Tony Award winner & LGBTQ ally Judith Light (photo: Alan Light) Some news items you might have missed: • Birthdays: Celebrating the 74th birthday of the luminous Tony Award winner and longtime LGBTQ ally, Judith Light! A great, great talent who’s stood up for the LGBTQ community again, and again, and again. Raising a glass to the awesomeness that is Judith Light. • The Advocate: The South Dakota Senate has passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors. The state House approved it last week, so it’s on its way to Republican Gov. Kristi Noem for her expected signature. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1623860597501853696 • AP News: Missouri’s Republican-led House voted against banning children from carrying guns without adult supervision in public by a 104-39 vote. Only one Republican voted in support of it. #WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong • PEOPLE: Golden Globe winner John Travolta revisits his GREASE roots for this thoroughly entertaining Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile co-starring Zach Braff and Donald Faison singing their own version of “Summer Nights.” https://youtu.be/jSO-Whn2sCQ • Huffpost: A GOP leader in Tennessee’s state House says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal education dollars that help provide support for low-income students and students with disabilities. Rejecting federal education money, they believe, will free them from anti-discrimination oversight. • CBS News: The pro-Trump rioter who marched through the halls of Congress while wielding a Confederate flag on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 36 months behind bars on Thursday. #FuckedAroundFoundOut • Politico: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) stole the show at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual dinner with jokes about her GOP colleagues. On George Santos: “Really, who lies about playing college volleyball? Like, who does that? If you’re going to lie, at least make it about something big, like you actually won the 2020 presidential election.” https://youtu.be/yK_BsdVJSTA
