Beckett Cypher, Son of Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher, Dead at 21

No cause of death has been revealed, but more details are forthcoming.

www.advocate.com/news/2020/5/13/beckett-cypher-son-melissa-etheridge-and-julie-cypher-dead-21

Trump Says Anthony Fauci’s Advice to Senate Cautioning the Reopening of Schools Amid COVID-19 Crisis is ‘Not Acceptable’ — WATCH

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned a Senate panel that opening schools too soon could endanger kids, remarks that Donald Trump on Wednesday called “not acceptable.”

Said Fauci on Tuesday: “We don’t know everything about this virus, and we really better be very careful, particularly when it comes to children. Because the more and more we learn, we’re seeing things about what this virus can do that we didn’t see from the studies in China or in Europe. For example, right now, children presenting with COVID-19 who actually have a very strange inflammatory syndrome, very similar to Kawasaki syndrome. I think we better be careful, that we are not cavalier in thinking that children are completely immune to the deleterious effects.””

Said Trump when asked about the remarks on Wednesday: “I was surprised by his answer, actually, because it’s just– To me, it’s not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools. The only thing that would be acceptable”

“This is a disease that attacks age, and it attacks health. … But with the young children and students, just take a look at the statistics, it’s pretty amazing.”

Trump rebukes Fauci, says his testimony about how opening schools amid a pandemic might not be a great idea was “just not an acceptable answer.”

“This is a disease that attacks age. It attacks health,” Trump adds. pic.twitter.com/qgdOG8qvKZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2020

The post Trump Says Anthony Fauci’s Advice to Senate Cautioning the Reopening of Schools Amid COVID-19 Crisis is ‘Not Acceptable’ — WATCH appeared first on Towleroad Gay News.

Trump Says Anthony Fauci’s Advice to Senate Cautioning the Reopening of Schools Amid COVID-19 Crisis is ‘Not Acceptable’ — WATCH

COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate — and Neither Should We

The pandemic has fueled anti-Asian bias, and it’s incumbent on us all to speak out against such bigotry.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/13/covid-19-doesnt-discriminate-and-neither-should-we

Daily Dose: The life and ‘Tales’ of a gay writing giant

Welcome to Queerty’s latest entry in our series, Queerantined: Daily Dose. Every weekday as long as the COVID-19 pandemic has us under quarantine, we’ll release a suggested bit of gloriously queer entertainment designed to keep you from getting stir crazy in the house. Each weekend, we will also suggest a binge-able title to keep you extra engaged.

The Birthday Candle: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

In honor of Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin turning 76 today, we offer up the documentary biopic of the man himself. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin includes extensive interviews with Maupin, his husband Christopher Turner, family, friends and collaborators like Laura Linney, Ian McKellen, Olympia Dukakis and Amy Tan.

Fans of Tales of the City will no doubt notice conspicuous parallels between Maupin’s own life and those of his characters. More intriguing, however, are Maupin’s recollections of the controversies he endured as a writer, including the right-wing backlash to the Tales of the City miniseries, which almost got PBS defunded. The author also remembers the decimation of AIDS, how the crisis shaped his life and relationships, as well as how the epidemic only boosted his activism and drove home the need to tell LGBTQ stories.  Who’d have thought that one of Maupin’s most touching stories, would be his own?

Streams on Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube.

www.queerty.com/daily-dose-life-tales-gay-writing-giant-20200513?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29