Some news items you might have missed: • OUT Magazine: Out Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley is heading back to the Olympics for a 5th time. Daley won the gold medal in the 10m platform synchronized diving event at the 2020 Olympics. • The Advocate: The Boy Scouts of America will change its name to Scouting America, effective in February, so “everyone feels welcome.” The organization began accepting girls as members in 2019. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1787950677412487325 • NBC News: The FDA is considering approving the party drug MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy or ‘molly’) for treating PTSD. • Metro Weekly: A Las Vegas man allegedly shot at his neighbors for being gay. Walraven has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement. Larry Walraven reportedly targeted his neighbors due to their sexual orientation. https://twitter.com/metroweekly/status/1787937029709340958 • New York Times: The federal judge overseeing former Donald Trump’s classified documents case formally scrapped her own May 20 start date for the trial on Tuesday but declined to set a new one. Did I mention she’s a Trump appointee> • Variety: One degree of separation for me on this one – Susan Buckner, best known for her role as “Patty Simcox” in the 1978 mega-movie musical Grease, died May 2 at the age of 72. https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1787922801435009179
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