Australian Football Player Comes Out + Minneapolis Mayor Urges Unity After Shooting + More

Some news items for your Hump Day:

• Gay Times: Mitch Brown (above), a former Australian Football League player has come out as bisexual, becoming the first openly queer man in the league’s 129-year history.

• The Advocate: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged compassion and unity after a shooter opened fire at Annunciation School today, killing two children and wounding 17 others. Praising the heroic actions of teachers who shielded students, he also warned that the tragedy should not be twisted into an excuse to vilify marginalized people.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity.”

Children were just gunned down in church and THIS is is message. These people are sick. pic.twitter.com/XipcZy7KIT

— Marisela Ramirez (@mariselapenny) August 27, 2025

• Pink News: An Idaho father is accused of killing his 18-year-old daughter and wrapping her body in a Pride flag.

• The Daily Beast: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy celebrated the launch of a new generation of trains as part of Donald Trump’s “vision” Wednesday—except – they weren’t. The trains were first ordered by President Obama and funded under President Biden. And Duffy had voted against the bill which set their production in motion.

Announcing the NextGen Acela!

These are brand new beautiful trains delivered by @USDOT and @Amtrak will:

-increase reliability
-lower ticket costs
-improve Amtrak profitability

This is all part of @POTUS’ vision to Make Travel Great again pic.twitter.com/fdKYadooxM

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) August 27, 2025

• LGBTQ Nation: 187 Democrats in Congress have asked the Supreme Court to protect state bans and restrictions on conversion therapy for minors currently in place. Note – zero Republicans signed the request.

• New York Times: Donald Trump’s current approval rating via a daily average of polls conducted by dozens of different organizations since Inauguration Day. The Donald has been hovering at about 44% approval, 53% disapproval for the past month.