Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: Harvey Fierstein – actor, playwright and bona fide Broadway legend – will be honored with the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre during the 78th Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday, June 8. • JoeMyGod: The Kennedy Center, currently under the leadership of homo-con Richard Grennell, has canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C.
[image or embed] — JoeMyGod (@joemygod.bsky.social) April 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
• TVP World: A council in southeastern Poland has officially abolished the country’s last remaining ‘LGBT-free’ resolution, six years after the controversial policy of banning ‘LGBT ideology’ was first introduced. • Mother Jones: The Trump administration plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, where callers are able to speak with counselors trained to work with specific at-risk populations, including LGBTQ youth, who are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers.
The Trump administration is planning to cut funding for the national suicide hotline’s service for LGBTQ youth. In February, the service received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
[image or embed] — Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) April 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
• Variety: Stars of Netflix‘s “Love on the Spectrum” are speaking out against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who said people with autism “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go on a date.” • What To Watch: The HBO Original documentary Pee-wee as Himself – chronicling the oh-so-private/not-so-private life of Paul Reubens – premieres May 23 on MAX.
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