Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: Actor Mickey Rourke (above) has been kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after multiple instances of “threatening and aggressive” language. Rourke, 72, told out recording artist Jojo Siwa, 21, “If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.” • The Advocate: The Trump administration has quietly removed all members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS — a group that provides critical guidance on federal HIV prevention, treatment, and care policy. The administration has also cut five branches of the CDC’s HIV prevention division. 
• The Hill: Mehmet Oz, the newly confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is telling state Medicaid officials to stop covering gender-affirming care for transgender youth. So, poor kids can’t get healthcare…? • LGBTQ Nation: The city of Naples, Florida refused to grant Naples Pride an event permit, citing increased security costs due to a rise in anti-transgender sentiment. The city also asked event organizers not to allow admittance to anyone under 18 years of age — so, Naples Pride is now suing the city government.
City tries to ban Pride over security & drag concerns. Organizers are fighting back. – buff.ly/fH2q6B4
[image or embed] — LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation.com) April 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
• New York Times: The Trump administration has issued a memo asking Congress to end all federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). • Gay Times: An iconic moment from the video game The Last of Us Part II is recreated in Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us. But in the TV version, “Joel” (Pedro Pascal) doesn’t just step in to defend “Ellie” (Bella Ramsey). Watch the versions side-by-side below.
the way TV Joel just straight up pushed him to the ground #TheLastOfUs pic.twitter.com/amnOqdfVVx
— chris (@chrisdadeviant) April 14, 2025
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