Tag: bisexual

A new study conducted by Vanderbilt University found that same-sex marriage led to "significant increases" in gay and bi men's access to care and health insurance coverage. The study, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, was a combination of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System between the years of 2000 and 2016. But how did they know which households in the data belonged to same-sex couples? Well as Vanderbilt’s...

New report finds shocking stats on race-based discrimination Almost two-thirds of black people who identify as LGBT say they face racism from within the LGBT community. According to new research by UK charity Stonewall, 51% of black and minority ethnic LGBT people said they have faced discrimination based on their race from within the queer community. This number jumps to 61% when broken down to just black people. The research is based on YouGov polling of over 5,000 LGBT people. Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive...

An LGBTQ church in the Philippines’ Quezon city held several gay weddings earlier today. The weddings, which were merely ceremonial as gay marriage is still illegal in the country, were held by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Straight (LGBTS) Christian Church at 8 am, according to Efe which also has video and photos of the event. The Church holds this mass wedding every year to give LGBTQ citizens the opportunity to at least participate in the wedding ritual. While the Philippines...

Data released ahead of Pride in London show more Brits are concerned about animal rights than they are rights for LGBT people. The survey, carried out in partnership with YouGov by Pride’s Community Interest Company, asked participants to pick three issues from a list “ most concern you about the future.” Just three percent of straight and cisgender people picked ‘Tolerance for individuals of different sexualities/gender identities’ as one of the most important, behind ‘animal rights’ on 7 percent. Meanwhile just two...

The "I'm Yours" singer caused a frenzy of speculation with a line in his Pride Month love letter to the LGBTQ community Jason Mraz may have just come out as bisexual. In a poem for Billboard’s Pride Month series, the singer-songwriter included the lines, “We still have a long way to go. / But know I am bi your side.” Now, fans believe he’s dropping hints about his sexuality: https://twitter.com/ctownchick1/status/1007808038470914054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/preserum/status/1007468184440582144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/sureasthesea/status/1007654520157978629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F The “I’m Yours” singer’s sexuality has been the subject of speculation before: In...

A Virginia grandmother went viral after her granddaughter shared the image of a loving gesture. This past weekend, a woman named Lexie tweeted out a picture of her grandmother ironing her bisexual pride flag before she headed out to Washington, D.C.’s Pride. In the tweet, which now has 34,300 comments, 239,000 likes, and 33,000 retweets, she wrote: “I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride. My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, ‘Oh, this...

People are not happy about the last minute decision LGBTI people across India are reeling that Love, Simon has been delayed ‘indefinitely’. The popular gay coming of age movie was a worldwide hit. Its Indian release date was supposed to be 1 June. But people reported that when they tried to book tickets to previously announced screening times, they were no longer available. It is understood the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) banned Love, Simon because of the film’s gay content. Regardless of...

Black men in America are in danger of many things. For those engaging in gay sex, there’s also the very real fear of contracting HIV. This is especially true for Southern black men engaging in sex with other men. While many have the misconception that HIV/AIDs isn’t as prevalent in the US as it was in the 80s or 90s, the disease is in fact now mostly found in communities of color. The Guardian reports that there’s a one in two...

His appointment comes at a time of intense scrutiny around policing methods and policies, both in the city and nationwide For the first time in its more than 70 year history, the San Francisco police union will be lead by an openly gay person. Sergeant Tony Montoya, who has been a cop in the city for 24 years, is taking over the reigns of the San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) from former president Martin Halloran, who began his term in...

Collin Simpson is known for his work with Gay Hoopla and is currently single and seeking a partner Gay porn star Collin Simpson has come out as bisexual in a series of tweets. After first asking his fans to guess his sexuality via a Twitter poll, he revealed the answer. ‘You asked, now here’s the answer! I don’t like to label myself, however if I had to say for certain, I’m bisexual with a preference for women. I am sexually attracted to...

The former Republican representative recently made his sexuality public Mike Jacobs, a Georgia judge and former Republican state representative, just came out as bisexual. It fast happened when he simply posted a photo on Twitter earlier this month. What’s special about the photo? It’s from the Stonewall Bar Association spring mixer. The Stonewall Bar Association is an organization of LGBTQ attorneys, judges, and other people within the law world. https://twitter.com/JudgeJacobs/status/987152170343632896?tfw_creator=anyacrittenton&tfw_site=gaystarnews&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fjudge-georgia-bisexual%2F Then, yesterday (1 May), he released a statement to Project Q Atlanta and confirmed...

Gay life doesn't end at 50, it's only just beginning You might think media has no interest in gay people over 50, but there’s finally an outlet catering to that demographic. Gay 50 Plus is a new online magazine encouraging LGBTI people how to grow gracefully, or disgracefully. Magazine for gay people over 50 The mag, from Bear World Media, is ‘telling people not only is it OK to be gay, it’s also OK to be older’. There will be sections like entertainment, travel,...

Experts are calling for "robust culturally specific prevention programming." A new study suggests gay and bisexual people are much more likely to be victims of sexual violence. A 2016 survey conducted by the Utah Department of Health asked 10,000 residents if they’d ever suffered a sexual assault. Nearly half of all bisexual respondents (45.5%), and a third of lesbians and gays (33.6%), said they had been the victim of sexual violence at some point in their lives—compared to just 8.7% of...

For his first solo headline show at London’s O2 Arena, Harry Styles made a colourful and empowering splash. The former One Direction star managed to turn his 12,000-strong audience in a huge, shimmering, Pride flag, as the colours of the rainbow twinkled across the venue. Before the show, a group of fans known as the Rainbow London Project gave the crowd rainbow tickets that they could attach to the flash on their smartphone cameras. The colours were distributed throughout the audience so...