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News Round-Up: June 1, 2022

Gus Kenworthy, Hayley Kiyoko, Vincint, Kesha, Patricia Arquette, and tons of Drag Race queens are featured in the new music video "Taste So Good" promoting the new cannabis-infused drink, Cann.
Gus Kenworthy (screen capture)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Out: Gus Kenworthy, Hayley Kiyoko, Vincint, Kesha, Patricia Arquette, and tons of Drag Race queens are featured in the new music video “Taste So Good” promoting the new cannabis-infused drink, Cann.

• Military.com: A drag queen story hour scheduled at a library at Ramstein Air Base in Germany has been canceled after backlash from conservative politicians, particularly from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who claimed it exposed children to “sexually charged content.” There’s nothing “sexual” about such events – the drag queens read a story book.

• The Advocate: The Book of Queer, a five-episode docu-series which highlights some of our most important histories (with plenty of laughs and some musical numbers, because of course) premieres on Discovery+ June 2.

• Back2Stonewall: A hate group has filed a lawsuit to block LGBTQ questions on the U.S. Census.

• Kenneth-in-the-212: What better to get over Hump Day than a serving of Kenneth’s ‘Wrestle Wednesday?’ More at the link 🙂

News Round-Up: June 1, 2022
(image via kenneth-in-the-212)

• New York Times: Payton Gendron, 18, accused of carrying out a racist shooting at a Buffalo supermarket has been indicted by a grand jury on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism and other charges in relation to the May 14 massacre, which left 10 Black residents dead.

• Twitter: The U.S. Marines shared their support for Pride Month. “The USMC takes Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members.”

• The Advocate: The Book of Queer, a five-episode docu-series which highlights some of our most important histories (with plenty of laughs and some musical numbers, because of course) premieres on Discovery+ June 2.