LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items for you: • The Advocate: With the news of the passing of Cheers star George Wendt, John Casey looks back at a seminal Cheers episode where Wendt’s “Norm” taught us gay stereotypes are the real joke. Continue reading “That CHEERS Episode When Norm Flipped The ‘Gay Stereotype’ Script + More News”
Last week, Cody Connor – a Virginia Beach dad who has a trans daughter – stepped up armed with some facts as he addressed a Virginia Beach school board that voted to uphold a suspension on DEI policies.
“Rather than embrace the future, you desperately hold onto echoes of the past… the future is coming and it doesn’t look much like you.”
You really need to watch this. Bravo, Cody. Continue reading “Viral Video: Virginia Dad Destroys School Board For Suspending DEI Policies”
Twisting with the prevailing political winds, Donald Trump has declared former President Joe Biden was never “for open borders,” as Trump previously maintained. Now, as a new book claims Biden’s inner circle kept his mental decline from voters, 34x-convicted felon Trump says it was the “treasonous thugs” that surrounded Biden during his administration and “took over the Autopen” that “wanted to destroy our Country, but couldn’t.” Continue reading “Trump Rant: Biden’s Advisors Committed ‘Treason’”
Some news items for you: • OUT: Gay fitness legend Shaun T (above) offers advice on staying fit and sane during Pride. Fun Fact – just before his “Insanity” fitness DVDs phase, Shaun and I were cast mates in a Los Angeles revival of the musical Applause with Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph. Continue reading “Shaun T On Staying Fit And Sane + Shakespeare’s Closeted Queer Life + More News”
Chi Chi LaRue has shared in a Facebook post the sad news that adult entertainment and recording artist Colton Ford (aka Glenn Soukesian) has died at the age of 62. Continue reading “Adult Entertainment + Recording Artist Colton Ford Dead At 62”
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk—a far-right federal judge in the Northern District of Texas with a record of aligning with ultra-conservative legal positions—issued a ruling last week declaring that Title VII does not protect LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination. Continue reading “Texas Judge Rules It’s Ok To Discriminate Against LGBTQ People”
Some news items for you: • OUT: Billionaire David Geffen, 82, is divorcing his husband of two years, David Armstrong, 32, with no prenup. Continue reading “Billionaire David Geffen Divorcing Husband Of 2 Years (With No Prenup) + More News”
The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to cancel temporary protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants that allowed them to remain in the United States legally without risk of deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status. Continue reading “Supreme Court Allows Trump To Strip 350K Venezuelans’ Temporary Status”
Some news items for you: • Eurovision Song Contest: Austria won this year’s mega-song competition as JJ (above), a 24-year-old countertenor from Vienna, combined elements of opera, techno and soprano in his song “Wasted Love.” The win is Austria’s third in the competition, following drag queen Conchita Wurst’s success in 2014 and Udo Juergens’ victory in 1966. Continue reading “2025 Eurovision Song Contest Winner + More News”
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer which has spread to his bones, according to a statement from his personal office. Continue reading “Joe Biden Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Prostate Cancer”