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News Round-Up: September 21, 2016

Finding Prince Charming‘s Robert Sepulveda Jr.

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Finding Prince Charming bachelor Robert Sepulveda Jr. warns he will SUE you if you shame him, call him out or just plain be mean to him on social media.

• The school district in McKinney, Texas, is about to get a $70 million high school football stadium. Everything in Texas IS bigger!

• The man who violently smashed a wooden chair over the heads of a gay couple after a fight at Dallas BBQ in NYC has been sentenced to 9 years in prison.

• President George H.W. Bush has told those in his close circle he plans to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in this year’s presidential election.

• OUT Magazine is catching hell for “profiling” right-wing nut-job and professional asshole Milo Yiannopoulos.

• Charlotte, North Carolina, erupts in racial tension as another black man is shot dead by police.

• Homeowners in Seattle are now being sued for $1.6 million in fines and damages for cutting down more than 150 trees on public property to improve the view from their homes.

• On the 4th anniversary of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney releasing his tax returns last election cycle, Hillary Clinton hits Donald Trump with this little valentine.

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News Round-Up: August 30, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Photographer Ricki Beason’s 2017 “Heartthrobs and Hound Dogs” calendar is out, featuring hunky Texas police officers, firefighters and military veterans. Proceeds go to help Texas dog rescue organizations, so winners all around 🙂

• Former models for the Donald Trump company Trump Model Management say they worked for months without proper visas or or work permits. #ColorMeShocked

• Lance Bass, host of the LOGO TV gay dating show “Finding Price Charming,” confirms that one contestant is HIV+ and that the disclosure will be front and center in an upcoming episode.

• Sarah Palin on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick: “American, let’s sack this ungrateful punk.”

• Meet the guy who’s making bank offering folks a chance at “Dinner with Trump” for a campaign donation – trick is, he’s not affiliated with the Trump campaign.

• Listen below as wing nut Wayne Root explains folks who receive food stamps or welfare or birth control through Obamacare should lose their right to vote. Of course, the idea is unconstitutional, but hey…

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News Round-Up: August 25, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Meet the men of LOGO’s new gay version of “The Bachelor.”

• The hospitals treating the victims of the Pulse Nightclub massacre have decided to waive all out of pocket medical costs the patients may incur.

• A $3 bet on a penny slot machine in Las Vegas paid a guest visiting from Hawaii big time with a $10.7 million jackpot. My husband calls me “The Cooler” when he gambles.

• A new study shows two-thirds of same-sex couples divide household responsibilities by who is the more masculine/feminine.

•  Hillary Clinton makes the clearest apology yet regarding her email server.

• The Democratic National Committee released the video below featuring actual, controversial headlines from Breitbart News, the news outlet run by Donald Trump’s campaign CEO, Steve Bannon.

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News Round-Up: August 16, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Today is Madonna’s birthday. And Ricky loved Madonna. (You really must read this.)

• Is NBC’s Olympic coverage homophobic?

• Lifelong registered Republican and CEO of MGM Resorts is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.

• Aetna will look to reduce participation in 11 of 15 Obamacare exchanges because many policyholders are actually sick and need treatment.

• Latest polls shows Hillary Clinton leading in Virginia by 14 points and in Florida by 9 points.

• The Daily Beast reporter Nico Hines, who authored the homophobic Grindr report from the Rio Olympics, has had credentials revoked and sent home to London.

The Daily Beast’s Nico Hines

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News Round-Up: August 11, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• First same-sex marriage proposal at the 2016 Rio Olympics – “She said ‘Yes!'”

• Pop powerhouse Adele is in talks to record an album of duets with none other than Barbra Streisand. Can you say “ka-ching?”

• Donald Trump, who claims he will be very good for “the gays” is set to headline a radical anti-LGBT event in Orlando. Other LGBT haters in attendance include Marco Rubio, Mat Staver and David Barton.

• A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Christie “flat-out lied” about knowledge of Bridgegate.

• The president of the Philippines called the U.S. Ambassador, who is openly gay, “the son of a whore.” I’m not making this up, kids.

• 72% of Republicans doubt President Obama is an American. I shit you not.

• Sean Hannity believes the person with the biggest social media following will win the White House. And so, I give you President Kim Kardashian.

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News Round-Up: July 30, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Anti-LGBT American Family Association is super-pissed that Hilton Hotels ran the above ad of two hot guys.

• The Navy will name a new ship after the late LGBT activist Harvey Milk.

• GOP VP candidate Mike Pence says there’s no place for name calling in politics. Has he MET his running mate?

• Cleveland Pride cancels this year’s Pride celebration, and the reasons are kinda vague.

• Is voting for a third party “throwing away” your vote?

• Donald Trump says the NFL wrote him complaining about the presidential debate schedule. The NFL says he’s lying.

• Remember folks – save a horse, ride a cowboy.

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News Round-Up: July 6, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Over one billion people live in jurisdictions that have legalized same-sex marriage.

• Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson says same-sex marriage is to blame for 160,000 murders in America.

• What a surprise: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says Hillary Clinton obviously lied.

• An idiot has filed a lawsuit against the state of Kentucky for refusing to allow him to marry his laptop. He apparently thinks he’s making a point of some kind…

• Zales is the first major jewelry store to carry a line of rings designed specifically for LGBT weddings and commitment ceremonies.

• Right-wing website readers really want Newt Gingrich to be Donald Trump’s running mate.

• Democrats now have a nearly 70,000-voter advantage over Republicans among the more than 1.3 million active registered voters in Nevada.

• Gryffin drops acoustic version of “Heading Home” featuring Josef Salvat

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News Round-Up: July 1, 2016

Abby Lee Miller of Dance Moms

• Dance Moms Abby Lee Miller faces up to 2.5 years in prison for smuggling $120K into U.S.

• Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood may not appeal a federal judge’s ruling which squashed the state’s anti-LGBT law HB1523.

• Skittles UK drops it’s rainbow for Pride in London to let the gays bask in the rainbow glow.

• Dolly Parton thinks Hillary Clinton would be a great president.

• Gawker posits whether Donald Trump might be tweaking diet pills to get him through the presidential campaign.

• Moodys Analytics, which has correctly predicted presidential races since 1980, predicts Hillary Clinton to win White House in electoral landslide.

• When former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, runs out of real words she just makes up new ones like “splodey.” Crowd doesn’t seem to notice.

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News Round-Up: June 16, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will donate $150,000 to aid the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

• Former President Bill Clinton says more would have died in the Orlando nightclub shooting if they had been armed. Gee, alcohol + fear + dark nightclub + guns shooting into the dark – what could possibly go wrong?

• Donald Trump now says he plans to talk to the NRA about blocking folks on the “No-Fly” list from being able to purchase guns. Glad to see he’s taking Hillary Clinton’s advice.

• Billionaire Mark Cuban, longtime LGBT ally, is donating $1 million to help fund added security measures for Dallas’ LGBT community. Hmm, where’s the donation from our “good friend” Donald Trump?

• Vanity Fair takes a broad look at the current state of the presidential race, and for now, it’s looking very good for Hillary.

• Broadway blockbuster Wicked will hit the silver screen December 20, 2019. How’s that for planning?

• Two active-duty Marines are under investigation after posting a photo to a closed Facebook grouop for Marines that read “Coming to a gay bar near you!” showing a corporal in uniform holding a rifle with his finger near the trigger.

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News Round-Up: June 10, 2016

Broadway Bares: Fire Island 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Broadway Bares: Fire Island, the more intimate little bro version of the popular fundraiser, rakes in $51,733 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

• Shout-out to an old friend of mine – Hamilton star (and Tony Award nominee) Leslie Odom Jr. – who just dropped his new self-titled album which is sitting at #1 one on the iTunes Jazz chart. Go check out his music now!

• Omar Sharif Jr. admits that he had suicidal thoughts after coming out.

• Online media giant Gawker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a $140 million lawsuit.

• Brock Turner, the convicted “Stanford rapist,” will only serve 3 months of his 6 month sentence.

• Orange Is The New Black‘s Lea Delaria thinks we should drop “LGBT” for “Queer.” I’m personally not a fan of the word. How about you? Thoughts?

• Madonna, who rarely performs her older catalogue on TV, performed “Borderline” last night on The Tonight Show.