Memoir By Pentatonix Star’s Mom + Anti-Trans Bills In AZ + More News

Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed three anti-transgender bills on Friday telling the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to “focus on real issues that matter and impact people’s everyday lives.” • LGBTQ Nation: You must read this moving excerpt from The Untold Story of Scott Hoying, Pentatonix Star, by the singer’s mother, Connie, who shares how she reacted to her son’s coming out and her deep regret for taking him to conversion therapy. I’m a huge fan of the Grammy winning group.

He cried for twenty-four hours afterward. I had never seen Scott so sad in his life.

[image or embed] — LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation.com) May 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM

• Outsports: Out track star Trey Cunningham won the 110-meter short hurdles at the Grand Slam Track meet on Saturday and followed up on Sunday winning a 100-meter sprint (with no hurdles) setting personal bests in both races. • Kenneth-in-the-212: For tennis fans – Kenneth rounds up the news from the Madrid Open this past weekend plus all the ATP beef fit to post.

• Pink News: A federal court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to cut off funding for Maine’s school meal programs as punishment for the state refusing to discriminate against trans girls participating in girls’ sports. • CNN: Donald Trump says he wants to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 years, an expensive and challenging proposition.

CNN: Trump says that he wants Alcatraz to be a symbol of security in the US, but I’ll just note 3 men escaped from Alcatraz in 1962. No one knows where they ended up. The current supermax prison in Colorado has never had a prisoner escape pic.twitter.com/zaivUjftAk

— FactPost (@factpostnews) May 5, 2025