(promo image for ‘Everybody Dance’)Some news items you might have missed:
• What To Watch: In recognition of July being Disability Pride Month, the award-winning documentary Everybody Dance is available for free on Amazon’s Freevee app for smart TVs or mobile devices, or via web browser.
Check out my review and interview with director (and Chita Rivera Award winner) Dan Watt about his beautiful, uplifting film chronicling a studio that teaches dance to all kids: all ages, all abilities and disabilities – including those with special needs like cerebral palsy or on the autistic spectrum.
• Pink News: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has proposed a federal ban all gender-affirming care for transgender minors across the nation. The legislation will go nowhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out the latest in LGBTQ publications this week including the Men’s Self-Care issue of Hot Spots! Magazine.
• Florida Politics: A Yahoo! News survey conducted between July 13 and July 17 shows just 24% of the U.S. adult women polled approve of DeSantis, with 48% disapproving.
• CNN: The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation that allows only the biological parent of a child to be named on a birth certificate.
The prosecutor’s office in Padua confirmed to CNN that, as of Thursday, 27 mothers had been removed from 27 birth certificates.https://t.co/Q9hY5mOV7q
— CBS 58 News (@CBS58) July 21, 2023
• The Hill: Hunter Biden’s lawyer filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Friday after she showed sexually explicit photos of Biden at a congressional hearing this week.
• The Advocate: Far-right media personality Steven Crowder, who has falsely accused teachers of “grooming” children, has been accused of sexual misconduct in the workplace, and some of his employees say he is an actual “groomer.”
Steven Crowders allegedly only revealed himself to male staffers. https://t.co/GD8AlemSDe
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) July 21, 2023