LGBTQ news and entertainment
Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights has launched an AI platform that will scan the internet looking for statements it considers hate speech against the LGBTQ community. The collected information can then be used to prosecute offenders. Continue reading “Brazil Launches AI Platform To Scan For Anti-LGBTQ Hate Speech”
Some news stories for your Sunday:
• JoeMyGod: Donald Trump raged on his failing Truth Social platform about the upcoming statewide vote on Prop 50 which will approve a new congressional map giving Democrats possibly 5 more seats in Congress. A recent CBS News poll showed 62% of likely voters support the measure.
• Gay Times: Heartstopper star Kit Connor has been cast in A Long Winter, a new drama from All of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh. Continue reading “Poll: 62% Support California’s Prop 50 + More News”
The Center on Colfax, which provides services and advocacy for the Denver LGBTQ community, was the victim of vandalism early Saturday morning when someone threw a large rock through windows near the main entrance.
A statement from the Center says security footage confirms the attack was purposeful. The alarm system was triggered, and the person left the scene before the police arrived. Continue reading “Denver’s LGBTQ Community Center Targeted With Vandalism”
Some news items for you:
• CBS News: An ice cream shop in northeast Minneapolis, founded as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, was targeted with a Molotov cocktail twice within 24 hours, according to police. Continue reading “‘Safe Space’ Ice Cream Shop Fire Bombed Twice + More News”
Donald Trump is so incensed that Ontario’s ad spot featuring former President Reagan’s anti-tariff speech aired during the World Series last night that he’s announced he’s raising the tariffs on Canada another 10 percent. Continue reading “Trump Says He’s Raising Tariffs On Canada 10% Over Reagan Ad”
A MAGA Starbucks customer who was “offended by a Pride flag hanging” in the coffee shop threw his drink on the flag and then ripped it from the wall and stuffed the item in a garbage can, according to local police. Continue reading “‘Offended’ MAGA Man Destroys Starbucks Pride Flag”
Some news items for your as we head into the weekend:
• HuffPost: Nurse Blake (above), a former nurse-turned-content creator, shares his 3-year experience of being forced to undergo so-called ‘conversion therapy’ and the damage it did. “I wasn’t sleeping. I was barely eating. I felt like a ghost moving through the world and trying to take up less space every day.”
• New Music: Pop artist and virtuoso pianist Micah McLaurin drops his glossy new pop bop “Dancing With My Broken Heart.” The new single turns heartache into neon-drenched pure pop joy as a reminder that sometimes healing shows up on the dance floor. Continue reading “Real Life Experience With ‘Conversion Therapy’ + Twink To Twunk + More”
Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford launched of a new ad spot aimed at Donald Trump’s tariff war with Canada. The ad is infuriating Trump and Republicans as it uses audio and video of former President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs in a 1987 radio address. Continue reading “Ontario Uses Ronald Reagan Speech In New Anti-Tariffs Ad”
State Rep. Mack Butler (R) has refiled a bill that would expand the state’s current “don’t say gay” law from grades K-5 to all public school grades.
Because god forbid high school students find out queer people exist… Continue reading “Alabama Bill Would Extend ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law To K-12”
Some news items you might want to check out:
• Metro Weekly: José Rolón (above), a gay father and popular social media influencer known as @nycgaydad, has filed a defamation lawsuit against right-wing commentator Stew Peters, who falsely accused him of “criminal sexual conduct” involving his three young children.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of LGBTQ publications including the latest from Lavender featuring an in-depth look at planning your same-sex wedding. Continue reading “NYCGayDad Sues Right-Wing Activist For Defamation + More News”