Some news items you might have missed: • Out Music: Out country music artist Hayden Joseph (top image) drops his new music video “Backwoods Bougie.” https://youtu.be/pFWzEZJQ-Mk • Variety: Emmy/Tony winner Billy Porter will direct the upcoming teen comedy feature, To Be Real. The film follows three queer friends who escape their hometown for Pride Weekend in New York City. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out Kenneth’s weekly round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications like out Olympic diver Tom Daley covering Wonderland Magazine. Out Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley covers Wonderland Magazine • The Advocate: Nashville Predators’ prospect Luke Prokop, who came out earlier this summer, shares about his hopes to be the first gay player to hit the ice in the NHL this fall. • Census Bureau: Adult Americans who identify as LGBTQ experience higher rates of food and economic insecurity than their non-LGBTQ counterparts, according to a recent coronavirus pandemic survey released by the Census Bureau. • NBC News: The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1428854880538607617
