Some news items I thought worth your time: • OUT: This year’s edition of the Boxers NYC Bartender Calendar benefits Out My Closet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of under-resourced and unhoused LGBTQIA+ youth and adults. • LGBTQ Nation: The National Stonewall Democratic Federation (which shut down over a decade ago) has been revived under a new banner, the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats.
A new coalition emerges a dozen years after the national group disbanded. #LGBTQhttps://t.co/ve88lBedB5
— LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) January 17, 2025
• NPR: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Friday a new law banning TikTok set to go into effect on Sunday unless ByteDance, the platform’s owner, sells the company to a U.S. business. • JoeMyGod: Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first trans member of Congress, has been named a House Democratic Deputy Whip for Policy, a role focused on strategic, long-term planning and coordination on policy priorities across the House Democratic Caucus.
[image or embed] — JoeMyGod (@joemygod.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
• HuffPost: This is why former First Lady Michelle Obama isn’t attending Trump’s inauguration. • The Advocate: A new novel, I Make Envy on Your Disco, examines the queer mid-life crisis in a fun, fresh, and ultimately hopeful way. 
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