LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: Moderna is using the same mRNA platform as its COVID-19 vaccine to create and test two possible HIV vaccines. Both vaccines have cleared initial safety testing and are moving on to human trials. Continue reading “News Round-Up: August 16, 2021”
The latest installment of the ‘Bad Boy’ web series finds Hollywood writer Scott (series creator Artie O’Daly) attempting to enjoy a relaxing getaway only to have complications – like a possible murderer lurking about – interrupt his solitude. Continue reading “It’s Vacation Interruptus In ‘Bad Pool Boy’”
Yolanda Comager says she and her family were heading home from a vacation in Puerto Vallarta when her husband and two of their three daughters tested positive for COVID-19 an hour before their flight home. The couple had not been vaccinated. Continue reading “Family Tests Positive For COVID On Vacation, Nightmare Ensues”
The Biden administration has approved the largest increase to food assistance benefits in SNAP program history. Benefits will rise by 25 percent on average, a level food advocates say better reflects the modern cost of a basic diet. Continue reading “SNAP Food Assistance Program Gets 25% Increase & Update”
The CROWN With a SHADOW, a mixed-media short animated film by gay Tribeca Film Festival award-winner JB Ghuman, Jr., made its world premiere at the Outfest Film Festival this weekend starring a constellation of queer and trans actors including Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal, and nonbinary performer iRAWniQ, as well as icon Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls). Continue reading “Out Films: ‘The Crown With A Shadow’ Starring Paul Reubens”
Eminem’s 19-year-old came out as gender-fluid via a TikTok video last week. Captioned ‘forever growing and changing,’ the video takes the viewer through a video montage that begins with the statement, “Watch me become more comfortable with myself.” Continue reading “Eminem’s 19-Year-Old Comes Out As Genderfluid”
As the premiere date for the 19th season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show approaches, Australia’s Nine Network has announced it will not be carrying the final season of the gabfest. Continue reading “Australia’s Nine Network Drops Final Season Of ELLEN”
Checking in with some of my favorite InstaHunks this week including poolside picnics, gym time, and a touch of leather. Continue reading “InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition”
As Kansas is experiencing steadily increasing cases of COVID-19 , the most populous county on Thursday approved a mask mandate for students and staff in elementary schools in hopes of checking the more contagious COVID-19 delta variant. Continue reading “QAnon Nut Threatens City Commissioners Over Face Masks”
“A place, where nobody dared to go, a love that we came to know, they call it Xanadu…” #timeless Continue reading “Just Because: Olivia Newton-John ‘Xanadu’”