Politics, pop culture and entertainment news of interest to the LGBTQ community
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in ‘All Of Us Strangers’ (image via Blueprint Pictures)Some news items you might have missed:
• OUT: Here are ten upcoming LGBTQ-centered films set for release this fall/winter I’m definitely looking forward to. Continue reading “Upcoming LGBTQ Films + Pumpkin Spice Latte Season + More”
Alex Jones (screen capture)US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay victims’ families $965 million in damages after branding 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax
Continue reading “Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Families Nearly $1 Billion”
Some news items you might have missed:
• NBC Bay Area: A new law in California will help LGBTQ military service members who were discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell” policies because of their sexual or gender identities to reestablish their eligibility for Veterans Affairs benefits. Continue reading “New Help For LGBTQ Military Veterans + More News”
L-R Kit Connor, Joe Locke of Heartstopper (via Netflix)Some news items you might have missed:
• Out: Heartstopper star Kit Connor announced he’s deleted the Twitter app following accusations of ‘queerbaiting’ after being photographed holding the hand of a female co-star of a film he’s shooting. Folks, Kit is 18 – please leave him and his sexuality alone. Continue reading “Kit Connor + Summer Camp For LGBTQ Teens + More News”
Alex Jones (screen capture)Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Info Wars infamy has been ordered to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy murdered in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after years of declaring the deadly event was a “false flag” hoax staged by actors. Continue reading “Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $42.5 Million To Sandy Hook Parents”
Angelica Ross ( photo: Steven Simione/Muze Magazine)Some news items you might have missed:
• The Hollywood Reporter: Pose star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut as “Roxie Hart” in Chicago this September. She is the first openly trans actress in the role, and among one of the first known trans actresses to star in a leading role in a Broadway musical. Continue reading “Angelica Ross To Star In CHICAGO On Bway + More News”
Keegan Hirst (image via Instagram)Some news stories you might have missed:
• Back2Stonewall: Keegan Hirst, who became the first professional rugby league footballer in England to come out as gay in 2015, and retired in 2020 has announced he will return to the sport, joining the Batley Bulldogs to increase visibility of gay players and combat homophobia in the sport. Continue reading “Keegan Hirst Comes Out Of Retirement To Combat Homophobia + More News”
Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunk JW says, “Be thankful for the hard times – they can only make you stronger.”
• Jake Bain, the Indiana State football player who came out while still in high school, has announced he will “step away from football and focus on academics.”
• In anticipation of the upcoming Rocketman, chronicling the life of music superstar Elton John, the producers have released an official music video of the title song sung by film’s star, Taron Egerton. The musical fantasy biopic lands in US theaters May 31.
• Out producer/director Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon; Riverdale; Supergirl) says the most egregious example of anti-LGBTQ bias he’s seen in Hollywood was “gay executives and gay casting people who were the least likely to let me cast an actor they knew was gay in a straight part. These were the individuals who knew how important it would be.”
• Far-right loons like Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopolous have been banned from Facebook and Instagram (finally) in an effort to reduce hate speech.
• When Channing Tatum loses, we all win. The ‘Magic Mike’ star lost a game of Jenga, and so he had to post a photo of girlfriend Jessie J’s choosing. She has good taste.
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Some news items you might have missed:
• Official ‘Summer Ambassador’ Joey Hornyak (above) says “Summer is closely coming to an end. The best way to max out the beautiful days that remain is to kick back pool-side with a Grey Goose cocktail in hand.” I ain’t mad… 😉
• After announcing a new category – “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film” – the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has scrapped the idea, clearly meant to pander to a TV audience.
• NBC has announced a new Law & Order spin-off that will focus entirely on hate crimes.
• Dulles Airport has rolled out a new facial recognition system to check fliers into their flights in an effort to forego paper or phone-based boarding passes.
• A far-right anti-LGBT presidential candidate in Brazil was stabbed during a campaign stop.
• Twitter has finally permanently banned InfoWars nutjob Alex Jones for his off-the-wall, crazy-tunes antics.
• MNEK drops his latest single, “Correct,” just days before he releases his debut album, Language.
It’s an imaginative and powerful statement from a man who’s been in the music industry for 10 years.
While “Correct” openly addresses the pressure of delivering his debut, he openly expresses the struggles of being an out, gay, black man in this ever-challenging “Crazy World.”
Check out “Correct” below.
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After transphobic conspiracy nutjob Alex Jones was caught with transgender porn on his phone during an episode of his InfoWars last week, Jones took a moment last night to deny the allegation.
It’s an age-old story, don’t you know?
Every transphobic bigot “has had porn pop-up on their phones hundreds of times,” right?
From The Wrap:
“I saw a couple of news articles about that, it’s ridiculous. I was like looking up some reporter we’re trying to hire today and punched in some number and porn popped up on my phone. Everybody has had porn pop-up on their phone hundreds of times,” Jones explained to a caller on Tuesday.
“I probably had porn menus pop up 500 times on my phone,” he added. “There’s two types of people: People who look at porn and people who lie about it. But I wasn’t looking at porn on my phone. I don’t take phones on air that I look at porn on.”
In addition to asserting the Sandy Hook gun massacre was staged, Jones has been an virulently anti-trans activist for year claiming the transgender movement will bring down society, and telling his audience that accepting trans kids is an attempt to ‘sexualize’ them.
Jones has recently been banned from practically all major social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify