Also.Also.Also: The Prom’s Lesbian Kiss Wins the Tony Awards and Other Gay Shenanigans
As the party winds down in Ojai, so too does my time here, hosting Also.Also.Also. Many thanks to Laneia for giving me the keys to the kingdom for a few days and to all of you for generously tolerating my exuberance over the Women’s World Cup (#SorryNotSorry). One more for the road, shall we?
Queer as in F*ck You
The Prom’s Delightful Tony Awards Performance Ends With a Heartfelt Lesbian Kiss
50 years after Stonewall, the NYPD finally apologizes to the LGBTQ community
Why are Trans Women Dying in ICE Detention
Layleen Cubilette-Polanco Found Dead at Rikers, Family Demands Answers
Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle
Google’s LGBTQ employees are furious about YouTube’s policy disasters
LGBT creators wonder whether YouTube really supports them, or just pretends to, during Pride Month
Trans activist Munroe Bergdorf says NSPCC bowed to hate campaign in dropping her
More from Bergdorf herself:
https://twitter.com/MunroeBergdorf/status/1137405413341716481?s=20
Saw This, Thought of You
MSU Wants To Pay Nassar Survivors A Fraction Of What It Paid Those Who Sued Earlier
When abortion was illegal: A 1966 Post series revealed how women got them anyway
ICE deported veterans while ‘unaware’ it was required to carefully screen them, report says
The Campaign Volunteer Whose Brilliance Haunted Robert F. Kennedy
‘Hadestown’ Leads Broadway Winners at 2019 Tony Awards
Ali Stroker, the first wheelchair-using Tony winner, says theater owners and producers need to look into how they can make backstages more accessible for performers with disabilities #TonyAwards https://t.co/tksqOt85uq pic.twitter.com/1uIQVX9YvA
— Variety (@Variety) June 10, 2019
⚽🏆 Saw This, Thought of You: Women’s World Cup Edition 🏆⚽
The 2019 Women’s World Cup prize money is $30 million—7.5% of the Men’s World Cup prize
How the U.S. Government Is Failing Women’s Soccer
Despite the Women’s World Cup, Many Are Still Brutally Excluded From the Game
Ada Hegerberg doesn’t owe you an explanation
France defender Wendie Renard’s improbable journey to the World Cup, in her own words
This is Sara Gama’s long-awaited shot on the World Cup stage
The Brazil women’s national soccer team’s fiercest opponent is sexism
Christine Sinclair is the World Cup’s quietest megastar
Political Snacks
LGBT Senate pioneer warns against complacency in era of Trump
3 New Policies From the 2020 Democrats: Policing, L.G.B.T. Rights and Voting Rights
2020 Iowa poll: Biden is ahead, but Warren and Buttigieg are rising
Trump admin tells U.S. embassies no rainbow pride flag on flagpoles
Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington
Tiffany Cabán Wants to Reimagine Criminal Justice in Queens
I’m a queer Latina from a working-class family. People like us are exactly who the system is trying to keep down.
That’s why I became a public defender—and that’s why I’m running for Queens DA.
Watch our new ad and help us bring real justice to Queens: https://t.co/Av3yWryvUt pic.twitter.com/Xa8CZbgkQZ
— Tiffany Cabán (@tiffany_caban) June 7, 2019