LGBTQ news and entertainment
A new YouGov survey asked Americans to rate 20 U.S. presidents on a scale from outstanding to poor. Half of Americans rate Donald Trump as “poor,” the most for any of the 20 presidents. Continue reading “Trump Scores Most ‘Poor’ Ratings Of Well-Known Presidents In New Survey”
Happy Friday! Some news stories for you as we head into the weekend:
• New York Times: The complimentary condoms distributed inside the Olympic Village in Cortina were gone in a matter of days — three to be exact.
• New Music: TRR favorite Wrabel celebrates his new album up above with the dreamy, wistful first single “birds & the bees.” Continue reading “Olympic Village Condoms Gone In 3 Days + More News”
More than 1,000 people rallied in solidarity in the streets surrounding Christopher Park in Greenwich Village on Thursday, as community members re-raised the rainbow Pride flag Donald Trump ordered removed. Continue reading “Hundreds Gather To Re-Raise Pride Flag At Stonewall National Monument”
Two anti-LGBTQ bills are making their way through the Tennessee state legislature that would challenge U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized same-sex marriage and established protections for discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Continue reading “Tennessee: Lawmakers Advance Bills To Legalize Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination”
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• The Advocate: The New York City Council has advanced a resolution urging Congress to protect LGBTQ history at Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration ordered Pride flags to be removed from the site.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of the latest LGBTQ publications including the Valentine’s Day issue of HotSpots! Magazine. Continue reading “NYC Council Urges Congress To Protect Stonewall National Monument + More News”
The latest in a litany of Donald Trump’s rollback of climate and environmental safeguards — the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human life.
The EPA has decided the endangerment finding, a 2009 scientific conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to Americans’ health, “overstated” the risks of those emissions.
Note – The endangerment finding was based on more than 200 pages of research and evidence.
This effectively ends the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet. Continue reading “Trump Admin Rolls Back Greenhouse Gas/Environmental Safeguards”
Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory. Continue reading “Judge Shuts Down Hegseth’s Attempt To Cut Mark Kelly’s Benefits”
Some news items you might missed as we hip-hop over Hump Day:
• OUT: The new drama Blue Film, starring Kieron Moore (above promo photo) and Reed Birney, is officially coming to theaters in May 2026. The movie, considered too “controversial” to play in film festivals like Sundance and SXSW, tells the story of a camboy/sex worker who meets up with a disgraced former teacher.
• New Music: Queer indie pop trio Muna is set to drop their first new album in 4 years titled Dancing On The Wall – due out May 4. Check out the sassy title track below. Continue reading “‘Blue Film’ Gets Release Date + New Music From Muna + More News”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its latest jobs report today showing 130,000 jobs were created in the U.S. in January, more than projected. Continue reading “Jobs Report: 130K Jobs Added In January, 2025 Revised Down To 181K Jobs Added”
James Van Der Beek, best known for playing Dawson Leary on “Dawson’s Creek,” died today following a lengthy cancer battle. He was 48.
The actor was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023 and made his diagnosis public in 2024. Continue reading “James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star, Dies At 48”