Some news items I thought worth your time:
• The Advocate: This city in Texas could become the first in the nation to reverse its anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people. #ThanksTrump
• OUT: Niecy Nash-Betts was told coming out could end her career. Then, she won an Emmy. In a new feature, the OUT100 Icon of the Year opens up about the importance of being in a Black queer relationship and visibility.
For Niecy Nash-Betts, life has always had a way of surprising her—and being named Out’s 2025 #Out100 Icon of the Year was one more beautiful twist she didn’t see coming.
In our cover story, Niecy reflects on authenticity, representation, and what it means to live in her truth with joy and pride. ️
— Out Magazine (@out.com) October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
• Queerty: Get into the spooky season spirit with this gay-gay-gay Spotify list of haunting queer bops & bangers.
• Politico: Thousands of leaked private messages among Young Republican leaders reveal joking about gas chambers, anti-semitism, slavery, faggots, and rape. One even wrote, “If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked.”
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat https://t.co/Ctqfzks2nI
— POLITICO (@politico) October 14, 2025
• Them: YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester have confirmed their long-suspected relationship, sharing that they’ve been dating for 16 years.
• Washington Post: News outlets across the ideological spectrum – including The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, Fox News, and even Newsmax – have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy.
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