Madonna (via Instagram) Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Pop legend Madonna has spoken out for the first time after she was hospitalized last month following a health emergency that required her to be rushed to the hospital. • WeHo Times: Queer-owned West Hollywood gay bars The Abbey and The Chapel are up for sale. • Queerty: Check out the trailer for Red, White & Royal Blue, the new gay rom-com premiering August 11 on Amazon’s Prime Video. https://youtu.be/pt56IC8gDZ4 • Deadline: Actor Jeffrey Carlson, who played a groundbreaking trans character on the daytime soap All My Children, has died at the age of 48. • Politico: The Marine Corps has no Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over 100 years because one Republican senator has blocked all senior military promotions for seven months in protest of a Pentagon policy that pays travel expenses for troops if they cannot obtain abortions in their state. • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Sir Elton John waxed nostalgic before performing his very last song at his very last show of his very last concert tour in Sweden on Saturday. https://youtu.be/xrWsTmA107A
