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A Singaporean pop singer has come out as gay. Willie Tay was considered a rising star in the Singaporean music scene just a year or two ago. But, his sexuality created a hurdle in his ascent to fame. Earlier this year, Tay decided to tell his family, friends, and record label about his sexuality. The latter didn’t handle the news well. As he told Billboard, “It was terrifying, because before I came out to my label, I was worried about losing my...

Mikey Bustos is an insanely popular social media influencer with over 880K YouTube subscribers and almost 150 million video views plus over 125K Instagram followers and another 100K on Twitter. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkd2y7VBkER/?utm_source=ig_embed In an Instagram post this week, the 37-year-old Filipino-Canadian comedian made a big reveal: He’s a proud member of the LGBTQ community! Not just that, but he’s got a boyfriend, RJ Garcia, who also happens to be his manager. The first photo was captioned, “Happy Easter! #NewLife,” while a second photo...

This just in: Actor Tyler Blackburn bats for both teams. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbPZzsTBqgN/?utm_source=ig_embed In a new interview with The Advocate, the 32-year-old TV heartthrob opens up about his sexuality publicly for the first time. “I’m queer,” he says. “I’ve identified as bisexual since a teenager. I just want to feel powerful in my own skin, and my own mind, and in my own heart.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcCqX-goSW/?utm_source=ig_embed Blackburn first made a name for himself as bad boy Caleb Rivers in Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off, Ravenswood....

"Good morning," Paul called out to his neighbour. Mrs. Gasper turned around with a smile on her face, but the smile swiftly turned into a frown when she saw Paul. She ran into her apartment as if she had seen a ghost. A wave of pain surged through Paul as he walked back into the apartment he shared with his boyfriend. Mike was in the kitchen, making breakfast when Paul walked in. Paul was olive-skinned; he had black hair with green...

Thankfully, emergency services got to him in time A young gay man tried to attempt suicide after learning his boyfriend’s parents beat him up for coming out. The unnamed man, believed to be around 19 years old, was found at the top of a bridge in Puebla, Mexico. A passer-by called the emergency number at 5.46pm on 23 March. They saw a young man, on the ledge, about to throw himself off into incoming traffic. Emergency services raced to the bridge located between 14...

This legislation will protect LGBTI Americans ‘If I or any other LGBTQ person got in their car and drove from LA, where I am now, to DC, their rights could change depending on whatever states they drove through,’ Sam Greisman explains in a new video supporting the Equality Act. Greisman is the openly gay son of Oscar-winning actor Sally Field. The two teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign to advocate for the passage of the Equality Act. This legislation, recently re-introduced by...

'I remember always thinking how special it was to dance freely with my boyfriend in the living room of our apartment' Country singer Cameron Hawthorne came out as gay via his new music video. The video for Dancing In The Living Room features sweet, romantic vignettes and highlights the intimacy of dancing with one’s partner at home. In the video, there is a diversity of couples. Some include a lesbian couple moving in together and an elderly couple dancing in their...

Actor Ryan Sampson, 33-year-old star of the British sitcom Plebs, has taken to social media to shut down homophobes…by coming out. In a post to Twitter, the actor noted that he had received messages from an Instagram user wanting to engage him in “homophobic banter.” Sampson refused to take the bait, posting a picture of himself with his boyfriend instead–the first public admission by Sampson that he is gay. https://twitter.com/MrRyanSampson/status/1098352520718630914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1098352520718630914&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.queerty.com%2Ftv-star-comes-introducing-world-boyfriend-20190225 “Hi y’all,” Sampson wrote in his post. “So. I was on Instagram...

For several years now, Broadway’s sensitive ‘golden boy,’ Ben Platt has captured the hearts and minds of theater audiences with his show-stopping performances in The Book of Mormon and his Tony Award-winning turn as the anxious, social misfit “Evan Hansen” in the hit musical, Dear Evan Hansen. Now, he’s set his sights on conquering the music industry with his first solo album, Sing To Me Instead, set to drop on March 29. He recently released the first two music videos from...

Nicholas Breiner hadn’t even told his family on April 7, 2017, when he came out on Instagram and told the world — more particularly, his students — that he was bisexual. He spoke up because one of his students, struggling with her own sexuality, had told a friend that she was going to kill herself. “I couldn’t help but wonder how many students I had that were in a similar situation to that student; feeling completely alone and nearing that...

He won a Tony in 2017 for Dear Evan Hansen Broadway star Ben Platt has publicly come out as gay in his new music video. Last month, Platt announced his debut album, Sing to Me Instead. He subsequently released two singles from the upcoming album, Bad Habit and Ease My Mind. With the premiere of the latter’s music video on Wednesday (13 February), Platt shares a part of himself with the world for the first time. Shot entirely in black and white, the...

Lawmaker previously likened LGBTI people to a terrorist group and the Ku Klux Klan A Republican lawmaker has given a threatening response when asked what he would do if his kids were gay. Eric Porterfield, a Trump-supporting West Virginia lawmaker, was also under fire this week. He has previously likened LGBTI people to a terrorist group and the Ku Klux Klan. Republican lawmaker grins as he said he would see if a gay child could ‘swim’ A WVVA reporter asked what would happen if...

EXCLUSIVE: Pro-wrestler Anthony Bowens was pranked by boyfriend Michael Pavano but viewers can’t decide if it was funny or mean How would you feel if you found a used condom beneath your boyfriend’s bed? A condom you were pretty certain had nothing to do with you? That appears to be the situation that gay, pro-wrestler Anthony Bowens found himself in recently. What happens is the subject of the latest video on the YouTube channel he runs with partner, Michael Pavano. The used...

Jake Bain is openly gay and proud College footballer Jake Bain shared his story with Ellen about coming out as gay in school. Bain made headlines in 2017 when he came out as gay to his high school classmates at John Burroughs School in Missouri. Now he’s playing Division I football at Indiana State University. https://www.instagram.com/p/BIYIAc4De3Z/?utm_source=ig_embed He appeared on Ellen yesterday (7 January) to share how his life has changed since. On coming out to his football team, Bain said: ‘I had a lot of...