LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • SF Gate: Ellen DeGeneres has told audiences that she is done with fame once she plays the final shows of her current tour. “This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done.” Continue reading “Ellen DeGeneres Says She’s Done With Fame + More News”
Donald Trump is reportedly considering former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for his running mate after a bruising primary season. Continue reading “Axios: Trump Considering Nikki Haley For Running Mate”
Some news items you might have missed: • Washington Blade: Karine Jean-Pierre sat down with the Washington Blade a week before the two-year anniversary of her appointment as America’s first Black and first openly queer White House press secretary. Continue reading “Karine Jean-Pierre + Billy Porter + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: Queer Eye host Jonathan Van Ness has been accused of having “rage issues” on the set of the hit Netflix reality show, with sources describing Van Ness as a “monster,” and a “nightmare.” Continue reading “Jonathan Van Ness Accused Of ‘Rage’ Issues + More News”
Happy Monday, everyone! Here are some of the trending news stories as we start the week. • Reuters: France has become the first nation in the world to enshrine abortion rights into its constitution. MPs and senators overwhelmingly backed the move, by 780 votes against 72, in a special joint vote of the two houses of parliament. Continue reading “News: Abortion In France + Nikki Haley + SCOTUS + More”
Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: In a personal essay, Justice Horn (above), chairman of the Kansas City LGBTQ Commission, shares how he wasn’t always proud to be a Black queer man. But one heart-wrenching moment changed everything. Continue reading “Justice Horn On What It Took For Him To Be Out & Proud + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • ABC News: Police in Moscow were called to investigate alleged ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ at a fan event dedicated to the cartoon series “My Little Pony.” Some speculate it was because of the character Rainbow Dash, whose multicolored mane and tail are similar to the LGBTQ Pride flag. Continue reading “Moscow Police Investigate ‘My Little Pony’ Event Because Rainbow + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • Broadway Cares: Broadway Backwards, the annual Broadway concert event which takes familiar songs in the Broadway canon and transforms them into queer anthems, returns to the New Amsterdam Theater in NYC on March 11. Continue reading “Broadway Backwards Returns + Far-Right Attacks Oreos + More News”
It was not a great primary night for Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley here in my home state of Nevada. In the ‘First in the West’ contest – where she basically had no competition – Haley came in second with just 30% of GOP voters 33 points behind “None of these candidates.” Former Vice President Mike Pence (who’s dropped out of the race) garnered a whopping 2.96% of the vote. Continue reading “Nikki Haley’s Bad Night In Nevada”
At a campaign rally in New Hampshire Friday night, Donald Trump blamed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for failing to provide adequate security during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol Building. Haley, of course, was not in government at all at the time. She was working in the private sector. He clearly confused Haley with former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) even though he repeats Haley’s name over and over. Continue reading “Confused Trump: ‘Nikki Haley Was In Charge Of Jan. 6 Security’”