Some news items I thought worth your time:
• Queerty: Check out the trailer for Season 2 of Apple TV’s campy series “Palm Royale” centered on 1960s Palm Beach high society starring Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Allison Janney, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett. Season two premieres Wednesday, November 12 on Apple TV.
• The Advocate: A new report from The Trevor Project found mental health crises among LGBTQ+ youth have recently risen significantly with anxiety symptoms climbing from 57% to 68%, depressive symptoms increasing from 48% to 54%, and suicidal ideation growing from 41% to 47%.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out the latest in LGBTQ publications this week including The Advocate featuring BOOTS star Miles Heizer.
• Washington Post: Journalists from nearly every major U.S. news outlet turned in their press badges Wednesday after refusing to adhere to the new rules for reporters at the Pentagon. Only three far-right outlets signed on: The Federalist, The Epoch Times, and One America News.
• CNN: John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland as the next step in Trump’s “revenge tour.”
• OUT: Elon Musk’s xAI Grok chatbot has come under scrutiny once again after telling users that gender-affirming care for trans youth is ‘child abuse.’
The AI chatbot gave the concerning diagnosis in the comments section of an Elon Musk post promoting a controversial new study on queer and trans youth.
— Out Magazine (@out.com) October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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