 Linda Quinlan. I'm Keith Ghostland. I'm Ann Charles. Welcome to All Things LGBTQ. We're taping in my Peel Your Vermont, which is unseated indigenous land, and it is Tuesday, August 8th. We have a lot going on, starting with Linda with national news. And here we go. Carmick and Let's Make a Deal host is living his authentic life and has publicly come out as pansexual. In an interview, an essay published Monday with people, Bradley51 said, I am pansexual. Or, the who's line is in any way star joked, bisexual. With an open mind, I love all people equally. And now that includes myself, he said. Harper star David Daniels and his husband Scott Walters pleaded guilty Friday to a sexual assault of a young man in 2010. Daniels and Walters reached a plea agreement as their trial was about to begin in Harris County in Houston. The Houston Chronicle reported the deal means the two men will avoid prison time. The man who spent more than 60 letters threatening violence to the Stonewall Inn and other LGBTQ individuals, allies and affiliated businesses was denied a request for early release from prison. Robert Firling claimed in a letter to Long Island federal court judge, Joanna Sebert, that he was not a hateful man. And that remaining prisoner amounted to a death sentence due to inadequate medical care behind bars. Firling is serving a 30 month sentence for a string of hateful and threatening letters sent to the LGBT plus community between 2013 and 2021. He recently suffered a heart attack but prosecuted notice noted in the response that his heart condition predates his sentencing date and did not stop him from threatening violence against the LGBT community for a total of eight years. Nice. I know. This country music bop taking the internet and streaming services by storm because it's got a catchy melody but it's the raunchy gay lyrics that makes the song unique. He's bouncing off my body cheeks. I love the way he rides. I can hardly breathe when he's pumping deep inside singing Sticks and Dallas in a viral hit, Good Looking. So here's the song. There's something back a starry night, you light up my sky. You lean, heart starts to penetrate your side. You know I love. I'll be tapping my feet. A school district in Mississippi has implemented a dress code that discriminates against transgender students. Last month, the Harrison County School Board adopted a dress code that requires students to wear clothes matching their gender aside to them at birth. That means I should wear a onesie? Yes. Wear a diaper. Megyn Kelly and other right wing commentators are claiming that Megyn Ripp Rappino's progressive activism is bringing down the performance of the U.S. soccer team in the Women's World Cup. These morons on the women's soccer team continue to embarrass us on national stage, Kelly said on a podcast. After the tie, they're celebrating out there like they just won the whole thing, she said. They won't sing the national anthem. Half of them won't put their hands over their hearts. Half of them are singing, are half assing it. They clearly don't want to be doing it. I mean, they look like they don't even want to be there. It's like some sort of inconvenience to be representing the U.S.A. And you have an update, right? About the U.S. soccer match. No, but. They lost the U.S.A. Oh yeah, they lost the Sweden. Yeah. That's why she was talking like this. Centimeters. By a little, well, the first game was kind of a tie. Right. And they're heartbroken. I know. But this was her slam on them about why they- And they're 11 lesbians on the team. I know. I was going to report, but. I was going to say, it's a new team. And they knew going into the Women's Cup that they hadn't performed on an international stage. They did not have that much playing time. They were relying on the momentum of the moment. And it didn't quite happen. No. Yeah, it was too bad. I think it was like the worst performance in history, or, you know, in recent history. Oh, yeah. And she's saying it's because they're activists that it happened. Anyway, a former minister in Michigan pleaded guilty to the 1918 murder of a black transgender woman, Kelly Stowe, who was active in local Detroit ballroom scene. Authorities announced Albert Weather's 50. A former pastor of Lockeau's Church in Detroit pleaded guilty to secondary murder. And a felony firearm count in the case of Stowe, 38, whose body was found in the street around 6 a.m. December 7th. And he's only facing eight years in prison for murder. And another two years for a firearm charge. That seems a little lenient, don't you think? And a little celebrity gossip. Gabby Windy, who has appeared on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and dancing with the stars, has come out as queer and reveals she's dating a woman. So there you go for that. And then for my last story for right now, I'm going to talk about the real sad story of O'Shea Sibley. Beyoncé paid tribute to O'Shea Sibley on Tuesday on her website. Sibley was stabbed to death at a gas station near Coney Island over the weekend. Sibley, a 28-year-old gay man who has professional dancer and some friends who are fully dancing and voguing to Beyoncé's music when a group of men approached them. The group of men allegedly stabbed Sibley and his friends with anti-gay slurs. The suspect, who police say is 17 years old, ran from the scene. The entire incident was captured on the gas station surveillance cameras. The case is being investigated as a potential hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. Friends and family members gathered Tuesday in Philadelphia to remember O'Shea Sibley, who was fatally stabbed after he confronted teenagers, who taunted his group of gay black friends as they danced at a New York City gas station. O'Shea has the power to touch everyone's heart. Whoever met him said owed his penis a close friend of Sibley's, who was at the gas station and barred the grief hours later in a Facebook video. O'Shea was a beacon of light to a lot of us in our community, and here is a picture of him. They'd all been at the beach and stopped for gas on the way home. They'd all been to the beach, seen his friends, and they stopped for gas on the way home. So, Keith. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, right. So, the trivia question. And visibility is critical for the advancement of the queer communities. And in keeping with that theme and a story to come up in the next segment, this was the first openly and out HIV-positive gay man to appear on a national TV series, and Zach knew the answer. So, good going, Zach. I knew it right away. And you knew it before you asked it. And Rainbow Armbrella, the women's discussion group and book discussion group. Women's discussion is coming back in September. Book discussion group is still meeting. And there is a new date for Words in the Woods. Yes, September 16th. At 11 a.m. still. At 11 a.m. At Elmore State Park. All right, so we'll be promoting this. Fox Market, our friends in East Montpellier. Saturday, August 19th is their queers or magical creatures dance party. We're something festive. And also to acknowledge, they have a wine club and Saturday night dinners that are special features. And on the 26th, might be their Fettuccine Alfredo night. Italian macaroni and cheese. And I want to put out there again as nonprofits and organizations are struggling to recover to the flood. The Samara Foundation, they are putting out grant. You can submit a grant application for an amount up to $5,000 anytime prior to August 31st. So there's still time to get it in. We'll have Zach put up the contact again. And as we had said before, it doesn't have to be a special project. It could be unexpected needs. Or we need support in sort of helping our organization move to the next stage. But if you have a special project, they'd like to see that as well. I'm thinking of them as we speak. And some of us are afraid of that. And lastly, out in the open, in Brattleboro, they're doing a fundraiser specifically for the members of the LGBTQ plus community that were impacted by the flood. And their statement was, natural disasters can create unseen challenges for rural Queer Vermonters who had left their homes. Many folks here are alienated from their family of origin. That often happens in the LGBTQ community as people get disowned or pushed out of their families or communities of origin. And while so many locals are evacuating flooded homes to nearby family members, that might be more challenging for folks who don't have a local family. So they're doing specifically a fundraiser focusing on this, will put up the contact information. And their summit, which is happening in September, is now going to be a benefit for LGBTQ people trying to get past the flood. So with that, a lot of headlines, a lot of information, let's start with North America. And this isn't directly LGBTQ, but I think it's important. The Mexican city of Chihuahua is going to find anyone performing misogynistic songs. I know it. There goes half through repertoire. I know it. They've moved to ban performances of songs that promote violence against women, citing high levels of domestic violence, the city council. You've approved the measure unanimously. And the mayor said that fines for noncompliance could range from $40,000 to $74,000. Violence against women has reached levels that we could consider a pandemic, he said in a video message, adding that almost 70% of emergency calls in the city relate to domestic violence, in particular against women. We can't allow this. We also can't allow this to be normalized. And the law bans performance of songs. But also, there's a little offshoot. It bans narco songs, songs that promote drug dealing, and so forth. So very interesting. I'm impressed. Yeah. And any money collected from the fines are going to go to the Instituto Municipale de Mueres, a local government organization that promotes gender equality. And it's a women's refuge, too. Good for them. In Chihuahua state, there have been 24 femicides or gender-based killings from January to June of this year. So that's overdue, that kind of. Now, we have another story from North America, Grenada, which you don't hear much about in the news. And unfortunately, this story has kind of been overshadowed by Tyler Perry, who has offered a $100,000 award in connection with a gay man who was killed in Grenada. And I have a picture before you now of Hosea John T. Johnson, 24. He went to the beach and was found strangled. And he had a gig in that town the night before. So Tyler Perry is offering $100,000 for information relating to the murder. He was this Mr. Robinson was found dead on an island, the island nation's capital, St. George's, where he performed. And just to catch up on Grenada, it's in the lesser in Tilly's, it's homosexuality is illegal, with same sex acts punishable by up to 10 years in jail. And this is what came to mind. It's sort of interesting. Sexual orientation and gender identity, of course, are not legally protected. But, well, anyway, Perry said that when he learned of the death, his mind immediately went to Matthew Shepard and all the other victims of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, and xenophobic, senseless violence. What keeps coming to my mind is that any time there's been reporting on this island is Grenada or Grenada. Tomato or tomato. It's like, oh, please, help. I'll get some more clarity and present it next time. There's a new arrest in the assassination of Black queer lawmaker, Mariela Franco. And it's so sad. And I have a picture of you for you now, of a portrait of her in a mural in Rio. As you recall, she was killed by gunfire in 2018. We reported on it at length. Two former police officers have named and have been named, and the driver of the car named the third person, Anderson Gomez, who there was a chase in the streets of Rio when the murder occurred. And this other person was accused of, he's a fireman, too. I'm sorry. Gomez was the driver of Franco's car. This new person named is Samoa's Carrera, a former firefighter who allegedly hid the weapons used in the killing and played a key role before and after the attack, most notably by conducting surveillance on Franco and arranging the acquisition and disposal of the vehicle. Franco's sister thanked the investigators for the progress to date, but wondered aloud when justice would be served for those who ordered the assassination. She currently serves as a minister of racial equality. She said on Twitter, I have reaffirmed my trust in the federal police running the investigation and repeat the question I've been asking for the last five years. Who ordered Mariela's killing and why? Why did they? Well, it's Bolsonaro, don't you think? Yes, but why? Yeah, because she opposed him. Oh, that's right, yeah, yeah, yeah. And continued to vocally call him out. Yeah, yeah. Well, now I'd like to go to England. Europe started with England. British rowing, it plans to ban transgender athletes from women's events, a familiar story. More than 80% of the body's members had advocated for the change to safeguard the family. World rowing allows transgender athletes to compete in the female category if they reduce their testosterone. World athletics, world aquatics, and cycling's governing body are among the global federations that have tightened their participation rules over the last couple of years. And soccer's world governing body, FIFA, is renewing its transgender eligibility policies. So more of the same. Now, after the fact, UK Prime Minister apologizes for banning LGBTQ plus service members. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized because the ban was in place from 1967 till 2000. And in the year 2000, they were forced to lift the ban because the European Court of Human Rights forced them to. They were denied medals. Some were taken away, some lost their pensions. And a report has been issued that filed 49 recommendations. And we'll see what happens with that. Sunak was very apologetic. And now one of my favorite stories is coming up from England. It involves a film in a clip. It's called Medusa Deluxe. It comes from the UK. It's an hour and 41 minutes. You can find it on JustWatch, which is some kind of app that we need to explore further. Otherwise, it's not streaming anywhere, but we've got to keep our eyes out for it. Let me tell you the plot. Talented, ambitious, and back-stepping hairstylists gather for a competition in England only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through the neon lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them in this devilishly funny whodunit from debut filmmaker, Thomas Hardiman. So let's look at the clip from Medusa Deluxe. You don't know what it's like losing your hair. Your mother's well-mead dad. There could be a serial killer on the list. It's a hairdressing competition. Did you kill it? How do they even know it's murder? Someone's scalped him? They're doing all right. All right. No. He was dead. They're following me, dead people. All I want to do is cut hair and they keep dropping. How do you tell someone the love has been scalped? There's short answers, Rene. They don't care about perms. There's me thinking we're just a bunch of hairdressers. She's fixing this. One smile and she's some kind of gangster fixing the show of murdering the ribos. I might take that break now. Got no fun, got no fun. This is the crown Got no fun, got no fun, got no fun. that you never take off. Got no fear, got no fear, got no fun. I'm just these days, it's like... I may be glad I don't have hair. It's totally on your feet. I mean, just a clip. Gives you a really good picture. Because, you know, you'd like to see a lot of these and they're, you know... I've never heard of that one. Well, it's just out. Well, the streaming app may be a monthly fee or... Just watch is apparently a new thing and it trolls all the Netflix and Amazon Prime and everything and then you have to pay a monthly fee. Yeah, well, okay. Well, thank you, Anne. That was... We have a couple of good movies to look forward. Yes. We're Wolves. Still haven't seen Barbie, though. Oh, I want to see Barbie. But you have your Barbie shirt on. Yes. Sandy Staggs has a deep passion for the arts since he was a child. He grew up, he grew that passion to be a pillar in the upstate, creating a space for other art enthusiasts in the LGBT community. After Staggs died from a heart attack on February 27th at the age of 55, family reflected on his contributions to the arts and his own challenges when he first told people about his queer identity. Proud Mary Theater will continue with new performances and opportunities for LGBTQ-plus individuals to showcase their talents on stage. The company remains committed to its mission and will keep doors open for future publication to Georgia. It's in Georgia. Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, a THUD filed an block amendment on Tuesday striking three community project fundings. You did that. Massachusetts was one of them, correct? Yes, and I have a follow-up, actually. Okay, well, then I will leave that to you. And my last story here, I believe, is... If I can find it. Hmm? Yes, it is. It's Friday night at a small bar in an unassuming strip plaza, and 20 women are standing on the stage learning how to line dance. Clad, in their country best, they follow their high ponytail, Daisy Dukes wearing instructor's lead. A shuffle there, a turn here. Their feet zigzagging in step with their dance partners. Earlier this year, the ladies room couldn't gather this kind of crowd. Back in April, the Lago Lesbian Bar narrowly made it past the first ear mark. Now, thanks to a viral video, new business tactics, an old-fashioned word-of-mouth, more people are frequenting this spot. And there's only 16 lesbian bars in the United States. Wow. Yeah. So, they're trying to keep this one going. All right. So, Keith, we're on to you. So, do you wanna go learn how to line dance? Yeah. They're having line dancing at the senior center. Moving on. Starting in September, I can't wait. Oh, help. Actually, I've seen Linda take line dancing lessons at a bar in Houston. It's fun. Okay. Texas, huh? With my hat. Quickly following up on what Linda was alluding to in Massachusetts, their House Appropriations Committee took out $850,000 from the budget. And that's money that was targeted for the pride home, our retirement community in the city. Well, guess what? The Senate's put it back in. Good. Good. So, they restored the money. And the executive director of the LGBTQ senior housing project said, the pride house will happen. Good. End of comment. So, good going. By the time this show airs, the Red Cross, following the CDC guidelines, will no longer be asking questions about sexual orientation or gender identity with the intention of prohibiting you from donating blood. The protocol will be, as we have always asked, not based on who you are, but your practices. What is it that you have done within the last three months that potentially could infect the blood supply? So, it's gonna be based totally on practices, not identity. It's about time. And there was an adjective in there if you didn't hear it. So, I read this article in seven days and got very excited. There is a new queer theater and dance company. It is called, it's called Between the Willows. And their first performances are this weekend, unfortunately. Wow. And their performance is Beast of Crete. And I have a couple of photos that we'll have put up so you could see the production. These are two students that had met at the Essex High School. And now that they've graduated and moved on, they're like, okay, one of them did choreography, the other one did directing and production. So they decided they wanted to start a theater company. They got funding from PCC, which is a computer company in Burlington. And what's the name of the theater? It is Between the Willows. Okay. And PCC, which is a computer company that was founded by Jay Schuster, they have been the lead sponsors for queer activities in Vermont for years. The queer productions that have come into the Flynn, it's usually PCC that has been the sponsor. And some of the comments was, I think it's just important in general to have minority voices or marginalized voices be at the forefront of telling their stories. When mainstream media present queer stories, they tend to focus on queer trauma, disadvantages, and the difficulties of being gay. And it's really, really beautiful and wonderful to have a space that's solely dedicated to expressing queer joy and queer experiences. Nice. So I'm really looking forward to- Me too. And could they do your play? The one this evening in- No, no, standing in this place was specifically for monitors telling- But they couldn't do that there? No, no, don't think about it. That's a longer conversation over dinner, okay? And this is a story that when I was reading it, I didn't think I'd have any bicuspids left because I was going to snap them all. Seven days did an in-depth story saying, if you think the Alliance Defending Freedom has targeted Vermont, you're right. And they went through, and what I hadn't appreciated is the Alliance Defending Freedom has already been involved in five suits here in Vermont, and they've won three of them. And they're doing it on a basis of freedom of speech, freedom of religion. And as we have reported on previous shows, they're incredibly devious. They will create cases that they can then file for reappear or appeal from court to court to court to get to the U.S. Supreme Court, excuse me, where they know it's a favorable panel. And that's what happened in Maine, which is one of the suits that actually they won here in Vermont. It was parochial school, Rice Academy, Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington based on that main decision. The state of Vermont had to give the parochial school, public school dollars for tuition that had originally been denied that was then ruled unconstitutional because they could be- That's obscene. And that's what happened in the Supreme Court case. Exactly. They manufactured. Well, they viewed a 303 decision. Right. But one of the things that Alliance Defending Freedom is looking at right now are the pregnancy crisis centers that were identified in the most recent piece of legislation where we put into statutes that if they engage in what is essentially deceptive advertising, that they can be fined $10,000 to $15,000 per incident. And what the Alliance Defending Freedom is saying, oh, no, no, no, no, you're making, you have singled them out and that this is freedom of speech. They have the right to promote themselves. However, what Charity Clark, our Attorney General has come back with is we have the same deceptive advertising language already in statutes as it relates to healthcare clinics that offer abortion services. You're merely being held to the same standard. We've identified you and we're going to enforce this. And what the Alliance Defending Freedom admitted to the reporter who contacted them is that they're watching us very closely to see what is gonna happen in the next legislative session where the house, this most recent session was trying to figure out how to define when and if a faith-based school was eligible for state tax dollars for funding. And what they were looking at is the school had to agree to follow Vermont's non-discrimination statutes and that the monies that were given to the school could only be used for secular, not sacred studies. So if you were going to a Catholic school and there was a catechism component of your day, the monies couldn't be used to pay for that instructor, but they would pay for the English teacher, which I knew gives you, you can sleep at night. Knowing the English. They're in college sometimes, the same teacher. Well, if there's a college, then only a portion of the monies could be used for the salary. You would have to separate. And that's where our legislature got bogged down, was trying to tease out, okay, what is the language, where is the line? And they were also looking at what had happened with the case that came out of Maine and was finally decided by the US Supreme Court. Okay, where's the line? What did they specifically say? And from reading the language of that original court case, it was looking at the school could apply and they had to be given the same consideration as every other school. It wasn't an automatic, you get money. So, and it was very specific to, you were a township that did not have a school within your district, so you were tuitioning your students out, okay. My last story is not a fun one. And it's an incident that happened in Somersworth, New Hampshire. And Somersworth is just outside of Portland, New Hampshire. About an hour north of your old stomping grounds in Boston, gay male couple who run William Pool Confections Shop and they lived upstairs over the shop. They were beaten by a group of youth. And they now say that they're frightened to be in their store and in their home because at one point a youth had climbed up the side of the building onto the ledge to try and get into their apartment. So it's not that they happen to see them on the beach or on the street. At one point they try to actively get into their home. So they didn't beat them in their home. That's what I heard. And you're right, it's significant that they entered their, I mean, you know, it's a whole new level. The report that I read on LGBTQ Nation was that the group were outside of their home and business yelling. And it made it sound like they were beaten in their house. No, like they were. They tried to get in their house. This is where it gets confusing. They were assaulted by young people who had tried to enter their home. So they may have gone out to confront them or tried to escape. And that's when the beating happened. But you're right. Some of the language said, here's the youth trying to get in. And then they were assaulted as part of that whole process. And that is an additional violation, you know. You're right. Exactly. And you know, the civil rights unit of the Office of Attorney General, the local law enforcement are actively pursuing this. Exactly. Right. So this is not just something that's gonna pass. And on that cherry note. Was it because they were LGBTQ? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, because they were yelling homophobic slurs. Well, I have kind of good news from Italy. Certainly colorful news. More up than what we've been... A little bit, but yeah. It's mixed, but mostly good in a tempered kind of way. First of all, I mentioned last time about the Georgia Maloney's crusade against lesbian parents in which the law said that you couldn't acknowledge paternity or maternity from LGBTQ parents who adopted the fraud. And so that would leave the child, the parents would have to engage in a readoption process. So the kid would have no family during this period, but Milan will resume registering students born abroad from male couples. It's registering the mayor, who's a lefty, said he challenged curbs and posts by the right-wing national government. The government, as you know, took action in January to stop local authorities from registering children of same-sex parents in a move that sparked protests. No longer able to register children born abroad to couples of two men, the city of Milan, turned to the Interior Ministry, asking if it could at least register the newborns under their biological father. So it got a green light, which means that Milan could kind of partially sidestep this horrible rule. The left, center-left mayor Giuseppe Sala hailed the decision as a step forward. The local arm of the Interior Ministry had told the city of Milan that it could no longer register children of male parents without a court approving the adoption. Now Milan has received this go-ahead, so that means the city can sidestep the veto at least with the biological father. The other parent still has to engage in the adoption process, but that's another victory concerns a Canadian couple who won a case against a right-wing party in Italy, Georgia-Malone's party, that used a photo of their newborn son in an anti-LGBT campaign. And now let me show you a picture of B.J. Barone, Frank Nelson, and Milo They won the court case. This, the child Milo was born via a surrogate in Ontario in 2014 during Pride weekend. The couple had the moment captured by a local photographer, Lindsey Foster, who really is behind the eight ball on this one, in photos that later went viral. In 2016, the image was used without permission in the campaign against surrogacy for male same-sex parents by the brothers of Italy, Milo's party. And we know that she became Italy's first prime minister, who was a woman and has formed the most right-wing government scene in decades. So anyway, the photographer told CBC News, it was upsetting to know that there was a political party sharing this photo in such a negative way for their hate propaganda against gays and surrogacy. So she, Barone and Foster sued the party and it made the couple war-warded the equivalent of more than $14,000 Canadian each. However, the photographer has to pay the court costs of the right-wing party. So the copyright infringement fight was thrown out by a judge and because for that reason I have to pay the Fratelli d'Italia's court fees. She said she would have to work for months to cover the cost. But a friend launched a GoFundMe to help the target the $8,000 Canadian and it's almost been reached thanks to more than 130 donations. So the parents speaking to the media said, I'll never forget the love I felt and luckily for us it was captured by Lindsay in the most beautiful photo I've ever seen. Somewhat positive outcome. But now this is a hoot. Trans women, pageant organizer Patricia Marigliani has made clear that this is about Miss Italy, that the competition is open only to contestants who are signed female at birth. And that has angered trans activists so trans man Federico Barbarossa decided to enter the pageant and encouraged other trans men to do so. It was like, yeah well I was a signed female at birth but they would reject me because I looked like a boy and they would consider me as a boy, he told NBC News but he applied to be a contestant using his dead name and the pageant official sent him a confirmation email. He posted it on Instagram and his local activist group mixed LGBTQIA plus shared it on social media as well and suggested that other trans men apply. At least a hundred people have entered and said the pageant staff will have to go through every application. Perhaps Marigliani and her associates will think better next time he told NBC. I like to think I'm a little part of Italy's progress in this sense. Some applicants have advanced to the next stage of the process. There's a great deal of ignorance about trans people he pointed out. They would never think that a trans person might even aspire to win a beauty pageant because we're seen as kind of like a three headed monster. And I think part of it is that so many people have never seen trans women or trans men or trans people in general. Miss Italy is not affiliated with Miss Universe, the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Italy Universe is a separate competition. At least one trans woman has advanced to Miss Universe pageant this year. Ricca Cole, who won Miss another ones which I reported on last time as the first trans out trans woman to do so. Miss Universe has allowed trans women to compete since 2012 and in 2018, Angela Ponce of Spain became the first trans contestant. In the US, Catalina and Ricca has won Miss Nevada in 2021 and competed as Miss USA. I never thought I'd be paying so much attention to beauty pageants as I am doing this show. That's a hoot. I know, I know it. They're fighting back in Italy. All right, bad, sad story. I'd like to show you a picture now of the Chechen singer, Zalim Khan Bakav. Who has this, you see the picture of Ramzan Karadoff, the head of Chechnya posing with this singer. And when Kaderov discovered that this singer was gay and that he had posed with them, he ordered the torture and murder of him because the Putin ally was personally insulted to have unknowingly shaken hands with a gay man. Now I reported on Zalim Bakav's going missing after returning to Chechnya for his sister's wedding in 2014. The popular singer fled to Moscow because of the gay purge in Chechnya. And Karadoff was aghast that the photo existed of the two men shaking hands. He ordered security forces to deal with him who was tortured for much of the 13 hours he was in custody before he was executed. I guess he didn't creep here. The report said that Bakav's body was returned to his family in order to bury him like a dog. Months after he went missing, Kaderov gave a speech to service members accusing Bakarov's family of killing him because they learned he was gay. They told him, come over. And when he arrived, apparently his cousins or second cousins confronted him and said, you're gay, Kaderov claimed in the 2018 speech. Despite the denial of involvement, the speech was the first official admission that he was dead. Now, let's go to Asia if there's time. There is. If there's an Iran morality official who's been suspended after the leak of a gay sex tape, which is all very confusing. I don't know what to believe and I don't think anybody does. The tape, the official in charge of Iran's morality code and hijab requirement for women was suspended early this month after an unconfirmed video released to social media purportedly showed him he sex with a young man. But it's an unconfirmed video. He was suspended and after it was first posted on this radio station in his township and it was reportedly filmed on the premises of the general directorate of culture and Islamic guidance. But the officials don't know anything about it and as we know, homosexuality and same-sex sexual relations are illegal in Iran and publishable by death. So critics claim, I mean, critics rightly claim if this case is true, that it just shows the hypocrisy of the government and the two-tiered system of justice that allows favored individuals through escape punishment for crimes that would bring prosecution, imprisonment and even death to ordinary citizens. However, and apparently his, the officials' sister and nieces were detained by authorities, although it's unclear whether he's been taken into custody. Speculation has grown that the video might have been released as part of a power struggle in the region. And the radio that exposed this tape exposes alleged financial and political corruption and sexual improprieties of ruling Mullahs and members of the government. And this is interesting. It also recently revealed the identities of those engaged in same-sex acts with a different government official and referred them to the authorities for prosecution. So this is also murky and very creepy. And people can do anything with a video these days. Well, yeah, no one has confirmed it. Artificial intelligence create whatever you would like your reality to be. I know. Absolutely. And that police state, atmosphere, and sponsors questionable behavior. Russia has taken its first step toward banning gender-affirming procedures. I won't go into more of that. And we need to have time for the trivia question. Okay, can I just do some headlines? Oh, well, I'll have to save it for next time. And we'll defer to Keith. A lot of interesting stuff coming up next time. All right, I'm kind of scared, but okay. So the trivia, this was the first out self-disclosed HIV positive gay man to appear on a national TV series. It was 1994, and it was MTV's reality show, The Real World, San Francisco, where it is a group of youth who are sharing an apartment and they just go in and film the everyday interactions. Why don't I remember this? And the person was Pedro Zamorro. First HIV positive gay man. He was also the first same-sex wedding ceremony to be televised nationally, and it occurred with the context of this show. And it was his partner, Sean Sasser. But unfortunately, Pedro also died in November of that year of complications due to HIV, but he is frequently referenced on the list of LGBTQ milestone newsmakers, so. Bravo. And with that. I think. Well, can I do a couple more headlines? Has full-out chief a new attack on same-sex relations. The leader of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Saturday stepped up his attacks against the region's long-marginalized LGBTQ community. He said of gay people, even if they do it once, they are to be killed. Okay, on that note, I think we should go. All right. We have 50 seconds. All right. So I would like to tell everybody, and let's see what happens in Ohio today. Yeah. And keep your eyes open and remember to resist. Resist.