GT launches new initiative to partner with LGBTQIA+ and diverse-owned production and creative agencies

really in charge here?The sexy queer short film Safe Word explores the unspoken feelings that linger just beneath the surface of a kinky dom/sub relationship, and what happens when we keep our emotions more bound than our bodies.From filmmaker Christopher Cunetto, the intimate story opens on Cesar (Mauricio Pita, who also produces the film), a man nervously jotting down words on a sheet of paper. Shazam? No.

Back in 2016, after Donald Trump was elected President, we wrote an update for the community responding to people’s fears that their marriages were under threat. Today, we’re seeing the same concerns again. So here’s a short update on our original post.

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report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that the sharp and drastic increases in the number STI diagnoses seen following the end of COVID-era lockdowns appear to have slowed.In 2023, over 2.4 million cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia were diagnosed and reported, with 1.6 million chlamydia cases, 209,000 cases of syphilis, and over 600,000 cases of gonorrhea.But the number of STIs decreased nearly 2% from 2022 to 2023.

Denzel Washington has revealed that a same-sex kiss scene he filmed for Gladiator II was cut from the movie.In a new interview with Gayety, the actor, who portrays Macrinus in Ridley Scott‘s sequel to the 2000 blockbuster, said he kissed a male co-star in a since-deleted moment.After being asked “how gay” the Roman Empire was, Washington replied: “I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out. They cut it.

A post shared by Laron Gigger (@lar0n.best)Laron Gigger knows how to turn heads. A lifelong dancer, the Atlanta-based creator is most comfortable wearing loud colors and performing ostentatious tricks, regardless of who’s watching. When Gigger first put on a pair of roller skates, he didn’t see anybody else who looks like him.

Queer, premiere in Los Angeles on the same evening that Ridley Scott’s epic Roman soldier sequel, Gladiator II, took over London for its world premiere.Although nearly 6,000 miles apart, the thirsty carnage of having Pedro Pascal’s plunging neckline and Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott’s impromptu All of Us Strangers reunion occurring in the UK simultaneously as Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Omar Apollo, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Jwan Yosef and a slew of other LGBTQ+ stars showed off their fashionista finery (many of who rocked outfits by Loewe) in the US can not be understated.The heartthrob heat level hit Defcon 1.While the Department of Homosexual Panic reported no injuries, proceed with caution as you view all the red carpet hotties storming the Gladiator II and Queer premieres below …Fresh off not being selected People’s Sexiest Man Alive for a second year, Pedro left everyone shook with this elegant plunging Bottega Veneta silk top and high-waisted trousers.Mescal continued his sartorial slay in a single-breasted Gucci tux and an undone white necktie shirt.Scott went for a more casual Gucci look with the fashion house’s argyle cardigan, cropped slacks and signature loafers.Reunited and it feels so good.Pedro’s sister stunned in this black velvet cut-out Stephane Rolland Haute Couture gown. Va-va-voom!The Ferrari drivers revved everyone’s engines with their joint tuxedo fits.Denzel is 69! Get it, Daddy!Category is: Goddess.Omar kept it classic in this black Loewe suit.Lovers on screen, style studs (both in Loewe) IRL.

Donald Trump to serve as the director of national intelligence, but she has faced suggestions from those close to her that her political ambitions stem from the Science of Identity Foundation, a group founded in Hawaii that has been labeled by some, including former members, as a cult.Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress who ran for president in 2020, grew up attending schools run by followers of the group's leader, Chris Butler, and has described her religious practices as "transcendental Hinduism," a term recommended to her by Butler according to a piece in The New Yorker in 2017.Former members who don't speak so fondly of the Foundation and others close to Gabbard have said the group's influence could be affecting her political motives, according to the report. People have said the Science of Identity Foundation forbids people to speak publicly about the group, requires people to lie face down when Butler enters a room and even sometimes eat his nail clippings or "spoonfuls" of the sand he walked on, The New Yorker reported."I know what an abusive, misogynistic, homophobic, germophobic, narcissistic nightmare Chris Butler is.

A post shared by Alex Consani (@alexconsani)That was a really impactful moment. It’s crazy, though, because I didn’t even realize I was the first [trans model] to walk until after I walked the show. I thought that Valentina [Sampaio, who also walked in the show] had already walked a while ago, so having that in my mind took the pressure away.It’s really impactful to be [among] the first [to walk for Victoria’s Secret] because I’m able to take the hate.