ABOVE: A '70s classic.

BELOW: Keep reading for Jake on his Brokeback experience, Madison Cawthorn's gay challenger and more  ....

When playing gay took courage instead of taking roles away from gay actors. (Image via video still)

MSN: Jake Gyllenhaal talks about the stigma of playing gay in Brokeback Mountain, and whether gay people should play gay roles today.

NPR: It seems unbelievable that John Hinckley Jr. will next year receive an unconditional release from penal or mental supervision. Hinckley, you'll recall, nearly killed President Reagan in 1981 and wounded James Brady so severely that his death decades later was ruled a homicide. 

TWITTER: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) is being challenged for his seat by Jasmine Beach-Ferrera, an out lesbian. Her new attack ad:

Like too many young people before him, from around the world to right next door, Madison Cawthorn exhibits the signs of a young man who has been radicalized by extremists and is now—dangerously—radicalizing others. pic.twitter.com/eleKvss2FJ

— Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (@JBeachFerrara) September 22, 2021

NYT: R. Kelly is GUILTY. Major, major conviction.

YAHOO! NEWS: “For Many Gay Men, PrEP Is Everything While Undetectable Is Not Enough.”

Putin on the ritz (Image via video still)

INSTAGRAM: Beck Bennett will not be returning on the new season of SNL.