Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: Andry Hernández Romero (above), a gay makeup artist who sought asylum in the U.S. due to persecution in Venezuela but was deported to a prison in El Salvador, has been released as part of a prisoner swap — but he’s being sent back to Venezuela instead of the U.S.
• Socialite Life: Billy Bush recently acknowledged this week that he enraged global music icon Ricky Martin early in his career, when he asked the singer about his sexuality during an interview.
Billy Bush recently disclosed that he had provoked renowned global music star Ricky Martin early in his career by inquiring about the singer’s sexual orientation during an interview. https://t.co/QokT7Omlr2
— SOCIALITE LIFE (@socialitelife) July 12, 2025
• Them: Former President Barack Obama explains why men need gay and nonbinary friends.
• NY Post: The jumbotron at a Coldplay concert this week accidentally exposed an affair between Andy Byron, CEO of the $1.2 billion software company Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, his chief human resources officer (oh, the irony). Byron is very much married—to Megan Kerrigan Byron. Cabot, meanwhile, divorced her husband in 2022.
The CEO of one of the largest tech companies in the world was just caught on camera having an affair with his head of HR ♂️ #Coldplay #ColdplayConcert pic.twitter.com/5PGJzShvVW
— Tech Ai Labs (@techailabs) July 18, 2025
• JoeMyGod: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed in a recent interview that Donald Trump currently enjoys a 90% approval rating. [that’s a lie]. The NY Times average of polls shows Trump has 44% approval, RealClearPolitics average puts him at 45.8% approval, and Gallup polling shows 40% approval – nothing near 90% approval.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Catch up on this week’s round-up of LGBTQ publications including GLOSS Magazine featuring ‘king of kink’ Colt Spence.
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