U. S. LGBTQ+ population “doubles;” brave, popular Kenyan singer comes out. ∎ The LGBT population of the United States just doubled. ∎ CA gets its first trans mayor and the White House has new gay appointee. ∎ A Michigan diocese bars LGBTQ people from the sacraments. ∎ Students in NJ and NY’s East Village publicly protest homophobia. ∎ Pioneering out gay Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat has died at 61. ∎ A leading Kenyan pop singer comes out. ∎ The “Sex and the City” sequel.