Some news items for your mid-week consumption:
• OUT: Co-hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang (above), the totally unserious Las Culturistas Culture Awards is the ultimate queer satire of mainstream awards shows. The broadcast aired on Bravo last night and is available for streaming on Peacock now.
• New Music: Queer disco legend Sylvester‘s 1978 album Step II is finally getting the glittering vinyl reissue it deserves, plus a bonus CD including a new remix of anthem “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” from TRR favorite Bright Light Bright Light. Preview below.
• Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s Senate President J. Stuart Adams prompted a law change that helped an 18-year-old charged with child rape involving a 13-year-old. The 18-year-old in question is related to Adams.
• LGBTQ Nation: Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the U.S. remain high even as overall crime has decreased. Over half of sexual orientation-based hate crimes involved anti-gay male bias.
Over half of sexual orientation-based hate crimes involved anti-gay male bias.
#LGBTQhttps://t.co/5nnALzaLfa— LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) August 6, 2025
• New York Times: Donald Trump reportedly told European leaders he intends to meet privately with President Vladimir Putin of Russia before a meeting with Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Remember when he boasted he could solve the Ukraine conflict in “24 hours?”
• The Hill: In an average of polls, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani leads former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race with 38.1% support, followed by Cuomo, who is running an independent campaign after losing the Democratic primary, with 25%.
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