Ben Cohen (image via official Facebook)Some news items you might have missed:
• Metro Weekly: Rugby champ and longtime LGBTQ ally Ben Cohen makes his acting debut in the coming-of-age, coming-out episode “SuperBen”in Dekkoo’s new queer-themed British anthology series Patterns.
• What To Watch: The “prince of England’s hearts” falls for the American president’s son (or is it the other way around?) in “Red, White & Royal Blue,” an effervescent gay rom-com available beginning today on Amazon Prime Video.
• Gayety: Anti-transgender activists love to say that trans people who undergo gender-affirming surgery later regret it. But a new study finds regret was 0 out of 100, meaning not a single patient involved in the study regretted their choice to have the surgery.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out Kenneth’s round-up of the latest in LGBTQ publications including the new cast members of the acclaimed series Heartstopper covering Attitude Magazine.
• Washington Post: The woman who first encountered the 6-year-old who shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school shares chilling details before and after the shooting. “I did it,” she says he declared. “I shot the b***** dead.”
• Ars Technica: Illinois became one of the few states to pass an anti-doxxing law, making it possible for victims to sue attackers who “intentionally” publish their personally identifiable information with intent to harm or harass them.
Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attackshttps://t.co/oPNZ8HzTDN
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) August 11, 2023