Some news items I thought worth your time:
• The Caftan Chronicles: Tim Murphy chats with the oh-so-talented David Drake (above), who scored a well-deserved Obie Award for his outstanding 1992 one-man show The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. I’ve known David since 1991 when I was his understudy in the off-Broadway hit Pageant and I’ve been in awe of him ever since.
• OUT: Angus O’Brien opens up about how his kooky character “Hicks” in the hit Netflix series BOOTS is more than chaos and camouflage.
The actor tells Out how costar Miles Heizer became his bestie and “soulmate,” his approach to playing Hicks, and his dreams for a potential Boots season 2. https://t.co/H4UqxBtl3C
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) October 27, 2025
• The Advocate: Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Hampton Medical Center in Virginia say they were warned they could be fired or disciplined for wearing or displaying any rainbow-themed items, including official VA Pride lanyards.
• LGBTQ Nation: It didn’t go well for anti-trans activist Riley Gaines when she tried attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on social media. AOC clapped back in savage fashion at the former athlete whose claim to fame is tying for fifth place with a trans woman in a race at the 2022 NCAA swimming championships.
Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth. https://t.co/gkiEyZ8JGX
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2025
• Houston Public Media: The Texas Supreme Court has decided Texas judges who decline to perform a wedding ceremony based on a “sincerely held religious belief” do not violate the state’s rules on judicial impartiality.
• Task and Purpose: Service members with facial hair will not allowed to attend an event with Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth when he visits South Korea this week.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cracked down on shaving waivers since taking charge of the Pentagon in January. https://t.co/CNXolGs4sF
— Task & Purpose (@TaskandPurpose) October 28, 2025
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