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OUTSpoken Boyz with be talking with Becky Morgan – Missouri Chapter Leader, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

The national Moms Demand Action website: www.momsdemandaction.org

Our gun safety program called BeSMART: www.BeSMARTforKids.org

Much like Mothers Against Drunk Driving was created to reduce drunk driving, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (www.momsdemandaction.org) was created to advocate for stronger laws and policies that will reduce gun violence and save lives. We are a non-partisan grassroots movement of American mothers demanding common-sense solutions to address our country’s dangerous culture of gun violence, which jeopardizes the safety of our children and families.

America is in a state of crisis: every day, 88 Americans are killed with guns. This violence affects everyone, everywhere – from big cities to small towns to rural communities – and as mothers, we can no longer wait for politics to catch up to the policies we need. We can support the Second Amendment while doing so much more to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and make our communities safer.

That’s why we advocate for the following goals:

1. Close the deadly loopholes in our background check system that allow minors and dangerous people like felons and domestic abusers easy access to guns.

2. Promote gun safety so that America’s children will no longer be exposed to unacceptable levels of risk.

3. Support reasonable limits on where, when and how loaded guns are carried and used in public.

4. Create enforceable laws that address gun trafficking and fraudulent purchasing to keep illegal guns off our streets.

It is time for our government to enact common-sense gun laws supported by 90 percent of the American people: if our elected officials will not protect our children and families, we will find leaders who will. For too long, the conversation about gun violence in America has been controlled by those who stand to profit from easy access to guns. In the meantime, American families continue to be destroyed by gun violence. Mothers have had enough.

Since our inception after the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, Moms Demand Action has mobilized mothers across the country to become the largest grassroots movement working to reduce gun violence. Moms Demand Action is a program of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country, with more than 3.5 million grassroots supporters

For more information on joining, volunteering, finding a local chapter, or donating, please go to momsdemandaction.org

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OUTSpoken also talks with Austin Head from POSITIVE YOUTH

Austin Head has achieved distinction by succeeding in his performance art at every step of development with a mission to bring something unique and innovative to entertainment. Beginning in Phoenix, Arizona, Austin quickly became popular with his song Label Whore which manifested into a four day music video release event drawing 3000+ people to the largest bars in Phoenix. Austin Head has been featured in countless publications and newspapers, heard performing live over the air-waves, and seen performing at the biggest nightclubs in the country.

Austin Head has now relocated to New York City to build upon everything Phoenix has given him. After only a brief time in NYC, Austin Head has now become a bi-coastal entertainer, musician and DJ working along side NYC’s top talent. Upon discovering he is HIV+ Austin began the dating website PositivelyFrisky.com as a safe and confidential place for positive people to meet.

Medium Synopsis:

POSITIVE YOUTH

QUOTES:

Sir Elton John has echoed, “By all means, take a look at this film.”

AWARDS:

Presentations in a Professional Context: Wolfsonian Museum Miami, Concordia University Montreal, Purdue University West Layafette, Brown University Providence, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Festival di Napoli Italy, Tel Aviv GLBT Film Festival, Phoenix Intl. Film Festival, Hong Kong LGBT Film Festival.

“Those fragile moments shine in “Feral,” whether it’s a midday swim in a nearby creek or a romantic date in the cypress-strew marshes along the Wolf River. The series is more than a love letter to Memphis, however. Fox set out to tell an authentic queer drama, where queer people have loved and lost not just because they were queer.” –  OUT.com*

(New York, NY) August 9, 2016 –Like HBO’s “Looking” or “Girls,” but set in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s how creator Morgan Jon Fox characterizes “Feral,” a Dekkoo.com original TV series that debuts October 6 exclusively on the subscription streaming service dedicated to gay men.

In “Feral,” Fox (who also serves as the series writer and director), weaves a tale of survival as a group of 20-somethings learn about love, loss and friendship while living in the vibrant, artistic queer community of Memphis.

The storyline revolves around the lives of Billy and Daniel, two best friends sharing a comfortably broken in bungalow in the diverse neighborhood of Midtown. It begins when the two are forced to kick out their third roommate, after discovering his heroin addiction.

Known for gritty southern stories about characters on the fringe, Fox describes his protagonists as, “…kids who are left on their own, whether it’s financially, whether it’s identity, or whether their lovers are deceased. Whatever that is, they’re left to their own devices to carve their own way. They’re feral beings.”

While shows like “Looking” and “Girls” may have provided the template, the Middle America Memphis setting and vibe is what sets “Feral,” refreshingly apart from its predecessors. Missing are the stock characters, the hipsters, the clichés that are predictably trotted out in gay dramas large and small. “You won’t see the gay stereotypes you see in shows set on the West or East Coast,” promises Fox.

“Now, my characters have their issues,” Fox explains, “but I didn’t want them to be based in cynicism. I wanted their motives and struggles to be pure and honest in a way that wasn’t just, ‘I’m a spoiled rich person without meaning in my life.'” That the characters are queer is not beside the point–it’s embraced–but it’s not the point, either.

“Feral” is not only the first TV series in which thousands Middle American LGBT 20-somethings can finally see themselves realistically reflected, but a welcome window through which everyone–gay or straight–can vicariously experience what life is like for the young gay millenials in the American Heartland.

“There are so many stories that are set in New York or L.A., but I feel that we have a story to tell that is uniquely southern,” say Fox. “Memphis is a big city, but because we are in a sense living off the grid, in the Bible Belt, and without the supportive institutions that exist in big coastal cities, we have created our own community, and I think that’s what’s so beautiful about coming up in Memphis.”

“‘Feral’ is about a group of gay kids in their 20s growing up in Memphis, Tennessee–and I am one of those things,” says actor Seth Daniel, who plays Daniel. “It was interesting to take what I experienced growing up in the Mid-South and adapt it to the character. It wasn’t so much that I was playing my character Daniel, as it was that Daniel and I were playing the character together.

What’s striking in “Feral”–and beautifully evident in all of Fox’s projects–is his ability to create endearing scenes of authentically touching–sometimes heartbreaking–intimacy: a quiet embrace in the woods, a twilight conversation on the couch, a softly spoken journal entry.

Fox has directed four feature films including, “Blue Citrus Hearts,” “OMG/HaHaHa” and “This Is What Love In Action Looks Like” – all informed by his painful coming out as a gay man in the conservative south – and has been called one of the originators of the “Memphis Style” of filmmaking known for strong, authentic performances, improvised scripts and tight editing. Filmmaker Magazine named him as one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film”.

“Feral” boasts a soundtrack featuring numerous artists from the Memphis area. Headed up by country-punk band Lucero, it also includes songs by the post-punk quartet Nots and on-the-verge breakout musician Julien Baker, whose debut album “Sprained Ankle” was named “one of the best albums of 2015” by The New York Times.

“Feral,” a Dekkoo only original, debuts October 6, 2016.

Sean Maher is well known to television and film audiences for his role as Dr. Simon Tam in Joss Whedon’s feature “Serenity”, the film that was

Sean recently appeared in the Season 2 finale of LOOKING for HBO, directed by Andrew Haigh. Additionally, he was seen recurring as “Mark Scheffer”

Maher is a yoga enthusiast and LGBT advocate. He currently lives in Michigan with his partner and their two children.

Nathan made his feature film debut with “Nate & Margaret” (Co-Wrote/Produced/Directed). It sold for worldwide distribution prior to completion. It also received a commendatory review from Roger Ebert.

Nathan acted in Joe Swanberg’s early films and IFC series, “Young American Bodies” and appeared in Frank V. Ross’s “Audrey the Trainwreck”, in addition to making a handful of award-winning short films. He also co-created and directed a TV pilot, “Bad Sides”, which was a finalist in the Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition. His first leading role in the film, “Blackmail Boys”, won various film festival awards and sold for worldwide distribution. His short film “Cock N’ Bull” was selected to screen in the 2013 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, which he also acted in. In 2014, his short “Grown This Way” won a best film award in Outfest’s Fusion Lab.

In April of 2015, Nathan wrapped up directing his second feature film, “Miles”. The story centers around a high school senior who joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship after his father’s untimely death. It stars Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman, Annie Golden, Yeardley Smith and Stephen Root. In 2016, “Miles” has won Audience Choice Awards at both Outfest and the Sidewalk Film Festival.

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Our 16th Annual FurrBall Auction, Dinner and Dance is going to be at the new Grand Davenport Hotel on Saturday, November 21, 2015- from 6-11pm. This elegant but fun event brings together community and animal lovers to raise funds to help our homeless animals and celebrates the human-animal bond that the Spokane Humane Society has been cultivating in Spokane since 1897.

The Spokane Humane Society is a non-profit organization that provides love and a temporary home for unwanted pets that have been surrendered by their owners as well as abandoned animals and strays transferred from other shelters. The average cost of caring for one animal is $468 monthly. This cost includes spaying or neutering, micro-chipping, current vaccinations/medications, food, shelter, and sometimes a toy. We rely solely on community support to help us care for these animals.

Seating is limited. Buy your tickets now – $125 per guest. This event sold out in 2014.

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Stacy Cossey is currently the volunteer Spokane Organizer for WAmend.  She was an active signature gatherer in last year’s campaign and this year is organizing volunteers as well as signature gathering.  She is a member of the Steering Committee and Executive Committee.

Stacy was a Financial Consultant for 27 years at a major Wall Street firm.  It was the  sub-prime crisis that helped her see the game behind Wall Street’s hype which inspired her to get all of her clients out of the market before the 08-09 crash.  Coming to terms with a reality that was significantly different than the story Wall Street has told was personally and professionally profound.

Now she feels political activism and her personal spiritual journey is the best therapy for the world we live in.

Initiative 735 doesn’t change the tax code and won’t affect your wallet. It’s about taking a principled stand to take power over elections back from the federal government.

in 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v FEC that corporations, unions and special interests can spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate for or against political candidates. It has led to obscene amounts of money being poured into elections. It’s part of the reason why the amount spent on elections by campaigns and outside groups grew 555% from 1984 to 2014!

Nathan made his feature film debut with “Nate & Margaret” (Co-Wrote/Produced/Directed). It sold for worldwide distribution prior to completion. It also received a commendatory review from Roger Ebert.

Nathan acted in Joe Swanberg’s early films and IFC series, “Young American Bodies” and appeared in Frank V. Ross’s “Audrey the Trainwreck”, in addition to making a handful of award-winning short films. He also co-created and directed a TV pilot, “Bad Sides”, which was a finalist in the Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition. His first leading role in the film, “Blackmail Boys”, won various film festival awards and sold for worldwide distribution. His short film “Cock N’ Bull” was selected to screen in the 2013 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, which he also acted in. In 2014, his short “Grown This Way” won a best film award in Outfest’s Fusion Lab.

In April of 2015, Nathan wrapped up directing his second feature film, “Miles”. The story centers around a high school senior who joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship after his father’s untimely death. It stars Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman, Annie Golden, Yeardley Smith and Stephen Root. In 2016, “Miles” has won Audience Choice Awards at both Outfest and the Sidewalk Film Festival.

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I arrived in Spokane Valley in 1975, at six weeks old. My large, loving, mixed-race family experienced its share of ups and downs and taught me the value of character, compassion, and community. My parents always worked for social justice, as youth leaders, social workers, public defenders, and activists, teaching their six children that we must use our gifts to help others.

My first foray into politics came as a child, after my father was fired from his job simply because he was gay and my mother struggled to support the family as a single mother of six. My family experienced poverty, as well as discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. I helped my dad fight for a law to make discrimination against gay people illegal in the 1980’s. While that effort failed, neither I, nor my dad, would stop fighting for what’s right, because we knew it would happen one day.

But I also experienced the incredible power of community support, and people looking out for me. I had the privilege of receiving scholarships to attend wonderful schools, such as Saint George’s School in Spokane. I recognized what an extraordinary opportunity this was and worked as hard as I could. I graduated in 1993 as valedictorian and was accepted into Yale University, where I earned a degree in clinical child psychology. Most importantly, I met my wife Amy on our second day on campus. We fell in love instantly, married just after graduation, and will soon celebrate our nineteenth anniversary. We have two amazing teenage sons, Alex and Aidan, both students at West Valley High School.

My professional life has been devoted to public service. I began as a case manager, treatment provider, and mentor for juvenile offenders and kids in special education classrooms, and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. I served adults with serious mental illness while working at Frontier Behavioral Health. I then went to Gonzaga Law School, as a Thomas More Scholar, so that I could learn the skills necessary to make a systemic difference.

After graduating from GU law at the top of my class in 2006, I worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Spokane and had the honor of representing the United States in a wide array of civil and criminal cases. I learned more about what government can do and found solutions to large challenges. I moved to private practice in 2012, and have zealously and successfully advocated for consumers victimized by corrupt businesses, people trapped in jails and mental hospitals, and workers who have faced discrimination. I have helped hundreds of people recover millions of dollars, and have stopped numerous illegal practices.

Through it all, I remain a determined optimist. Looking at how much progress we have already made, there is no reason that we can’t overcome today’s challenges. I thank you for caring about this community, and would be honored to work for you as your county commissioner.

His platform/main issue opinions can be found at – www.andrewbiviano.com

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September 13, 2016 – NEW YORK: Jack’d, a leading gay social app, is

The first week’s topic focuses on kindness. “Gay men often have this

Kindness is something most parents try to instill in their children at an early age.

Jack’d’s eight-week #ChangeTheGame campaign launched, September 14.

For more information, visit  –  http://www.jackdapp.com/changethegame

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Dia Decayo was raised in Seattle Washington, she grew up on morning cartoons, fruit loops, and Harry Potter. Her favorite type of music growing up surprisingly was Spice Girls, and Boy Bands. Nothing too different. She began listening to different types of music by the time she hit her teenage years experiencing, indie, experimental, and, garage. She later on started dabbling with instruments like her electric guitar, and electric piano, she still has her guitar to this very day. She was in several different amateur bands but never performed for anyone before, until she performed once in a volunteer after school program. She soon fell in love with music. Later on as time progressed, and music progressed she began to test the limits of electronic keyboard computer music, and Electro dubstep beats, where she was then to take on the name as the Electronic Pop Queen.

Dia First Started Her YouTube Channel In June 24, 2015 under the screen name GloomyMoonChild. It is now July 11, 2016 and she has gained over about 2k views! Dia’s first MCN Network that she joined was a network by the name of RECStudios. She then moved on to a larger company by the name of Fullscreen Media. Not knowing what to expect, the friendly twitter responses and fast help for her as a creator was useful. She is now with Fullscreen Media To This Day, Creating, and creating some more. From videos, to music, to clothing graphics, to hosting her own podcast, to writing her own books, you name it, she tries to do it all. She’s just trying to follow her dreams, and have fun along the way.

November 2015: Dia Decayo/Ada Was Signed With A YouTube Network By The Name Of RecStudios under her YouTube alias GloomyMoonChild.

Fan Gift Shop “Dia Gear”: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/GloomyMoonChild

Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redmoongrim

Musical Artist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaDecayo

Books On iTunes: 1. Farmer Boy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/smileys-short-story-teen-books/id1128581759?mt=11 2. Mind Machines In Motion:https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mind-machines-in-motion/id1132275575?mt=11

Youtube: http://www.gloomymoonchild.space

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BRANDON STANSELL is a fresh face onto the Country Music scene, but has always been nearby; honing his craft and finding his voice. SLOW DOWN, co-written with Mylen and the title track off his new EP, is the epicenter of his “California Country” sound with the raw emotion of those first moments in a budding relationship. SLOW DOWN was produced by Nashville-based producer, writer, and guitarist Erik Halbig. Stansell met Erik a few years ago through friend, Ty Herndon, who is featured on the track.

While his casual country sound is appealing, there is more that meets the eye with this crooner of Nashville roots. He is navigating the path of an openly-gay Country Artist. Brandon, while not the first to chart these waters, is one of few people in the industry willing to lay everything out for the listener and the result is an honest, beautiful musical experience.

Director Trent Atkinson, once again, joined his team directing the SLOW DOWN music video and building on the cinematic scope their first collaborative work, DEAR JOHN, which was released in early 2016.

Visit his website:  www.brandonstansell.com

Follow Brandon:

A first generation Cuban American Paolo is best known for the two seasons he worked as a regular cast member on Logo’s BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW. Most recently Paolo has been seen on THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON, CRIMINAL MINDS, SCANDAL, JANE THE VIRGIN, THE LAST SHIP, MODERN FAMILY and THE ODD COUPLE. Paolo was also in the award winning indie film CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN which just received distribution. On stage Paolo has worked all over the country including LA’s The Blank Theatre where he played 44 characters in the one man show SANTALAND DIARIES.

In addition to acting Paolo has a thriving art career and voice over career. His oil and acrylic paintings can be seen at paoloandinoART.com

He has voiced villains and vampires and outlaws in a multitude of video games, commercials and books on tape.

In his spare time Paolo likes to build furniture and work on his industrial modern apartment:)

He holds an MFA in theatre from UMKC and lives in Los Angeles with his dog Kai.

www.paoloandinoART.com

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Wanda Julian-Johnson is publisher and U.S. Editor-in-Chief of breakthrough international luxury life-style and fashion magazine Contessa’s Court that, after only three-years running, can already boast having had Madonna and Lady Gaga on its covers. Fashion having been Wanda’s original passion, her clothing worn by celebrities on red carpets, in fashion magazines, and in music videos, it was only a short step she needed to take to found her own magazine that better lives up to her own standards and expectations than did any of the others available on the marketplace.

With contributors across the sea to the UK and covers featuring Lady Ga Ga and Madonna and over 250,000 online readers this Spokane based magazine is making a lot of noise.

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Friday Night Oct 14th will haunt the boyz and team of OUTSpoken FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

First ride of the night – Timber Terror (Backwards)