(image via Island House official website) Some news items you might have missed: • Pink News: A Florida woman has filed a complaint alleging she was discriminated against by the Key West resort Island House because she wasn’t allowed to stay the all-male, clothing-optional hotel. • NBC News: J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot) and Alex Newell (Shucked) became the first gender non-conforming actors to be nominated for Tony Awards today. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1653478271386787840 • ABC News: Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a new version of its hideous anti-LGBTQ bill to remove a clause that would have criminalized the act of coming out as gay. It’s still a hideous bill. • ABC27: The Pennsylvania House narrowly passed a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Pennsylvania is the only state in the northeast that hasn’t codified such protections. https://twitter.com/abc27News/status/1653519989066944513 • LGBTQ Nation: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has rejected funding his state’s PBS station because Clifford the dog “indoctrinates” kids. • JoeMyGod: I reported yesterday that a quartet of hateful Karens had confiscated the hallway bench Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr had been using since being banned from the floor of the GOP-controlled House forcing her to work standing up at a lunch counter. Today, supporters deployed a “blue bench brigade” reserving the bench for Zephyr. https://twitter.com/ZoAndBehold/status/1653408991635181571 https://twitter.com/kevhamm/status/1653407025085444099
