Michigan’s Lesbian AG Excoriates Trump for Removing Mask at Ford Plant

Donald Trump sent “the worst possible message” by appearing on camera with no mask, Attorney General Dana Nessel says.

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With lights out on Broadway, these black artists are facing their biggest role yet—a pandemic
But what happens when a global pandemic hits and for the first time in Broadway history, theaters are forced to go dark for an extended period?

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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Trailer Highlights Hidden Gay Atrocities

After exploring the AIDS crisis and the life of Marsha P. Johnson, filmmaker David France is back.

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Biden Asks Klobuchar to Undergo Vetting for VP: ‘I Literally Cannot Imagine a Less Inspiring Ticket’

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has asked Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting so she can be considered as a potential vice presidential running mate.

CBS News reports: The request for information from potential running mates like Klobuchar “is underway,” a senior Biden campaign aide tells CBS News. If a potential contender consents, she should be poised to undergo a rigorous multi-week review of her public and private life and work by a hand-picked group of Biden confidantes, who will review tax returns, public speeches, voting records, past personal relationships and potentially scandalous details from her past. While several are expected to consent to a vetting, at least one potential contender has bowed out. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, who is running for reelection this year, declined Biden’s invitation to be considered, according to a person familiar with her decision. But Senator Maggie Hassan, the other New Hampshire senator, has agreed to be vetted, according to local news reports.

While Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams have dominated public speculation, one influential Democrat told Vanity Fair this week that Klobuchar remains in contention.

“The theory is she would help him in the Midwest and in swing states, because Klobuchar doesn’t scare off moderates like Liz Warren does,” the Democrat said. “Joe would also be betting that blacks are so energized to get rid of Trump that he could get through not picking Harris or Abrams, because he’ll have Barack Obama hitting the field for him. That’s one calculus. I don’t know that I agree.”

More from the Hill: If Biden were to choose Klobuchar as his running mate, he would add a fellow moderate to the Democratic ticket – a move that may help win over some independents and centrists, but one that would almost certainly anger liberals, who are pushing Biden to choose a progressive as his running mate. Norman Solomon, a longtime activist who is advising the progressive political action committee Once Again PAC, said that it would be a mistake for Biden to choose Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing that it would upend his efforts to unite the Democratic Party. “Someone like Klobuchar is anathema to broadening the ticket,” Solomon said in a recent interview. “If Biden is serious about unity then he’s got to pitch a tent big enough to include progressives.”

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Fatal Shooting of Louisiana Black Gay Man May Have Been Hate Crime

McKinsley LaKeith Lincoln had been “the target of harassment and discrimination,” his mother said.

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Meet the hunky Spanish doctor who beat coronavirus and just became Mr. Gay World Pride

30-year-old Francisco José Alvarado is a family doctor at Lavapiés Health Center in Madrid. While working tirelessly to help COVID-19 patients back in March, he contracted the virus. After making a full recovery, he returned to work. Now, he’s just been named Mr. Gay World Pride.

Alvarado says he first developed symptoms of COVID-19 around March 10.

“I began to notice them while on duty at the hospital,” he tells a local Spanish media outlet. “It started with a dry cough, but we were in a moment of collective chaos, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”

The next day, Alvarado says he started feeling achy and fatigued. Having just finished a 24-hour shift, however, he assumed he was tired from work.

“Coming out of a 24-hour shift, it is normal that you have the feeling that you have been beaten. It was hard to tell if that usual tiredness was from work or the symptoms.”

 

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But the next day, his symptoms worsened. He decided to get tested for coronavirus. When the test came back positive, he immediately went into self-quarantine.

“When I told my grandmother, she started crying. Little was known about the disease at the time and there was fear of uncertainty,” he says.

After nearly 20 days in quarantine, Alvarado no longer had any symptoms and eventually tested negative for the virus. A week later, he returned to work.

That was in early April. Then last week, he was busy tending to patients when he got a call. It was Mr. Gay World Pride calling to inform him he was being granted the title.

Alvarado had placed second in the competition the previous year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Gay World Pride announced it was postponing its 2020 competition. In the meantime, they needed someone to fill in, since 2019’s winner Janjep Carlos’s reign had officially concluded. As the first runner up, Alvarado got the title.

“I was at the health center when they told me,” Alvarado recalls, saying the unexpected news was a welcomed surprise during a stressful time.

He now says he hopes to use his platform to fight against homophobia.

“We must continue fighting against it,” he says. “It was 30 years ago yesterday that the World Health Organization stopped calling homosexuality a mental illness. Today, in 2020, it continues talking about conversational therapies to cure homosexuality.”

Mr. Gay World Pride says it plans to hold its official 2020 and 2021 competitions simultaneously sometime next year.

Scroll down for more pics from Alvarado’s Instagram page…

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