Boy Culture Links: Remembering Ramón Novarro, Karen Bass Draws a Progressive Challenger in L.A., Trump Doubles Down on Racism + MORE
FEBRUARY 7, 2026
BBC: A veteran barred from receiving benefits when he was expelled from the British military in 1966 is now forced to sue for them 60 years later — because the cut-off for reparations was 1967. Not how one should have to spend one’s eighties.
YOUTUBE: Billie Joe Armstrong says to ICE agents:
“Quit your shitty-ass job.”
HUFFINGTON POST: Trump continues to say his racist video about the Obamas was totally fine, even after he deleted it, even as prominent Republicans have called it what it is.
US WEEKLY: Elis Lundholm is competing in the Olympics in spite of his trans status. How? He’s a trans man, biologically female, but is competing with and against women and will meet all substance requirements. Now go be mad.
HOLLYWOOD TIMES: Phil Tarley’s review of Pillion.
BOY CULTURE: Don’t miss my full review of Pillion.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Nancy Pelosi likes what she sees in Jack Schlossberg.
PASTE: David Mamet is finally making Speed-the-Plow into a film … but he’s a right-wing douchebag now, so I can’t wait not to watch it. (Though I’d watch a documentary about him directing Sharon Stone behind the scenes.)
INSTAGRAM: The story of closeted gay superstar Ramón Novarro never gets any less sad with each passing year. His murder at the hands of two greedy brothers, the Fergusons, whom he’d hired for sex was legendarily brutal, and the aftermath was monetized just as brutally by the likes of Kenneth Anger, who lied about that lead dildo.
POLITICO: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was looking to cruise to a second term in spite of widespread criticism (and a laughable challenge from Spencer Pratt) … until her ally, Nithya Raman, a progressive, jumped into the race three hours before the deadline.
WSLS: Gov. Spanberger (D-Virginia) has signed a bill that will send numerous popular issues to voters — among them same-sex marriage. It’s already the law of the land, but … forever? Just in case, this would repeal:
“ … a previous amendment stating that marriage is only between one man and one woman, and prohibits the commonwealth from denying a marriage license to anyone, regardless of sex, gender or race.”
PINK NEWS: Scott Hinkle, who’s straight, opens up about losing his gay twin, Bob Hinkle, to alcohol, plus talks about what it was like having a gay brother in their rural hometown and how he is dealing with the crippling loss at such a young age.
