Emergency Twink: 2016

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Daily Twink - Felix Mallard

Meet your Australian Young Model Felix Mallard
He was born on April 20, 1998 ( age 18)
BIRTHPLACE: Australia

ABOUT Felix Mallard:
Australian actor, musician and model who landed the role of Ben Kirk in the long-running soap opera Neighbours.

Daily Twink - Andrew Tuf

Hot Twink Andrew Tuffarela from Cincinnati, OH

Gay Couple Assaulted by Cop and Jailed for Kissing in Grocery Store to Receive $80K Settlement

You may recall the story of Courtney Wilson and her girlfriend Taylor Guerrero, a Los Angeles couple, who filed a federal lawsuit in October 2015 claiming they were attacked by a Honolulu police officer on their second day of vacation in the state after he witnessed them kissing in a grocery store.

Said Guerrero: “We were holding hands and I was kissing her cheek. He was like you girls, you girls can’t do that in here.” It was then that the officer, a 26-year vetera of
the force, followed them to the checkout, threatened to arrest them for trespassing, and then got physical when Guerrero tried to call the police, they say.

Hawaii News Now reported:
“I got punched in the face by him,” Wilson said. “I split my nose open. We were on the ground.” The women said Foodland employees were then instructed to hold them down until someone found zip ties.
“They took us down to the basement of Foodland where they continued to harass us about our conduct in the store, asking us if it was worth it, if we were happy where we are,” Wilson said.
“We were just shocked that it all happened.”
The two were arrested for assaulting a police officer and had to use the money they came to the islands with to post bail. As a condition of their release, they couldn’t leave Oahu and wound up sleeping in a park.
After five 1 months, prosecutors threw out the case, said their attorney, Eric Seitz.

The issue is being settled out of court: Honolulu has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit from two gay women who allege a police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kissing in a grocery store.

Details of the settlement were announced Friday in federal court in Honolulu. It’s still subject to City Council approval. The council is expected to consider the settlement at a July 6 meeting, said Honolulu Deputy Corporation Counsel Nicolette Winter.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Maroon 5 Cancel Concerts In North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Laws

Maroon 5 have become the latest to take a stand against anti-LGBT laws in the US after cancelling two upcoming shows in North Carolina, Gay Star News reports.

The band, who had planned to play shows in Charlotte and Raleigh during their Maroon V Tour in September, revealed that they would be cancelling the shows in protest at North Carolina’s recently introduced ‘HB2’ law, which eliminates anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and controversially forces them to use the bathroom of their ‘birth’ gender.

Yesterday (May 20) the band issued a small statement on their website, announcing the decision of cancelling the shows.
“We have announced that we will be cancelling our upcoming shows in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina because of the recent passage of the HB2 legislation.”

“This was a difficult decision for us to make as a band. We don’t want to penalise our fans in North Carolina by not performing for them, but in the end it comes down to what we feel is morally right.”

Lead singer of the band, Adam Levine has a gay brother, Michael, and in an interview with Out, Adam said: “Trust me, you’re born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two. We all knew.”

Maroon 5 join other musical heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Ringo Starr in cancelling gigs in states with discriminatory laws.

Other acts such ad Mumford & Sons and Cyndi Lauper have shown their support by donating the proceeds of shows played in the offending states to LGBT organisations, and to those fighting the bills through legal means.

Nice movement, right decision. #LoveWins