Transgender actor Elliot Page said a scene in his new movie, “Close to You,” helped exorcise some of his frustrations dealing with transphobes in the real world. "It was almost cathartic because I deal with that provocation," Page, 37, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. The film, in theaters Friday, was improvised from a story by Page and director Dominic Savage. https://lnkd.in/ey5ACMmx
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GLAAD’s annual Accelerating Acceptance Study says that, even though new findings show there is a sustained, supermajority level of support for LGBT people among the American population, there was a slight decline in overall support from last year. However, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said that new data this year "also sounds substantial alarms” about threats to this progress. "The same extremist lawmakers, judges and media sources targeting abortion access, contraception, free and fair elections, and free speech, are using the same strategies of fear and disinformation to undermine LGBTQ people and our equality," she said. https://lnkd.in/gT3X4MpX
GLAAD report cites strong acceptance for American gays though raises 'alarms' about risks - UPI.com
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The biennial Brussels Flower Carpet is back in colorful display at the Belgian capital. As has been the case every other August since 1986, the dazzling show of dahlias and begonias is created in an 18,000-square-foot array of plants in the city center. This year's edition was assembled by 100 volunteers in less than six hours in the shadow of Brussels' gothic, 15th-century Town Hall. https://lnkd.in/gyknXvZz
Brussels' biennial 'Flower Carpet' exhibit again blooms in city's central square - UPI.com
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Georgia was a crucial battleground state that flipped for Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. Now the state is enacting new voting measures ahead of the general election on Nov. 5. The state election board last week approved new rules that will allow county election boards to delay certifying the results of the election to investigate any discrepancies. The board's decision says county election officials may hold a "reasonable inquiry" into their election results before finalizing their certification. But granting this leeway to counties could keep Georgia's 16 electors in the air beyond election night, if not longer. https://lnkd.in/g4UKD-VD
New Georgia rules seeking to boost election confidence raise concerns of voter suppression - UPI.com
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Next week, the United States and South Korea will kick off a large-scale joint military exercise with a focus on deterring North Korea's growing nuclear, missile and cyber threats. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will "reflect realistic threats across all domains such as [North] Korea's increasing missile threats, GPS jamming, cyber-attacks, and lessons learned from recent armed conflict," both militaries said in a joint press release. Some 19,000 South Korean troops will participate. https://lnkd.in/eq6Ettph
U.S., South Korea to start joint military drills next week amid mounting North Korea threats - UPI.com
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For the first time in almost 40 years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has issued an "historic" emergency order to stop the use of the pesticide Dacthal, or DCPA, in order to fully look at the serious health risks it poses to unborn babies and pregnant women. On Tuesday it was announced that an emergency suspension had been applied to all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate. "This emergency decision is a great first step that we hope will be in a series of others that are based on listening to farmworkers, protecting our reproductive health, and safeguarding our families," Mily Treviño Sauceda, executive director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, said. https://lnkd.in/eN3X3qsC
EPA bans DCPA pesticide in 'historic' move to protect unborn babies, pregnant women - UPI.com
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More than 1.8 million American men were drafted during the Vietnam War, with the final draft call coming Dec. 7, 1972. According to the Disabled American Veterans, 17,671 U.S. draftees were killed in that war. That was a little over 30% of the total U.S. military deaths of 58,220 in Vietnam. And though there hasn’t been a military draft since 1973, Selective Service today has a budget of over $31 million a year. Now a bipartisan Senate bill to abolish the Selective Service military draft has been introduced by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. https://lnkd.in/ewFnXDtd
Sens. Wyden, Paul introduce bipartisan bill to abolish military draft - UPI.com
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In the Gulf of Mexico, a “dead zone” is an area of low to no oxygen in the water. It can kill fish and other marine life. It also is indicator of ocean health, scientists say, particularly in a changing climate and its potential intensification of storms and increases in rain and runoff. On Thursday, NOAA officials announced that this year’s Gulf dead zone — at roughly 6,705 square miles — is larger than expected. https://lnkd.in/e72EQUFE
Oxygen-depleted 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico larger than expected this year - UPI.com
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By law, Congress must enact a new Farm Bill every five years to help protect the nation's farmlands and farmers. But the 2018 Farm Bill initially expired in 2023, and lawmakers so far have delayed replacing it with an update measure that addresses the agricultural industry's current needs. "Unless conditions change, we're facing a perfect storm, although I don't think it will be fully understood until early next year when farmers are unable to secure loans," Dana Allen-Tully, president of the Minnesota Corn Growers, told the House Agriculture Committee late last month. https://lnkd.in/ezxGrFAf
Lack of new Farm Bill said to endanger U.S. food security - UPI.com
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North Korean escapees recently have been pushing for a change in U.S. policy toward North Korea in meetings with officials and policy experts in Washington, D.C., and New York. The group urged policymakers to give greater attention to North Korean human rights abuses and to expand access to information inside the tightly controlled nation, where a hunger for knowledge about the outside world resides. And one escapee even wants North Koreans to understand something that might seem unimaginable to them: Many Americans and South Koreans enjoy owning a car and a refrigerator. https://lnkd.in/eEkErrMY
North Korean escapees urge U.S. to promote human rights, information access - UPI.com
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