Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: Bowing to far-right pressures, John Deere announced it will no longer support LGBTQ Pride events. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications including the ‘Self-Care’ Issue of Hot Spots Magazine. 
• Buzzfeed: Out pop star Chappell Roan says she’s “pumped the brakes” on anything that will bring her more fame for now: “A few years ago, I said [that] stalker vibes, family in danger is when I would quit. We’re there.” • Esquire: My friend Matt Rettenmund has penned this wide-ranging profile of George Mavety, the (straight) publisher of iconic gay porn titles Mandate, Honcho, Inches, Torso, and more. Matt actually worked for the eccentric publisher and spent months interviewing dozens of former employees about the wild ride.
Mavety Media History: The Rise and Fall of ‘Mandate,’ ‘Honcho,’ ‘Torso’ and More Gay Porn Magazines https://t.co/P0KVxve2cs
— Albert (@Angela_Arden1) July 16, 2024
• New York Times: Several people close to President Biden said on Thursday that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race. Axios reported the same earlier today. • CNN: Lou Dobbs, the longtime business news anchor who became one of Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters in media, died on Thursday. He was 78.
Lou Dobbs, veteran cable news anchor and Trump booster, dies at 78. As one of Trump’s biggest boosters, Dobbs spent the latter part of his career promoting streams of misinformation and conspiracy theories on behalf of the then-president. | CNN Business https://t.co/KXI4ArB9II
— GoldenRule1 (@cooperchip1) July 18, 2024
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