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lebron and embiid have a new handshake with hips in it. jason whitlock called it "masonic gay stuff," then made a 69 joke. sir. Conservative sports host Jason Whitlock called LeBron James and Joel Embiid's pregame handshake "some Masonic gay stuff" on the Oct. 23, 2026 episode of his show Fearless, saying "that looks gay to me." The routine went viral before the Philadelphia... october 26 trump told a rally he'd checked out a senator's ass, then nicki minaj's. she took the mic and talked about "sex changes." barbie, no. At a Republican rally in Port Huron, Michigan on Oct. 25, 2026, President Trump said he had looked at Sen. Jon Husted's ass and had never done that with a man before, then praised Nicki Minaj's. Minaj, who flew in... october 26 a trans woman asked florida's would-be governor about the epstein files. he went with "sir." then he went with it again. Florida Republican governor candidate Byron Donalds repeatedly called a transgender woman "sir" during a stop on his statewide bus tour, in a video that spread on Oct. 23, 2026. She had asked him about an anti-trans campaign mailer and about... october 26 a maryland judge put a gay graphic novel back on the school library shelf. moms for liberty called it totalitarianism. sure, babe. Harford County Circuit Court Judge Yolanda L. Curtin ruled on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, that the Harford County, Maryland, school board's June 2025 removal of Mike Curato's graphic novel "Flamer" from school libraries violated Maryland's Freedom to Read Act and... october 23 26 out women won olympic gold for team usa. one proposed the day before the final, then tied it with two minutes left. The Watering Hole counted 26 women who won Olympic gold for the United States and have spoken publicly, in their own words, about being gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer or pansexual, or about the woman they love: Jennifer Azzi, Sue Bird,... october 23 hudson williams is in a horned pup mask by episode two of his new show. i need to lie down. Yaga, the supernatural mystery starring Hudson Williams, Noah Reid, Clark Backo and Carrie-Anne Moss, released its first two episodes on Oct. 23, 2026. In episode two, Williams, who plays missing heir Henry Park and his lookalike best friend Logan Casey,... october 23 they moved a high school cross-country meet and held a rally against one trans girl. she came second. her team won. A transgender runner on the Camas High School girls cross-country team placed second at the 4A Greater St. Helens League district meet in Camas, Washington, on Oct. 21, 2026, and Camas won the girls team title, the Seattle Times reported.... october 23 a tiktoker says the crumbl cookie co-founder got him cut from grindr's halloween party. the co-founder showed up in his comments. TikTok creator Grant Gibbs said in a video this week that he was taken off the guest list for Grindr's third Pleasure Ball, a Halloween party in New York on Oct. 22, 2026, because Crumbl Cookies co-founder Sawyer Hemsley was... october 23 troye sivan got out of a school swim race by singing the national anthem instead. i'm not crying, you're crying. In a video for the series A View From A Bridge, uploaded Oct. 22, 2026, Troye Sivan said he has "always had a very complicated relationship with men" and his own masculinity, and described a teacher who excused him from... october 23 kid cudi told trans actors looking for work to hit him up. the replies turned into an open audition. Kid Cudi posted on X early on Oct. 22, 2026, "If you are a trans actor looking for work, holla at me," hours after announcing on Instagram that he will write, direct and star as Jean-Michel Basquiat in a film... october 23 a democrat ran an ad against trans athletes. trump called her the slur again anyway. we could have told her. At a rally for Sen. Darline Graham near Clemson on Oct. 21, 2026, Donald Trump again called Democratic Senate nominee Annie Andrews an anti-trans slur, called her "a mutilizer" and said she should lose her medical license, two weeks after... october 23 a gay dad punched the fake cnn guy who asked about his baby. no charges. we'll allow it. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office will not file charges against David Vulin, the West Hollywood father who punched self-described "MAGA influencer" Ryley Niemi in April 2026, after Vulin completed a pre-filing diversion agreement, his attorney and the DA's... october 23