The Weekly Readlines November 24 -

A note from the newsroom: I’ve been asked to facilitate a journaling group for LGBTQ participants, mostly older, who live in and around New Hope, PA (I already run an adult writers’ group at the library there). The reason given to me was that many of us are worried and maybe even frightened by the incoming administration and its plans for us. I said yes, of course. I’m not personally scared, but I am determined to be supportive and to not “get along” with people who would be delighted to see us silent or dead … and really, is there a difference?

A lot of us don’t have the luxury of not being political. I don’t live a life free from concern for others who aren’t like me. I lost dozens of friends and loved ones to AIDS. I was shaped by some amazing transgender people. I maintain a website for older LGBTQ readers. My life is political and always has been. – Mark

– Mark

THE WEEK IN HEADLINES

LGBTQ

Singer Khalid Comes Out As Gay After Being Outed: ‘I Am Not Ashamed’ – Pinknews

Trump Nominates AIDS Denier Kennedy for HHS Secretary – BBC

City That Placed $10,000 Bounty On Trans People Who Use Public Restrooms Makes Law Even Worse

LBTQ+ Afghans ‘Suffer Sexual And Physical Abuse’ In Detention Under The Taliban – PinkNews

U.S. POLITICS

Escape U.S. Politics: Italian Village Offering $1 Homes To Americans Seeking Fresh Start Abroad

McMahon Nomination Shows Trump ‘Could Not Care Less About Students’ Futures’

How Did LGBT Americans Vote In Election? Exit Poll Finds Significant Shift From 2020 – MSN

HEALTH AND AGING