Your Pilot Might Be a Furry
Welcome back to the Watering Hole. On Tuesday a sitting United States senator stood on the Senate floor, warned you that your pilot might be a furry, and proposed bringing back asylums, which is a lot for a Tuesday. I promise it gets gayer and happier further down: boygenius is back, and Carly Rae Jepsen named her baby after a gay hockey player.
A senator warned the Senate that your pilot might be a furry. His fix for the rest of us is asylums. He cited research he did not name. I have questions about his search history. So does Adam Kinzinger. keep reading →
Texas A&M banned drag to protect women. A judge asked which women had complained. Texas said none. All 17 judges of the Fifth Circuit heard it. No ruling yet, so I'm holding the confetti. Tightly. keep reading →
A bank's Pride group co-chair says he was pushed out over a $40 Uber. The CEO makes a cameo, at 17 percent. Dimon allegedly said he “could be 17 percent gay.” Show your work. JPMorgan says it found no evidence. keep reading →
A Senate candidate is accused of using the f-slur about her staff. Her newest defender is George Santos, using it too. She denies it. She voted to expel him from Congress in 2023, which he brought up himself. Nobody asked, George. keep reading →
The Pentagon pushed out its trans troops and promised them a check. One of them slept in her car. An Air Force major is owed $340,000. Seven House Democrats gave Hegseth until Oct. 14. I've set a reminder. keep reading →
An archbishop reminded his church that it prays for avocados. It still would not pray for gay couples. It lost 78 to 71. So the avocados are covered and we are not, by seven votes. Love that for the avocados. keep reading →
Her son came out to her in 1980. She spent the next 46 years building gay South Carolina somewhere to go. Harriet Hancock, the Mother of SC Pride, died Sept. 23 at 89. She led the state's first Pride march. Read this one. keep reading →
An actor told us she was bisexual in May. By August she was gone, and now we know how. Hayden Panettiere was 36. The coroner ruled it an accidental overdose involving fentanyl. keep reading →
Two thirds of a queer supergroup kissed on the jumbotron Wednesday. Thursday, the band was back. boygenius played together for the first time since February 2024. Phones were in locked pouches. I'm devastated. keep reading →
A pop star was pregnant, hormonal and watching the gay hockey show. Her son is named Ilya. Carly Rae Jepsen calls it her most important creative decision. Somewhere, a Shane is lying awake about it. keep reading →
Ryan Murphy finished a Glee reboot an hour before a party. Nobody has read it. About 10 of the original cast know about it. No network, no date. I'm already emotionally in the choir room. keep reading →
A leather bar opened in Las Vegas in 1988 and outlasted the apps and a gaming fine. It closes Wednesday. This is the last weekend. If you own anything leather, you know what to do. If you don't, it's not too late. keep reading →
A parent wrote in about the school play's gay character. Two days into rehearsal, Carrie Coon's old high school pulled it. The district says it was paperwork. The replacement is Alice in Wonderland. Same plot, minus the girlfriend. Sure. keep reading →
Five things this week, all under $40, because I respect you and your rent. Three of them are queer-owned, which I also respect.
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boygenius the record (vinyl LP) The reunion was phones in pouches, so this is as close as the rest of us get. It is the album “Not Strong Enough” is on, the one that won them two Grammys in 2024. Put it on and cry in a way that feels curated.
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Malin+Goetz Tomato Hand Salve, 1 oz $18 Malin+Goetz was founded by Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz, so this is gay money going back into gay hands. Literally hands. Radiator season is coming for your knuckles.
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JVN Complete Air Dry Cream Jonathan Van Ness's hair line, and the air-dry cream is the one for people who refuse to own a diffuser. Scrunch it in wet, walk away, look like you tried. Queer money, great hair.
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Beekman 1802 Milk Shake Facial Toner Mist $39 Beekman 1802 is two husbands, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, who lost their jobs in the recession and started making goat milk soap on a farm upstate. Now it is a toner mist with goat milk, hyaluronic acid and squalane. Shake it, spray it, feel pastoral.
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Sol de Janeiro Cheiroso 7 Cologne Mist $26 The brand behind the mist every girl at brunch smells like finally made one for us, and it hit Sephora in July. Lavender, orange and black pepper, then salted macadamia, then vanilla woods and vetiver. It smells like you showered on purpose.
shop it →✈️ flight advisory: now boarding, the furry discourse
A senator told the Senate that many pilots are furries. The timeline handled the in-flight announcements, and frankly it was more qualified.
GATE A. THE QUESTION. “What does this guy Google?” asked former Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Thursday. About 7,400 likes.
GATE B. THE PRIORITIES. “Weird that Sen. Tuberville knows about furries but not the three branches of government,” wrote @covie_93 on Wednesday night. About 8,800 likes.
GATE C. THE MANIFEST. The furry pilots really do have a group, the Air Line Furries Association. Its stated mission starts with aviation safety. The plane lands fine.
Please return your tray table to the upright position and read what he actually said. I did, so you don't have to, but you should. the whole speech, and the part that is not funny
— Spencer
