Happy Friday! Some news items for you as we head into the holiday weekend:
• Queerty: The new short film Something Still tracks the trajectory of Max (Zane Phillips – above) and Tom’s (John Brodsky) time together, from their passionate earlier days to the resulting impact of opening their relationship.
• Apple TV: The third season of LOOT is here and no one is mad that Zane Phillips (above) has joined the cast as hunky boyfriend “Moro” to billionaire “Molly Wells” (played by Maya Rudolph).
• Erin in the Morning: The United Kingdom’s “Girl Scouts” organization—Girl Guiding—has banned transgender girls from joining.
• NPR: The Department of Justice has instructed prisons and jails to drop standards designed to protect LGBTQ people from sexual violence.
• Pink News: While Spotify is letting subscribers discover their most listened songs of the year, gay dating app Grindr is showing off its own 2025 stats including Ireland having the most bears, Switzerland is tops in twinks, and the U.S. boasts the most daddies.
• Forbes: Eric Trump is reportedly ten-times richer than he was the day before the Donald returned to the White House in January. But, but, but…. Hunter Biden…
• Axios: A Pentagon watchdog concluded in a long-awaited report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. operations and troops at risk during a strike in Yemen by sending sensitive information to a Signal group chat on an unapproved device,
• New York Times: A new survey found that 98% of U.S. diplomats say that workplace morale has fallen since Trump took office again in January. Eighty-six percent said it had become harder to carry out U.S. foreign policy.
Some news items worth your time: • The Advocate: Out actor Zane Phillips (Fire Island, Glamorous) says attending a local theater camp in small town Texas was the beginning of his learning to accept his sexuality. “Without it, I wouldn’t have met a lot of the people who guided me to this place of being confident in myself and being okay with myself.” Continue reading “Theater Is Where Zane Phillips Learned To Accept Himself + More”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: The state of Florida is rescinding a rule that allows transgender individuals to alter their driver’s licenses when they transition. “Misrepresenting one’s gender, understood as sex, on a driver’s license constitutes fraud… and subjects an offender to criminal and civil penalties.” Continue reading “Florida Reverses On Trans Driver’s License Changes + More News”
