Stefanos Kasselakis (screen capture) Some news items you might have missed: • Politico: Members of Greece’s leftist Syriza party elected 35-year-old Stefanos Kasselakis to head the country’s second-largest political party. Kasselakis is the first openly gay person to lead a Greek political party. • The Advocate: Joshua Dominic Bourgeois, 29, was sentenced to 36 years in prison for the 2019 murder of a transgender woman. Bourgeois pleaded guilty to stabbing Tracy Williams, 22, to death along a Houston freeway and dumping her body in a gas station parking lot. • The Hill: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have agreed to participate in a televised “red state versus blue state” debate in November that will be moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity. I don’t trust Hannity to moderate this fairly… https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1706400946643783977 • Pink News: Students at Great Oak High School in Temecula, California have gained international support in their fight against their school board’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies. • USPS: With infections and hospitalizations on the rise, the federal government is again offering each household 4 free at-home COVID tests. Click here to order. • MSNBC: It probably won’t surprise you that truth-challenged gay Rep. George Santos (R-NY) doesn’t think Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) should resign from office after his second corruption indictment. https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1706027326675223012?s=20
