Loretta Devine On ‘Drag Race’ And ‘Dreamgirls’ + More News

Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: My colleague Michael Cook spoke to forever ‘Dreamgirl’ Loretta Devine about her experience on RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race, and the longtime love and reverence the LGBTQ community has held for Devine. • The Advocate:  Sex-positive writer Alexander Cheves offers up 11 reasons why straight men should try bottoming. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out Kenneth’s weekly round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications like the latest issue of Hotspots Magazine. • LGBTQ Nation: Federal district court Judge Benjamin Beaton has ruled in favor of a Louisville, Kentucky wedding photographer who said her religious beliefs should allow her to refuse service to same-sex couples, which violates the city’s non-discrimination ordinance. • Edge Media: A Texas woman was outraged after finding out that a Houston high school library carries the young adult novel, Flamer, a coming of age story for ages 14-plus. She actually went to the police declaring the book was “harmful” to minors. (p.s. It won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature). • TMZ: In one of the dumbest moves made by a person freaking out as they were kicked off a plane, a chemical engineer has now been fired from his job after announcing where he works to the entire flight.