∎ As we go to the polls next week, white supremacist terrorism sweeps the United States and Trump won’t protect us.

∎ Among the victims at the Tree of Life synagogue was a veteran HIV/AIDS doctor.

∎ Trump tells the US Supreme Court that discrimination against transgender Americans is legal.

∎ NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson joins the fight to get billionaire bigot and climate-change denier Rebekah Mercer off the board of the American Museum of Natural History.

∎ Matthew Shepard is laid to rest in Washington National Cathedral 20 years after his murder.

∎ We mourn the loss of the co-founder of the Gay Games—Paul Mart dead at 100.

∎ Brazil elects an anti-gay fascist as president.

∎ Andy has four play reviews, including a gay revival, an Irish IRA family drama, and the return of Elaine May.

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