American Idol favorite David Archuleta (photo: Zack Knudsen) Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: American Idol runner-up David Archuleta has cancelled his 32 city concert tour due to vocal issues which are taking longer to heal than expected. The singer came out as a member of the LGBTQ community last year. • The Advocate: Companies such as Comcast/NBCUniversal, AT&T, and Walgreens all purport to be supportive of LGBTQ+ people — but they and other pro-LGBTQ+ businesses have donated to Florida politicians who are backing the state’s notorious “Don’t Say Gay” bill. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1494433098334814225 • Out: Here is a list of the LGBTQ athletes who scored medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics. • The Hill: An amendment to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida requires schools to out students to their parents within six weeks. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1495892382944006150 • Reuters: Australia has fully reopened its international borders to travelers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings. • Vice News: Doses of the coronavirus were intranasally delivered to hamsters—only some of which were vaccinated against the virus. Researchers found an “acute decrease” in sperm count and testosterone levels in unvaccinated hamsters. Hamsters that were vaccinated against the virus did not exhibit testicular damage. https://twitter.com/VICEWorldNews/status/1495729130150760448
