Independence Clause

 

Well, USA … it was fun while it lasted.

On the Rag, Vol. 864

 

Jonathan Bailey, Josh Watson, Jeff Hiller, Juan Perales, Pete Buttigieg, Frankie Grande and more in this week's rag 'n' mag roundup BELOW.

Remains of the Day (07/02)

PinkNews: Remembering Gottfried von Cramm, the gay tennis star who was imprisoned by the Nazis for refusing to be Hitler's Aryan poster boy

Today: Saints player Khalen Saunders teams up with dancing brother Kameron Saunders for LGBTQ-friendly football camp

GMA: LGBTQ book opt-out ruling triggers national response from parents, educators, advocates

OCJ: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes some anti-LGBTQ provisions

Wrestle Wednesday: The only thing more titillating than a wrestler in a singlet is a non-wrestler in one

SpinCycle: Jackie Beat is taking her “Birthday Clown" on the road

CBS News: Several anti-LGBTQ incidents reported in eastern Massachusetts

FN: Pixar staff reportedly 'deeply saddened' LGBTQ elements were cut from studio's latest film, "Elio"

AP: Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors in response to faith-based group's lawsuit

AM NY: Two men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large

Hot Cat of the Day: Nothing to see here, just a 6-3 jacked man walking his cat

Tennis Tuesday

Did I say I have a thing for "musclebound cat dads"? I think I could have just stopped at musclebound. Get a load of this one BELOW.

80 Candles

Impossible to even imagine that Debbie Harry, who has been my No. 1 for as long as I can remember, becomes an octogenarian today. How lucky are we? 

Lisa Robinson recently caught up with the Blondie goddess for a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, in which she discusses the new Blondie album (due this fall), a new documentary and a biopic about her and the band -- and that she can't see Blondie going on without Clem Burke:

They’re in the works, but I don’t know how a life can be summarized or given a caption. I suppose there’ll be something that’s off the wall but will somehow work. I’m happy to be doing it -- it’s helping me to collect my thoughts. I ran into a wall: the tour ended, Clem died, and wow. What is this space I live in now? I’m curing -- I’m doing a cure. And part of that is de-cluttering up my space, which is crowded with that life. I need to get some breath, get some air in there. And I want to feel that little spark of creativity, surprise -- those things. There’s a little tingle of that, and I hope that will be there for me.

Keep reading HERE.

Not my first time meeting my girl, but the first time I had a camera!

Remains of the Day (06/30)

DNA: Nuno Gallego is the reason “Olympo” just shot to the top of everyone's watchlist

The Randy Report: Shooting involving two teens near Stonewall Inn following Pride parade ... this comes less than two weeks after a knife-wielding man was seen trashing Pride signs in the area

Boy Culture: Whatever this title is, he definitely earned it!

MetroWeekly: D.C. man sentenced for selling fentanyl that killed two gay men

Out: Watch the trailer of Tommy Dorfman's directorial debut: "I Wish You All the Best"

Manspread Monday: He's jockstrapped and likes Britney, bitch

Out: Don Bachardy reflects on his artfully queer life

Greg in Hollywood: “Grease” was the word at Hollywood Bowl at epic sing-a-long! John Travolta makes surprise appearance 

West Sid Rag: Somebody alert Patti Rothberg -- a 9 train was spotted in Manhattan(!)

BuzzFeed: 29 criminally underrated LGBTQ TV shows, according to fans

Slate: Across the world, queer people are still desperate to claim asylum in the U.S. Here, they’re desperate to leave.

SF Standard: They here, they're queer ... they're looking for birds

Instinct: Meet Luke Brady, West End’s mighty (and charming) Hercules

CNN: Colombians celebrate Pride in defiance against LGBTQ violence

Pride: Joshua Jackson recalls steamy "Cruel Intentions" scene with Eric Mabius: "I do believe my first day on this movie was giving a man head."

Lauren Everett: SCOTUS will soon hear a conversion therapy case. Queer kids need us to fight for them.

Hyperallergic: Tracing LGBTQ history through NYC’s public parks

Queerty: Pride Month 2025 is coming to a close & the Gay Internet™ is honestly ready for it

Hot Cat of the Day: OK, sue me for the repeat. I'm a sucker for a musclebound cat dad.

Louis Bayard: The advance press for Mariska Hargitay's documentary, "My Mom Jayne," doesn't really convey how smart and complicated and ultimately moving it is. Hargitay acknowledges she spent most of her life escaping her mother's example and, when you see the slightly terrified look Jayne Mansfield keeps casting at the camera, you get why. The film's hero turns out to be the late Mickey Hargitay, who made a haven for some kids who desperately needed one.