ABOVE: From Broadway Bares 1!

BELOW: Keep reading for the Downton Abbey trailer, the death of a gay African thinker and a knock-your-eyepatch-off new Madonna cover ...

“It's 1927 — we're modern folk!” (Image via Focus Features)

PINK NEWS: Yes! The gay valet gets some action in the new Downton Abbey movie!

BBC: RIP Binyavanga Wainaina, the Kenyan writer who was named by Time one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his gay-rights activism. His satirical essay, “How to Write About Africa,” was his calling card. Acidic, it ends with:

Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.

His death is said to have come as the result of a short illness. He was just 48.

NBC NEWS: One of the most backward states in the union, Alabama, has refused to air the Arthur episode that features a same-sex weddiing.

STRIKE THE POSE !
Madonna est en couverture de TÊTU. INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE
Un magazine. Deux couvertures.
En vente dès demain. pic.twitter.com/iZbrJGi9gd

— TÊTU❌ (@TETUmag) May 21, 2019

TWITTER: Terrific promo by TÊTU for its new Madonna cover story. The other cover is also quite intriguing:

Antoine Griezmann 4 man (Image via TÊTU)

KENNETH IN THE (212): When your bulge is more famous than you are.

TWITTER: The Jonas Brothers are back:

THE MEASLES ARE BACK AND SO ARE THE JONAS BROTHERS! LET'S GO!!!!! pic.twitter.com/r5sbuK9qiP

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 21, 2019