Some news items for you as we head into the new week:
• People: Mark Indelicato is a married man and his Hacks co-star Jean Smart (above) made it happen. The actor married partner David Watson on Saturday and the outdoor wedding was officiated by Smart. Smart played comedian Deborah in the beloved HBO Max series from 2021-2026, while Indelicato portrayed her assistant, Damien, throughout the show’s run.
• Alternet: Gay dating app Grindr went down in Dallas the first day of the Republican “midterm elections” convention which happened to be in the same city. Coincidence? I think not…
• Apple TV: The third season of LOOT is here and no one is mad that Zane Phillips (above) has joined the cast as hunky boyfriend “Moro” to billionaire “Molly Wells” (played by Maya Rudolph).
• Erin in the Morning: The United Kingdom’s “Girl Scouts” organization—Girl Guiding—has banned transgender girls from joining.
• NPR: The Department of Justice has instructed prisons and jails to drop standards designed to protect LGBTQ people from sexual violence.
• Pink News: While Spotify is letting subscribers discover their most listened songs of the year, gay dating app Grindr is showing off its own 2025 stats including Ireland having the most bears, Switzerland is tops in twinks, and the U.S. boasts the most daddies.
• Forbes: Eric Trump is reportedly ten-times richer than he was the day before the Donald returned to the White House in January. But, but, but…. Hunter Biden…
• Axios: A Pentagon watchdog concluded in a long-awaited report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. operations and troops at risk during a strike in Yemen by sending sensitive information to a Signal group chat on an unapproved device,
• New York Times: A new survey found that 98% of U.S. diplomats say that workplace morale has fallen since Trump took office again in January. Eighty-six percent said it had become harder to carry out U.S. foreign policy.
