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Benito Skinner On ‘Overcompensating’ Season 2 + More News

Benito Skinner in Season 2 of OVERCOMPENSATING

Happy Friday! Some news items for you as we head into the weekend:

• Socialite Life: Benito Skinner (above) announced that Season 2 of his hit Prime Video series Overcompensating is now filming. The show earned a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and was renewed in September 2025.

• Queerty: Sydney James Harcourt, currently starring on Broadway as “Rum Tum Tugger” in CATS: The Jellicle Ball, shared in a recent podcast interview about hooking up with straight dudes: “Do that kind of work for the community.” Continue reading “Benito Skinner On ‘Overcompensating’ Season 2 + More News”

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Colton Underwood On Possible Gay ‘Bachelor’ Season + More News

Colton Underwood shares insight about the long-rumored gay season of The Bachlor

Some news items you might have missed: • Gay Times: Former The Bachelor contestant Colton Underwood has shared some insight on the long-rumored gay season of the long-running reality show. https://twitter.com/gaytimes/status/1779298530512839134 • The Advocate: Germany’s Parliament Friday passed a law making it easier for transgender and nonbinary people to change their name and gender marker on official documents. • New Music: Indian pop artist Armaan Malik teams up with out UK pop star Calum Scott for the gorgeous love ballad, “Always.” I predict this will be heard at many weddings in the future. https://youtu.be/Xx_lpb1OJVI?si=-vDqTYb-FPW958lo • LGBTQ Nation: A new study published in the Social Science Research Network [SSRN] found that job applicants using they/them pronouns are less likely to be hired especially in Republican-dominated areas. • New York Times: A new poll shows President Biden has nearly erased Donald Trump’s early polling advantage, amid signs that the Democratic base has begun to coalesce behind the president. My two cents: if you’re going to look at polls, look to swing states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. • Hollywood Reporter: Following the recent same-sex kiss between fan favorite Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley (Oliver Stark) and former firefighter Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.) on ABC’s 9-1-1, Ferrigno Jr. says the romantic pairing was originally conceived to be between Tommy and Buck’s bestie, Eddie (Ryan Guzman). https://twitter.com/THR/status/1778588871414215158

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Rudy Giuliani Booked On 2020 Election Charges + More News

Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani (mugshot via Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)
Some news items you might have missed: • CBS News: Rudy Giuliani’s mugshot was released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after he surrendered at an Atlanta jail to be booked on charges alleging he and others attempted to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia. Continue reading “Rudy Giuliani Booked On 2020 Election Charges + More News”

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News: All-Gender Restrooms, Joaquin Phoenix + More

(image via Depositphotos)
Some news stories you might have missed: • The Advocate: Illinois state Sen. Neil Anderson (R) is getting backlash after saying all-gender restrooms would drive him and other fathers to violence. Anderson said he would “beat the living p—” out of any “guy” who entered a restroom where his daughter was present. Continue reading “News: All-Gender Restrooms, Joaquin Phoenix + More”

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Trixie Mattel Turns Drab To Fab + More News

Trixie Mattel turns a drab motel to fab in new Discovery+ renovation series "Trixie Motel"
Trixie Mattel brings fab drag to a drab Palm Springs motel (courtesy Discovery+)
Some news items you might have missed: • Discovery+: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel previews the upcoming Trixie Motel, a new renovation show wherein the diva has purchased a drab motel in Palm Springs with plans to give the place its own total drag make-over to fabulousness. Continue reading “Trixie Mattel Turns Drab To Fab + More News”

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News Round-Up: February 5, 2021

Photo of a studly football referee during the 2016 Super Bowl

Photo of a studly football referee during the 2016 Super Bowl
Remember him? (via 2016 Super Bowl)
Some news items you might have missed: • Super Bowl: So, I grew up watching tons of football because my dad was a sports writer. And I still enjoy it, so you can be sure I’ll be watching the big SportsBall game on Sunday for moments like the one above – remember the attention this ref (rightfully) received during the big game in 2016? • Out: Florida Democrat and one-time candidate for governor Andrew Gillum has opened up with more details of that fateful night in Miami when he was found in a hotel room passed out with a male prostitute. “At this point I’m like, ‘This is set up.'” • Kenneth-in-the-212: Don’t miss Kenneth’s weekly round-up of LGBTQ publications like Valentine’s hotties Franco & Roberto covering Hot Spots Magazine (below).
(cover image via Hot Spots Magazine)
• The Advocate: A group of 185 actors came out in Germany to demand more LGBTQ+ diversity in film, television, and theater through a manifesto in a national newspaper. Among the issues raised is the fear of losing the opportunity to portray straight people due to biases in casting. “We are actors. We don’t have to be what we play. We act as though we were — that is our job.” • LA Times: Fox News Media has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by one of Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters. The cancellation comes a day after voting software company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News and three of its hosts — Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. • AP News: Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies. The vaccine was 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, according to early findings from a study of 44,000 people, but it was 85% protective against the most serious symptoms. • Deadline: Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station, died peacefully today at his home in Connecticut, his family confirmed. Along with becoming the oldest person to win an Oscar, Plummer also won a pair of Emmys and two Tonys during a nearly 70-year career.

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News Round-Up: September 17, 2020

Bear Week 2019 in Sitges, Spain
Some news items you might have missed: • TBT: Remembering a year ago when we discovered Sitges, Spain, for the first time (above) – and it just happened to be Bear Week 🙂 • WSVN Miami: A man was convicted of hate crime charges and sent to prison after he yelled homophobic slurs and beat up two gay men while they were walking their dog in downtown Miami. Quenton Moss, the assailant, was recorded on police body cams bragging to officers, “I split him good. He’s a [expletive]. [Expletive] should die, die.” • OUT: Author and activist Sarah McBride is poised to become the first out trans person serving in the upper chamber of a state legislature. The former Obama administration staffer and current National Press Secretary for Human Rights Campaign won the Democratic primary for Delaware’s first state senate district. The seat is considered a sure-bet for Democrats and McBride is expected to win the general election in November. • GLAAD: Bisexual+ Awareness Week seeks to accelerate acceptance of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, no label, queer, etc.) community. BiWeek draws attention to the experiences, while also celebrating the resiliency of, the bisexual+ community. Throughout BiWeek, allies and bi+ people learn about the history, culture, community, and current policy priorities of bi+ communities.

• Associated Press: Germany’s Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer apologized on Thursday for 65 years of discrimination against gay military service members. “I very much regret the practice of discrimination against homosexuals in the Bundeswehr, which stood for the policy of that time,” said Kramp-Karrenbauer said in a statement. “I apologize to those who suffered because of it.” • Washington Post: A seven-hour “flight to nowhere” advertised by Australian airline Qantas sold out within 10 minutes on Thursday. The flight will depart Sydney on Oct. 10 and return on the same day, with no stops along the way. But passengers are promised views of the Great Barrier Reef, the Uluru monolith and the Australian outback as the plane flies over the country at low altitudes. The 134 available tickets ranged from $787 to $3,787 in Australian dollars, the equivalent of $575 and $2,765. • HuffPost: Donald Trump was called out on Wednesday for bragging that the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus would be lower if one subtracted the deaths from “blue” states. “The blue states had tremendous death rates,” Trump said. “If you take the blue states out, we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the world would be at, we’re really at a very low level.” According to data collected by The New York Times, 3 of the top 6 states in terms of deaths have Republican governors and 5 of the top 10 voted for Trump in 2016.

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European Leaders Consider New Lockdowns As Cases Of COVID-19 Surge

New York state is about to drop its face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the Empire State.

Leaders in Europe are facing the possibility of new lockdowns as cases of COVID-19 have begun to surge again. The New York Times reports:

In France, President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday that the authorities were doing “everything to avoid a new lockdown.” A day later, the country reported over 7,300 new virus cases, its highest daily tally since March 31 and a number that sent its seven-day average to a new record of 4,668.

As Germany faces its own more modest resurgence, Chancellor Angela Merkel said this week that managing the pandemic would become more challenging in the fall and winter, as the colder weather drives people back indoors. “We will have to live with this virus for a long time to come,” she said.

The sobering comments from Ms. Merkel and Mr. Macron come as European countries brace for — or even appear to be entering — a second wave of infections. Nowhere on the continent is the threat more alarming than in Spain, where the Times database shows that the seven-day average has passed 7,600.