'GOP hoping that attack on transgender Americans will help in upcoming midterm elections' & other Mon midday news briefs

GOP seizes on women’s sports as unlikely wedge issue - The GOP is hoping that their attacks on trans Americans will help them in upcoming midterms. Here is a question. IF your opponent is giving you his or her gameplan, do you - A. engage in ridiculous discussions about how it might work, thereby creating a self-fulfilling prophecy or do you B. - use your opponent's stupidity in telling you what they intend to do against them and undercut their goals. The answer should be easy. It depends upon all of us. This is not nor has it ever been about "protecting women's sports" just like it was never about "baking a cake."

Trio of pro wrestling figures come out as LGBTQ - And I'm all for it, too.

Virginia is poised to reform its HIV criminalization laws. Is the rest of the U.S. next? - Virginia leads the way again. 

25 Years Later, ‘The Birdcage’ Is Hollywood’s Most Monumental Gay Movie - Not the most but definitely one of the most. Nathan Lane was my heart in that movie. He was incredible  in how he created a three dimensional portrayal of Albert in what could have easily been done as a stereotypical performance.