LGBTQ news and entertainment
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, currently overseeing a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s ban of transgender military service members, wants the Pentagon to explain Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s newly-announced testosterone treatment program after using the same hormone care to justify kicking trans troops out of the military. Continue reading “Judge Wants Answers About Hegseth’s Testosterone Double Standard”
The Pentagon has asked Congress to codify its “Department of War” renaming and requested nearly $52 million to complete the name change.
According to Military Times, the Congressional Budget Office has projected the rebrand could cost taxpayers up to $125 million. Continue reading “Pentagon Asks Congress To Codify “Department Of War,” Requests $52M To Complete Renaming”
The government watchdog group Open the Books did a deep dive into Defense Department spending and found the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth’s (photo) leadership burned through $93 billion in September 2025 alone as part of an end-of-fiscal-year spending spree to maintain its funding levels. Continue reading “Report: Pentagon Spent Billions On Salmon, Lobster, King Crab In End Of Fiscal Year Purchases”
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• Queerty: Check out the trailer for Season 2 of Apple TV’s campy series “Palm Royale” centered on 1960s Palm Beach high society starring Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Allison Janney, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett. Season two premieres Wednesday, November 12 on Apple TV. Continue reading “‘Palm Royale’ Season 2 Trailer + More News”
Mentions of the Enola Gay (the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima) and the pioneering women who completed Marine infantry training are among thousands of online posts slated for removal as the Defense Department seeks to eliminate content related to DEI. The Enola Gay (which was named after the pilot’s mother) was flagged for homosexuality because “gay.” The bomb that was dropped was nicknamed “Little Boy.” Grooming? Continue reading “Pentagon DEI Purge Includes Historic ‘Enola Gay’ Aircraft + More”
Donald Trump’s revenge tour continues as the New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico have been ordered to clear out their long-held offices in the Pentagon to be replaced by Trump-friendly outlets. Continue reading “Pentagon Ousts Major News Orgs For Trump-Friendly Outlets”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scrubbing content related to HIV after Donald Trump issued executive orders targeting the transgender community. • New York Times: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned observances of Pride Month, Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural annual events at the Pentagon. He said that such observances “erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution.” Continue reading “CDC Scrubs HIV Info + Pentagon Bans Pride & Black History Events + More”
The Abbey in West Hollywood (via official Instagram)
Joshua Hall (image via Edge Media)
• The Advocate: A gay man in Florianópolis, Brazil, was gang-raped last week, one of the latest examples of horrific violence against LGBTQ+ people in the country — violence that activists say is spurred on by the nation’s homophobic president. • Page Six: The Bachelor host Chris Harrison demanded a $25 million payout after being booted from the show — and threatened to spill all the franchise’s dirty secrets if he didn’t get it, sources told Page Six. “He has nearly 20 years of dirt,” an ABC source said Tuesday. • New York Post: Jeff Bezos is getting shafted online over the shape of his big rocket. “Is it me, or does Jeff Bezos’ rocket look like a giant penis?” one person tweeted alongside a photo of Blue Origin, the craft the 57-year-old world’s richest man will fly into space next month. “I thought ‘penis’ as soon as I saw that image,” another person agreed.
Jeff Bezos teased over phallic-shaped rocket Blue Origin https://t.co/HiYQXRWUna pic.twitter.com/j32ODK1aen
— New York Post (@nypost) June 9, 2021
(image via Twitter)
How does it feel to be represented on screen? As Pride Month kicks off, the cast of Pose shares the importance of representation in the path toward progress. #PoseFX pic.twitter.com/6WsJkr6Oe3
— PoseFX (@PoseOnFX) June 1, 2021
• NBC News: Dozens of constitutional experts are sending a letter telling congressional leaders they have the authority to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. They argue that there is “no constitutional barrier” to the District’s “entering the Union through a congressional proclamation” just like the 37 other states that have been admitted since the Constitution was adopted. • Sacramento: A pair of white straight ‘Karens’ (top image) demanded that a queer black woman stop kissing her girlfriend in a hotel pool because “there were children present!“ You’ll note it’s the white women using f-bombs during the encounter even though “there were children present.” According to the poster, other (straight/white) couples in the pool were showing PDA, but they only insisted that only black queer woman stop. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPlEjOBDrAI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link