Transportation Secretary Pete ButtigiegSome news items you might have missed:
• The Guardian: Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg clapped back at Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who recently made dismissive remarks about the Respect for Marriage Act which would protect same-sex marriage in the U.S.
“If he’s got time to fight against Disney, I don’t know why he wouldn’t have time to help safeguard marriages like mine,” Buttigieg said. “I don’t know why this will be hard for a senator or a congressman.”
Tapper: Rubio called the bill a stupid waste of time
Buttigieg: If he has time to fight against Disney, I don’t know why he wouldn’t have time to safeguard marriages like mine pic.twitter.com/GdaFII7v5R— Acyn (@Acyn) July 24, 2022
• Pink News: UpRising Bakery and Cafe owner Corrina Sac told the Chicago Tribune that her business will host a family-friendly drag show despite being threatened, vandalized and sent a bag of feces over the planned event.
• Texas Tribune: Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow. “In fact, I think the party got worse,” Dale Carpenter said of his time as the state’s Log Cabin president.
This year at the Texas Republican convention, the party adopted a platform declaring “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.” For gay Republicans within the state GOP, it was a backward step amid years of excruciatingly slow progress. https://t.co/tmBGhMB2xp
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 24, 2022
• Washington Blade: The Cuban government has announced a referendum on the final draft of a new family code that would extend marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples will take place on Sept. 25.
• Variety: Marvel is bringing fans back to Wakanda in the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”‘
“I am Queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone,” Angela Bassett’s Ramonda declares. A question lingers over the trailer: who will take on the mantle of the Black Panther? A figure is seen in the hero’s suit at the end of the trailer, though it isn’t clarified who is in the costume.