Some news items you might have missed: • Equality Florida: Good news! Florida’s legislative session ended without any anti-LGBTQ bills passing. These included attempts to ban Pride flags at government buildings and a “Don’t Say Gay/Trans at work” bill. • New Music: Erasure frontman Andy Bell released his new album Ten Crowns this week. Check out his duet with fellow pop legend Debbie Harry – “Heart’s a Liar.” • OUT: Now that this year’s Tony Award nominations have been announced, here’s a list of snubs of LGBTQ favorites who didn’t get a nod including Kit Connor, Jim Parsons, and more. • What to Watch: The documentary “ABBA: Against the Odds” tells the little-known story of ABBA’s struggle against the odds to ditch the post-Eurovision tag of ‘one hit wonder,’ face protests in Sweden and radio bans in the UK, all on their way to conquering the global charts. Coming to Netflix May 11. • Politico: Donald Trump has directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit that Congress awards more than $500 million annually to fund public media, to “cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law” to NPR and PBS. • New York Times: The National Endowment for the Arts has withdrawn grant offers to arts organizations around the country just hours after Trump proposed eliminating the agency in his next budget.
The National Endowment for the Arts withdrew and canceled grant offers to numerous arts organizations around the country on Friday night, sending a round of email notifications out just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in his next budget.
[image or embed] — The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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