Arts & Entertainment
Bill Nye bashes gay conversion therapy with ice cream
conservative outlets slam the animated short

(Screenshot via YouTube.)
Bill Nye the Science Guy explained the sexuality spectrum and slams the use of gay conversion therapy using ice cream cones on his Netflix series, “Bill Nye Saves the World.”
In an animated short titled, “Ice Cream Sexuality,” a vanilla ice cream cone invites the other flavors to ice cream conversion therapy.
“As vanilla, I feel that I am the most natural of the ice creams, and therefore, the rest of you should just go ahead and also be vanilla. It’s the one true flavor,” the ice cream cone tells the rest. He explains that they should, “pretend to be vanilla until they no longer have the urge to not be vanilla.”
The other flavors protest. Strawberry panics and pistachio explains he doesn’t have the urge to be pistachio, he just is that way.
Eventually, the other flavors convince vanilla they don’t have to change who they are and all the scoops dance together in a bowl.
Conservative media outlets took offense to the cartoon, including Megan Fox who wrote a column for PJ Media criticizing Nye.
“The message here is clear (and not at all scientific): Christian, straight white people are bigots, racists and not even straight,” Fox writes. “Bill Nye offers no proof of that, other than a poorly drawn cartoon about debauched ice cream.”
Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro posted a Facebook video slamming the video saying, “There is no scientific basis for anything that is in this video. Just on a scientific basis, ice cream does not have genitalia.”
Watch “Ice Cream Sexuality” below.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at “The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia” at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)












Out & About
Congressional Cemetery hosts Gays & Graves
Daylong Pride celebration blends history, remembrance, art and community
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m.
The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGBTQ+ history. Gays & Graves is an official partner event of Capital Pride 2026.
This event is a daylong Pride celebration blending history, remembrance, art and community. Visitors can shop from LGBTQ+ and allied artists and makers, experience performances and interactive installations, and engage with programs exploring LGBTQ+ history and lived experience.
For more details, visit the cemetery’s website.
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14.
The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p.m. at Druid Hill Park.
There will be an array of additional events including: a fashion show, a “Suits and Sneakers” reception and a 5k race, among many other events.
For more details, visit Baltimore Pride’s website.
