Some news items I thought worth your time: • LGBTQ Nation: Manuel Guerrero Aviña, a gay man from Britain who was jailed in Qatar after being entrapped by the police on Grindr, has finally been permitted to return to the United Kingdom after months of imprisonment in inhumane conditions.
Aviña’s family and LGBTQ+ rights advocates around the world launched a campaign for him to return home, which was finally successful this week. #LGBTQhttps://t.co/zvsakNRIjn
— LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) August 14, 2024
• The Advocate: Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first out trans athlete to compete in the Paralympics Games. • Instagram: Out actor B.D. Wong slipped back into “Law & Order: SVU” mode to team-up with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff for the Kamala Harris for President campaign. https://www.instagram.com/p/C-igwOLJODo/ • Pink News: A new biopic about Culture Club singer and queer British music star Boy George, who rose to fame in the ’80s, is in the works. • TIME: Vice President Kamala Harris on the cover of the current issue of TIME.
The reintroduction of Kamala Harris https://t.co/noW5TOgawP pic.twitter.com/iLmQIhxOeF
— TIME (@TIME) August 12, 2024
• Newsweek: Convicted felon Donald Trump was forced to pay more than $82K in owed back fees for past rallies before Asheville, North Carolina, would allow him to host a rally there this week. Trump still has more than $850K in upaid rally debt including more than $500K owed to the city of El Paso, Texas. • Variety: J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have both been named in a criminal complaint filed to French authorities over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” against Algerian boxer and newly crowned Olympic champion Imane Khelif.
J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/e5F3v1cjp6
— Variety (@Variety) August 13, 2024
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