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News Round-Up: December 11, 2020

Rita Moreno celebrates her 90th birthday today

Michael and I with living legend Rita Moreno who turns 89 today (photo: Denise Truscello)
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Todd Gloria made history as he was sworn in as San Diego’s mayor Thursday, becoming the first out member of the LGBTQ+ community and first person of color to hold the post on anything but an interim basis. San Diego becomes the largest city in the nation with an out gay man as mayor. • KIT212: Kenneth’s weekly round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications includes an article in MetroWeekly about gay adult performer Billy Santoro admitting he faked a suicide attempt (below) after backlash for racist social media posts.
Billy Santoro (via husband, Gage Santoro/Instagram)
• Gay Star News: The parliament for the isolated Asian country Bhutan, located in the Himalayas, has approved a bill decriminalizing gay sex. • BosGuy: It’s Furry Friday over at the Boston-based gay blog. Yay! Find more furballs here.
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• HuffPost: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation in the House on Thursday that would bar schools from receiving federal funding if they allow transgender girls and women and non-binary people to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identities. The bill was immediately denounced by transgender activists and allies who labeled the legislation “blatantly transphobic.” • Gr8terDays: The Hollywood throwback Instagram account highlights celebrity birthdays like living legend and EGOT-winner Rita Moreno, who turns 89 today. The lead photo with the iconic star and hubby Michael was taken at Nevada Ballet’s annual gala last year. We asked if we could pose as her back-up dancers Tiger and Duff from her film, The Ritz.

 

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Racist Remark Gets Porn Performer Booted From JustForFans

Gay porn performer Billy Santoro gets canceled over racist comments (screen capture)
Gay porn performer Billy Santoro showed his fans exactly who he is on Monday night when he took to Facebook to encourage American police officers to shoot ‘black looters.’ Santoro’s post on his since-deleted Facebook page read, “Lol. America! Lol you let your blacks loot as a way of protest. Wake the fuck up. Shoot first.” #Hideous JustForFans.com, the adult entertainment subscription site where Santoro makes a living, summarily kicked Santoro off the platform announcing via Twitter: “And here we had a good day so I put my phone away to actually take a night off. And then I checked the phone to see all the messages. His account is gone. Policing is a slippery slope and we won’t be puppets to cancel culture. This was not debatable though. It was vile. BLM.” The site had already announced the addition of Black Lives Matter to its Charitable Giving Program. https://twitter.com/JustForFansSite/status/1267625732144091137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267625732144091137&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.towleroad.com%2F2020%2F06%2Fbilly-santoro%2F https://twitter.com/JustForFansSite/status/1267512884755603458

Santoro’s OnlyFans page was also apparently deleted as was the page of his husband, fellow porn performer Gage Santoro.

https://twitter.com/mstrpotatohead/status/1267779458209132548

Suffering a serious backlash, Billy took to Twitter to explain he had lost a friend during ‘the looting in philly’ and had ‘lashed out’ due to stress.

“A friend of mine was killed during the looting in philly and I lashed out full of emotional stress,” wrote Santoro. “Those who know me know I am not racist. I am hurt by the loss of my friend.”

That was quickly followed by a tweet ‘sincerely’ apologizing and noting the many people of color he has ‘fallen in love with.’ “I sincerely apologize for hurting the POC with my statement. I have fallen in love with many poc and understand the frustration.” https://twitter.com/BillySantoroXXX/status/1267671009621979136 https://twitter.com/BillySantoroXXX/status/1267673235916599296 But this wasn’t Santoro’s first racist comment. In fact, it wasn’t even the first racist comment of the day. The folks at Cocktails and Cocktalk screen captured a Twitter exchange where Santoro chimed in on a Wisconsin restaurant’s comment writing, “Or the blacks will just breed more hatred towards them.”

(via Cocktails and Cocktalk)
Just some of the backlash via Twitter: https://twitter.com/reizzla/status/1267861750763917312 https://twitter.com/FrostyOtterXXX/status/1267863696476385281 https://twitter.com/EastCoast2k9/status/1267602626314731521 The latest chapter in this sad tale comes as Gage tweeted (then-deleted) a plea to stop the attacks on Billy saying he’d attempted suicide ‘based on the hate he has received.’ Actor Johnny Sibilly wasn’t convinced.