(stock photo via Depositphotos) Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: A study from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that same-sex married couples deal with stress better than opposite-sex couples. • OregonLive: Weeks after a judge ruled a controversial ban on the display of Pride flags in Newberg schools was unconstitutional, a masked person approached the home of a school district employee, lit the employee’s Pride flag on fire and performed a Nazi salute. https://twitter.com/SchoolBoardBloc/status/1587143719282954240 • LGBTQ Nation: Check out this round-up of all nine LGBTQ House members and how they’re expected to do in their re-election races. • NBC News: Shilese Jones placed 10th at U.S. Olympic Trials last year after coming back from a fractured back and foot in a car accident. She was ready to quit elite gymnastics. Today, she won the silver in the world championships all-around. https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1588274230159892480 • Media Matters: The misleadingly named far-right media outlet One America News (OAN) has been dropped by a third carrier. First it was DirectTV and Verizon, and now Frontier. The three largest cable providers – Xfinity, Spectrum, and Cox – never carried OAN. • Jezebel: Mehmet Oz – running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania – will hold a rally at Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate in Lancaster County. The estate—which also features the popular wedding venue, Star Barn Village—prohibits same-sex marriage due to the owner David Abel’s religious beliefs. • Salon: North Carolina Republican Bo Hines wants “rape panels” to decide whether victims can get abortions. https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1588205419494793218
