Online Extra: Political Notes: A few laughs from the B.A.R. email inbox (and one good gift idea)

One year after returning to the WNBA after her release from a Russian gulag and declaring, “I’m never playing overseas again,” Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner and her wife announced they have something even bigger coming up this summer.

This week, April 15 – 21, marks National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, a project launched by the Deaf Queer Resource Center to uplift, support, and bring greater visibility to these multiply marginalized communities. Every day this week, Queerty will be spotlighting a short film that focuses on deaf, queer characters—all of which you can watch right now.Today’s short, Ode To Pablo, begins with a familiar scene.A lone, young Afro-Latino man—the titular Pablo (Ian Vasquez)—is practicing shooting hoops on a basketball court when a group of three young men roll up, seemingly miffed someone’s playing on their turf.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Heading on to the court, the guys challenge Pablo to a game of pickup.

twink boyfriend Romeo?A new production of Romeo and Juliet is headed to Broadway this fall, featuring Heartstopper breakout Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler as its titular leads.And if that wasn’t enough to get the theater gays going, the show –– stylized as Romeo + Juliet, a lá Baz Luhrmann –– is directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Gold and will apparently be a musical, with compositions by Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey‘s go-to producer pal Jack Antonoff. Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.The play’s biting tagline is “The youth are f**ked.” But it sounds like the gays will be well-fed!Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will star in a modern-day adaption of ‘ROMEO + JULIET’ on Broadway this Fall.Music made by Jack Antonoff.

The Evening Standard, Courtney Love shared her unvarnished thoughts about some of the biggest female pop stars of our time and, let’s just say, shots were fired. And Gay Twitter X™ has responded accordingly.First, here’s a quick recap of what the 59-year-old rocker said…On Taylor Swift:Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.On Madonna:I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me.

Jurassic Park movie, someone in the casting department at Universal Studios is a clever girl… This week, it’s been reported that out heartthrob Jonathan Bailey is being eyed for a lead role in a new chapter of the Jurassic World franchise, a “fresh take” that would apparently not feature recent series stars like Chris Pratt (yay!) or original trilogy icons like Laura Dern (boo!).Bailey, fresh off his Emmy-worthy run in gay historical drama Fellow Travelers, will soon be singing his heart out in the highly anticipated Wicked movies, and this potential Jurassic-sized role seems to herald his arrival as the gay blockbuster movie star we’ve been waiting for.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Considering all the noise he made just for showing up at CinemaCon in a sparkly blue top, it would appear Bailey’s major moment in the spotlight has already arrived.A post shared by Queerty (@queerty)But wait, there’s more!According to some widely circulating rumors, both Dev Patel and Colman Domingo are potentially up for roles, too, with the latter star reportedly being courted to play the movie’s villain (presumably a human villain, mind you, and not some genetically engineered dinosaur).Patel, of course, just showed us what a smokin’ hot ally he was with his trans/inclusive action flick Monkey Man, while Domingo continues his streak as Hollywood’s most booked and busy queer trailblazer, chasing his Rustin Oscar nomination with roles in Nat King Cole and Michael Jackson biopics, Netflix conspiracy thriller The Madness, and indie festival darling Sing Sing. Honestly, the question remains whether or not he’ll have time for a visit to Jurassic Park!A hottie AND a trans ally? Dev Patel, the man that you are!But our point is: Bailey, Patel, and Domingo in one movie??? If this is what being queer-baited feels like, we actually want more of it, please.