ABOVE: Ross Collab cuteness.

BELOW: Keep reading for a deep dive into Jussie Smollett's mindset, Trump/Cohen bombshells, gay mascot comes out and more ...

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THR: The Hollywood Reporter turns in a lengthy cover story on what may have happened behind the scenes leading up to Jussie Smollett's widely discredited claim that he was the victim of a hate crime.

DAILYKOS: Bombshell in the Cohen hearings — Trump was signing Trump Org checks as POTUS. 

TOWLEROAD: Kamala Harris favors decriminalizing sex work and making marijuana legal, but yeah, she's too much of a “cop” as some on the left have claimed.

The man behind the mask (Image via Charlie Bird)

DESERET NEWS: Charlie Bird, who danced as Cosmo the Cougar for BYU at sporting events, comes out as gay, writes about feelings of shame and isolation.

JOE.MY.GOD.: Hillary has a good laugh over Trump's Nobel Peace Prize aspirations.

LGBTQ NATION: Gay aspiring pastor pleads for acceptance.

SOUNDCLOUD: Check out the Kisos song “Happily Ever After.”

POZ: HIV transmission rates in the U.S. declined modestly from 2010-2013, then stagnated through 2016.

VARIETY: Matt Bomer playing gay superhero on TV series Doom Patrol.

Bomer will be Negative Man (Image via Warner Bros. TV)

THE GRAPEVINE: Janet Jackson announces a Las Vegas residency.

TIME: Chinese broadcaster censors Rami Malek's reference to Freddie Mercury as a gay man.

YOUTUBE: The new ep of Gay Code is alllll about trade: