Trans Woman Nina Pop Stabbed to Death in Missouri

Pop is at least the 10th transgender person to be murdered in the U.S. this year.

www.advocate.com/crime/2020/5/06/trans-woman-nina-pop-stabbed-death-missouri

Daily Dose: In a time of illness, learn from those who have survived

Welcome to Queerty’s latest entry in our series, Queerantined: Daily Dose. Every weekday 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 binge-able title to keep you extra engaged.

The Relevant: How to Survive a Plague

Here at Queerty’s Daily Dose, we’ve tried to keep our screening recommendations to light-hearted, intriguing, or generally escapist fare. After a two month lockdown, getting depressed comes easily. That said, with social distancing restrictions loosening and the Trump Administration talking about dissolving the COVID task force by the end of the month, we think a reminder of dire times–and how to endure them–is in order.

Which brings us to today’s film: How to Survive a Plague. Director David France chronicles the horror of the AIDS crisis, from the earliest rumblings of a so-called “gay cancer” to a full-blown epidemic, the result of misinformation and government inaction. France interviews early AIDS activists, including Peter Staley and Larry Kramer, as well as covers the inception of radical groups like ACT UP. Commentators in the media and activists like Kramer have already commented on the parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and AIDS: government mishandling, a recommendation of untried and deadly “treatments” which actually made patients worse, conspiracy theories, and self-righteous voices that call for ignoring those infected with the pathogen. France scored an Oscar nomination for the movie, his directorial debut, and with good reason–How to Survive a Plague is one of the best queer films ever made. As the world stands at a pivotal moment in combating another deadly disease, the AIDS epidemic, complete with all its failures, offers tender, if ominous lessons for surviving the coronavirus.

Streams on Amazon, YouTube and iTunes.

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Ted Cruz Blasts Hollywood’s ‘Kowtow’ to China’s Antigay Censors

The antigay senator has suddenly become a crusader against censorship.

www.advocate.com/politics/2020/5/06/ted-cruz-blasts-hollywoods-kowtow-chinas-antigay-censors

After downplaying coronavirus, Fox News hosts received VIP treatment from White House for PPE requests

In case there were any lingering doubts that Donald Trump gives preferential treatment to those willing to stroke his ego, this should surely put all questions to rest.

At least two Fox News hosts had their requests for hard-to-get personal protective equipment expedited by the Trump administration, according to the Washington Post.

Six different officials on Jared Kushner’s coronavirus task force say that volunteers were ordered to prioritize requests for PPE from Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro and Brian Kilmeade. Specifically, they were instructed to “fast-track” orders from “VIPs.”

You may be wondering why two homophobic TV hosts were contacting the White House for PPE in the first place, and that is a very good question. The answer is not known.

Related: Fox News fires more of its most popular conspiracy theorists amid coronavirus misinformation lawsuit

In early March, Pirro claimed “all the talk about coronavirus being so much more deadly [than the flu] doesn’t reflect reality.” Just a few weeks later, she hounded the coronavirus task force until it finally sent 100,000 masks to her preferred hospital.

Meanwhile, Kilmeade, who praised Wisconsin for holding an election during the middle of a pandemic and said 60,000 dead Americans was a sign of success, contacted two officials within the Trump administration several times about buying the lifesaving protective equipment presumably for himself and his family.

Now here’s the real kicker, according to three of the six sources, the task force used personal email accounts rather than official government email addresses, to coordinate the shipments.

A spokeswoman for Fox News says that neither of the hosts knew their requests were being prioritized.

These latest reports about Fox News personalities getting priority treatment by the Trump administration comes just a few weeks after it was revealed Trump met privately with Laura Ingraham to discuss promoting the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure to COVID-19.

Related: Why is non-expert Laura Ingraham having secret meetings with Donald Trump about coronavirus?

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Annie Lennox, Maluma, Chris Evans, Utah, Chromatica, Betsy DeVos’s New Rules, X Æ A-12: HOT LINKS

HIS NEXT STRATEGY. Trump to begin public questioning of coronavirus death toll. “A senior administration official said he expects the president to begin publicly questioning the death toll as it closes in on his predictions for the final death count and damages him politically.”

AHMAUD ARBERY. Disturbing video shows two white men shooting down black jogger, claiming they thought he was a burglar.

FLORIDA. Coronavirus infection began as early as December: “State health officials have documented at least 170 COVID-19 patients reporting symptoms between Dec. 31, 2019, and February 29, according to a Miami Herald analysis of state health data. Of them, 40 percent had no apparent contact with someone else with the virus. The majority had not traveled.”

10TH ANNIVERSARY. Actor T.R. Knight celebrates meeting his husband a decade ago.

WOOF. Chris Evans is not going to be a dog groomer anytime soon, though.

X Æ A-12. Here’s what’s behind Elon Musk and Grimes’s child’s name, which is pronounced Sasha Archangel.

TENNIS, ANYONE? Novak Djokovic slammed for flouting quarantine guidelines in Spain. “The tennis club that allowed Djokovic to play Monday is taking the blame for the violations … saying it misinterpreted the rules and mistakenly gave Novak permission to train on its courts.”

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Que bueno esto punto.. Te gusta correr Carlos? Estoy muy feliz con tu movimiento so happy to play on clay .. well, just for a bit with my phone in the hands. I don’t recommend this to anyone 18- years old

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FLAUNTING IT. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler is hoping her cash can bail her out: “She’s unlikely to quell the criticism from opponents in both parties that erupted over her stock trades. But allies and supporters of the senator’s campaign had been eager for her to go on offense and end a cycle of negative attention spotlighting the relatively unknown lawmaker. And Loeffler, who has already loaned $10 million to her own campaign and has pledged to spend more, has vast resources available to try to push her message.”

UTAH. COVID-19 outbreak of 68 cases traced to businesses that defied lockdown. “Nearly half of the employees of a Utah County business tested positive for COVID-19 after the business instructed employees to not follow quarantine guidelines and required staff who had tested positive to report to work, according to a written statement from county executives.”

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DAY. Lady Gaga says her next album, Chromatica, will be out May 29.

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The journey continues. You can officially join me on #Chromatica on May 29.

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SCOTLAND. First gay couple to get access to fertility treatment from NHS speaks out: “Ross and Chris Muller say they and their families can’t wait to meet their baby boy, who is due to be born to a surrogate mum in early August.”

MUSKY. Tom Cruise plans to shoot movie in space.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. Betsy DeVos alters school rules: “The new regulations narrow the definition of sexual harassment and require colleges to hold live hearings during which alleged victims and accused perpetrators can be cross-examined to challenge their credibility.”

KEVIN MAXWELL. Black, gay police officer who was forced to quit the service after years of abuse, publishes book: “The biggest regret I have, which also blurs into shame, is that I allowed it to happen and that I said nothing for such a long time. I also feel a lot of shame that I joined the force in the first place and didn’t listen to the friends who warned me not to. Perhaps if my mum had tried to stop me I would have listened to her but she had respect for the police and she encouraged me. Now when I think about those wasted years, which I will never get back – I can’t describe how that feels. I lost everything – my marriage, my home, my income, my mental health. All of it.”

NEKKID. A Netflix eye candy round-up.

PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY. Annie Lennox “A Thousand Beautiful Things”

HOME TOUR OF THE DAY. Maluma.

HUMP DAY HAIRY. Dan Roberge.

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Quarantine day

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