@boyculturedotcom Born 100 years ago today, the great James Baldwin (1924-1987). #jamesbaldwin #gay #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #love #boyculture ♬ Ooh I Love It (Love Break) - Salsoul Orchestra

ABOVE: James Baldwin was born 100 years ago today. One of the LGBTQ+ community's brightest lights, and he only lived to be 63.

BELOW: Keep reading for controversial bulges, Ryan Phillippe's blossom, Trump's vile history and more ...

Seriously, is this the '50s? (Image via Facebook)

FACEBOOK: Fucking Facebook has been riding my ass lately, deleting posts linking to my site by claiming I'm trying to get likes (um ... ?) and now deleting this very commonly used image of Jules Bouyer by saying it has sexual activity. It's a diver in a Speedo in a public event!

OMG.BLOG!: Ryan Phillippe showed off his blossoming pink. Hibiscus.

KENNETH IN THE (212): President Biden and VP Harris warmly greeted the prisoners freed from Russia on the tarmac in the U.S.

Mitch is a card-carrying Skull and Bones member. Er, skull and bones. (Image via Twitter meme)

WAPO: Hold your gasps, but Sen. Mitch McConnell is against term limits for Supreme Court justices.

INSTAGRAM: Trump is a lifelong racist goon.

JOE.MY.GOD.: Trump is a lifelong crook. Egypt handed him $110M in cash in 2017. HUH? This would mean an Egyptian dictator bailed out Trump's failing 2016 campaign, helping to hand him the presidency. This was investigated, and Barr blew it off. Our country needs major, massive, wide-reaching, prison-fueled healing from these people.

FILMMAKER: A “Black, gay Paris, Texas.”

SLATE: The full story of those cute gay Supermarket Sweep contestants who went viral 30 years later is — eye-opening. They're related by marriage. After the fact. Sorta.

THEATER MANIA: Keanu Reeves and his Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter are coming to Broadway in Waiting for Godot.

KAKE: Kansas patron leaves the word “FAG” as a tip for a server.

ADVOCATE: Gay dad was called a “pervert” by a right-wing host — and now he's suing. It should be legally actionable to casually call people perverts and pedos.

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA:The funeral for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer late last month, was indeed a celebration of life. Kamala Harris delivered a rousing eulogy. Among the speakers was Hillary Clinton, who in her uplifting speech manifested a win for Kamala — before warmly hugging the VP.

@boyculturedotcom Iconic moment — Hillary, who won the popular vote, hugs VP Kamala Harris, who is going for the electoral college too this time, kids, at the celebration of life for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on August 1, 2024. #sheilajacksonlee #kamalaharris #kamalaharris2024 #hillaryclinton #voteblue #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture