LGBTQ news and entertainment
Happy Monday! Some news items to start your week:
• Gayety: The NFL reaffirmed their support for LGBTQ youth and mental health with a $100,000 donation to The Trevor Project this past Saturday, National Coming Out Day.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: For tennis fans – Valentin Vacherot and Coco Gauff won big China, plus all the ATP beef that’s fit to post. Continue reading “NFL Donates $100K To The Trevor Project + More News”
Some days you simply can’t stop thinking about a recording. So in my world, I give in and put it on replay. Continue reading “Song Of The Day: Elizabeth Ward Land ‘A Change In Me’”
Per last week’s announced agreement, Hamas released its hostages in Gaza this morning and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel were freed. Continue reading “All Israeli Hostages And Palestinian Prisoners (Finally) Released”
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• Queerty: Check out the newly-released official trailer for “Heated Rivalry,” a gay ice hockey romance. Premieres November 28th on Crave in Canada, but no set air date in the U.S. yet. Continue reading “Ice Hockey Romance ‘Heated Rivalry’ + More News”
Early this morning, Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that ‘THE BIDEN FBI’ had placed 274 agent among the crowd that assembled for his speech in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021.
“THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6,” he wrote on Truth Social. “If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM – DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT”
Of course, Trump was president and in control of the federal government, and the director of the FBI was Christopher Wray, who Trump hand-picked. Continue reading “Trump Claims Biden Planted 274 FBI Agents Among J6 Rioters”
I am not mad at New York Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo, who had a big night this past Thursday scoring 3 touchdowns in the Giants 34-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
With an outsize personality, the woofy rookie likes to celebrate those touchdowns with a backflip in the end zone. Continue reading “NY Giants’ Cam Skattebo Answers The Call – “Take It Off, Take It Off””
Donald Trump boasted today that he is “the first president in 28 years to lower drug prices” and added, “now drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases.”
Umm, dropping the price of something 100% makes it free. Just saying… Continue reading “Trump Claims Some Drug Prices ‘Going Down 1,000 Percent’”
Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day, an observance that dates back to 1988 and is intended to celebrate LGBTQ people coming out, inviting in, and just being true to yourself. Continue reading “Today Is National Coming Out Day”
Some news items for you as we head into the weekend:
• The Advocate: Today is the first National PrEP Day — a new annual event dedicated to spreading information and awareness around HIV prevention, launched by MISTR, the largest tele-health platform for sexual health in the U.S.
• Mediaite: Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, current Lt. Gov Winsome Earle-Sears, raised some eyebrows during Thursday night’s debate when she said firing someone from their job for being gay is “not discrimination.” Continue reading “National PrEP Day + Trump Kills Massive Solar Energy Project + More”
Here’s the “you knew this was coming” part.
The White House budget office announced today that “substantial” firings of federal workers have begun in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. Continue reading “White House: Massive Firings Of Federal Workers Have Begun”