Feature Photo of Lady Gaga, currently in talks to play Harley Quinn in Todd Phillips’ The Joker sequel, by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

OK listen up! I bought entirely too many strawberries today and I haven’t started googling “strawberry recipes” but if you have any suggestions, please please let me know.


Queer as in F*ck You

“How do you stop transmission of a casually transmitted virus moving among despised populations… without creating stigma and harming public health?” Blaming Gay Men for Monkeypox Will Harm Everyone by Dr. Steven Thrasher for Scientific American

DeSantis Weighs Ordering Child Protective Services on Parents Who Take Kids to Drag Shows

And related!

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Sheila Lopez Becomes LGBTQ Advocate in Navajo Community (this hot tip comes to you from Heather’s grandma, who saw it in AARP magazine!)

“’That’s the briefing you would get in Afghanistan or Iraq,’ says Stanley, who served in Afghanistan in 2005. ‘I got it in Missouri.’” “Don’t Go Here. They’ll Kill You.” LGBTQ Troops and Families Face Mounting Discrimination With New Laws

As a Queer Teacher in America, Violence Feels Inescapable

Report Reveals Generational Shift and Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S.

They Came Out Slugging: The History of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance

We have quite a few Brittney Griner updates:


Saw This, Thought of You

Lady Gaga in Early Talks to Join Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips in Musical Sequel. All I asked for was that Harley get a girlfriend on the big screen, and this is how they repay me.

Obsessed with this news. Lena Horne Will Be The First Black Woman To Have A Broadway Theater Named In Her Honor

Google Misdirects One in 10 Searches for Abortion to ‘Pregnancy Crisis Centers.’ If you’re unaware of “pregnancy crisis centers” this might seem like a benign headline, but when I tell you that those crisis centers are actually often misnomers run by private orgs to encourage women in crisis to keep and deliver their pregnancies, it’s going to take on a whole new meaning, isn’t it?

Waking Up From the Nap Dress. “How the proudly personally privileged Nell Diamond convinced so many women to wear pajamas in public.”

The Potato Roll Empire Bankrolling a Christian Nationalist. Welcome to BBQ Season!!


Political Snacks

The Racist Roots of Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” Law