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ABOVE: I don't know why, but this strikes me as so gay.

BELOW: Keep reading for Brian J. Smith, a feckless gay GOPer, a Black man pining for Jim Crow and more ...

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BOYCULTURE SUBSTACK: Check out my (free!) piece on Brian J. Smith, the Sense8 actor who has directed the new doc A House Is Not a Disco. His film, which is making the film-fest rounds, is possibly on a subject close to your heart: Fire Island.

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CBS NEWS: How fascinating — an upcoming book will chronicle the life and work of pioneering gay journalist Randy Shilts, who did much good and some bad (suggesting one person was largely responsible for the spread of AIDS). It is eerie to me that I was alive when he was alive, and worked at St. Martin's Press when they published him. And so much time has passed that he died long ago and is already something of a political figure.

CBS NEWS: Democrats in the Senate tried to protect contraception — yes, this is a fight we're having in 2024! — only to have 39 Republicans stop the effort dead in its tracks.

ADVOCATE: Gay Republican excuses Arizona GOP's anti-gay rhetoric.

OMG.BLOG!: Actor Jan Jakubal gets naked for Kafka:

Turning the other cheeks (GIF via GIPHY)

HUFF POST: Trump's toughest case — including one he has already lost — is the one in Georgia, where the appeals court has now stalled progress until it decides whether to remove DA Fani Willis.

COMPLEX: Republican 50 Cent cozied up to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) today, and also posed with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and some others. How does Ben Crump sleep at night working for 50 Cent?

POLITICO: Trump lost support after becoming a felon. I still think polling is broken.

TWITTER: This is unreal. Black Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) openly states that Black people were better off UNDER JIM CROW:

Trump VP contender Byron Donalds claims life was better for Black Americans “during Jim Crow” pic.twitter.com/5l78s3ppPM

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 5, 2024

P.S. Donalds is soooooo concerned about Black families. His wife isn't Black.

Byron Donalds is deplorable https://t.co/3e2gAS60rO

— Fly Sistah (@Fly_Sistah) June 5, 2024

TWITTER: Does Trump have, like, rabies?

I like presidents without rabies. https://t.co/geG2v0kb0G

— Heather Thomas (@HeatherThomasAF) June 6, 2024

HUFF POST: I'm glad Jodie Foster didn't realize she could say no to movie and TV gigs as a kid — that led to Candleshoe!

INSTAGRAM: Oprah made a Pride Month post in honor of her late brother, who died of AIDS complications.