LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items that caught my eye: • Las Vegas Review Journal: One person was killed and seven suffered minor injuries when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded (screen capture above) in front of the entrance to Trump International Hotel here in Las Vegas early Wednesday morning. Continue reading “Tesla Explodes In Front Of Las Vegas Trump Hotel + More News”
The F.B.I. has identified the driver who killed at least 10 people and injured about 35 more in New Orleans as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen born in Texas. Continue reading “New Orleans Driver Identified As Former Army Veteran From TX”
UPDATE: Investigators now believe the U.S. Army veteran who plowed a pickup into New Year’s revelers acted alone, after previously saying they were looking into whether other people might have helped him plant explosives in coolers in the French Quarter.
Ten people are dead and 30+ injured after a man in a white pickup truck drove through the crowds of NYE partygoers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Continue reading “10 Dead, 30+ Injured After Truck Drives Through Bourbon Street Celebration”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the first Senate-confirmed gay Cabinet member, has shared a warm remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. • LGBTQ Nation: In his “Icon of the Year” interview with TIME Magazine, Elton John reveals what ended his years-long addiction to cocaine. Continue reading “Pete Buttigieg On Jimmy Carter + Elton John + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: The mega-hit movie musical WICKED continues to soar at the box office and breaking records including becoming the highest grossing movie of all time based on a Broadway musical. Continue reading “WICKED Continues To Soar + Jimmy Carter’s History On LGBTQ Issues + More”
Some news items from the day: • New York Times: Jimmy Carter, who rose from Georgia farmland to become the 39th president of the United States on a promise of national healing after the wounds of Watergate and Vietnam, then lost the White House in a cauldron of economic turmoil at home and crisis in Iran, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga. He was 100. Continue reading “President Jimmy Carter Dead At 100 + More News”
Some news items I thought worth your time: • LGBTQ Nation: Extending a disturbing trend in state laws, Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would forcibly out LGBTQ+ students to their parents and also allow parents to opt their child out of “sexuality content” at school. Continue reading “Ohio Lawmakers Approve Bill That Would ‘Out’ Students To Parents + More News”
Some memes that caught my eye this month… Continue reading “What I Meme To Say…”
Eleven teenage boys in Mount Prospect, Illinois, have been charged on felony counts of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property, and mob action after two separate attacks on gay men the evening of July 8. The teens had apparently used gay dating apps to lure their victims to the planned assaults. Continue reading “11 Teens Charged In Violent Attacks After Victims Lured With Gay Dating App”
Earlier this week, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to claim that “Chinese soldiers” are secretly operating the Panama Canal, and U.S. ships are being charged “exorbitant” shipping rates to use the canal. Trump demanded the shipping rates be lowered OR the U.S. would demand Panama return ownership of the canal to the U.S. Continue reading “Panama’s Prez Claps Back At Trump Over Panama Canal”