Josh Seiter (image via Instagram)Some news stories you might have missed:
• Instinct Magazine: The Bachelorette’s Josh Seiter has come out as bisexual and shares how he discovered his sexuality later in life in a thoughtful yet candid interview with Adam Dupuis at my other online home.
• Gallup Polling: The figures from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll shows 71% of Americans support same-sex marriage being legal. Gallup has been tracking the question since 1996 when support was just 27%.
(graphic via Gallup Polling)• OutSports: While haters keep attacking pro-LGBTQ businesses, it’s worth noting that 29 Major League Baseball teams will be holding Pride Nights this summer. The Texas Rangers remain the lone holdout.
• The Advocate: Nikki Haley, a presidential candidate for the Republican Party in 2024, was asked to define “woke” at a CNN town hall on Sunday. She went on to allude that transgender girls playing sports somehow leads cisgender teen girls to consider suicide.
Nikki Haley discussing trans girls in kids sports: "How are we supposed to get our girls used to the fact that biological boys are in their locker room. And then we wonder why a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year." pic.twitter.com/rA2lD06yVe
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 5, 2023
• OutSports: While haters keep attacking pro-LGBTQ businesses, it’s worth noting that 29 Major League Baseball teams will be holding Pride Nights this summer. The Texas Rangers remain the lone holdout.
• Indy Star: The city of Westfield, Indiana, deleted Pride Month social media posts last week under the direction of Mayor Andy Cook who said the city “should not engage in supporting a social agenda.”
The action received backlash on social media platforms from users questioning what happened to the posts. https://t.co/tX1QijHupY
— IndyStar (@indystar) June 5, 2023