First NYC Nurse Reported to Die of COVID-19 Is a Gay Man

Kious Kelly, 48, was an assistant nurse manager at Mount Sinai West.

www.advocate.com/news/2020/3/26/first-nyc-nurse-reported-die-covid-19-gay-man

Denis Finnegan, National Track Star, Comes Out As Gay

The 10-time national champion wants other people in his situation to know they’re not alone. 

www.advocate.com/sports/2020/3/26/denis-finnegan-national-track-star-comes-out-gay

Kate McKinnon to Play Tiger King’s Carole Baskin in Scripted Series

The scripted series, based on the podcast Joe Exotic, was announced last November.

www.advocate.com/television/2020/3/26/kate-mckinnon-play-tiger-kings-carole-baskin-scripted-series

Daily Dose: Ewan McGregor & Christian Bale hook up. What’s not to love?

Welcome to Queerty’s latest entry in our Queerantined: Daily Dose series. Every day as long as the COVID-19 pandemic has us under quarantine, we’ll release a suggested bit of gloriously queer entertainment designed to keep you from getting stir crazy in the house. Each weekend, we will also suggest a bingable title to keep you extra busy.

The Glam: Velvet Goldmine

Gay lion of cinema Todd Haynes made an overlooked masterpiece with Velvet Goldmine, and also happened to catch a few then-unknown actors on their way to megastardom. Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Eddie Izzard star in a fictionalized account of the rise of David Bowie and homoerotic, gender-bending rock. Bale plays a journalist investigating the rise and fall of Bowie analogue Brian Slade (Rhys-Meyers) by investigating his ex-wife (Collette) and ex-boyfriend (McGregor). Featuring a soundtrack with tunes by Lou Reed, Placebo and original music by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Velvet Goldmine doesn’t just channel the glam rock of the 1970s; it adds to the canon. The entire cast gives great performances all around (another Haynes hallmark), and the scenes of gay sex, while graphic for 1998, never feel gratuitous. Flashy, innovative and extremely personal to Haynes, Velvet Goldmine makes for terrific quarantine evening viewing, especially when played at maximum volume.

Streams on YouTube, Amazon, VUDU & iTunes.

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As U.S. Passes China for Most Coronavirus Cases, Trump to Relax Social Distancing Guidelines: WATCH LIVE

Despite inadequate testing, the United States overtook China on Thursday afternoon, and now has the most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world.

The New York Times reports: In the United States, at least 81,321 people are known to have been infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,000 deaths — more cases than China, Italy or any other country has seen, according to data gathered by The New York Times. With 330 million residents, the United States is the world’s third most populous nation, meaning it provides a vast pool of people who can potentially get Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. And it is a sprawling, cacophonous democracy, where states set their own policies and President Trump has sent mixed messages about the scale of the danger and how to fight it, ensuring there was no coherent, unified response to a grave public health threat.

Despite those numbers, President Donald Trump is proposing to relax social distancing guidelines.

CNN reports: President Donald Trump told US governors on Thursday his administration was preparing to issue new, potentially more relaxed social distancing guidelines based on geographic risk factors for the novel coronavirus, even as some health experts warn it’s too early to allow Americans to congregate in large groups or return to their workplaces.In a letter, Trump said new coronavirus testing capabilities would allow his administration to identify “high-risk, medium risk and low-risk” counties where different levels of social distancing would be appropriate. “Our expanded testing capabilities will quickly enable us to publish criteria, developed in close coordination with the Nation’s public health officials and scientists, to help classify counties with respect to continued risks posed by the virus,” he wrote.

Trump was scheduled to speak at a White House briefing on the coronavirus shortly after 5 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. Watch it live below, and check out a few reactions to the latest news.

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As U.S. Passes China for Most Coronavirus Cases, Trump to Relax Social Distancing Guidelines: WATCH LIVE