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Things We Saw Today: The U.S. Voted Against UN Resolution Banning the Death Penalty for LGBTQIA+ People

So, here’s another addition to today’s Terrible Parade: The U.S. Amabassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, voted against a resolution that would globally ban the death penalty for LGBTQIA+ people, joining Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Oh, and the resolution also would ban the death penalty for things like blasphemy and adultery, expressing the specific concern that “the application of the death penalty for adultery is disproportionately imposed on women.”

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Just so you’re aware: THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF REPRESENTING OUR INTERESTS AND VALUES TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY JUST VOTED AGAINST THE LIVES OF LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE AND WOMEN. ALSO, AGAINST POLITICAL DISSIDENTS. Don’t let anyone tell you that our government values “life.” They clearly don’t.

So…this is a thing that happened. *sigh* (via Uproxx)

  • Kendall Jenner apparently feels really bad about causing pain with her appearance in that ill-advised Pepsi commercial. Thing is, does she actually understand why people were upset? Judging by the fact that she doesn’t even mention or allude to things like Black Lives Matter, probably not. (via The Huffington Post)
  • Check out this fascinating profile on the super-talented and enigmatic Frances McDormand. (via Jezebel)
  • Lastly, Rosanne Cash, country singer/songwriter and daughter of country legend Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, wrote an op-ed calling on other country music artists to stand up to the NRA in favor of stricter gun control. (via The New York Times)

Well that’s it from us today! What have you seen out there? We welcome any and all cute and/or hopeful things.

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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