Page 1 Roundup (09/30)

The Daily News: NYPD officer shot dead with own gun in tussle with ex-con in the Bronx, possibly also hit with friendly fire

Man who drove SUV through Chicago-area mall charged with terrorism

Trans man who gave birth in 2018 loses court battle to be named as the father, not mother, of his child

Cuomo announces L train construction is three months ahead of schedule, will wrap up in April

Instagram: First the blue briefs, and now these?

The Independent: Eddie Murphy says he ‘cringes’ at ‘ignorant’ old jokes about AIDS and homosexuality

SF Gate: But did you know he actually apologized for his homophobia in 1996? (I didn't.) Maybe Titus Burgess should have mentioned this to Andy Cohen instead of acting like a stupid queen when asked about Murphy's problematic past.

Medium: Once again, Facebook inexplicably blocks an LGBTQ user, this time for offering the names of reputable HIV/AIDS organizations in a post memorializing a friend he lost to the disease

The Randy Report: Olivia Newton-John: ‘I have much to live for and I intend to keep on living it’

Boy Culture: 'Real World' star Danny Roberts is still positively adorable

Greg in Hollywood: Wait. Do we have to cancel Ryan Murphy for loving Martina Navratilova (as much as I do)?

Twitter: Katie Herzog helps flesh out what I've been saying all along. Don't other yourself. Rather than remaking gender and the English language, make society adapt to whatever kind of man or woman you want to be

From the "It's Never Enough" files.

Associated Press: Judge blocks Michigan attorney general's deal to stop LGBT discrimination in adoptions

USA Today: 'Gem of a person, a beautiful soul': Houston mourns trailblazing Sikh deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal gunned down during traffic stop

New York Post: Slain NYPD cop Brian Mulkeen remembered as local hero: ‘Everybody loved him’

Why have a robocat when you can adopt the real thing?

Teen commits suicide after he’s outed as bisexual on Snapchat, family says

The Washington Post: Democrats count on Schiff to deliver focused impeachment inquiry of Trump

Intelligence panel has deal to hear whistleblower’s testimony

State Department intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton’s former aides(!)

The New York Times: Trump was repeatedly warned that Ukraine theory was ‘completely debunked’

 The internet is overrun with images of child sexual abuse. What went wrong?

The emerging psychology of pedophiles: “People don’t choose what arouses them -- they discover it. No one grows up wanting to be a pedophile.”

The tide is high (really), but Debbie Harry is staying put (WARNING: If you read this you probably don't need to read her new memoir)

P.S. The Washington Post is getting shit for its poorly framed review of "Face It" -- and Chris Stein is enjoying the fallout



The Wall Street Journal: Google draws House antitrust scrutiny of internet protocol

‘Who is this?’ Friendly texters annoy strangers with ‘number neighbor’ messages

Does getting stoned help you get toned? Gym rats embrace marijuana

Remains of the Day (09/10)

The Sun: British tabloid is fixated on Eddie Murphy's long-ago relationship with a transgender prostitute

Towleroad: Gay couple receive anonymous letter telling them the "consensus of the village" is that they should take their wedding elsewhere

MetroWeekly: Interfaith leaders in California support Drag Queen Story Hour against anti-LGBTQ protest

NBC News; Buffoon who is unfit to be in office fires buffoon who shouldn't have had job in first place; buffoon 2 says he resigned

Dlisted: A 73-year-old Indian woman gave birth to twins, and then her husband had a stroke

Instagram: Let's call it Thong Tuesday

GQ: Kevin Love plays dress up

Metrosource: This is the state of marriage equality around the world

Instagram: Vitas Gerulaitis barking up the wrong tree at Studio 54

Washington Blade: 2020 hopefuls highlight Medicare for All, PrEP in plans to combat HIV/AIDS

Greg in Hollywood: How did I miss a very dapper Matt Bomer at the U.S. Open

Rhone: Dress shirt porn?

The Guardian: Do we have a male Rachel Dolezal situation?

Slicing Up Eyeballs: New releases from the Cult, Pixies, INXS, Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge and Rain Parade

The WoW Report: Tight black briefs -- and crack -- are one way to sell music

The Randy Report: CIA informant extracted from Russia had sent secrets to U.S. for decades

Daily Intel: Trump has figured out how to corrupt the entire government

Boy Culture: The three most popular gay-sex toys

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White With 'Rage'

Not sure what's more disgusting: how the cops -- who seem to shoot people of color with impunity -- bent over backward to be kind to this entitled brat , or that she in turn cried sexual assault and police brutality. 

It's almost as if this old Eddie Murphy sketch from "Saturday Night Live" were a documentary. 

Best in Tuck

Eddie Murphy Shows Off Hot Girlfriend at 'Hercules' Premiere

  No exaggeration there about Eddie Murphy's new girlfriend: She's smokin' ... and I hear she's hung like a horse!

India Bizarre

Indian Supreme Court Recognizes Broad Rights for Transgender People

Great news, although  it's a bit an eye-raiser for me. India's high court has no tolerance for gay people, yet all the sympathy in the world for transgenders. Is Eddie Murphy the chief justice?