ABOVE: And she's got good advice, too!

BELOW: Keep reading for more on Austin Wolf, Trump trying to eradicate trans, Blanchett on straights playing gays, midterms mania and more ...

Wolf (center) with Boomer Banks (L) and Sister Roma (R) (Image via Twitter)

TWITTER: Austin Wolf is battling a mile-high controversy, but he isn't hiding — Instagram deleted him, but he's on Twitter and appeared at the Str8UpGayPorn Awards: 

Getting ready for the @Str8UpGayPorn awards https://t.co/gy0fkG2qoA

— Austin Wolf (@LoveAustinWolf) October 22, 2018

TPM: In a new memo, the Trump Administration seeks to classify trans people out of existence.

KENNETH IN THE (212): Now that is a bicep!

GR8ERDAYS: RIP to a Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) cast member.

Here we go a'Caroling ...  (GIF via GIPHY)

BBC NEWS: Add Cate Blanchett to the list of people who think it's no big deal for straight actors to play gay characters.

GAY FLESHBOT (WORK UNFRIENDLY): Hottest peens and craziest rumps ... from horror movies.

GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: In a new interview, Ellen DeGeneres recalls the devastating initial reaction to news that she was coming out:

When I came out, I had death threats and there was a bomb threat, but they misjudged the time of the taping. We had already finished, and thank God.

HUFF POST: Inside the tough campaign being waged by Ammar Campa-Najjar in a red district in California.

POLITICO: McConnell's remarks in which he appears to be gunning for Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are thought to be a boon — for red-state Dem candidates.

NBC NEWS: Dems hold 9-point advantage heading into midterms — but both parties have unprecedented enthusiasm.

GR8ERDAYS: Onetime screen god Alain Delon, now 82, gives a bitter interview, in which he states he's ready to die — and wants to take his dog and any future wife with him!

BOSGUY: On the short film Trophy Boy, starring Emryhs Cooper.

When all the trips dry up ... (Image via Trophy Boy)