Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: The mascot for the Portland Pickles, a minor league baseball team, did a Twitter take over. But their first tweet turned out to be a really big dill.
new phone who dis pic.twitter.com/57JBM6oQbL
— Portland Pickles (@picklesbaseball) January 12, 2022
• Washington Post: Chad Carswell, 38, desperately needs a kidney transplant. But his hospital requires organ recipients to be vaccinated against COVID, and he’s refusing the shots. • The Advocate: Banning queer-themed books is the latest culture war being waged by Republicans on the LGBTQ community.
“Almost no discussion in the media is given to the price paid by queer youth denied access to LGBTQ+ representation in the places it’s most needed, like the hallways of a South Carolina high school.” @nbroverman https://t.co/zXIc21gzaA
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) February 1, 2022
• The Hill: A new study shows unvaccinated adults were 23 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 during the omicron wave than adults who were vaccinated and boosted. • OUT: Dancing with the Stars/America’s Next Top Model champ Nyle DiMarco is joining the cast of the upcoming Queer As Folk reboot.
Congratulations are in order for @NyleDiMarco! #QueerAsFolk https://t.co/Veg5EuTATg
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) February 1, 2022
• Axios: Donald Trump is promising pardons to Jan. 6 rioters should he ever (god forbid) get close to presidential power again. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell does NOT support shortened prison sentences for the insurrectionists. • HuffPost: Iran has executed two gay men who were convicted on charges of sodomy and spent six years on death row. Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, considered one of the most repressive places in the world for LGBTQ people.
Officials in Iran, considered one of the world’s most repressive places for LGBTQ people, convicted the pair for “forced sexual intercourse between two men.” https://t.co/Ga13sl6OIt
— HuffPost Queer Voices (@huffpostqueer) February 1, 2022
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