News Round-Up: May 20, 2019

Bruno Tarchetti (via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Personal trainer and InstaHunk Bruno Tarchetti is today’s Monday Man Crush. #furrygoodness

• Twenty-three year-old Muhlaysia Booker, a Black transgender woman who was beaten in front of several bystanders last month, was fatally shot in Dallas on May 18. She is the 4th transgender person to be killed in the U.S. in 2019.

• Alabama Public Television refused to air an episode of the animated children’s show, Arthur, which featured the character ‘Mr. Ratburn’ marrying his male partner, Patrick.

• FX’s groundbreaking series Pose was honored over the weekend with a Peabody Award, which recognizes “when storytelling is done well; when stories matter.”

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We won a @peabodyawards for POSE! ! ! As someone trained as a journalist, there’s no greater, more meaningful award than the Peabody which celebrates “stories that matter,” storytelling with impact. So grateful to the board of jurors for unanimously selecting our show and recognizing our work in a culture that often overlooks us. #posefx #girlslikeus

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• Cathay Pacific Airline has a new ad campaign that’s LGBTQ-inclusive.

• Thousands marched through Belfast in Northern Ireland demanding marriage equality. Northern Ireland is the only region in the United Kingdom which has not legalized same-sex marriage.