Homophobe Anita Bryant dies at 84

Anita Bryant, la cantante y exreina de belleza que tuvo una floreciente carrera musical en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, pero cuya oposición a los derechos de la comunidad LGBTQ —calificaba la homosexualidad de “abominación”— prácticamente destruyó su carrera, murió el 16 de diciembre en su casa de Edmond, Oklahoma. Tenía 84 años.

Variety announced today that New Queer Cinema trailblazer Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Milk) has come on board as a producer for upcoming “psychosexual thriller” Antinous, named after ancient Roman emperor Hadrian’s young lover.The feature directorial debut from artist & photographer Stuart Sandford, the film will be a modern-day drama about a young actor who is convinced he’s the reincarnation of Antinous, telling a story that “bridges the grandeur of ancient Rome with Hollywood’s obsession with youth, beauty and immortality.” We’re in!It’s an especially rich source for Van Sant, Sandford, and their team to draw from for a film: Sure, there are precious few details about the real-life Antinous, and his life was cut tragically—and mysteriously—short, but his legacy looms large in history.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Little is known about Antinous’s origin, but it’s believed he lived in Bythnia, the far eastern reaches of the Roman Empire, and was possibly as young as 11 when he first met Hadrian, who was in his 40s.Over the years, historians have offered up opposing theories about his background—that possibly he was a slave, or a prince, or possibly an illegitimate son of the emperor himself. But one thing pretty much all experts can agree on was that he possessed a striking beauty, which is certainly what caught Hadrian’s eye.Now, if you’re a regular reader of Queerty, we’re sure we don’t have to tell you that, during this time, it was not uncommon for men to sleep with other men, and especially for those in power to take up a much younger male lover.

pic.twitter.com/pSsGy3MxyZHis post is light, fun and cheeky… much like Troye Sivan’s “gay” morning pill ritual. Jacob is a gay man on holiday, and thanks to the wonders of modern medicine, he can enjoy the local cuisine without worrying about contracting a deadly virus. Or he’s just being a normal, responsible person and taking a preventative drug in which the benefits are immense and the risks are basically non-existent.

De Amerikaanse anti-lhbti-activist Anita Bryant is op 16 december op 84-jarige leeftijd overleden. Haar familie heeft dat vandaag bekendgemaakt.

Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech.

In recent weeks, the D.C. Council passed the Fairness in Human Rights Administration Amendment Act. Provided that this bill is signed by Mayor Bowser and not objected to by Congress, it will correct some of the loopholes in the District’s sexual harassment laws that were overlooked when the Council passed the latest iteration of the D.C. Human Rights Act in 2022.

“Center Aging Friday Tea Time” will be at 2 p.m. on Zoom. This is a social hour for older LGBTQ adults. Guests are encouraged to bring a beverage of choice. For more details, email adam@thedccenter.org.  Women in their Twenties and Thirt

announced the change on January 7, noting that it was eliminating its third-party fact-checking system and replacing it with a user-based “Community Notes” model similar to the one employed by X.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg further announced the company would be relocating its content moderation teams from California to Texas to “help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.”All of it is being done in the name of promoting “free expression,” with Meta kowtowing to right-wing MAGA critics who claim the platform has limited the visibility of posts from conservatives or and has censored “free speech” as it pertains to religious or social issues, such as users who refuse to recognize transgender identity as valid.Perhaps most appallingly, Meta has updated its “Hateful Conduct” policy to allow the use of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and offensive terms, according to The Verge.In its revised policy, Meta defines prohibited “hateful conduct” as direct attacks against people — rather than concepts or institutions — on the basis of protected characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or affliction with a serious disease.It also considers age a protected characteristic when referenced along with another protected characteristic.However, it appears to have carved out a host of exemptions that will specifically allow certain types of hate-based speech directed at LGBTQ individuals on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.For example, Meta claims that it prohibits “calls for exclusion or segregation when targeting people based on protected characteristics.” However, it will allow users to argue in favor of excluding LGBTQ individuals from certain careers or public spaces.Instances of this include occasions when an organization refuses to hire — or fires — an LGBTQ person due to an employer’s sincerely held religious beliefs opposing homosexuality.Additionally, Meta

If you enjoy gay adult films, there is a high likelihood you have seen or at least heard of Boomer Banks. His tattoos, muscles, masculine presence, and thick mustache have made him one of the most recognizable — and awarded — Latinx gay adult performers in the industry. This weekend, Banks heads to the nation’s capital to partake in Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend.