Politics, pop culture and entertainment news of interest to the LGBTQ community
(image via Instagram)Some news items you might have missed:
• Louisiana Illuminator: Southern Decadence, advertised as the largest LGBTQ+ festival held annually in the Deep South, is scheduled for Labor Day weekend (Sept. 1-5) in New Orleans. It typically attracts 100,000 to 300,000 participants. Health officials fear it could become a monkeypox superspreader event. Continue reading “Officials: Southern Decadence Could Be Monkeypox Superspreader + More News”
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• Edge Media: Florida advised school districts to ignore protections for LGBTQ students that President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to implement, saying the anti-discrimination language is not binding law.
Continue reading “Florida Continues Attacks On LGBTQs + More News”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (public domain – White House)White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued this statement on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law taking effect following President Biden’s message below. Continue reading “White House Encourages Complaints On “Don’t Say Gay” Discrimination”
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• WFTV: After Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ law took effect Monday, teachers reported being discouraged from putting pictures of their same-sex spouse on their desk, teachers and staff members will be disallowed from wearing rainbow articles of clothing, and “Safe Space” stickers aimed at LGBTQ students may have to be removed from doors. Continue reading “Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Law Goes Into Effect + More News”
Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter (photo: Richard Turner)• LGBTQ Nation: Same-sex marriages have happened on every continent on the planet now after an Antarctic wedding ceremony where a British gay couple married in the British Antarctic Territory. Continue reading “First Antarctic Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony + More News”
Jerich (mug shot)The 20-year-old Florida man who defaced a newly-installed gay pride crosswalk in Delray Beach has been ordered to write a 25-page essay on the Pulse nightclub shooting while he awaits sentencing. Continue reading “Man Who Defaced Pride Crosswalk Ordered To Pen Pulse Nightclub Essay”
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• Axios: Netflix’s stock sunk more than 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the streaming giant said it lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter — its first subscriber loss in a decade.
NEW: Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in a decade, sending its stock down 20% https://t.co/yBPZmMDmbp
— Axios (@axios) April 19, 2022
• Out: Bob the Drag Queen won’t be walking purse first into the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 werkroom because she never got invited to be on this special “all-winners” season.
• Variety: Ezra Miller has been arrested for second-degree assault in Hawaii, less than four weeks after the “Flash” and “Fantastic Beasts” star was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment.
Ezra Miller has been arrested for second-degree assault in Hawaii, less than four weeks after the “Flash” and “Fantastic Beasts” star was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment. https://t.co/Sog7lkh8wA
— Variety (@Variety) April 19, 2022
• Florida Politics: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is ticked off at Disney for criticizing his “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. So now he’s having a special session of the state lawmakers “take a look” at Disney World’s self-government deal that’s been in place for decades.
• HuffPost: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) “would really love” to run against Donald Trump for president in 2024. “Even if he crushed me, like in a primary, to be able to stand up and call out the garbage is just a necessary thing, regardless of who it is. I think it’d be fun.”
Kinzinger tells @lizskalka it would be “fun” to run against Trump in a primary.
“Even if he crushed me…to be able to stand up and call out the garbage is just a necessary thing, regardless of who it is” https://t.co/QxZJUCt14p
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) April 18, 2022
• Raw Story: A former aide to Trump-loving Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is filing a brutal employment-related complaint against Cawthorn describing him as a “bad person” and “habitual liar” who’s “going to say and do anything he can to your face but behind your back he’s completely opposite.”
• Good Morning Britain: Millionaire businessman Andrey Stavnitser saw from his home’s webcams that Russian soldiers were deploying equipment from the expansive mansion, so he gave the location co-ordinates to the Ukraine military and told them to bomb the home.
Will Larkins, a gay and nonbinary junior in Winter Park, Florida, has gone viral teaching their U.S. history class about the 1969 Stonewall uprising in spite of the state’s anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” law. Continue reading “Florida Teen Defies ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law, Teaches Stonewall History To High School Class”
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida (image via official Facebook)A memo is being floated around between Florida teachers explaining a clever sabotage of the state’s hateful new “Don’t Say Gay” legislation recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Continue reading “Florida Teachers Develop Workaround For Don’t Say Gay Law”
Alexander Lincoln and Alexander King in ‘In From The Side’ (via Facebook)Some news stories you might have missed:
• HuffPost: Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed a series of bills Wednesday targeting transgender rights. The measures will prohibit gender confirmation surgery for minors (which practically never happens) and ban transgender girls from playing on girls and women’s sports teams. Continue reading “News Round-Up: March 30, 2022”