LESS THAN TWO MINUTES<\/strong>. How long Donald Trump lasted, according to Stormy Daniels<\/a>.<\/p>\n CHRIST AND THE HOMOSEXUAL<\/strong>. Rev. Robert Wood, who urged Christian acceptance of gay people, dies<\/a>: \u2018The Rev. Robert W. Wood, who boldly urged Christian clergymen in a 1960 book to welcome gay<\/a> men<\/a> and women<\/a> to their churches in a time of widespread prejudice against them, and went on to march in early gay<\/a>-rights protests, died on Aug. 19 at his home in Concord, N.H. He was 95.\u2019<\/p>\n CHARLES KOCH<\/strong>. Conservative group plans\u00a0$5 million spend on attack ads going live in\u00a0Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennessee attacking the Democratic Senate candidates<\/a>: \u2018The biggest spend is in Missouri, where AFP will put $2.1 million behind a 30-second ad attacking Sen.\u00a0Claire McCaskill<\/span>\u00a0(D-Mo.) as a \u201ccareer politician\u201d who voted for ObamaCare. The ad also highlights government contracts her husband\u2019s company received.\u2019<\/p>\n FLORIDA<\/strong>. Bernie-backed Andrew Gillum wins Democratic primary for governor, is Florida\u2019s first black gubernatorial candidate<\/a>. \u2018Nominating Gillum represents a strategic break for Democrats. For most of the last 20 years, the party has nominated centrist candidates for governor, hoping they could appeal to middle-of-the-road voters and\u00a0Republicans<\/a>. It hasn\u2019t worked, and Democrats have lost every governor\u2019s race for the past 20 years. Gillum, 39, urged Democrats to try something different by\u00a0nominating a progressive<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 him \u2014 to rally the Democratic base in November. Lesbian mom Lauren Baer wins U.S. House primary<\/a>. \u2018Baer beat corporate attorney and former U.S. Navy JAG officer\u00a0Pam Keith. About 58 percent of St. Lucie and Martin county voters supported Baer. Palm Beach County was still counting election results.\u2019<\/p>\n TYLER THE CREATOR<\/strong>. Rapper changes pronoun to \u201che\u201d on love song \u201cSometimes\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018UNMITIGATED CHAOS\u2019<\/strong> North Carolina Republicans freak after court strikes down state\u2019s U.S. House district maps<\/a>: \u2018A three-judge panel on Monday ruled North Carolina\u2019s 13 congressional districts were unconstitutional because they had been drawn with too much consideration of partisanship in order to give Republicans an unfair advantage, in violation of the First Amendment rights of state voters. The panel gave plaintiffs and respondents until Friday to suggest a path forward, one that could lead to new district lines being drawn just days before the state Board of Elections has to print ballots for midterm elections on Nov. 6.\u2019<\/p>\n CALIFORNIA<\/strong>. Resolution passed condemning intersex surgeries on children<\/a>: \u2018The Legislature passed a resolution demanding\u00a0the medical community\u00a0halt nonconsensual medical procedures that try to cosmetically \u201cnormalize\u201d variations in intersex children\u2019s sex<\/a> characteristics. The resolution, which calls<\/a> the practice a human rights violation, is a landmark moment\u00a0for the intersex community, advocates say. \u2018<\/p>\n RUSSIA<\/strong>. First Russian gay married couple who fled to the Netherlands, speak to VICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n TEXAS<\/strong>. Company begins selling 3-D gun blueprints against court\u2019s order<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThis judge\u2019s order stopping us from simply giving things away was only an authorization that we can sell it, that we can mail it, that we can e-mail it, that we can provide it by secure transfer,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cI am doing all of those things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n MALTA<\/strong>. Gay blood donation policy to be eased<\/a>.<\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/strong>. David and Julia Koch, NYC\u2019s richest couple, buy $40 million mansion on a whim<\/a>: \u2018The seller was real-estate mogul Joseph Chetrit, who bought the property as part of six 19th-century row houses in 2007 for a combined $26 million and turned them into three double-wide mansions \u2014 gutting the interiors but keeping the facades intact. The one the Kochs bought was the largest of the three. \u201cThey just fell in love with it and felt like they had to have it,\u201d a source said.\u2019<\/p>\n HRC<\/strong>. Eric Holder, Danica Roem and Nelson Araujo to speak at Human Rights Campaign national dinner.<\/p>\n .@HRC<\/a> is excited to announce that @EricHolder<\/a>, Danica Roem (@pwcdanica<\/a>) & @NelsonAraujoNV<\/a> will speak at @HRC<\/a>\u2019s 22nd annual #HRCNationalDinner<\/a>. @StaceyAbrams<\/a>, the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, will also address HRC volunteers earlier that day. t.co\/9YMaZB2kvE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) August 29, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n CRAIG ZADAN<\/strong>. Memorial for prolific producer to be held<\/a>: \u201cThe event, to be held at the Television Academy\u2019s headquarters in North Hollywood, was originally set up to be the ETF\u2019s annual West Coast gala Thespians Go Hollywood, which was to honor Zadan and his producing partner Neil Meron with the group\u2019s first-ever Theatre For Life Award. But after Zadan\u2019s sudden death a week ago at age 69 due to complications from shoulder surgery, the evening will now become the official memorial and celebration of Zadan\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n UNCLE BUDDIES<\/strong>. Elton John and a shirtless David Beckham<\/a>.<\/p>\n HUMP DAY HOTTIE<\/strong>. Luis Urribari.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The post David Beckham, Craig Zadan, Intersex Surgery, 3-D Guns, Human Rights Campaign, Stormy Daniels, Tyler the Creator: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n