This is episode 156 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to discuss why stupid people become successful.
IKEA steps up with their support of the queer community whilst others cowed.
It seems far more important than ever that we share any good news regarding businesses that continue to step up to the plate on their continuing generous support of the queer community. A shining example of this is IKEA, now the world's largest furniture company, whose first advertisement featuring a gay couple, was in 1994.
Texas GOP Killed Recent Bill On Emergency Alerts.
The measure, House Bill 13, would have created a new government council to establish the emergency response plan and administer the grant program, both of which would have been aimed at facilitating better communication between first responders.
First trans people, now bisexuals: Stonewall National Monument website further erases queer history.
A website for the New York monument, which commemorates the historic 1969 riots outside the Stonewall Inn led by trans women of color, has seemingly removed mentions of bisexual people from its official description.
Gay men share the best & worst things about getting older.
Worst thing: You become invisible in a culture that values youth and beauty above all else.
Best thing: You become invisible in a culture that values youth and beauty above all else.
Jim Obergefell fears same-sex marriages "will be erased" under Trump.
Jim Obergefell, the American civil rights activist and lead plaintiff in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case, has expressed fears that under Republican president Donald Trump same-sex partnerships "will be erased".
Texas GOP holds special session to address deadly floods and files an anti-trans bathroom bill instead.
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session to address the deadly floods that have left 134 people dead and 101 others missing. However, in preparation for the session, state GOP lawmakers have filed 82 measures, none of which address the flooding. Instead, they seek to ban transgender women from using women's facilities.
Tennessee woman denied prenatal care for being unmarried.
At a town hall in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a 35-year-old woman shared her story. She was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn't married, nor did she plan to be. She'd been with her partner for 15 years, and they have a 13-year-old child.
Why Stupid People Become Successful.
There are plenty of people in the world who are 100 times smarter and more skilled, and more talented, but they'll never have the opportunity to make a dent because they don't have the same resources, and when rich people are born and raised in these environments, they generally don't get the life experiences that normal people get, which are essential for developing competence, and ingenuity, and problem solving skills, and of course empathy, but they don't have to learn those skills. They can just throw money at all their problems and then we wind up with millionaires and billionaires, who don't know how to pump gas, or even make a grilled cheese sandwich, or do laundry, or treat people with respect, and the public goes "Wow look how smart and successful they are."
Barack Obama Calls For Gay Mentors To Guide Young Boys Away From Ignorance.
Obama explained that such mentors serve two purposes. They help straight boys develop kindness and understanding. They also create safe spaces for young people questioning their sexuality.
"You need that person in your friend group so that if you then have a boy who is gay... they have somebody that they can go to: 'okay, I'm not alone in this'," Obama said.
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