ALSO:\u00a0Aaron Hernandez\u2019 Gay Lover Speaks Out: \u2018We Didn\u2019t Want People to Know\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\nOMAROSA<\/strong>. Trump and Ivanka\u2019s relationship is creepier than we thought<\/a>.<\/p>\nWITHDRAWN<\/strong>. Hillary Clinton has security clearance withdrawn at her request<\/a>: \u2018The State Department\u2014in a letter dated Sept. 21<\/a>\u00a0but publicly released Friday\u2014 told Sen.\u00a0Chuck Grassley<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that the security clearance was revoked on August 30 after Clinton requested that it be withdrawn\u2026The State Department added in the letter to Grassley that five of Clinton\u2019s aides had also had their security clearance revoked. Four of the names are redacted but one aide listed in the email is\u00a0Cheryl Mills, who worked as Clinton\u2019s chief of staff.\u2019<\/p>\nDONALD DATERS<\/strong>. New dating app for Trump supporters<\/a>.<\/p>\nBANKRUPT<\/strong>. Sears files for Chapter 11<\/a>. \u201cSears, once the largest retailer in the U.S., has now\u00a0filed for bankruptcy protection<\/a>\u00a0and said Monday morning it plans to close 142 more stores this year \u2014 adding to the stores the retailer already shuttered in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\nWILLIAM COORS<\/strong>. Ultraconservative brewery owner who sparked boycott is dead at 102<\/a>: \u2018Coors brewery workers struck in 1977 over many issues, including the use of lie-detector tests to ferret out employees who were gay<\/a> or whose politics were considered radical. Workers who crossed picket lines voted the union out. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. declared war, calling for a boycott that lasted 10 years and caused Coors sales and market shares to fall sharply. At labor\u2019s behest, many black, Hispanic, gay<\/a> and feminist groups joined the boycott as time went on, adding to its power.\u2019<\/p>\nDAVID PERDUE<\/strong>.\u00a0Senator David Perdue (R-GA) rips phone from student trying to ask him about voter suppression<\/a>. \u2018In the\u00a0video<\/a>, posted to the Young Democratic Socialists of America\u2019s Twitter feed, Perdue is asked by a student at Georgia Tech about an Associated Press report which said that over 53,000 voter applications were on hold in Secretary of State Brian Kemp\u2019s office. An analysis conducted by the Associated Press found that a majority of those applications in limbo were African American.<\/p>\n\nToday @sendavidperdue<\/a> visited Tech to campaign for Kemp. A student tried asking a simple question about @BrianKempGA<\/a> ‘s racist scheme to threaten voter registrations from black people, but before he could even finish the question, Perdue stole his phone. pic.twitter.com\/K0iffU57Di<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 YDSA Georgia Tech (@YDSAGT) October 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nGOOD STANDING<\/strong>. New play chronicles life of a gay Mormon<\/a>: \u2018The play follows a man<\/a> named Curtis as he is called before a \u201ccourt of love\u201d with local church leaders, where he faces excommunication for the sin of marrying the man<\/a> he loves.\u2019<\/p>\nG-A-Y<\/strong>. Charli XCX performs in London<\/a>.<\/p>\nHADRIAN<\/strong>. New Rufus Wainwright opera contains nudity and gay sex scenes<\/a>: \u2018\u201dI\u2019m a gay<\/a> man<\/a>, and gay<\/a> men<\/a> have been fans of opera for hundreds\u00a0of years, but sadly there\u2019s not been any big characters who are gay<\/a> on the stage,\u201d said Wainwright,\u00a0during a break at\u00a0the opera\u2019s dress rehearsal earlier this week. Hadrian has its world premiere at Toronto\u2019s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday.\u2019<\/p>\nTRANSPARENT<\/strong>. Amazon series will conclude with two-hour musical<\/a>: \u2018In a\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0profile, series creator\u00a0Jill Soloway\u00a0and their sister, Faith, are said to be working on music with transgender performer Shakina Nayfack. The musical would reportedly stream on Amazon in fall 2019. \u201cIt will hopefully feel like\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em>\u00a0mixed with\u00a0La La Land<\/em>\u00a0mixed with\u00a0Flight of the Conchords<\/em>\u00a0with something more Jewish thrown in,\u201d Soloway said. \u201cA little\u00a0Yentl<\/em>.\u201d (Fans of\u00a0Transparent<\/em>\u00a0will recall that the\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack featured heavily into Season 4.)\u2019<\/p>\nNIA NAL<\/strong>. Natalie Maines on being Supergirl\u2019s transgender superhero<\/a>: \u2018So far it\u2019s been so positive and it\u2019s just been this complete outpouring of love and support for me as an actor, for me as a trans<\/a> woman<\/a> and for this character. I think so many people are relieved and happy and excited to see someone like them on television. And to see someone like them on television as a superhero! Seeing yourself as a superhero is kind of the most validating thing.<\/p>\nFLAT EARTHERS OF THE DAY<\/strong>: CBS Sunday Morning visits followers of the Flat Earth movement. \u201cThe perimeter of Flat Earth is a wall of ice\u2026That\u2019s what\u2019s containing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nBREAKOUT POP STAR OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Dua Lipa, on Nightline<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nTRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. A Head Full of Dreams.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nTHANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Revisiting ABBA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nMONDAY MUSCLE<\/strong>. Wilson Cruz.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe post William Coors, Gay Mormon, Sears, David Perdue, Flat Earth, Jamal Khashoggi, Rufus Wainwright: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n
WITHDRAWN<\/strong>. Hillary Clinton has security clearance withdrawn at her request<\/a>: \u2018The State Department\u2014in a letter dated Sept. 21<\/a>\u00a0but publicly released Friday\u2014 told Sen.\u00a0Chuck Grassley<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that the security clearance was revoked on August 30 after Clinton requested that it be withdrawn\u2026The State Department added in the letter to Grassley that five of Clinton\u2019s aides had also had their security clearance revoked. Four of the names are redacted but one aide listed in the email is\u00a0Cheryl Mills, who worked as Clinton\u2019s chief of staff.\u2019<\/p>\n DONALD DATERS<\/strong>. New dating app for Trump supporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n BANKRUPT<\/strong>. Sears files for Chapter 11<\/a>. \u201cSears, once the largest retailer in the U.S., has now\u00a0filed for bankruptcy protection<\/a>\u00a0and said Monday morning it plans to close 142 more stores this year \u2014 adding to the stores the retailer already shuttered in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n WILLIAM COORS<\/strong>. Ultraconservative brewery owner who sparked boycott is dead at 102<\/a>: \u2018Coors brewery workers struck in 1977 over many issues, including the use of lie-detector tests to ferret out employees who were gay<\/a> or whose politics were considered radical. Workers who crossed picket lines voted the union out. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. declared war, calling for a boycott that lasted 10 years and caused Coors sales and market shares to fall sharply. At labor\u2019s behest, many black, Hispanic, gay<\/a> and feminist groups joined the boycott as time went on, adding to its power.\u2019<\/p>\n DAVID PERDUE<\/strong>.\u00a0Senator David Perdue (R-GA) rips phone from student trying to ask him about voter suppression<\/a>. \u2018In the\u00a0video<\/a>, posted to the Young Democratic Socialists of America\u2019s Twitter feed, Perdue is asked by a student at Georgia Tech about an Associated Press report which said that over 53,000 voter applications were on hold in Secretary of State Brian Kemp\u2019s office. An analysis conducted by the Associated Press found that a majority of those applications in limbo were African American.<\/p>\n Today @sendavidperdue<\/a> visited Tech to campaign for Kemp. A student tried asking a simple question about @BrianKempGA<\/a> ‘s racist scheme to threaten voter registrations from black people, but before he could even finish the question, Perdue stole his phone. pic.twitter.com\/K0iffU57Di<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 YDSA Georgia Tech (@YDSAGT) October 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GOOD STANDING<\/strong>. New play chronicles life of a gay Mormon<\/a>: \u2018The play follows a man<\/a> named Curtis as he is called before a \u201ccourt of love\u201d with local church leaders, where he faces excommunication for the sin of marrying the man<\/a> he loves.\u2019<\/p>\n G-A-Y<\/strong>. Charli XCX performs in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n HADRIAN<\/strong>. New Rufus Wainwright opera contains nudity and gay sex scenes<\/a>: \u2018\u201dI\u2019m a gay<\/a> man<\/a>, and gay<\/a> men<\/a> have been fans of opera for hundreds\u00a0of years, but sadly there\u2019s not been any big characters who are gay<\/a> on the stage,\u201d said Wainwright,\u00a0during a break at\u00a0the opera\u2019s dress rehearsal earlier this week. Hadrian has its world premiere at Toronto\u2019s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday.\u2019<\/p>\n TRANSPARENT<\/strong>. Amazon series will conclude with two-hour musical<\/a>: \u2018In a\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0profile, series creator\u00a0Jill Soloway\u00a0and their sister, Faith, are said to be working on music with transgender performer Shakina Nayfack. The musical would reportedly stream on Amazon in fall 2019. \u201cIt will hopefully feel like\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em>\u00a0mixed with\u00a0La La Land<\/em>\u00a0mixed with\u00a0Flight of the Conchords<\/em>\u00a0with something more Jewish thrown in,\u201d Soloway said. \u201cA little\u00a0Yentl<\/em>.\u201d (Fans of\u00a0Transparent<\/em>\u00a0will recall that the\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack featured heavily into Season 4.)\u2019<\/p>\n NIA NAL<\/strong>. Natalie Maines on being Supergirl\u2019s transgender superhero<\/a>: \u2018So far it\u2019s been so positive and it\u2019s just been this complete outpouring of love and support for me as an actor, for me as a trans<\/a> woman<\/a> and for this character. I think so many people are relieved and happy and excited to see someone like them on television. And to see someone like them on television as a superhero! Seeing yourself as a superhero is kind of the most validating thing.<\/p>\n FLAT EARTHERS OF THE DAY<\/strong>: CBS Sunday Morning visits followers of the Flat Earth movement. \u201cThe perimeter of Flat Earth is a wall of ice\u2026That\u2019s what\u2019s containing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n BREAKOUT POP STAR OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Dua Lipa, on Nightline<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. A Head Full of Dreams.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Revisiting ABBA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MONDAY MUSCLE<\/strong>. Wilson Cruz.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The post William Coors, Gay Mormon, Sears, David Perdue, Flat Earth, Jamal Khashoggi, Rufus Wainwright: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n