The discovery of two antique film reels has inspired filmmaker Geoff Story to produce a documentary titled Gay Home Movie that depicts gay life prior to the gay rights movement. In 1996, Story purchased the two film reels at the estate sale of Buddy Walton who, in the 1940s, was a hairdresser servicing celebrities. Drawn...
Right-wing provocateur, Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s broke. Using Telegram, a messaging platform popular with white nationalists and Trump supporters, Yiannopoulos complains he’s been cut off from the masses after Twitter and Facebook barred him. He says his 19,000 Telegram followers don’t give him enough reach to make a living. “I spent years growing and developing...
CNN will host a Democratic presidential town hall to discuss LGBTIQ issues in October. The event is reportedly the first of its kind to be aired on a major news network. CNN said the event, which it has called Power Of Our Pride, will be held in Los Angeles on 10 October. The event will...
Openly gay 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has released his first television ad for the Iowa caucuses. In the ad, Buttigieg starts with his career in the military and as mayor of South Bend, Indiana and continues by pointing out that America is divided. “Today’s divided America, we’re at each other’s throats,” Buttigieg says. While...
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro tried to ban an Avengers comic because it features a gay kiss. Mayor Marcelo Crivella demanded that Avengers: The Children’s Crusade be removed from a book fair because it featured content he deemed unsuitable for children. Crivella, who once described homosexuality as a “terrible evil,” said he wanted the...
NFL player Ryan Russell has come out as bisexual in a piece published in ESPN. Russell, who is a former Dallas Cowboy and current free agent, said he wants to start the next phase of his life founded in “trust and honesty”. In his piece, Russell said, “Out of love, admiration and respect, I want...
The former Empire actor is trying to have a $130,000 lawsuit against him dismissed. The lawsuit is brought by the city of Chicago, who are trying to reclaim investigation costs after the actor was cleared of criminal charges in March. In a motion filed by his lawyers, Smollett rejects the suggestion he should be liable...
On a recent episode of The Shop: Uninterrupted, Maverick Carter, Kevin Hart, Rob Gronkowski, Kevin Love, CJ McCollum, Charlamagne Tha God, Lil Nas X, and Paul Rivera sat down for a wide-ranging conversation. The show, a collaboration between LeBron and Maverick Carter, is billed as an unfiltered conversation and debate among guests from sports and...
Deputy White House press secretary, Judd Deere suggested VP Mike Pence couldn’t be homophobic because he had lunch with Ireland’s openly gay prime minister. “For all of you who think our @VP is anti-gay, I point you to his and the @SecondLady’s schedule tomorrow where they will join Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar and his partner Dr Matthew...
A research study conducted by Pen State University in the USA found some straight men avoid reusable bags because they’re perceived as being feminine. According to Penn State Professor Of Psychology, Janet Swim, men can be reluctant to undertake tasks that are good for the environment (like reusable shopping bags) because they perceive them to...
Over 1,000 counter protestors overshadowed the Boston Straight Pride parade on the weekend. With around 200 marchers, the Straight Pride parade made its way to City Hall where the crowd heard speeches from far-right political groups. The event, organised by Super Happy Fun American, included Milo Yiannopoulos, who told the crowd, “Add the S to...
Joel Schumacher the director who brought us Lost Boys, Batman And Robin, Batman Forever, Flatliners, Falling Down, Phone Booth, St Elmo’s Fire, Tigerland, The Client and more has revealed in an interview with Vulture that he’s had sex with between 10,000 and 20,000 guys, he estimates. In this interview, Schumacher said, “Most gay men have...
A new study published in Science journal claims that no one gene determines a person’s sexuality. Instead, it found that environment and genetics both play their part. After analysing DNA from 470,000 of people in the United States and the UK, researchers found a handful of genes connected to same-sex behaviour. The researchers say that,...
Disney’s Marvel Studios will have its first openly gay character starring in its upcoming film, The Eternals. In an interview with Good Morning America, Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios president, described the character: “He’s married, he’s got a family, and that is just part of who he is,” though he remained tight lipped as to who...
In an interview with Thomson Reuters, former USA pro-footballer Ryan O’Callaghan opened up about the exhausting mental game of playing it straight in the NFL. Since publicly coming out in 2017, O’Callaghan says he regularly hears from closeted current professional football players. “I can promise you there’s plenty of closeted NFL players,” O’Callaghan, who played...