Some news items you might have missed:
• LGBTQ Nation: Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (above) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of distributing child porn. #hypocrisy
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of the latest in LGBTQ publications including the New Years issue of GLOSS Magazine.
• Queerty: Remembering when Bravo attempted to re-capture the metrosexual magic of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” in the midst of the show’s second season by creating a spinoff with an entirely new cast in 2005. The new series was abruptly cancelled after 13 episodes.
• The Advocate: Shibritney Colbert, 34, has been charged with felony eluding, assault and battery, destruction of property, and driving an unregistered vehicle after a video went viral online showing her assaulting a gay man while shopping at a grocery store.
@deonteiy just got hate crimed in the grocery store, tik tok please do your thing. Please help me find her. #gaytiktok #dmv #maryland #viralvideo #fyp
• The Hill: Two Republican senators — Sens. Thom Tillis (NC) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) — plan to travel to Copenhagen on Friday to assure the Danish prime minister that there would be strong Republican opposition to any effort by Trump to use military force to seize Greenland.
• Variety: Ratings for CBS Evening News under new anchor Tony Dokoupil are down 23% compared to a year ago. Dokoupil’s first five days captured an average of 533,000. Compare that with ABC’s “World News Tonight” and NBC’s “NBC Nightly News,” which captured overall crowds of nearly 8.1 million and nearly 6.73 million, respectively.
“CBS Evening News,” now under new anchor Tony Dokoupil, is down 23% in viewership compared with the same period a year ago.
The decline underscores the challenge facing CBS News and its new editor in chief, Bari Weiss.https://t.co/pjgrcuXGG4 pic.twitter.com/6x5rgVWBsR
— Variety (@Variety) January 13, 2026
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