Some news items you might have missed: • Newsweek: Newly-confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio has enacted a “one flag policy,” banning U.S. embassies and overseas missions from flying pride or Black Lives Matter flags. • The Advocate: Donald Trump has lashed out at Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde following her sermon at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday, criticizing her remarks as “nasty in tone” and demanding an apology. Folks, she asked him to have mercy on LGBTQ youth – hardly “nasty in tone.”
President Donald Trump has lashed out at Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde following her sermon at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday.
[image or embed] — The Advocate (@advocate.com) January 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
• LGBTQ Nation: Hundreds of LGBTQ couples in Thailand are expected to tie the knot on Thursday as a new law legalizing same-sex marriage goes into effect in the Southeast Asian nation. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Kenneth shares his recent experience of tracking down a fleeting romance from long ago, and the introspection it led him to.
You never know what you’ll turn up when you cyber sleuth an ex www.kennethinthe212.com/2025/01/aol-…
[image or embed] — kenneth212.bsky.social (@kenneth212.bsky.social) January 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
• OMG Blog: Out pop artist Chappell Roan told BBC Radio 1, “I think, actually, I’d be more successful if I was OK wearing a muzzle…I would be bigger. I would be way bigger.” • The Guardian: Federal U.S. diversity staff have been put on leave as Trump orders an end to federal DEI programs. • Gay City News: A gay icon seizes the spotlight in the new Liza Minnelli documentary “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story.”
A gay icon seizes the spotlight in ‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ https://t.co/XtHF52R2x8
— The Randy Report ️ (@randyslovacek) January 22, 2025
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