Some news items I thought worth your time:
• Queerty: Actor Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue) has a new autobiography out titled Vagabond. The memoir, currently ranked as #1 in celebrity biographies on Amazon, offers a detailed look back at his life and 50+ year career in show business.
• Reuters: A federal judge in Oregon says she will block the Trump administration from forcing a group of Democratic-led states to remove all references to “gender ideology” from sexual health education curricula in order to receive federal grant funding.
• The Advocate: A gay-owned bar in Rockford, Alabama, advertised a drag show. Then the city denied its liquor license.
The owner of an LGBTQ+ bar denied liquor and entertainment licenses has filed a lawsuit against its town for discrimination. https://t.co/xP3G95ZIyg
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) October 21, 2025
• Washington Blade: Meet the gay couple fighting for their marriage rights in Ukraine.
• LGBTQ Nation: An Ohio pastor who raged about kids seeing Pride flags (horrors!) has been arrested for sexual assault of a teen in his congregation. He’s accused of abusing his religious authority to groom the teenage girl.
Silas H. Shelton has been accused of abusing his religious authority to groom a teenage girl.
#LGBTQhttps://t.co/pdVwfy1bLz— LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) October 21, 2025
• CNN: Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress who was elected in late September.
• Pink News: Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first female prime minister, and holds staunch conservative views – including being opposed to same-sex marriage in her country.
Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi opposes equal marriage ➡️ https://t.co/3yoNr0ddqz pic.twitter.com/o2Ec0H8cPt
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) October 21, 2025
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