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Saying Bi, Bi, Bi to a Decade of Increased Bi+ Visibility
Saying Bi, Bi, Bi to a Decade of Increased Bi+ Visibility
Post submitted by HRC Digital Media Manager Helen Parshall and HRC Editorial Producer Rokia Hassanein
As 20BiTeen comes to an end and another decade wraps up, we want to look back on some of the standout moments for bi+ representation over the last 10 years. We use the term “bi+” as an umbrella term for identities that are not exclusively same-sex attracted or different-sex attracted, such as bisexual, pansexual, queer and sexually fluid.
From the big screen to the small screen, music and sports, we have seen a bigger spotlight on the stories and experiences of bi+ people, who make up the largest percentage of the LGBTQ community.
Here are 10 of our favorite moments for bi+ visibility, in no particular order.
1. West Hollywood hosts a bisexual pride parade.
The 2018 celebration, thought to be the country’s first ever city-sponsored, bisexual-themed pride, was hosted by the City of West Hollywood, HRC’s Los Angeles Steering Committee and amBi.
HRC Los Angeles is Proud to be a Co-Host for this historic event on Saturday! Catch up on the event here: t.co/85DQKvTMFZ
And be sure to join us this weekend! pic.twitter.com/0XAmv8cLfP
— HRC Los Angeles (@HRCLosAngeles) September 21, 2018
2. Janelle Monáe comes out, and the internet exploded with searches.
When Janelle Monáe came out as “a queer Black woman in America” in 2018, it was a moment of visibility that resonated with many — evidenced by the number of Google searches for the definition of pansexual.
3. Ryan Russell brings bi+ visibility to football.
NFL free agent Ryan Russell made history this year by coming out as bisexual in a powerful essay on ESPN. “My truth is that I’m a talented football player, a damn good writer, a loving son, an overbearing brother, a caring friend, a loyal lover and a bisexual man,” Russell said.
4. The Obama administration welcomes bi+ leaders from around the U.S. to the White House.
In 2015 and 2016, the administration held two powerful bisexual community briefings in conjunction with Bisexual Awareness Week to talk about issues facing the bi+ community and to celebrate bi+ identities. HRC staffers were among the featured speakers to share their stories of navigating the intersections of their identities as bi+ people.
5. 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the bisexual pride flag.
For more than 20 years now, the bisexual pride flag has been a symbol of visibility and connection for bi+ people around the world. It was created by BiNet USA’s Michael Page to increase the visibility of bi+ people within the broader LGBTQ community.
For the past 20 years, the bisexual pride flag has been a symbol of bi pride and visibility.
Today, @HRC is proud to celebrate its anniversary with the bi community around the world. ������ pic.twitter.com/G97lRqwt6x
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) December 5, 2018
6. Sara Ramirez brings bi+ visibility to the screen and to the frontlines of activism.
From her powerful coming out story in 2016 to her groundbreaking roles in shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Madam Secretary and her work with organizations such as True Colors United, Ramirez works to create spaces where bi+ people feel safe enough to celebrate one another openly and without fear.
Those of us who love more than one sex/gender use many different labels, but we share a common experience: our presence makes people uncomfortable. Our very existence as #bisexual threatens heteronormativity and the gender binary. —@SaraRamirez #HRCTwitterTakeover
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 26, 2018
7. Tessa Thompson creates historic bi+ representation in the Marvel cinematic universe.
While there are many comic characters in books that are bi+, one made her way into Marvel’s cinematic universe. Valkyrie, played by out actor Tessa Thompson, is the first bi+ superhero in the franchise’s movie. “As king, she needs to find her queen,” Thompson said this year.
“As king, she needs to find her queen.”
Actor @TessaThompson_x is bringing visibility to the big screen worldwide playing Valkyrie, @Marvel‘s first LGBTQ superhero! #MarvelSDCC #Thor4 t.co/xdnBnayC5I
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 22, 2019
8. “Getting Bi” gets stuck in our heads after watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
The show Crazy Ex Girlfriend created storylines about a diverse group of people, including at least three bisexual characters. A major plot line in the show features Darryl, played by Pete Gardner, who came out as bisexual in a song and dance called “Gettin’ Bi” — an anthem for bi people that dispels myths, debunks stereotypes and gave us epic “singing in the shower” material.
9. Pro-equality bi+ candidates are elected up and down the ballot.
From Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s historic victory in 2016 and Arizona’s Sen. Kyrsten Sinema becoming the first out bi+ person elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and the U.S. Senate in 2018, to leaders like Wisconsin State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa and Minneapolis’ Andrea Jenkins, bi+ people are moving equality forward at the federal, state and local levels.
�� Making history, @KyrstenSinema wins #AZSen race, becoming the nation’s first openly bisexual U.S. senator. #ElectionResults2018 ��t.co/qZo9s8veCM
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) November 13, 2018
10. MTV’s “Are You The One” becomes the first reality show to feature an all bi+ cast.
In 2019, the MTV show became the perfect match for many LGBTQ people with its bold choice to feature an all bi+ cast. “As a person of color, as a gender non-conforming person … all my life I’ve just wanted to see myself represented just [the] slightest bit — to not only see myself represented but to be the representation that I wanted to see,” Basit Shittu, a Brooklyn-based artist and cast member of the show, who joined HRC at our annual #BiWeek event.
As part of our #BiWeek celebrations, @HRC was proud to host a panel about bi+ visibility in the media with:
��@AREUTHE1‘s @TheBasitShow
��@AdvocatesTweets‘ Khadija Khan
��@HRC’s @PartiallyHelen
��@TransEquality‘s @charlescgirardand other bi+ community members and advocates pic.twitter.com/bXZa02Xa6n
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 20, 2019
For more information about the bi+ community, visit hrc.org/Bisexual.
Idina Menzel, AIDS Vaccines, Zambia, Bacon, Albino Alligator, Melania Trump, Shawn Mendes: HOT LINKS
Idina Menzel, AIDS Vaccines, Zambia, Bacon, Albino Alligator, Melania Trump, Shawn Mendes: HOT LINKS
IMPEACHMENT. White House refuses to participate in first House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. ‘The committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday titled “The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment.” The panel will hear from legal scholars as Democrats weigh whether the evidence turned up in their weeks-long impeachment inquiry warrants the drafting of articles aimed at removing the president from office.’
HER TURF. New biography of Melania Trump’s discontent with Ivanka as well as “that she sleeps in a separate bed from the president, that she doesn’t really care about her “Be Best” anti-bullying campaign, and that her hospitalization for kidney problems in May 2018 was much more serious than the media had first reported.”
BE BEST. No blood red trees in Melania Trump’s White House decorations this year.
AIDS VACCINE? Three ongoing vaccine trials offer hope: “While any of these three late-stage HIV vaccine trials — known as HVTN 702, Imbokodo and Mosaico — could fail, scientists say they are more hopeful than at any time since 1984, when Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler raised hopes by predicting that there would be a test-worthy HIV vaccine within two years.”
ZAMBIA. U.S. Ambassador to Zambia blasts high court ruling sentencing two men to 15 years in prison for homosexuality: “I was personally horrified to read yesterday about the sentencing of two men, who had a consensual relationship, which hurt absolutely no one, to 15 years imprisonment,” he said in an emailed statement Friday. “Decisions like this oppressive sentencing do untold damage to Zambia’s international reputation by demonstrating that human rights in Zambia” are “not a universal guarantee.”
A NUMBER OF THINGS. Gayle King grills Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about meeting with Trump kept quiet by White House.
Q: What was the nature of your meeting with Trump? Can you say?
ZUCKERBERG: “Ah, sure, I mean, we talked about, ahm, a number of things that were on his mind, and, um, some of the topics that you’d read about in the news around, around, um, our work.” pic.twitter.com/b2rqHoZrn7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 2, 2019
JOHN MCWHORTER. The woke attack on Pete Buttigieg: “Pique of this heat in this situation seems totally unjustified, unless you perceive Buttigieg’s comments as a form of blasphemy. It is as if Buttigieg gave a Christian sermon without mentioning God or Jesus, or listed only five Commandments. It’s one thing to observe that someone’s analysis is incomplete. It’s another to read that incompleteness as a kind of willful denial, sit in fury, and tar someone as a lying MF guilty of negligent homicide. As I’ve said before, this sort of response is more religious than rational; it bypasses the bounds of logic into the realm of imposed liturgy, of ritual: We are less to think than to pose and follow.”
ALABAMA. Rosa Parks statue unveiled: “This depiction will inspire future generations to make the pilgrimage to our city, to push toward the path of righteousness, strength, courage and equality,” said Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, who took office as the first African-American mayor of the city last month.
BRAZIL. Woman sentenced to 25 years for killing gay son: “Tatiana Ferreira Lozano Pereira is accused of stabbing her 17-year-old son, Itaberli Lozano, to death in Sao Paulo when hitmen failed to do the job in December 2016.”
DON’T CRY FOR ME. Shawn Mendes pulls an Evita in his underwear.
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CASTING. Ryan Murphy casts queer actress Jo Ellen Pellman for lead role in The Prom: “Pellman will star as Emma, a high school senior in Indiana who is banned from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Following the controversial decision, four Broadway stars (Streep, Corden, Kidman, and Rannells), in an attempt to champion a good cause and not-so-coincidentally rehabilitate their careers, head to the small town to support Emma.”
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MALE MODEL MONDAY. Stefan Petrov, Chase Mattson, Armando Smith, Rafael Miller and more.
BATH OF THE DAY. NC’s albino alligator.
ICYMI: Albino alligator gets a good scrub in North Carolina pic.twitter.com/YgOddmB43m
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 1, 2019
CHRISTMAS VIDEO OF THE DAY. Idina Menzel and Billy Porter “I Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”.
BACON STUDY OF THE DAY. A look at the link between processed meat and cancer.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Zach Graves.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel Dined With Donald Trump at White House
Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel Dined With Donald Trump at White House
Thiel, Trump’s top Silicon Valley supporter, sits on Facebook’s board.
www.advocate.com/politics/2019/11/21/mark-zuckerberg-peter-thiel-dined-donald-trump-white-house
Kenneth Starr Wonders on FOX News if Senators Will ‘Make Trip to White House’ and Call on Trump to Resign ‘in Light of What We’ve Heard Today’ — WATCH
Kenneth Starr Wonders on FOX News if Senators Will ‘Make Trip to White House’ and Call on Trump to Resign ‘in Light of What We’ve Heard Today’ — WATCH
FOX News commentator Kenneth Starr suggested that “in light of what we’ve heard today” from Ambassador Gordon Sondland if senators are going to pressure Donald Trump to resign.
Said Starr: “The real issue is, the senators are watching. Are senators going to now say in light of what we hear today, it’s going to be a long day even with the ambassador alone, in light of what we have heard, ‘We need to make a trip down to the White House?’ That historic example set during the Nixon presidency. From what I’ve been able to glean I don’t think that’s going to happen. But obviously what happens today could—has the potential to be a game-changer.”
“Are senators going to now say, in light of what we hear today….we need to make a trip down to the White House—that historic example set during the Nixon presidency.”
Ken Starr on the implications of Sondland’s damning testimony: pic.twitter.com/iXGaNWybjL
— CAP Action (@CAPAction) November 20, 2019
Starr added: “There will be articles of impeachment, I think we’ve known that … It’s over … This is his position, we now know that the president, in fact, committed the crime of bribery … Articles of impeachment are being drawn up if they haven’t already been drawn up.”
Ken Starr: “There will be articles of impeachment, I think we’ve known that … It’s over … This is his position, we now know that the president, in fact, committed the crime of bribery … Articles of impeachment are being drawn up if they haven’t already been drawn up.” pic.twitter.com/82NOwczpej
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 20, 2019
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Nancy Pelosi Shades Trump Directly, Schooling Him on ‘Exculpatory,’ Says President Has ‘Admitted to Bribery’ — WATCH
Nancy Pelosi Shades Trump Directly, Schooling Him on ‘Exculpatory,’ Says President Has ‘Admitted to Bribery’ — WATCH
Nancy Pelosi spoke to reporters on Thursday, addressing Donald Trump directly and explaining that the president has admitted to bribery.
Said Pelosi: “The devastating testimony corroborated evidence of bribery uncovered in the inquiry and that the president abused power and violated his oath by threatening to withhold military aid and a White House meeting in exchange for an investigation into a political rival,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference. … you know we’re talking Latin around here — e pluribus unum, from anyone, quid pro quo, bribery, and that is in the Constitution, attached to the impeachment proceeding. … The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into the elections — that’s bribery.”
Watch: Nancy Pelosi describes Trump’s Ukraine actions.
“What the president has admitted to… it’s bribery.”pic.twitter.com/khX7nHFwND
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 14, 2019
Pelosi also delivered some real shade as only she can do:
Epic shade as Speaker Pelosi takes Trump to school:
PELOSI: “If the president has anything exculpatory …”
Pauses and looks directly at camera.
PELOSI: “Mr. President, that means if you have anything that shows your innocence.” pic.twitter.com/zMxwSNeLK5
— Karl Frisch (@KarlFrisch) November 14, 2019
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Armie Hammer, Mick Mulvaney, Michael Bloomberg, Helen Mirren, Glenn Greenwald, Mini Cheetahs, Jack Falahee: HOT LINKS
Armie Hammer, Mick Mulvaney, Michael Bloomberg, Helen Mirren, Glenn Greenwald, Mini Cheetahs, Jack Falahee: HOT LINKS
MICK MULVANEY. Trump chief of staff defies impeachment inquiry subpoena one minute before he was due to appear: “This morning, one minute before his scheduled deposition was to start, Mr. Mulvaney’s outside counsel informed us that his client had been directed by the White House not to comply with the duly authorized subpoena and asserted ‘absolute immunity,’ ” the official said in a statement.
DOPPELGANGER. Helen Mirren is flattered to be mistaken for Keanu Reeves’ girlfriend.
WHERE WE ARE ON TV. GLAAD report finds good news for LGBTQ representation: “Of the 879 regular characters expected to appear on broadcast scripted primetime programming this season, 90 (10.2%) were identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. This is the highest percentage GLAAD has found in the fifteen years this report has counted all broadcast series regulars. There were an additional 30 recurring LGBTQ characters.”
WHISTLEBLOWER. Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower sends White House cease-and-desist letter warning Trump to stop attacks: “I am writing out of deep concern that your client, the President of the United States, is engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower, and their family in physical danger,” Andrew Bakaj wrote to White House counsel Pat Cipollone in a Thursday letter obtained by CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. Billionaire former NYC mayor poised to enter 2020 presidential race, will spend whatever it takes: “Mike will spend whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump,” a Bloomberg source said. “The nation is about to see a very different campaign than we’ve ever seen before.”
ELIZABETH WARREN. Here’s my calculator…
Welcome to the race, @MikeBloomberg! If you’re looking for policy plans that will make a huge difference for working people and which are very popular, start here: t.co/6UMSAf90NT
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 7, 2019
BILLY GRAHAM. Anti-gay evangelist to be honored with statue in U.S. Capitol. “The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced the honor on Thursday, which also marked Graham’s 101st birthday. Graham died in 2018 at the age of 99.”
TRIGGERED. Donald Trump Jr. was invited on The View for some reason and it was rancid.
VAPING. Trump may raise vaping age to 21: “We’re going to be coming out with a very important position on vaping,” Trump said. “We have to take care of our kids, most importantly, so we’re going to have an age limit of 21 or so, so we’ll be coming out with something next week very important on vaping.”
BACK TO BROADWAY. Armie Hammer is set to star in The Minutes.
BRAZIL. Far-right politician takes swing at Glenn Greenwald: Nunes had said, “I was thinking of this couple: Glenn Greenwald spends the day on Twitter or working as a recipient of stolen messages; David is in Brasilia […]. Who takes care of the children they adopted? That’s what the Juvenile Court should investigate.”
Este vídeo mostra o momento em que Augusto Nunes agride Glenn Greenwald, que o havia chamado de “covarde”. pic.twitter.com/ura1Xbhr13
— BuzzFeedNewsBR (@BuzzFeedNewsBR) November 7, 2019
ROBOT TESTING OF THE DAY. Mini cheetahs. “MIT’s new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals a champion gymnast. The four-legged powerpack can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right-side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an average person’s walking speed.”
TRAILER OF THE DAY. The Invisible Man.
FRIDAY FLASH. Jack Falahee.
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Allegations That Trump Staged ‘Situation Room’ Photo After Pete Souza Points Out its Time Stamp Doesn’t Match Time of Reported ISIS Raid (When Trump Was Said to Be Golfing)
Allegations That Trump Staged ‘Situation Room’ Photo After Pete Souza Points Out its Time Stamp Doesn’t Match Time of Reported ISIS Raid (When Trump Was Said to Be Golfing)
Pete Souza, the White House photographer for Presidents Obama and Reagan, pointed out that the time stamp on a photo released by the White House of Trump in the Situation Room with a group of aides and military officials monitoring the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound did not match up with the reported time of the raid. This prompted users on social media to suggest the photo was “staged”, a word which immediately began trending. Trump was also reported to be golfing at the time of the raid.
The raid, as reported, took place at 3:30PM Washington time. The photo, as shown in the camera IPTC data, was taken at “17:05:24”. t.co/XV0MFfFiTt
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
Trump aide Dan Scavino tweeted: “President Trump is joined by VP Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, left; Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, and Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, Deputy Director for Special Operations……on the Joint Staff, at right, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House monitoring developments as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria with a mission to kill or capture the terrorist.”
Newsweek adds: “In response to another now-deleted tweet, Souza continued acknowledging, that at the very least, it is possible the raid was still ongoing when Trump was photographed Saturday. “It’s entirely possible that the raid was still going on at 5:05 p.m. Before drawing definite conclusions about the photo, reporters need to nail down the actual timeline of the raid.” Daily Kos Trending News Manager Jennifer Hayden remarked that a Trump golf outing tracker showed the president was golfing at 3:33 p.m. Washington time, as the raid was happening.”
Photo is staged pic.twitter.com/CwW7QNoQn7
— Rick Mazzoli (@RickMazzoli) October 27, 2019
So Donald Trump was playing golf at the time the raid occurred…and the photo they released was staged several hours afterward?
Is that true?
Sounds about right for this White House.
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 27, 2019
According to the public schedule, they left the golf club at 3:33pm. They reported the raid took place at 3:30pm. An hour and a half later they staged the photo. pic.twitter.com/WUvytlCiwR
— MrsDSF (@MrsDSF) October 27, 2019
Unbelievable.
It wasn’t enough to announce the killing of #alBaghdadi. They had to do a STAGED Situation Room photo. trump was golfing when the kill happened.
I prefer the one w/President Obama and VP Biden looking intense, and Hillary looking worried.
THAT shit was REAL. pic.twitter.com/PaQG7qK8Vz
— BrooklynDad_Defiant Savage! (@mmpadellan) October 27, 2019
One contextual note: during the raid itself, I made around 100 photos. I chose what I thought was the best one. I made around 1,000 photos throughout that day. Every photo was saved (as required by the Presidential Records Act), and eventually every photo will be made public. t.co/fdpQ2BLqdb
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
Just to be clear, I didn’t say it was staged. Trump himself said he didn’t arrive to the Situation Room until “around 5pm”. So it’s definitely possible the photo was taken during the raid. t.co/h3yx8BbLAT
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
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Jerry Falwell Jr. Clubbing, Stephen King, The Raven, Tina Turner, Wrabel, iPhone 11, Lunch-Shaming: HOT LINKS
Jerry Falwell Jr. Clubbing, Stephen King, The Raven, Tina Turner, Wrabel, iPhone 11, Lunch-Shaming: HOT LINKS
DORIAN. White House pressed NOAA to repudiate weather forecasters who contradicted Trump’s claims on the hurricane’s path. ‘Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, to have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly disavow the forecasters’ position that Alabama was not at risk. NOAA, which is part of the Commerce Department, issued an unsigned statement last Friday in response, saying that the Birmingham, Ala., office was wrong to dispute the president’s warning.’
JERRY FALWELL JR. Miami Beach nightlife agency releases photos of Jerry Falwell Jr. and his son partying at a South Beach nightclub after Falwell alleged he was photo-shopped into them.
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME. Will it be J Lo?
LUNCH SHAMED. School district makes changes after 9-year-old is given “alternate” lunch on his birthday because his mother owed $9. “Jefferson Sharpnack told his grandmother, Diane Bailey, that he was denied his lunch tray when he went to check out. Instead of getting the cheesy breadsticks he had picked out, he was given a piece of cheese and bread by the lunch staff at Green Primary School in Uniontown, Ohio.”
IT: CHAPTER TWO. Stephen King gives his blessing to the gay character surprise: “But again, it’s one of those things that’s kind of genius, because it echoes the beginning. It comes full circle.”
THE RAVEN. New Hope, Pennsylvania’s most popular gay bar, The Raven, is closing, to make way for a parking lot.
WHITE PRIVILEGE. Chelsea Handler opens up.
PRIVATE DANCER. Tina Turner talks about her retirement: “I don’t sing. I don’t dance. I don’t dress up. I was just tired of singing and making everybody happy. That’s all I’d ever done in my life.”
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. City Council members support ban on gay conversion therapy. “A city that values diversity, equity and inclusivity can’t stay silent about a barbaric and abusive practice that targets LGBTQ+ youth. I am proud that members of Richmond’s City Council joined me in opposing the inhumane and regressive practice of conversion therapy and affirming the sexual orientation and identities of all Richmonders,” Mayor Stoney said in a statement.
CHARLESTON. The Candlestick murder trial of 1958 remembered. “Stony was a black man trying to make it home alive. Blake was a gay ex-con trying to keep both points a secret. Together, they were headed for Charleston.”
YEVGENIY FIKS. Photographer records the gay cruising sites of Moscow.
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER. Kristen Stewart wants to play a gay superhero.
NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. “Flickers” by Wrabel.
TRAILER OF THE DAY. See starring Jason Momoa.
iPHONE 11. Marques Brownlee’s first impressions of the new phones.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Michael Weferling.
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