New York has unveiled the first of a series of LGBT monumentsĀ that will be going up around the city.Ā I’m hoping to see some of them when I’m there in December if I have time!
Currently the only gay male athlete in the five major sports, Collin Martin, got a standing ovation for his entrance into his first game since coming out publicly.
And finally, this amazing quote from one of the survivors of the shooting at the Capital Gazette:
I donāt know what I want right now but Iām gonna need more than a couple days of news coverage and thoughts and prayers. Thanks for your prayers but I couldnāt give a f*ck about them if thereās nothing else,ā she told the unfazed CNN host.
Another NaNoWriMo is in the books (ha) and I’m catching up with everything, so this is a long postĀ Here’s what we have today.Ā First up, a friendly reminder:
And finally, the Supreme Court will hear a huge case about business’ right to discriminate.Ā I’m really nervous about it, but hoping Kennedy pulls out a win:
And Jeff Sessions rescinded other protections for all members of the queer community.Ā These are things that affect people you love.Ā Be fucking pissed.
Okay, quick pallet cleanser.Ā The new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey takes the form of a Big Band musical number:
After the horrific shooting in Vegas, just a reminder that your thoughts and prayers do jack shit.Ā We need comprehensive gun control in this country, including a rescinding of the second amendment.
It boggles my mind that it takes something personally happening to someone for them to take action.Ā It is not that hard to actually think about other people and try to imagine a better world for them, as well as yourself.Ā But, predictably, when gun violence is close to a gun fanatic, suddenly, he realizes his mistake.Ā It infuriates me that it takes a tragedy like this for him to realize how wrong he is, but hey, at least he came around I guess.Ā I just won’t be patting him on the back for his sudden realization.
A Dutch news program takes on (with dark humor) the insanity that we live with here in the US:
Stranger Things 2 (or the second season, not sure what to call it) looks amazing:
The president rolls back the mandate for birth control under health care, because he wants to drive up abortion rates, the cost of healhtcare and get rid of preventative medicine.Ā Just kidding, he’s a racist and since it is both something Obama put into place and a GOP wet-dream, it’s gone.
And I’ll just drop this here, the 10 things you need to know about Patriotism: