Some news items you may have missed: • Pink News: ABC News producer Tony Morrison (above) publicly shared his HIV status in a powerful, poignant essay written on the eight-year anniversary of his diagnosis. “Society told me to feel humiliation.” • The Advocate: After 6 years of litigation, a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the ACLU after the nonprofit spent six years representing Gavin Grimm who sued over the board’s transgender bathroom ban. Grimm will pocket practically no $$$ from the agreement. https://twitter.com/GavinGrimmVA/status/1431076718744383489 • Washington Post: A Florida woman returned home after a week in the hospital with a serious case of COVID-19 to find her husband had died from the virus alone in their home. Neither were vaccinated. • Instinct Magazine: After winning his 12th Paralympics gold medal in Tokyo on Thursday in the Grade II individual test in dressage, out athlete Lee Pearson shared an emotional message of love for other LGBTQ people and differently-abled people. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTC0TLkDFb9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link • Axios: A Florida judge has ruled that school districts can require students and staff to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning the mandates was “without legal authority.” • Twitter: Can we end the week on a feel good note? Just hit play below 🙂
It costs you nothing to be kind. You might just make someone’s day — and maybe their life. Good on you, John Cena. Needed this today. Break out the tissues… pic.twitter.com/YzX2vTUS7M
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 25, 2021
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