Some news stories as we get over Hump Day:
• Variety: Grammy Award winner Lil Nas X took to Instagram today to share with fans that he’s doing better since his arrest in Los Angeles in August including stays in rehab following being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
“I feel like I had known for the past few years but I [didn’t] want to admit to it because I didn’t want to have to take medication and have people think different of me,” says the rapper. “I’m already Black and gay. Like damn, God, come on – Black, gay and bipolar?”
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• The Advocate: Several San Francisco gay bars have begun using facial-scanning technology in an attempt to flag fake IDs, but the idea of tracking patrons’ whereabouts in queer safe spaces is raising privacy concerns for many.
• Michigan Advance: When leaders of the GOP-led Michigan House declined to allow a Pride Month resolution to be read on the floor, members of the House LGBTQ Caucus read the resolution on the steps of the State Capitol despite rainy weather.
• Axios: AI systems are beginning to replicate the same anti-LGBTQ bias and misinformation problems that have long plagued social platforms, according to a new report from GLAAD.
• New York Times: Georgia Republicans have shelved plans to take up redistricting during a special session that had been called expressly to erase U.S. House seats in majority-Black districts.
• Erin in the Morning: An intersex teacher at a Florida public school was forced to resign, evidently on the false belief that he identifies as transgender, after a parent complained about his presence in the classroom.
Shepard Scalf, who lives his life as a man, has Swyer’s Syndrome—which means that, regardless of how his genitalia may have looked at birth, he has XY chromosomes.
An intersex teacher has been fired in Florida, allegedly, after parents falsely believed he was transgender.
Florida has some of the most oppressive laws targeting LGBTQ+ educators in the country.
The ACLU has filed a complaint.
The latest from our staff journalist, S. Baum.
— Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) June 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
• The Advocate II: A new video making the rounds on social media shows an older man angrily confronting a young father, Tyler Brodsky, who had gone into a women’s restroom at a gas station to assist his very young daughters. The older man tells Tyler he should have asked a female stranger to escort his daughters to the restroom or taken them into the men’s restroom.
Note the kind woman in the background, Melissa – the QuikTrip manager, making sure the young dad and girls were safe. Tyler shares what happened next in the second video and thanks Melissa for being so comforting to his girls.
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerbrodsky2/video/7651695974150049038?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
@tylerbrodsky2 UPDATE: My girls are safe, happy, and doing great. ❤️ Thank you all for the support. Here’s what happened after the video ended. #GirlDad #DadLife #Parenting #Update #fyp
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