News Round-Up: December 27, 2018

Markie More (image via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Adult film performer Markie More (above) recently accused his former studio producer of making death threats.

• Gender-neutral, sexually fluid pop star Miley Cyrus married her hunky longtime boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth.

• According to those who've seen a test screening, Disney's first openly gay character (in the upcoming The Jungle Cruise) never says he's gay in the film.

• Greater Palm Springs now has its own LGBTQ entertainment and news radio station, K-GAY 106.5FM. You can listen online by clicking here.

• A New York City taxi driver has been suspended and fined for kicking a gay man out of his taxi for - you guessed it - being gay.

• Lawmakers in India have passed a bill banning gay couples from becoming parents through surrogacy.

• Earlier today, McClatchy News reported, "A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at the height of the presidential campaign, leaving an electronic record to support claims that Cohen met secretly there with Russian officials, four people with knowledge of the matter say."

Cohen has long said he not only didn't meet with Russians in Prague but that he has never been to Prague. He took to Twitter today to again deny the allegation.

I hear #Prague #CzechRepublic is beautiful in the summertime. I wouldn’t know as I have never been. #Mueller knows everything!

— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) December 27, 2018