In this week's headlines:

• Mayor Pete Buttigieg had a historic night at the Iowa Caucuses

• Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly approved protections for LGBTQ people

• Virginia becomes first state in the South to approve statewide LGBTQ protections

• A beloved morning talk show host in the UK came out as gay

• A star of the Netflix docuseries Cheer is getting ready to climb to the top of the human pyramid

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

In this week's headlines:

• Kentucky high school is being sued for outing a queer teen

• Professional ice hockey player Zach Sullivan comes out

• Freeform channel previews upcoming gay romantic comedy for Valentine’s Day "The Thing About Harry"

• Billy Porter's taking a stroll down Sesame Street

• LGBTQs and their allies score at the 2020 Grammy Awards

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

In this week’s headlines:

• Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a church where the ministers compared homosexuality with Satan

• HIV infections rates in the UK have declined dramatically since 2012

• Utah bans harmful 'conversion therapy' for minors

• A male stripper in Atlanta sentenced to prison for killing his secret straight-married lover

• Attending the 2020 GayVN Awards aka 'the Oscars of gay porn'

• RuPaul announced to host Saturday Night Live 



• And a new docs-series on Apple TV+ explores how LGBTQ people made our way onto the TV landscape

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

In this week’s headlines:

• Marriage equality comes to Northern Ireland

• A gay conservative student who led a drag queen protest was found dead of suicide just hours later

• Blackmail forces a YouTube star to come out

• The truth behind rumors of backstage fights at NBC's 'Will & Grace'

• And the Oscar nominations are out and pretty much without the gays

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

In this week's headlines:

• A Grindr hookup in Michigan on Christmas Eve goes horribly wrong

• Britain’s most prolific rapist is sentenced to life in prison

• Grammy winner Sam Smith posts a shirtless photo on Instagram

• A transgender actress gets the lead in the upcoming reboot of 'Saved By The Bell'

• Recapping this year’s Golden Globe Awards

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

As we head into the roaring 20s, I wanted to take a look back at 2019 and the 20-teens to acknowledge the accomplishments, visibility and fierceness that the LGBTQ community has achieved so far in terms of politics, television, movies and pop culture.

Hit play as I acknowledge out athletes, representation in film and TV, and legislative achievements by the LGBTQ community.

As we head into the roaring 20s, I wanted to take a look back at 2019 and the 20-teens to acknowledge the accomplishments, visibility and fierceness that the LGBTQ community has achieved so far in terms of politics, television, movies and pop culture.

Hit play as I acknowledge out athletes, representation in film and TV, and legislative achievements by the LGBTQ community.

In this week's LGBTQ headlines:

• Two Dallas men used Grindr to lure gay men into violent attacks

• The first LGBTQ-welcoming senior housing opens in New York City

• An Elder at an anti-LGBTQ Missouri church has been charged with soliciting sexual favors from college guys

• The Netflix series “Special” is renewed for Season 2

• Plus, tips for introducing your significant other to your family during the holidays

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

In this week's headlines:

• A journalist wrote a scathing piece about Mayor Pete Buttigieg and the mayor called his critic to listen
 (warning - strong language here)

• NYC sees a significant drop in new HIV infections

• A Palo Alto police brutality case reaches a settlement

• Gay panic defense could be bye bye in New Jersey

• Kasey Musgraves has a new ‘tres gay’ Christmas special on Amazon Prime

• Award-winning out singer Matt Zarley drops his take on the holiday classic, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

* Observing World AIDS Day this year

Link to Mark King's essay - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/hiv-epidemic-forced-us-become-heroes-closest-friends-withered/

Link to JoeMyGod's essay - https://www.joemygod.com/2019/12/membership-a-memory-for-world-aids-day-2/

In this week's headlines:

• Sen. Kamala Harris calls Mayor Pete Buttigieg "naive" for relating his experience as a gay man to other marginalized communities

• Three federal judges have blocked a new rule announced by the Health and Human Services Department that would allow healthcare professionals to deny service to LGBTQs

• The Straight Pride event in Dallas was the biggest fail yet

• Netflix releases teaser video for RuPaul's upcoming scripted comedy series 'AJ and The Queen'

• Out singer/songwriter Tom Goss’s new album explores new emotional ‘Territories’

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report