Madonna (via Instagram)Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: Pop legend Madonna has spoken out for the first time after she was hospitalized last month following a health emergency that required her to be rushed to the hospital.
• WeHo Times: Queer-owned West Hollywood gay bars The Abbey and The Chapel are up for sale.
• Queerty: Check out the trailer for Red, White & Royal Blue, the new gay rom-com premiering August 11 on Amazon’s Prime Video.
• Deadline: Actor Jeffrey Carlson, who played a groundbreaking trans character on the daytime soap All My Children, has died at the age of 48.
• Politico: The Marine Corps has no Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over 100 years because one Republican senator has blocked all senior military promotions for seven months in protest of a Pentagon policy that pays travel expenses for troops if they cannot obtain abortions in their state.
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Sir Elton John waxed nostalgic before performing his very last song at his very last show of his very last concert tour in Sweden on Saturday.