Some news items you might have missed: • Queerty: Carl Nassib, the first active player in the NFL to come out as gay, shared some life advice to NFL rookies during his draft night appearance. He also brought the co-founder of The Trevor Project with him onstage to highlight the crisis intervention group’s work on behalf of LGBTQ youth. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6PyUv9OGm5/ • Pink News: The Czech Republic government has signed an expanded union for same-sex couples into law but has failed to include marriage or full adoption rights for the queer community in the country. https://twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1785113303938687419 • Deadline: Greg Evans offers his predictions for the Tony Award nominations to be announced tomorrow morning. My quick picks for certain noms – Kelli O’Hara and Brian D’Arcy James for their moving performances in Days of Wine and Roses, and Merrily We Roll Along for Best Revival of a Musical. • Axios: A federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled state health care plans must cover gender-affirming surgeries. Monday. The ruling marks a major victory for transgender rights at a time when many states have cracked down on gender-affirming care for children and adults. https://twitter.com/axios/status/1785021933618127288 • Washington Blade: Gregory Fitzgerald Gibert, 53, who was out on probation, is charged with the second-degree murder of 37-year-old Andrea Doria Dos Passos, a transgender Latina woman. Surveillance video shows Gilbert beating the woman with a metal pipe as she slept in a doorway. • JoeMyGod: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton announced separate challenges to federal rule changes extending protections to LGBTQ+ students. Because of course. https://twitter.com/JoeMyGod/status/1785048853013471526 •
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