Metro Weekly Magazine: Print Edition for Oct. 10, 2019
By Randy Shulman
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October 10, 2019
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Nine students from Salisbury University have been sentenced for taking part in the assault of a gay man whom they reportedly lured to a house using the gay dating app Grindr.
According to the Cecil Whig newspaper, one of the students, Zachary Leinemann, posed as a 16-year-old boy on the app, seeking to lure a 40-year-old man to an off-campus apartment for a sexual encounter on October 15, 2024. The age of consent in Maryland, in most cases, is 16 years old.
Leinemann and the man allegedly corresponded through first Grindr and then Snapchat to set up an in-person meeting.
Village People, the disco band whose members dress as "macho" male characters, announced it will perform at events celebrating President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week.
"We know this won't make some of you happy to hear, however we believe that music is to be performed without regard to politics," Victor Willis, the band's lead singer and the only remaining original group member wrote in a recent Facebook post. Willis portrays "the cop."
"Our song 'Y.M.C.A.' is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost," Willis wrote. "Therefore, we believe it's now time to bring the country together with music which is why VILLAGE PEOPLE will be performing at various events as part of the 2025 Inauguration of Donald J. Trump."
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Tammy Bruce, a right-wing lesbian, as the next spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State.
In a Truth Social post, Trump described Bruce, a former Fox News contributor, as a "highly-respected political analyst" who "after being a liberal activist in the 1990s, saw the lies and fraud of the Radical Left, and quickly became one of the strongest Conservative voices on Radio and Television."
In her new role, Bruce will communicate the Trump administration's foreign policy objectives, both within the country and abroad. The position does not require Senate confirmation.
