LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items to start your week:
• Netflix: The streaming platform drops the official trailer for “BOOTS,” which follows closeted gay teen Cameron, who enters the macho world of military boot camp. Premieres October 9. Continue reading “Trailer For Netflix’s “BOOTS” + New Music From Miley Cyrus + More”
Donald Trump and administration health officials Monday said pregnant women should not take acetaminophen for pain relief claiming a potential link to autism.
Note – thousands of medical experts around the world have said that the data that “suggests” a link between acetaminophen and autism is inconclusive at best. Continue reading “Trump: “Don’t Take Tylenol, Don’t Take It””
ABC announced today that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to the air on Tuesday night following a massive outcry that morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America, including tons of viewers cancelling Disney+/Hulu subscriptions. Continue reading “ABC: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ To Return Tuesday Night”
Following reports that an undercover investigation caught Donald Trump’s Border Czar accepting what appeared to be a $50,000 bribe on video last fall, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters today that Border Czar Tom Homan “never took the $50,000.”
And those FBI agents (the ones who Leavitt says never gave him any money) were just trying to “entrap” Homan. Continue reading “White House: Homan Never Took That $50K Bribe”
Some news stories from the day:
• Variety: Jimmy Kimmel and Disney are working toward reaching a compromise that would allow “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to return to ABC.
• Queerty: Matt Dallas, of “Kyle XY” fame, recently gave his 42-year-old body an 8-week reboot and folks took note. Continue reading “Jimmy Kimmel And Disney Discussing Return Of ‘Kimmel Live!’ + More News”
The FBI reportedly recorded Tom Homan, now the border czar, taking $50,000 cash and promising to help agents posing as business execs win government contracts in a second Trump term.
The Department of Justice has apparently shut that probe down. Continue reading “Tom Homan Investigated For Accepting $50K In Cash”
Treven Gokey, 49, was arrested Wednesday at his Phoenix home for allegedly making terrorist threats specifically targeting LGBTQ+ community members and the business Cruisin 7th Bar on North 7th Street in Phoenix. Continue reading “Police: Phoenix Man Threatened To Shoot Up Gay Bar Over Charlie Kirk”
Some news items as we head into the weekend:
• them: A new bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to re-establish national emergency suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth — which were stripped away by the Trump administration. Continue reading “Suicide Prevention For LGBTQ Youth + Passports + More News”
A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s $15 million lawsuit against the New York Times saying the rambling 85-page complaint violated a federal rule requiring “a short plain statement” of the claim in an attempt to demonstrate that the plaintiff deserves relief. Continue reading “Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s $15M Lawsuit Against NY Times”
Some news items you might have missed:
• OUT: Kristin Chenoweth responded to backlash over her Charlie Kirk comments in an interview with New York 1 host Frank DiLella. Click to play.
Continue reading “Kristin Chenoweth Responds To Backlash Over Kirk Comments + More”