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Expectations Of Dating Porn Stars + More News

Woody Fox
Adult entertainer Woody Fox (screen capture)
Some news items you might have missed: • Edge Media: Former gay adult entertainter Woody Fox (above), who hails from Australia, joined his industry colleagues on an edition of the Australian Broadcast Company’s “You Can’t Ask That” to talk about the ins-and-outs of the industry. Continue reading “Expectations Of Dating Porn Stars + More News”

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Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Law Goes Into Effect + More News

After Florida's 'don't say gay' law took effect Monday, teachers reported being discouraged from putting pictures of their same-sex spouse on their desk, teachers and staff members will be disallowed from wearing rainbow articles of clothing, and “Safe Space” stickers aimed at LGBTQ students may have to be removed from doors. Some news items you might have missed: • WFTV: After Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ law took effect Monday, teachers reported being discouraged from putting pictures of their same-sex spouse on their desk, teachers and staff members will be disallowed from wearing rainbow articles of clothing, and “Safe Space” stickers aimed at LGBTQ students may have to be removed from doors. Continue reading “Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Law Goes Into Effect + More News”

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Fake Abortion Clinic: ‘Abortion Causes Cancer, Mental Illness’

With abortion rights rapidly vanishing in many states, NBC News took a look at crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) which provide free services and counseling for women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. CPCs outnumber abortion clinics 3 to 1 nationwide, although NBC News found some wild misinformation being slung around. Continue reading “Fake Abortion Clinic: ‘Abortion Causes Cancer, Mental Illness’”

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TX Official: Police Response To Uvalde Shooting ‘An Abject Failure’

Uvalde Elementary School - Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a state Senate hearing today that the response by law enforcement officials to the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting was "an abject failure."
Uvalde Elementary School (screen capture via WFAA)
Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told state lawmakers that the response by law enforcement officials to the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting was “an abject failure and antithetical to everything we’ve learned over the last two decades since the Columbine massacre.” Continue reading “TX Official: Police Response To Uvalde Shooting ‘An Abject Failure’”

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Podcast: Rebel Wilson, Trans Swim Athletes, Texas Republicans + More

In this episode of The Randy Report I cover Rebel Wilson coming out, Texas Republicans and more In this week’s episode of The Randy Report podcast, I take a look at a major newspaper that gave Rebel Wilson two days to respond about her new relationship before publishing an article that would have effectively outed her. Continue reading “Podcast: Rebel Wilson, Trans Swim Athletes, Texas Republicans + More”

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Texas Republicans Move To Ban Sex Education In Schools

Road sign reading Texas where Republicans voted to ban sex education in schoolsMore from the Texas Republicans convention over the weekend: the Lone Star State’s Republican party voted to ban the teaching of sex education in schools while simultaneously calling on Texas schools to teach the “dignity of the pre-born human” and that life begins at fertilization. Continue reading “Texas Republicans Move To Ban Sex Education In Schools”

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Texas Republicans Label Being Gay As ‘Abnormal Lifestyle’

Apocalyptic sign reading 'Welcome to Texas' as Texas Republicans met at their convention
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Texas Republicans met for their first in-person convention since the start of the pandemic this weekend and approved several platform changes including calling being gay “an abnormal lifestyle,” and labeling gender-affirming care a form of medical malpractice. Continue reading “Texas Republicans Label Being Gay As ‘Abnormal Lifestyle’”

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Transgender Texas Teens Vs. Governor + More LGBTQ News

A new lawsuit filed Wednesday is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children. Some news stories you might have missed: • Texas Tribune: A new lawsuit is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children. According to the lawsuit, a 16-year-old transgender boy tried to kill himself the same day that Abbott issued the child abuse directive. Continue reading “Transgender Texas Teens Vs. Governor + More LGBTQ News”

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TX Gov Blames Shootings On Mental Health But Cut $211M From HHS

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put the blame for mass shootings directly on mental health issues in his state, but didn't mention cutting $211 million from the agency that oversees mental health in Texas.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put the blame for mass shootings directly on mental health issues – not guns – after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde. What he didn’t mention, though, was just a month before he had cut $211 million from the state department that oversees such services in the Lone Star state. Continue reading “TX Gov Blames Shootings On Mental Health But Cut $211M From HHS”

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Beto O’Rourke Confronts Texas Gov At Presser: ‘This Is On You’

Beto O'Rourke, currently a candidate for governor in Texas, confronted Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference today regarding the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (screen capture)
Beto O’Rourke, currently a candidate for governor in Texas, confronted Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference today regarding the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead. Continue reading “Beto O’Rourke Confronts Texas Gov At Presser: ‘This Is On You’”