Newly-Minted Mr. Gay Europe 2022 + More News Items

Some news items you might have missed: • Out: The new Mr. Gay Europe has been crowned, and he is Paul Dennison of the UK. Check out the four finalists at the link. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxxviBNwMV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link • Washington Blade: U.S. health officials say they plan to expand their strategy to make monkeypox vaccinations more available with a new equity-based effort to combat the disease. • Pink News: A 30-something man standing outside a pub was the victim of a vicious homophobic attack in Oxfordshire. Homophobic hate crimes more than doubled in the five years, rising from 10,003 (2016-17) to 26,824 (2021-22).

Man left bloodied and bruised in cruel ‘homophobic’ attack. He was just standing outside of a pub https://t.co/JcXUFFkREX

— PinkNews (@PinkNews) August 31, 2022

• The Advocate: We’ve all been through those awkward years of growing up, and it can be especially difficult for those of us growing up queer. Check out these 25 LGBTQ+ coming-of-age films help us remember that we’re all a bit strange when coming into our own. • New York Times: The Justice Department released a photo showing top secret files retrieved from Donald Trump’s Florida home. While Trump publicly ranted that the docs were scattered on the floor (“perhaps pretending that it was me [Trump] that did it!”), the photograph follows standard protocols for how federal agents handle evidence they come across in a search.

Federal agents took the photo of top secret files on the floor of Mar-a-Lago as standard protocol. Though Donald Trump claimed agents threw files around haphazardly, they were arranged to show the nature of the material, including classification markings. https://t.co/czQD2j5VJr pic.twitter.com/NsXg1Fr250

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 31, 2022

• Axios: Gas prices have continued to drop for the eleventh week in a row and the national average price was $3.84 per gallon Wednesday. • CNBC: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc announced it would close 150 stores, cut jobs and overhaul its merchandising strategy in an attempt to turn around its money-losing business. I remember when the retailer was considered a “category killer” due to its domination of the home goods scene.

JUST IN: Bed Bath & Beyond announces plans for layoffs and store closures in its push to fix its struggling business. https://t.co/0kawkxQLbF pic.twitter.com/nGItmYE7CI

— CNBC (@CNBC) August 31, 2022