The Weekly Readlines May 25 -

The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) is a feature at LGBTSr offering news you can use every week.

Quote for the Week: “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.” – Wanda Sykes

BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Tina Turner has died at 81, and the world mourns the loss of a great.

In hopeful signs, several Florida cities are fighting back, refusing to cancel Pride events or ban drag performers from them. Meanwhile, Target has moved some of its Pride merchandise to the back of its stores because that’s what threats of violence can make you do – and they know it.

Governor Ron “Benito” DeSantis has announced his candidacy, setting himself up as the little stuffed arcade doll Trump will soon be blasting off the shelf. Perhaps the only entertainment value in any of this?

And the country teeters once again on the verge of default, held hostage by the usual Republican suspects to the surprise of absolutely no one.

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