At the end of the day …. “First Pride Flag Launched Into Outer Space …. “!!

~~September 30, 2016~~ 

PRIDE FLAG FLIES IN SPACE

The universe is now LGBT-friendly!

Planting Peace’s latest display of solidarity with the queer community involves a Pride flag, a high altitude balloon and a GoPro camera.

The group, which regularly launches social activism campaigns to raise awareness about issues like LGBT rights and de-worming children in developing countries, used the balloon to elevate a rainbow flag up through the Earth’s atmosphere.

It eventually reached its peak altitude approximately 21.1 miles above the planet.

The flag remained airborne, floating in outer space for just over three hours before making its descent back to Earth, in what Planting Peace says is a symbolic declaration of the universe as an LGBT-friendly space.

“It was an honor to send the first Pride flag into space, and it provided a wonderful opportunity to show that Planting Peace will not stop fighting for LGBTQ rights until all sexual and gender minorities experience full, fundamental rights in every corner of the universe.”

“The backdrop of space gave us a stunning, inspiring and peaceful canvas for our message of hope to our LGBTQ family.

I would love for LGBTQ children who are struggling to see this, and look up to the stars and remember that the universe shines brightly for them, and they are not alone.”

Aaron Jackson, President of Planting Peace, told The Huffington Post.

Over the last three years, Planting Peace has engaged in a number of high-profile displays of LGBT visibility and activism.

The nonprofit created The Equality House, a rainbow-colored building across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound in Topeka, Kansas, in 2013 and purchased another home nearby earlier this year to create the Transgender Pride House.

These houses stand in opposition to the Church’s hate ― both literally and figuratively ― and operate as safe spaces for queer people in the area.

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Equality House

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~~First Pride Flag In Space~~

~~Published on Sep 26, 2016~~

First pride flag in space.

Planting Peace declares space LGBTQ friendly.

We ALL are ONE!!

To start the day …. “Juan Gabriel …. He is OUR Elvis …. “!!

~~August 29, 2018~~ 

JUAN GABRIEL

He hailed from Mexico.

He wasn’t a rapist, he wasn’t a murdered, he wasn’t a drug dealer.

He was a unique human being who shared with this public an amazing talent.

He had an incredible source of inspiration.

He wrote songs for many other fellow artists and shared with his public amazing works of art.

He was a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world.

His music influenced the lives of many fans and marked the career of many fellow musicians.

He will be sorely missed.

His music will live eternally on.

Sad today!

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Juan Gabriel, 66, was a man of grand ­performances, gestures and especially songs — including eight No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart. His fans have devoured his music for more than four decades.

He spanned the whole Latin world: Mexico, his country, Latin and South America, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Spain.

Where Latin people live, Juan Gabriel was part of their lives.

“Juan Gabriel is our Elvis,” declares Juanes, the Colombian star who recorded the hit “Querida” with the singer in 2015.

~~Juan Gabriel Dies at 66~~

Born Alberto Aguilera Valadez, the son of a farmer, in Parácuaro, Mexico, about 165 miles west of Mexico City, Gabriel is a courtly gentleman, the single father of four adult children. Yet he transforms onstage into a master of melodrama (his nickname is “The Divo From Juárez“) and is known to bring both men and women to tears during his two-and-a-half-hour concerts.

On Aug. 19, Gabriel launched another arena tour of the United States: the 21st century-themed MeXXIco Es Todos (Mexico Is All of Us), which will play nearly 30 cities in a 360-degree stage ­format. The show will include 50 ­mariachi and ­orchestra players, 10 singers and 20 ­dancers.

This fall, Telemundo will ­premiere Hasta Que Te Conocí (Until I Met You), a TV series ­chronicling his rise that is named after his 1968 hit song.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7486856/juan-gabriel-juanes-marc-gabriel

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Juan Gabriel, a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday at his home in California at age 66, his publicist said.

Juan Gabriel was Mexico’s leading singer-songwriter and top-selling artist. His ballads about love and heartbreak and bouncy mariachi tunes became hymns throughout Latin America and Spain and with Spanish speakers in the United States.

He brought many adoring fans to tears as they sang along when he crooned his songs about love and heartbreak, including his top hits, “Hasta Que Te Conoci” (“Until I Met You”) and “Amor Eterno” (“Eternal Love”). His hit “Querida” (“Dear”) topped Mexico’s charts for a whole year.

A flamboyant performer, Juan Gabriel, whose real name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, liked to wear jackets covered in sequins or dress in shiny silk outfits in hot pink, turquoise blue or canary yellow, and he was known for tossing his head before dancing or jumping around the stage.

“He has passed on to become part of eternity and has left us his legacy through Juan Gabriel, the character created by him for all the music that has been sung and performed all around the world,” his press office said in a statement.

“As it appears in …. full read/full credit”

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/juan-gabriel-mexican-superstar-singer-dead-66-41706340

~~GALLERY~~

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~~Yo Te Recuerdo~~

Juan Gabriel – ft. Marc Anthony

~~Published on Apr 12, 2016~~

Music video by Juan Gabriel performing Yo Te Recuerdo.
(C) 2016 Don Alberto Aguilera Valadez Exclusiva Licencia Para Fonovisa Una División de Universal Music México S.A. de C.V

~~Querida~~

Juan Gabriel -ft. Juanes

~~Published on Jan 13, 2015~~

Ya está disponible el nuevo álbum de Juan Gabriel “Los Dúo” con la participación de Juanes, Marco Antonio Solís, Natalia Jiménez, Joy, Vicente Fernández, Joy, Laura Pausini y muchos más.

We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #547 …. “Puerto Rico Coquí and Equality …. “!!

~~August 14, 2016~~ 

EQUALITY IN PUERTO RICO

Seguimos la lucha hasta que tod@s tengamos los mismos derechos en Puerto Rico.

Nuestro humilde y urgente llamado es que todos nos activemos a través de las redes sociales, eventos, proceso político y nuestro activismo individual.

Unidos conseguiremos equidad para la comunidad LGBT de Puerto Rico.

Síguenos en Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lgbtpr

Visita nuestro sitio web

http://www.lgbtpuertorico.com

The fight for equality in Puerto Rico continues.

Our humble and urgent call goes out so that, together, we become active through social media, events, political processes and personal activism.

Together we will reach equality for the LGBT community in Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico …. “🏳️‍🌈 Memorial to Pulse Victims 🏳️‍🌈 …. Carmen Yulín Cruz, San Juan Mayor, Dedicated It …. “!!

~~July 7, 2016~~ 

UNVEILING OF LGBT MONUMENT

BY: JEREMY WILLIAMS

JULY 5, 2016

Puerto Rico has its first LGBT monument in the island’s history, which now is also a memorial to the victims of the Pulse shooting.

The monument is seven concrete pillars, each covered in colorful mosaics, and sits at the entrance of Sixto Escobar Stadium in San Juan’s Third Millennium Park, according to Noticel, a Puerto Rican publication.

The monument cost an estimated $9,000, funded by city taxpayers, Noticel reports.

It was designed by Alberto de la Cruz.

A section of the monument lists the names of the 49 people who lost their lives at the Pulse shooting, highlighting the names of the 23 Puerto Rican victims.

Next to the names, written in Spanish, is the quote,

“This tribute to life strengthens our commitment to fight hate – the product of homophobia – with love and respect.

Our slogan resounds in all our hearts:

Love is love, is love, is love …”

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~~GALLERY~~

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The monument’s dedication took place almost exactly one year after a federal judge in Puerto Rico first ruled in favor of marriage equality.

Although an anti-equality judge in Puerto Rico tried to halt that ruling, a federal appeals court determined in April that the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all 50 states, was also binding in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.advocate.com/pride/2016/7/03/puerto-ricos-first-lgbt-monument-honors-orlando-victims

“We celebrate life,” said San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín at the monument’s inauguration. “We must work together to eradicate discrimination and homophobia. We must raise our voice for justice and equality of every human being.

We must aspire to a country where everyone is equal and not be judged by how we love.”

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We ALL are ONE!!