LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed:
• Politico: Chris Gallant is an out gay Black Hawk pilot, Army veteran, national guardsman, former air traffic controller, and volunteer firefighter who’s launched his bid to oust Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY). Continue reading “Gay Blackhawk Pilot Runs For Congress + VMA Nominations + More News”
In yet another attempt to divert attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files and last week’s disappointing jobs report, Donald Trump says crime in Washington, D.C. is “totally out of control” as he threatened to “take Federal control of the city.”
Someone might want to tell the 34-time convicted felon that crime in D.C. was down 35 percent in 2024 from the previous year, marking a 30-year low.
And data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows violent crime is also down so far in 2025 compared to the previous year. Continue reading “Trump Claims Crime In DC Is ‘Out Of Control’ – It’s Actually Down”
Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff — tops Gallup’s annual poll of top newsmakers and their popularity among 14 national and global figures.
Of the fourteen included in the poll, only two others have positive approval – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
It comes as no surprise that Donald Trump’s approval rating is in deeply negative territory. Continue reading “Gallup: Pope Leo XIV Most Popular Among Global/National Newsmakers”
The Senate Appropriations Committee dismissed the Trump administration’s plan to end the CDC’s initiatives for HIV prevention and monitoring, along with significant proposed reductions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget.
Instead, they moved forward with a proposal to boost the agency’s funding by $400 million. Continue reading “Senate Committee Rejects Trump Proposal To End Life-Saving HIV Programs”
Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: Two men – one is straight, one is gay. Together, these best friends of nearly 20 years are reimagining masculinity, banter, and wit with their fun new podcast, “No Homo with Jonathan & Tom.” Continue reading “New Podcast ‘No Homo’ + TX Judge Sues To Ignore Same-Sex Marriage + More”
Donald Trump is still gnashing his teeth about last week’s jobs report. In this morning’s spittle-tinged rage he declared the employment numbers were “rigged” to make Republicans look “less stellar!!!” Continue reading “Trump Still Raging About ‘RIGGED’ Jobs Report”
Some news items for your Sunday:
• New Music: Out recording star Reneé Rapp dropped her new album “Bite Me,” this week.
In an interview with Variety she shared, “Everything I make is gay…This time around, I knew what I wanted. I wasn’t making [this album] to impress anyone else. I made it to impress myself.” Continue reading “Reneé Rapp’s New Album ‘Bite Me’ + More News”
Two-time Emmy nominee Loni Anderson, who starred as the “smartest person in the room” radio station receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati, died Sunday two just days before her 80th birthday. Continue reading “‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ Star Loni Anderson Dies At 79”
A handful of Republican senators have publicly expressed concern after Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a notable slowdown in hiring in the U.S.
Some Republican senators have expressed concern about Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the release of a weak jobs report. https://t.co/eMM4nTdwka
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2025
Via NBC News:
• Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY): “If the president is firing the statistician because he doesn’t like the numbers but they are accurate, then that’s a problem. It’s not the statistician’s fault if the numbers are accurate and that they’re not what the president had hoped for.”
• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): “If she was just fired because the president or whoever decided to fire the director just did it because they didn’t like the numbers, they ought to grow up.”
• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY):“We have to look somewhere for objective statistics. When the people providing the statistics are fired, it makes it much harder to make judgments that you know, the statistics won’t be politicized. I’m going to look into it, but first impression is that you can’t really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting.”
Democratic senators have also spoken out against McEntarfer’s firing as well with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accusing Trump of acting like “someone who imitates authoritarian leaders.”
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called McEntarfer’s dismissal “the stuff of fascist dictatorships.”
You know trump screwed up when Republicans dared to criticize dear leader.
Republicans condemn Trump’s firing of labor statistics chief.https://t.co/4JaFchf29k
— Covie (@covie_93) August 2, 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking charges, has been moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.
Bureau of Prison guidelines indicate she would not be eligible for such a ‘cushy’ security facility. Continue reading “Ghislaine Maxwell Quietly Moved To ‘Cushy’ TX Prison”