Hello, friends, and a happy National Coming Out Day upon you! The days are getting shorter but cooler so I’m trying to spend as much time as I can on my back slab of concrete, which Stacy and I have taken to calling “the veranda” like we’re the Golden Girls or something. (She’s a Dorothy and I’m a… gosh, am I a Rose? Surely not.) Yesterday, I cooked a big ol’ pot of vegetable soup and cornbread and today it’s gonna be tomato and goat cheese pie. I’m trying to stay away from the news this weekend, except for the good news, which I am bringing to you! How are you making the most of the days these days?
+ Kate McKinnon’s Dr. Wayne Weknowdis appeared for the first time on SNL last night to give a second opinion on Trump’s COVID status, and even though she completely broke down, I still trust Dr. Weknowdis over the Centers for Disease Control!
+ For National Coming Out Day, The Wrap’s running down celebs who came out this year.
+ 15 LGBTQ TV characters who technically didn’t come out.
+ Demi Lovato and Tan France hosted a coming out special on Facebook Watch.
+ Queer people from across sports share coming out stories.
+ Noelle Stevenson did an illustrated coming out story for Oprah magazine.
+ Mexican feminists turned a government building into a women’s shelter.
+ How an Adobe employee made every device in the world queerer — with emoji.
+ KK Slider has a Sufjan Stevens cover band.
+ Related: Neil Gaiman and Stephen King have had enough of JKR’s transphobia.
+ Marry Berry has been made a dame!
The loveliest lady ever ever ever ! I adore her ! Xx https://t.co/t36Vb0eJHI
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) October 10, 2020
+ Witches are trying to figure out whose spell gave Trump COVID.
+ New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants to ban conversion therapy.
+ And finally: this is lovely!
It takes courage to be the person you’re meant to be. ❤️
In our latest Pixar Origin Story, director Steven Hunter shares the story that inspired him to make the Pixar #SparkShort, Out. #NationalComingOutDay pic.twitter.com/plhi0ZkGGC— Pixar (@Pixar) October 11, 2020
