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With his gay romantic comedy #Bros, Billy Eichner becomes the first openly gay man to both co-write and star in a major studio film. wp.me/pc8uak-1lBpZW 
“I want it to do well for the sake of the LGBTQ stories getting greenlit. So, there’s a burden I feel, much as I want to sit here and just talk about how funny the movie is.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lBpZW
#Bros is part of a wave of new shows and movies — like Netflix’s #Uncoupled and Searchlight’s #FireIsland — that come from LGBTQ creators. Unlike “Uncoupled” and “Fire Island,” though, “Bros” needs to convince consumers to buy a movie ticket. wp.me/pc8uak-1lBpZW
Wrapping up another spectacular field season working with #PipingPlovers! Here's a thread of some season highlights of what we've been up to on the beaches of #FireIsland:
Everyone thinks working on a beach is a breeze! That is until you realize how abrasive the sand and wind can be on your face after 5+ hours. To combat this, I wear a variety of neck buffs & my polarized sunglasses on the daily to prevent eye strain from hours in the sunlight.
Most of my workday is comprised of surveying PIPL nesting habitat using a spotting scope. This allows us to see plovers from afar and count of how many banded vs. unbanded individuals are in the study area and read the unique band/flag combinations on the banded individuals.
