point Douglas, and lost to NDP incumbent Donald Malinowski by more than 2,500 votes. Borowski's campaign was based almost entirely on a pro-life platform. He never ran for public office again after this loss. After briefly supporting Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government in the mid-1970s, Borowski abandoned partisan politics entirely. In later years, he criticized all major parties as ineffective on issues such as abortion.
Activism.
Shortly before the 1977 provincial election, Borowski placed a large advertisement in the "Winnipeg Free Press" which purported to describe the views of several MLAs on the subject of abortion. Not all of his information was accurate. MLAs whom Borowski believed were supporters of abortion were listed as "pro-death". Schreyer was described as ambivalent. Borowski was active in this period as the co-ordinator of Campaign Life in Manitoba and remained active with the group for the rest of his life.
In addition to his activities as a pro-life spokesman, Borowski also became an insurance salesman and a proponent of health foods in the late 1970s. In 1977, he published a work entitled "The Borowski Cookbook". He withheld his income tax for five years in the 1970s, to show his opposition to Canada's federal abortion policies.
In 1981, Borowski went on an eighty-day hunger strike to protest the absence of a provision for the unborn in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The public effect of this demonstration was blunted somewhat when it was pointed out that he had outlived contemporary IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, who in 1981 had starved to death in Maze Prison after a hunger strike that lasted only 66 days.
Three years earlier, his lawyers had put forward a case arguing that abortion was illegal under Canada's 1960 Bill of Rights, in that it robbed fetuses of their right to life. The case was not brought to trial until 1983, and was not completed for several years after that. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear Borowski's case in 1989, on the grounds that it had become irrelevant when Canada's abortion laws were struck down in 1988.
Borowski also published a series of works in the late 1980s that were criticized as homophobic. In 1988, he released a document that called for "all known gays" to be quarantined from the rest of society until the AIDS epidemic had subsided. He also published a work entitled "Child Molestation and Homosexuality", the front page of which showed a middle-aged man attempting to lure a child for sexual purposes. Winnipeg AIDS activist and future mayor Glen Murray became a vocal opponent of Borowski during this period.
Borowski died of cancer in 1996. In August 2004, author Lianne Laurence published a biography entitled "Borowski: A Canadian Paradox", funded largely by donations from the anti-abortion community in Canada.


Georgia Equality

Georgia Equality (previously the Georgia Equality Project) is the largest LGBTQ rights advocacy group in Georgia. Their mission is to advance fairness, safety and opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied communities in Georgia. Their work has included political endorsements, boycotts, protests, advertising campaigns, and lobbying.
It is based in Atlanta and was founded in 1995. A Savannah chapter was formed in 1998, and is the only chapter outside of Atlanta. The organization is a member of the Equality Federation.


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National Bisexual Liberation Group

National Bisexual Liberation Group was a bisexual rights advocacy organization formed in 1972 in New York City and active in the 1970s.
Formation.
National Bisexual Liberation Group was founded in New York City in February 1972 by Don Fass, a New York psychotherapist.
By winter of 1975, the organization claimed it had more than 5,500 members in ten chapters across the United States, 800 members in their New York City chapter, and that more than 4,000 people had attended their New York City events.
Activities.
The organization had chapters around the United States, published a newsletter, and advocated on bisexual rights.
In 1974-1975, the organization held monthly parties and weekly group meetings. The organization also hosted occasional brunches and coffee socials.
"The Bisexual Expression".
The organization published a newsletter, "The Bisexual Expression", considered by some to be the earliest newsletter specifically for the bisexual community in the United States.


Ernest A. Macdonald

Ernest Albert Macdonald (1858 – December 18, 1902) was Mayor of Toronto in 1900.
Born in Oswego, New York, Macdonald emigrated to Brockville, Ontario with his family in 1861. He was a manufacturer and owned the Juvenile Manufacturing Company before entering the real estate business where he made his fortune as a developer and was responsible for developing the Chester Avenue and Danforth Avenue area and securing streetcar service on Broadview Avenue to support the neighbourhood. He also developed a suburb around the Bellamy Grand Trunk Railway station in the area now known as Scarborough Village. Macdonald built up and lost a real estate fortune which would have been worth millions in 21st-century dollars.
He was a member of the Toronto City Council for St. Matthew's Ward in 1886, 1887, and 1889 and ran three times unsuccessfully for mayor before being elected in 1900. He served for one year and lost when he ran for re-election in the 1901 Toronto municipal election, coming in third. His defeat led to a nervous breakdown. He died in 1902 after a lengthy battle with syphilis. He also ran for the Canadian House of Commons unsuccessfully as an independent in Toronto East in 1881, and stood as an Independent Conservative in the 1894 Ontario general election in the provincial Toronto East riding, but withdrew before the election to support the Liberal candidate. He also launched two newspapers, "The Evening Sun" in 1891 and a weekly called "The Factor", which both failed after a few months. "The Evening Sun", advocated the annexation of Canada by the United States, reflecting Macdonald's views at the time. This caused his commission as a lieutenant in the 12th York Rangers to be withdrawn and was used against him in his later political campaigns. During his successful 1900 mayoral campaign, he maintained that he no longer favoured annexation. Macdonald had also proposed a scheme in the 1890s, promoted by "The Factor", to build a canal linking the Humber River and Georgian Bay and also using the project to generate hydro-electricity, to no avail.
He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.


Madison Gesiotto

Madison Mari Gesiotto Gilbert (née Gesiotto; born March 20, 1992) is an American conservative commentator, columnist, attorney, figure skater, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Ohio USA 2014. She represented the state of Ohio on NBC and Univision at Miss USA 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on June 8, 2014. She was previously the author of a weekly column at "The Washington Times" titled "Millennial Mindset" and anchored their daily news briefings before they were discontinued. She is a frequent commentator on Fox News and Fox Business programs.
Early life and education.
Gesiotto was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Jackson Local Schools in Massillon, Ohio and trained as a competitive figure skater in Lakewood, Ohio at the Winterhurst Figure Skating Club. Gesiotto was coached by Carol Heiss. In 2010, she passed her gold tests in free skating and moves-in-the-field.
Gesiotto graduated with honors from The Ohio State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She graduated from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State in 2017 with a juris doctorate degree.
Pageants.
Miss Ohio USA 2013.
Gesiotto represented Columbus at the Miss Ohio USA pageant in 2013, where she placed third runner-up. She praised pageant competition for the networking opportunities it provided.
Miss Ohio USA 2014.
Gesiotto represented Mid Ohio at the Miss Ohio USA pageant in 2014, where was crowned Miss Ohio USA 2014.
After winning Miss Ohio USA, Gesiotto was featured on various television news outlets for her promotion of political awareness and her fundraising for Wounded Warrior Project, including NBC4i, FOX28, and Fox 8 News where she "wowed" Kristi Capel and Stefani Schaefer.
She was also featured in a "New York Times" article profiling pageant consultant Bill Alverson.
Miss USA 2014.
Gesiotto competed in the Miss USA 2014 competition on June 8, 2014, representing the state of Ohio.
She passed on her title to Miss Ohio USA 2015 in November 2014.
Career.
Gesiotto is currently the author of a weekly column at "The Washington Times" titled "Millennial Mindset," which focuses on various American political, policy, and legal issues. She previously anchored daily news briefings (The Washington Times Exclusive Weekend Briefing and The Washington Times Exclusive Daily Briefing) before they were discontinued.
Gesiotto previously worked for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and on the United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. As a law student at Moritz College of Law, Gesiotto was a staff editor for "The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law".
Gesiotto, who is an anti-abortion activist, wrote a column in which she referred to abortion as "the number one killer of black Americans," a position that resulted in some controversy at her law school campus.
When Donald Trump was accused of making sexist remarks to a Miss Universe pageant winner during his campaign for president, Gesiotto defended Trump in her "Washington Times" column. Gesiotto described two instances in which she personally interacted with Trump, and described the reasons why she supported him for president. On 14 December 2020, Gesiotto represented Ohio as a voter in the electoral college.
Personal life.
On February 22, 2021, Gesiotto married former NFL offensive tackle, Marcus Gilbert.


Los Angeles LGBT Center

The Los Angeles LGBT Center (previously known as the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center) is a provider of programs and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The organization's work spans four categories, including health, social services, housing, and leadership and advocacy. The Center is the largest facility in the world providing services to LGBT people.
History.
The Center was founded in 1969, by gay and lesbian rights activists Morris Kight and Don Kilhefner, along with other activists. Originally called The Gay Community Services Center, the original center was located in an old Victorian house on Wilshire Boulevard and was the first non-profit in America to have the word "gay" in its name. In 1998, the organization named its library the Judith Light Library after one of its benefactors, actress Judith Light. The current CEO is Lorri Jean.
On October 2, 2010, the Center became the recipient of a $13.3 million, five-year grant from the federal United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration on Children, Youth and Families in order to create a model program for LGBTQ youth in foster care. It was the largest-ever grant by the federal government to an LGBT organization, and the only grant out of six total grants that did not go to a government agency or academic institution.
In 2016, Holly Woodlawn's estate founded the Holly Woodlawn Memorial Fund for Transgender Youth at the Center, to benefit some of the Center's programs, including Trans Pride L.A., Trans* Lounge, Transgender Economic Empowerment Project, and trans health care services. Woodlawn was transgender herself.
Locations.
The Los Angeles LGBT Center operates facilities in seven Los Angeles, CA locations:


Testosterone decanoate

Testosterone decanoate () is an androgen and anabolic steroid and a testosterone ester. It is a component of Sustanon, along with testosterone propionate, testosterone phenylpropionate, and testosterone isocaproate. The medication has not been marketed as a single-drug preparation. Testosterone decanoate has been investigated as a potential long-acting injectable male contraceptive. It has a longer duration of action than testosterone enanthate, but its duration is not as prolonged as that of testosterone undecanoate.


Amelia Womack

Amelia Helen Womack (born 12 January 1985) is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since 2014.
She served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Shahrar Ali from 2014 to 2016. She was re-elected in September 2016, once again in September 2018 and then again in September 2020. Womack is standing as her party's lead candidate in the South Wales East region in the 2021 Senedd election.
Education.
Womack was born in Newport in Monmouthshire, Wales. She attended Bassaleg School, a state comprehensive school in the suburb of Bassaleg, from 1996 to 2003. She studied a BSc in Environmental Biology at Liverpool University, and went on to complete an MSc in environmental technology at Imperial College London in 2009, with a thesis entitled "Who's afraid of environmental law? How the law of Ecocide can secure our environment for business resilience".
Political career.
Womack joined the Green Party around 2000. She stood as a Green candidate for Herne Hill ward on Lambeth Council, in the 2014 United Kingdom local elections, and for London in the 2014 European Parliament election, though she won neither seat.
She was elected deputy leader of The Green Party in September 2014, delivering her first speech in the role at the party's conference on 6 September. Having been elected at the age of 29, Womack is the youngest deputy leader of any political party in the UK.
She stood in the Camberwell and Peckham constituency in the 2015 general election, finishing third with just over 10% of the vote.
In September 2015, Womack announced her intention to stand for the Wales Green Party in the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election.
The Welsh Green Party announced in late October that she had been selected as the lead candidate for the regional South Wales Central (proportional representation) list as well as for the Cardiff Central constituency.
Womack's re-election as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales was announced at the party conference in early September 2016. She served a second two-year term.
Through her work as an End Ecocide Campaigner, she has worked with Vivienne Westwood to promote the change in environmental law and attempt to secure the one million votes required for a European Citizens' Initiative.
In August 2016, she criticised Byron Hamburgers after they worked with the Home Office to call their London workers to a fake Health and Safety briefing, whereat immigration officials present at the venue arrested several employees, deporting 35 for immigration offences. Womack was quoted as saying "It’s about the family and friends of people who are left behind as well. You don’t need to be pro-migration to realise that employing people, having them pay tax and contribute to the company for years and then turn them over to authorities without any responsibility for the chaos caused is the wrong thing to do".
In March 2017, Womack reported the "Daily Mail" newspaper to the Independent Press Standards Organisation over a front page photo of Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon with the caption "Never mind Brexit, who won Legs-it". In her submission she said: "This headline and the further derogatory comments inside the paper would not have even been considered, let alone published, if the two politicians in question had been men".
Womack was again re-elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September 2018. She is currently serving a two-year term.
In January 2019 she apologised for tweeting a picture accused of being antisemitic.
In February 2019, it was announced that Womack would be the Wales Green Party candidate in the 2019 Newport West by-election, a position she had nominally been selected for in November 2018. The by-election was held on 4 April 2019 and Womack finished in sixth place in a field of 11 candidates, with 924 votes (3.9% of the total votes cast).
In August 2019, Womack was again nominated by the Wales Green Party as the candidate for Newport West in a prospective snap general election. Womack stood in the 2019 general election. She again came in sixth place, but this time out of a field of six candidates. She achieved a smaller share of the vote compared to the by-election, receiving 2.1% of the total votes cast.
In June 2020, Womack announced her intention to stand again as deputy leader. On 9 September 2020, it was announced that she had been re-elected by party members for a fourth term.
Womack is standing as her party's lead candidate in the South Wales East region in the 2021 Senedd election.


Queentastic

Queentastic is a group of Norwegian drag artists, established in early 2005.
Background.
Members Dean Erik Andersen, born in 1971 in Kristiansand, and Geir Lillejord, born in Skien in 1968, both have previous drag experience from their membership in Great Garlic Girls - another Norwegian drag act (two members of which backed Ketil Stokkan's Eurovision Song Contest 1986 entry as dancers. In fact, Dean had previously substituted for Geir (a founder of the group), which marked the beginning of their association. The duo competed as one of 18 acts in the Norwegian selections for Eurovision Song Contest, the Melodi Grand Prix 2006. They had previously presented their weekly show "Sex, Drag & Rock 'n' Roll" together at the current premium queer nightclub in Norway - the Oslo-based Naken - in company with a third drag queen and designer Cårejånni Enderud. Enderud also designed the duo's costumes for their Melodi Grand Prix performances. The show also toured to Kristiansand and Bergen. Geir has also performed as part of the Ruth & Vigdis duo along with Enderud.
Melodi Grand Prix.
Queentastic's Melodi Grand Prix entry was the Alcazar-inspired disco song Absolutely Fabulous, inspired by the British comedy series with the same name. (See Absolutely Fabulous.) The song was written by Gerard James Borg and composed by . G:son also wrote Carola's entry in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006, Invincible (which became Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry). The duo competed against Norwegian musicians such as Trine Rein and Christine Guldbrandsen in Grand Prix final, however did not prove successful in their attempt to represent Norway (that honour falling to Gulbrandsen). In 2007 Queentastic released a new song for the Norwegian pride called Drop-Dead Gorgeous also penned by Gerard James Borg and composed by .
See also.
"Scandinavian drag artists"


Anthony Levatino

Anthony Levatino is a pro-life obstetrician/gynecologist. He formerly served as a professor and Student and Residency program director at Albany Medical Center. At the time of his graduation from medical school, he was adamantly pro-choice and later performed over one thousand abortions. However, after his daughter was struck and killed by a car in 1984, he changed his views on abortion. He is well known for his interviews on abortion, as well as his testimony to congress on abortion procedures.
Biography.
Dr. Anthony Levatino graduated with a medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1976.
Levatino and his wife attempted to conceive a child without success, and they consequently adopted a young girl, Heather. During the adoption process, Levatino's wife got pregnant with a baby boy. After the family adopted Heather, Levatino continued to perform abortions. Two months prior to Heather's sixth birthday, she was struck and killed by a car. After this event, Levatino had difficulty performing abortions.
He stopped doing second and third trimester abortions, and eventually stopped them completely. In his career, he performed over 1,200 abortions.


Inter-LGBT

Inter-LGBT (Interassociative Lesbienne, Gaie, Bi et Trans) is an umbrella group of 50 LGBT organisations in France.
Overview.
It organises the Printemps des Assoces every April as well as the annual Gay marches. Its headquarters, located in Le Marais, has a library open to the public.
Inter-LGBT is considered to be a lobby by its former spokesman Alain Piriou. It is a member of ILGA-Europe.


David Reardon

David C. Reardon is an American electrical engineer and anti-abortion activist. He is the founder of the Elliot Institute, an anti-abortion advocacy group, and the author of a number of articles and books on abortion and mental health. Reardon was described in the "New York Times Magazine" as the "Moses" of the "post-abortion movement".
Biography.
A graduate of the University of Illinois department of electrical engineering, Reardon began researching the effects of abortion in the mid-1980s. Reardon subsequently received a Ph.D in biomedical ethics from Pacific Western University (Hawaii), an unaccredited correspondence school.
Reardon describes his position on abortion as both "pro-life" (believing a human fetus is deserving of protection) and "pro-woman" and "anti-abortion" (believing abortion hurts women). In a 2002 article in "Ethics & Medicine", Reardon argued that in order to be effective, anti-abortion efforts had to present "a moral vision that consistently demonstrates just as much concern for women as for their unborn children." Reardon appealed to the anti-abortion movement to support his "pro-woman/pro-life" strategy writing:
For the purpose of passing restrictive laws to protect women from unwanted and/or dangerous abortions, it does not matter if people have a pro-life view. The ambivalent majority of people who are willing to tolerate abortion in "some cases" are very likely to support informed consent legislation and abortion clinic regulations, for example, because these proposals are consistent with their desire to protect women. In some cases, it is not even necessary to convince people of abortion's dangers. It is sufficient to simply raise enough doubts about abortion that they will refuse to actively oppose the proposed anti-abortion initiative. In other words, if we can convince many of those who do not see abortion to be a "serious moral evil" that they should support anti-abortion policies that protect women and reduce abortion rates, that is a sufficiently good end to justify NRS efforts. Converting these people to a pro-life view, where they respect life rather than simply fear abortion, is a second step. The latter is another good goal, but it is not necessary to the accomplishment of other good goals, such as the passage of laws that protect women from dangerous abortions and thereby dramatically reduce abortion rates.
Reardon's findings conflict with the view of the American Psychological Association, as well as other scientists and researchers, that abortion carries no greater mental-health risk than carrying a fetus to term.
Media coverage.
In a "Washington Monthly" article titled "Research and Destroy", author Chris Mooney profiled Reardon as an example of what he describes as "Christian conservatives [who] have gone a long way towards creating their own scientific counter-establishment." He also notes that Reardon's findings conflict with those of the American Psychological Association, which in 1990 had rejected "the notion that abortion regularly causes severe or clinical mental problems", and with the conclusions of former United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
In a front-page story for the "New York Times Magazine", "Slate" editor Emily Bazelon described the growth of post-abortion counseling ministries around the United States as part of an effort by the anti-abortion movement to outlaw abortion by stressing its purported psychological effects. She describes Reardon as arguing that the anti-abortion movement will "never win over a majority... by asserting the sanctity of fetal life", and therefore should focus on disseminating information that abortion is psychologically harmful to women as a more effective strategy.
Bazelon goes on to say:
For anti-abortion activists, this strategy offers distinct advantages. It challenges the connection between access to abortion and women's rights — if women are suffering because of their abortions, then how could making the procedure readily available leave women better off? It replaces mute pictures of dead fetuses with the voices of women who narrate their stories in raw detail and who claim they can move legislators to tears. And it trades condemnation for pity and forgiveness. "Pro-lifers who say, 'I don't understand how anyone could have an abortion,' are blind to how hurtful this statement can be," Reardon writes on his Web site. "A more humble pro-life attitude would be to say, 'Who am I to throw stones at others?'
When researchers attack his findings, Reardon writes to the journals' letters pages. "Even if pro-abortionists got five paragraphs explaining that abortion is safe and we got only one line saying it's dangerous, the seed of doubt is planted," he wrote in his book.
Reardon has been described in the "Boston Globe" as someone who "wants Congress to impose strict barriers to abortion." The "Boston Globe" also wrote:
This dual role of advocate/researcher is becoming more common, especially as advocacy groups realize they can sway more opinions by asserting that their research is based on science, rather than simply on personal belief. [David] Reardon, like many people who play this dual role, insists he can objectively look at the data without being influenced by his personal viewpoint.
According to the website of the Elliot Institute, which Reardon founded, he is "a frequent guest on Christian radio and Christian television talk shows and has been a frequently invited speaker state and national conventions for crisis pregnancy centers and pro-life organizations." Reardon addressed the National Pro-Life Religious Council in 1998, where he discussed emotional reactions to abortion in the context of the disputed entity of "post-abortion syndrome".
Elliot Institute.
Reardon is the founder and director of the Elliot Institute, which in 2005 reported that it had two full-time and one part-time employees. According to its web site, the Elliot Institute studies "the effects of eugenics, abortion, population control, and sexual attitudes and practices on individuals and society at large." The Institute was described by "USA Today" as an "anti-abortion organization focusing on the physical and psychological effects of abortion."
The Elliot Institute has endorsed model legislation regarding informed consent provisions for women considering abortion and bills that would increase the liability of physicians who provide abortions that are deemed "unsafe or unnecessary". The Elliot Institute is also leading an effort to build a coalition of groups to advocate for laws that would create a preemptive ban on human genetic engineering.
Reardon and the Elliot Institute opposed The Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, and proposed a competing initiative which would have prohibited any embryonic stem cell research which resulted in the destruction of a human embryo, as well as some other types of genetic research, in Missouri. The Elliot institute created a website which mimicked the site of a pro-stem-cell-research group, the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures. The group sued the Elliot Institute in federal court for alleged copyright and trademark violations. Consequently, the Elliot Institute website was ordered temporarily shut down by a federal judge.


Hungarian LGBT Alliance

The Hungarian LGBT Alliance is an umbrella organization that brings together gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organizations in Hungary. It was founded on January 25, 2009, and currently has seven member organizations.
Activities.
In 2016, similarly to other NGOs in the country, the Alliance campaigned for an invalid vote in the referendum on refugee quotas.