Glen Powell (via Instagram) Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: Glen Powell, currently starring in the 2022 action film Top Gun: Maverick (the highest-grossing movie of the year after racking up a whopping $1.4 billion globally), addressed rumors he might be playing Cyclops in the upcoming X-Men. • Out: Jonathan Knight, one-fifth of the boy band New Kids On The Block, revealed he recently married his longtime partner Harley Rodriguez in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight. https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1563265931484078082 • USA Today: Administrators at a Nebraska high school shut down the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues, leading press freedom advocates to call the move an act of censorship. https://twitter.com/mmmexperimental/status/1564339465086197767 • Edge Media: Monkeypox cases are declining in Europe but rising in the U.S. • LGBTQ Nation: Queer slang has a long and colorful history, evolving as society and its attitude towards the community changes. Take a trip down history with this exploration into outdated and modern LGBTQ slang. https://twitter.com/lgbtqnation/status/1563512868372639745 • HuffPost: Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, says it’s “disgusting” that the state is directing its agencies to discourage the scientifically discredited and harmful practice of “conversion therapy.” • Insider: Also in Pennsylvania, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) holds a 13-point lead over Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race. Should Fetterman win it would be flipping the state from red to blue. https://twitter.com/HLStockenstrom/status/1563794487327002627
