News Round-Up: November 2, 2018

From the 2019 Red Hot American Boys Calendar

Some news items you might have missed:

• The 2019 Red Hot American Boys Calendar is out! Photographer Thomas Knights says he created the project because growing up he had no red-headed, strong male role models. He says "ginger guys were portrayed in TV and film as ugly and weak." Well, he's remedied that.

The project raises money for Athlete Ally, an organization committed to equal access to sports participation regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

• Marc Sophos, who created the OutCasting public radio & podcast programs, will be honored at the AARP Purpose Prize Awards in December. OutCasting gives LGBTQ teens a space to speak freely and hear about topics of interest specific to their world.

Congratulations and thanks to Marc for his commitment to creating safe airways for LGBTQ youth!

• Donald Trump acknowledged today that Republicans could very well lose the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. He says,"I'll figure it out."

Pres. Trump says Democrats taking power in midterm elections "could happen."

"You know what you do? My whole life, you know what I say? 'Don't worry about it, I'll just figure it out." https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/MkPh2XszuV

— ABC News (@ABC) November 2, 2018

• An Iowa library has received hundred of books and thousands of dollars after a hater checked out LGBT-themed books and publicly burned them.

• Gay billionaire Peter Thiel says he'll continue to support Donald Trump in 2020, and explains that Trump's lies are just "exaggerations of the truth." Uh-huh, right.

• New from Randy Report favorite Clean Bandit, "Baby" features Marina and the oh-so-sexy Luis Fonsi in this Cuban-influenced dance floor-filler complete with same-sex storyline of lost love. The new single is the latest from Clean Bandit's new album, What Is Love?

You can check out my many posts covering Clean Bandit here, and check out the sexy new video below.