News Round-Up: November 15, 2021

Catching up on some of the day’s headlines: • The Advocate: Target’s Pride Nutcracker is making the yuletide gayer selling out in stores across the country thanks to its popularity on social media. https://twitter.com/DrSamiSchalk/status/1457465493456044038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1457465493456044038%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2F11%2F15%2Ftargets-pride-nutcracker-making-yuletide-gayer • LGBTQ Nation: A trans Army veteran rejected by multiple nursing homes almost couldn’t find help anywhere. One facility even said she would need a private room “because she still has her ‘boy parts’ and cannot be placed with a woman.” • Kenneth-in-the-212: Kenneth captures the sometimes sexy spirit of the NYC subway with this week’s ‘Manspread Monday‘ item.

• Back2Stonewall: Wil Kohler remembers when New York City closed the “notorious” gay bar Mineshaft in 1985. • Politico: The United States criticized Russia as “reckless” for launching an anti-satellite missile test that was responsible for causing a debris field in space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had to temporarily seek shelter in lifeboats as the station passed through the debris field. https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1460397956339806208 • CNN: Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to the new book“Betrayal” by ABC’s chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl.  “Bartiromo had once been a widely respected and trailblazing financial journalist,” writes Karl. https://twitter.com/langstrategies/status/1460289954765058048