Zander Murray (image via Instagram)Some news items you might have missed:
• Pink News: Gay footballer Zander Murray says he desperately tried to live life as a straight man, describing his 20s as a form of personal “conversion therapy” that he pushed himself through. Murray’s journey to acceptance is the subject of a new BBC documentary, Disclosure: Out on the Pitch.
• Netflix: I am over the moon that my favorite short-form documentary of 2022 won the Oscar tonight. If you love our nature family as I do (esp elephants) make sure you head over to Netflix to watch. #Love
The #Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film goes to "The Elephant Whisperers." https://t.co/wgCluOYWZT pic.twitter.com/mZd71U2zDt
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
• New York Times: Lukas Gage (The White Lotus) on folks guessing his sexual orientation: “I’m a pretty open book about most things in my life, but I have a problem with the culture of everyone needing to know everybody’s business and nothing can be sacred. It’s a weird line that I’m still trying to figure out.”
• The Advocate: During a CNN town hall, Glenn Youngkin couldn’t answer the young transgender man’s question about which bathroom the governor would have him use. Please notice how the governor never gives the young man a direct answer – when all KNOW the answer to his question.
A student who said they identify as a transgender man asked Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin during a CNN town hall if he believes high school girls would “feel comfortable sharing a restroom with me.”
Here’s what the governor said. pic.twitter.com/yT1dgy4Ixd
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 10, 2023
• HuffPost: Donald Trump blamed former Vice President Mike Pence for the violent January 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol building telling reporters “Had he sent the votes back to the legislators, they wouldn’t have had a problem with Jan. 6.”
• Gr8erDays: EGOT winner Liza Minnelli celebrated 77 trips around the sun on Sunday.