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Ghislaine Maxwell Plays Hardball + NFLer Let Go After Kissing Teammate + More News

Ghislaine Maxwell (screen capture)

Some news items for your Tuesday:

• New York Times: Playing hardball, lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, said in a letter to Congress on Monday that she was unwilling to testify without a grant of immunity or presidential action to shorten her 20-year prison sentence.

• The Advocate: Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins was released by the Las Vegas Raiders last week after kissing a fellow player on the head. Wilkins called the gesture “playful.” Continue reading “Ghislaine Maxwell Plays Hardball + NFLer Let Go After Kissing Teammate + More News”

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Buttigieg On Trans Kids In Girls’ Sports + More News

Pete Buttigieg

Some news items you might have missed:

• The Advocate: Pete Buttigieg weighed in on the issue of trans kids playing girls’ sports saying he rejects blanket policies like the federal bans being pushed by the Trump administration:

• Caftan Chronicles: Tim Murphy’s latest interview chat is with longtime AIDS survivor and author Joe Westmoreland, whose exhilarating (and mainly autobiographical) 2001 novel “Tramps Like Us” is being reissued. Continue reading “Buttigieg On Trans Kids In Girls’ Sports + More News”

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Pedro Pascal’s Early Celeb Crushes + Gay Venezuelan Describes Horrific Salvadoran Prison + More

Pedro Pascal (via Depositphotos)

Some news items for you on this gorgeous Saturday:

• The Advocate: Now that he’s been released from CECOT (the Salvadoran torture prison), gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes the horrific sexual & physical abuse he experienced calling it “an encounter with torture and death.”

• Them: In a recent interview, Pedro Pascal – currently starring in the new Fantastic Four super-hero flick – shares his earliest celebrity crushes were Olivia Newton-John in Grease and Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones trilogy. #goodtaste Continue reading “Pedro Pascal’s Early Celeb Crushes + Gay Venezuelan Describes Horrific Salvadoran Prison + More”

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Deal On Qatar Air Force One ‘Gift’ Jet Close To Being Finalized

Donald Trump (via official White House photo)

A final agreement regarding the “donation” of a luxury jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One is expected within the next week.

When the “gift” was first announced, many experts predicted retrofitting the plane to Air Force One standards – basically a secure communication center in the sky – could cost as much as $1 billion and take years to complete.

There was also mention that the plane is expected to be handed over to Trump’s presidential library foundation following his departure from the White House, which many say would ultimately make the jet a gift to Trump. Continue reading “Deal On Qatar Air Force One ‘Gift’ Jet Close To Being Finalized”

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Kim Davis Tries Again To Reverse Same-Sex Marriage

Disgraced former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis

Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis – who famously refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Rowan County back in 2015 and was briefly jailed for refusing to do so – is trying once again to squirm out of paying the gay couples who sued her and asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Obergefell ruling that made marriage equality the law of the land. Continue reading “Kim Davis Tries Again To Reverse Same-Sex Marriage”

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Trailer: ‘The History Of Sound’ + Hulk Hogan Dead At 71 + More News

Hulk Hogan

Some news items I thought worth your time:

• TMZ: Former pro wrestler and MAGA enthusiast Hulk Hogan is dead at 71. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame but was removed in 2015 after a scandal erupted over racist comments while he was recorded during a sexual encounter. During the 2024 presidential campaign he threatened to “body slam” then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of LGBTQ publications including the latest from DNA Magazine featuring my buddy James Franklin’s photos of Johnie Bravo. Continue reading “Trailer: ‘The History Of Sound’ + Hulk Hogan Dead At 71 + More News”