News Round-Up: August 13, 2019

Max Souza (via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Max Souza looking ridiculously perfect in Brazil. #woof

• Norwich Evening News: A bus driver in the UK has been suspended pending an investigation after refusing to drive a bus he said “promotes homosexuality” because the ID number of the vehicle was written in a rainbow typeface.

• kenneth-in-the-212: Kenneth knows 'Morning Wood' when he sees it...

• Washington Blade: Cleveland Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. defended his sexuality after posting a photo of himself posing in Calvin Klein underwear.

• NY Times: Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado is considering ending his presidential bid and entering the race for his state’s Republican-held Senate seat, potentially giving Democrats a strong candidate in a race they must win to have hopes of retaking the chamber in 2021. Folks in Texas have urged former Rep. Beto O'Rourke to challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn in his reelection bid.

• The Advocate: As the first gay Black man to play the coveted role of 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill' (singing the Lerner/Loewe classic, "On The Street Where You Live") in My Fair Lady on Broadway, Christian Dante White is blazing a new trail.

• New Music: Brazilian singer, songwriter and the first drag queen to be nominated to a Latin Grammy and the MTV EMAs, Pabllo Vittar, releases her new single and music video for “Flash Pose” featuring Charli XCX.

Vittar is currently the most followed drag queen on social media in the world, and also #1 on VEVO and Spotify globally.

Vittar spent her 2019 summer touring Pride events across the US and Canada including Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.