LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items for you as we get over this Hump Day:
• Gay City News: CVS is now covering Gilead’s long-acting, highly effective injectable PrEP lenacapavir, marketed under the brand name Yeztugo.
• Queerty: Comedian Joel Kim Booster tied the knot with his partner John Michael Sudsina after four years together. Continue reading “CVS Now Covers Injectable PrEP + Joel Kim Booster Marries + More”
Some news items you might have missed:
• Instinct Magazine: Debra Messing went into an ugly downward spiral after Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayor’s race, and fans were there to clap back.
• Gay City News: Amid all the hoopla reporting the big wins on Tuesday’s elections, I forgot to include that Hoylman-Sigal won his race for Manhattan borough president, making him New York City’s first out borough president. Continue reading “Debra Messing Faces Backlash After Anti-Mamdani Posts + More News”
Some news items you might have missed:
• Substack: Edmund White, one of the great authors of queer literature, died June 3 at the age 85. His novels – like A Boy’s Own Story – were unapologetically queer, helping millions of gays to figure themselves out. White was the LGBTQ community’s archivist, its provocateur, and its most literate party guest. Rest well, Edmund White.
• NBC News: Gracie McGraw, the daughter of country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, said she has been an “out and proud queer, bisexual woman” after tabloid media said she had recently “come out” in a recent Instagram post.
Gracie McGraw, the daughter of country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, said she has been an “out and proud queer, bisexual woman” after tabloid media said she had come out in an Instagram post.
[image or embed] — NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
• Facebook: Scott Abel recalls a ghastly episode from his college days when a friend needed emergency care but EMTs walked away when they found out the friend had AIDS. The story points up why elder gays are still so fervent on the subject of queer rights.
• Florida’s Voice: A Naples father has filed an emergency (!) request in federal court seeking to stop a June 7 Pride festival, which is expected to feature a family-friendly drag performance (horrors!) on the main stage of a public park.
• Washington Post: Carl Nassib, the first openly gay NFL player to compete in a regular season game, now has a jersey hanging in the National Museum of American History.
Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player, now has a jersey hanging in the National Museum of American History, commemorating a historic moment for LGBTQ athletes [image or embed]
— Post Sports (@postsports.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
• New York Times: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that the broad Republican bill to cut taxes and slash some federal programs would add $2.4 trillion to the already soaring national debt.
• Law Dork: A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give migrants sent to an El Salvador prison, under an 18th-century wartime law, a chance to challenge their removals.
• Variety: The official poster for Wicked: For Good has arrived. The film, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, opens in theaters November 21.
The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to proceed, for now, with a plan to revoke temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
The justices annulled a ruling from a lower court that had maintained humanitarian parole protections for over 530,000 migrants hailing from four nations: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Continue reading “Supreme Court Allows Trump To Strip Legal Protections From 530K Immigrants”
A U.S.-born citizen was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained as part of an immigration raid even though he had a REAL ID on him. The ICE agents dismissed his ID as “fake.” Continue reading “U.S. Citizen (With REAL ID) Cuffed, Detained By ICE”
Some news items you might have missed: • New York Times: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to a second encrypted group chat on Signal that included his wife and brother using his private phone, according to reports. Continue reading “Hegseth Shared Attack Details In 2nd Signal Chat + More News”
Fabian Schmidt, a German national who is a legal permanent U.S. resident, was reportedly arrested and interrogated by U.S. immigration authorities upon his arrival at Boston Logan Airport after visiting family in Germany. The 34-year-old arrived on March 7 and is currently being held at a federal detention facility in Rhode Island, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement online database. His mother, Astrid Senior, and his partner, Bhavani Hodgkins, say they have not been told why Schmidt is being held. Continue reading “German National With Green Card Being Held By ICE, Authorities Won’t Say Why”
A Puerto Rican family, all U.S. citizens, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being overheard speaking in Spanish while shopping in Milwaukee. Continue reading “Puerto Rican Family Detained By ICE For Speaking Spanish”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Two civil rights lawyers who led the fight against Trump’s first transgender military ban explain why the Donald’s new trans ban has far-reaching consequences beyond the military. Continue reading “Consequences Of New Trans Military Ban + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • Gayety: Actress/pop star Demi Lovato, who came out as non-binary in May 2021, has issued a heartfelt statement in response to Donald Trump’s recent anti-trans executive order. Continue reading “Demi Lovato + Classic Queer Film Gets 4K Release + More News”