Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: While overall crime rates fell by 3% in the U.S. in 2023, anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes increased. The HRC says anti-LGBTQ+ politicians are contributing to the violence. • New Music: Katie Gavin, lead singer of MUNA, serves up an acoustic, fiddle-driven confessional, “Inconsolable,” exploring the difficulties of being open in a relationship due to being “from a long line of people we describe as inconsolable.” From the out artist’s upcoming solo album, What A Relief. • Queerty: The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first division title in 13 years last night and celebrated drenched in beer singing the gay anthem, “Dancing On My Own.”
Dancing On My Own RETURNS! pic.twitter.com/QE1EaalQba
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) September 24, 2024
• LGBTQ Nation: After Donald Trump repeatedly attacked VP Kamala Harris for having worked at McDonald’s as a teen, out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg put the “McDonalds conversation” in proper focus.
If we’re really going to have to talk about McDonald’s for a couple online news cycles, then let it be about how and why Trump and the GOP oppose increasing the minimum wage, but made sure to cut taxes for McDonald’s Corporation.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) September 24, 2024
• NBC News: Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Routh, who was spotted with a gun outside of Donald Trump’s golf course with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. In related news – Routh’s son was arrested today on child porn charges. • Boy Culture: We are all those kids in the background.
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