Carmen is on a much deserved vacation to celebrate her birthday — happy birthday, Carmen! — so I’m filling in on this week’s Also.Also.Also. news round-ups! I hope you like women’s sports!
Queer as in F*ck You
+ This Thrillist interview with Tegan and Sara about their gay roots is kinda perfect.
Tegan: We both always joke that our… what’s the word, Sara, that you always use about what’s your first gay, when you meet somebody—
Sara: Your root?
Tegan: Your root. Our root is Anna Chlumsky from My Girl, that was a big one. And I had a friend who kind of looked like her and was definitely my first crush in third grade.
+ How the Lesbian Avengers transformed LGBTQ activism.
+ How queer chefs are reclaiming “bottom food.”
+ The queer London photographer finding themselves through images.
+ The great hunt for the world’s first LGBTQ archive.
+ Brittney Griner’s trial in Russia will begin on July 1st. She appeared in court yesterday. Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard told reporters:
“It was good to see her in some of those images, but it’s tough. Every time’s a reminder that their teammate, their friend, is wrongfully imprisoned in another country. It’s tough on our team. It is good to see her. See how she’s doing? I don’t know if she’s doing OK.”
+ Transgender footballers in Germany can choose men’s or women’s team.
+ Meet the 14-year-old bringing a queer youth conference to rural Texas.
+ The longest-running queer news radio show is headed to the Library of Congress.
Saw This, Thought of You
+ How long covid could change the way we think about disability.
+ Women’s tennis stars speak out about Wimbledon’s Victorian dress code.
+ Broadway’s essential workers get wage increases, benefit boost with new contract.
+ How to tell if an elephant is about to get violent.
+ What even is a resilient child?
+ How creators get paid online.
Political Snacks
+ The political strategy of “Don’t Say Gay” bills.
+ The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case.
+ Alex Wagner is taking over Rachel Maddow’s weeknight MSNBC spot.
+ Roe’s final hours in one of America’s largest abortion clinics.
+ Inside the history of sex worker organizing in the United States.
+ How state abortion restrictions vary throughout 42 weeks of pregnancy.
