LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • GQ Magazine UK: Billy Porter on the Actors Fund of America when he found out he was HIV positive: “They showed up for me and saved my life. I’m so grateful that there was some place for me to go where I was not shamed but instead lifted up and supported so I could get back on my feet. And now look at what has happened, all because someone cared enough to help.” Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 8, 2021”
Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: Transgender Dear White People showrunner Jaclyn Moore is leaving Netflix in a dispute over the Dave Chappelle TV special, The Closer, in which the controversial comedian declared he was “Team TERF,” defended J.K. Rowling and DaBaby, and made offensive and transphobic jokes about the genitalia of trans women. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 7, 2021”
A new report released by the Senate Judiciary Committee provides new details regarding Donald Trump’s push to have Justice Department officials overturn the 2020 election. Continue reading “Report Details Trump’s Push To Have DOJ Overturn Election”
Some news stories you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: 23 years ago today, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard (above) stopped into the Fireside Bar in Laramie, Wyoming, to take a break from his studies at home. By the following morning, a family, and a nation, was changed forever by an act of senseless violence. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 6, 2021”
Ndakasi the mountain gorilla became known the world over after being rescued in the Congo in 2007. Continue reading “Orphaned Gorilla Dies In The Arms Of Her Caretaker Of 14 Years”
Even though out Missouri high school student Danny Lillis reported numerous incidents of bullying by classmates since the beginning of the school year to administrators at Lee’s Summit High School, nothing was done to help him feel safe. Continue reading “Over 100 Students Stage Walk Out In Support Of Bullied Student”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Southwestern High School in Piasa, Illinois, held a flag-themed day, and one student brought a rainbow Pride flag. A fellow student told him to get rid of the flag, and when the first student asked why, another schoolmate began punching and beating him while trying to take the flag away. The accused attacker has been charged with aggravated battery. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 5, 2021”
After serving three years in the Trump White House, a gay staffer was fired and given an armed escort out of the White House when the powers that be discovered his “lively Grindr account,” according to the new memoir by former Melania Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Continue reading “Gay Staffer Fired from Trump White House For Grindr Account”
Some news items you might have missed: • GoPride: Davey Wavey (above) is getting ready to celebrate 15 years starring in online videos, often talking about gay sex, in mostly short, entertaining, informative content for YouTube and beyond. You can check out my interview with the sexpert from when he launched his sex positive Himeros.tv site below. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 4, 2021”
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all went down Monday morning sending social media users to Twitter to grouse about the outage. Continue reading “Facebook, Instagram Simultaneously Experience Widespread Outages”