Some news items you might have missed: • Pink News: To date, there have only ever been 16 out gay or bisexual NFL players. Only one – Carl Nassib – came out while still playing. Check out this profile of three of the earliest – Dave Kopay, Jerry Smith, and Ray McDonald. • Washington Blade: Three out congressmen – Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Chris Pappas (D-NH) – have written a letter urging the Pentagon to expedite action on assisting LGBTQ service members who were discharged other than honorably under discriminatory policies like “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” https://twitter.com/WashBlade/status/1752109804942700932 • The Advocate: A pizza restaurant in upstate New York has agreed to pay a transgender former employee $25,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the worker was subjected to invasive personal questions and told he wasn’t “a real man.” • New York Times: The drone that killed three American service members in Jordan apparently flew in at the same time as an American drone was returning to base, causing confusion on the ground. • ABC News: Former foreign minister for Finland, Pekka Haavisto, is hoping to become the country’s first gay president as he faces former Prime Minister Alexander Stub in a run-off next month. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1751635649730334929
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