HIV-Positive Service Members Targeted by Trump Win Partial Victory

Members of an LGBTQ military organization will be protected from discharge for having HIV.

www.advocate.com/news/2020/3/27/hiv-positive-service-members-targeted-trump-win-partial-victory

On Being an Extrovert in the Time of Social Distancing

Queer people have often turned to found family and groups of people for stimulation. Here’s how one gay extrovert is coping. 

www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/27/being-extrovert-time-social-distancing

Asked if Everyone Who Needs a Ventilator Will Get One, Trump Tells Reporter, ‘Don’t Be a Cutie Pie’: WATCH

President Donald Trump had a bizarre response Friday when asked whether everyone who needs a ventilator will be able to get one during the coronavirus crisis.

During a briefing at the White House, ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Trump, “Are you able to guarantee, to assure these states, these hospitals, that everybody who needs a ventilator will get a ventilator?”

“Here’s what I’ll tell you: I think we’re in really good shape,” Trump responded. “This is a pandemic the likes of which nobody’s seen before. It think we’re in great shape. .. Ventilators are a big deal. We’ve distributed vast numbers of ventilators, and we’re prepared to do vast numbers. I think we’re in great shape. I hope that’s the case. I hope we’re going to have leftovers so we can help other people, other countries.”

Karl then repeated his question: “Will everyone who needs one be able to get a ventilator?”

“Look, don’t be a cutie pie, OK?” Trump responded. “Nobody’s every done what we’ve done. Nobody’s done anything like we’ve been able to do. And everything I took over was a mess. It was a broken country in so many ways, in so many ways other than this. We had a bad testing system, we had a bad stockpile system, we had nothing in the stockpile system. So I wouldn’t tell me what you’re — you know, like, being a wise guy.”

Watch it below.

JON KARL: So everybody who needs a ventilator will be able to get one?

TRUMP: “Look, don’t be a cutie pie. ‘Everyone who needs one’- nobody’s ever done what we’ve done. Nobody’s done anything like we’ve been able to do. Everything I took over was a mess. It was a broken country” pic.twitter.com/5eN8Q3pzrA

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2020

Watch it below.

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Asked if Everyone Who Needs a Ventilator Will Get One, Trump Tells Reporter, ‘Don’t Be a Cutie Pie’: WATCH

Texas Online Film Fests Offer Must-See Content for LGBTQ Viewers

The Thin Line Fest and Dallas VideoFest offer films and real-time Q&A’s for those sheltering in place.

www.advocate.com/film/2020/3/27/texas-online-film-fests-offer-must-see-content-lgbtq-viewers

The Weekend Binge: Living the -very- high life in New York

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 Blaze: High Maintenance

High Maintenance represents one of the great success stories of the digital age. The series centers on a weed deliveryman known only as “The Guy,” as he sprints around New York City delivering his product to customers. Each episode focuses on The Guy interacting with new characters going through some sort of crisis. That extends to a number of LGBTQ characters who rely on The Guy for their supply…and maybe just a bit of talk therapy. High Maintenence started as web series on YouTube before landing on HBO; you can still find the early episodes floating on the web. The cable era, of course, lends itself to higher production value and technical polish. Either way, how delightful to experience New York during lockdown, and with a bit of human comedy to boot.

Streams on HBO, YouTube, iTunes, Amazon, & Hulu.

www.queerty.com/weekend-binge-living-high-life-new-york-20200327?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

NRA Sues to Have Gun Stores in California Deemed ‘Essential’ During Coronavirus Lockdown

The NRA filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to have gun stores in California deemed essential businesses so they can remain open during the state’s coronavirus lockdown.

The Sacramento Bee reports: [Gov. Gavin] Newsom is among as the defendants listed in the lawsuit, as is Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who on Thursday issued a statement that gun stores in the county are not an essential business and that they must close to the general public. The NRA, along with several other plaintiffs including two individuals, filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Newsom has left the matter of whether firearm retailers are essential to the discretion of county sheriffs. “Municipalities who target lawful gun stores for closure aren’t promoting safety—by weaponizing their politics to disarm you and your loved ones, these shameless partisans are recklessly promoting a gun-control agenda that suffocates your self-defense rights when you need them most,” said Jason Ouimet of the NRA. The lawsuit contends that Newsom’s order, and Villanueva’s enforcement of that order, is depriving lawful gun owners of their Second Amendment rights. 

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NRA Sues to Have Gun Stores in California Deemed ‘Essential’ During Coronavirus Lockdown