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Two members of the German heavy-metal band Rammstein defied Russia’s anti-LGBTQ policies by sharing a kiss during a concert in Moscow on Tuesday. Guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kissed onstage as the band performed “Ausländer,” German for “foreigner.” “Russia, we love you,” the band wrote in an Instagram post accompanied by an image of the musicians’ kiss. The kiss was widely praised for its defiance of Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” law, which prohibits “the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships” to...

After the body of a man who went missing during a police operation at France's Fete de la Musique in June was found on Tuesday, people took to social media to demand answers. Steve Maia Caniço, 24, was last seen at a techno concert in Nantes, western France, for the famous nationwide festival, which sees bands and artists play for one day in outside spaces across the country. His disappearance quickly became a controversial topic as it coincided with the time...

It’s hard to believe that Florence + the Machine have been releasing music for ten years now, but a full decade on from the launch of their July 2009 debut album Lungs, the 65,000-strong crowd at Hyde Park was treated to an impressive headline set from Florence Welch and her bandmates. It’s an enjoyable end to the day’s festivities, which saw support from American alternative rock outfit The National and Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li. Florence rarely spoke to the crowd...

Proposing during an Ariana Grande concert is the cutest (and gayest!) thing ever!! We already know pop queen and LGBT ally Ariana Grande is crazy talented, but did you also know that she's good at bringing people together through her music? That was the case during the opening show of her Sweetener World Tour in Albany, New York when a fan in the audience named Jordan took some time during Ari's performance of her song "goodnight n go" to propose...

This has a beautiful message Two rock stars have kissed to fight against homophobia at an anti-Nazi concert. Benjamin Griffey, who also performs as the rapper Casper, and Felix Brummer, frontman of KraftKlub, kissed on stage on Monday (3 September). The free open-air concert was put together to take a stand against neo-Nazis in the eastern German city of Chemnitz. Over the past week, the city has seen numerous protests and acts of far-right violence. Rock stars kiss at anti-Nazi concert ‘We celebrate every one...

Now this is a coming out story! One Direction alum Harry Styles is no stranger to uplifting the LGBTQ community. While touring the States during Pride month, Styles has wrapped himself in rainbow flags, donned AIDS awareness pins, and dedicated songs to male audience members. While the “Sign of the Times” singer’s world tour is coming to a close and Pride month has passed, the performer is still doing his part to make America gay again. At his concert in San Jose,...

Harry Styles has once again shown his support for the LGBTQ community. During his Philadelphia concert on Friday night, the former One Direction star delighted fans when he held up a rainbow Pride flag that read “Make America Gay Again”. The singer/songwriter has always been a visible ally to the LGBT+ community, sporting both Pride and trans flags during his performances. Back in April, Harry went viral after he managed to turn his 12,000-strong audience at London’s O2 Arena in a huge,...

After waving gay and transgender pride flags while on tour, Harry Styles has made an impassioned pro-LGBT speech at a recent concert. https://twitter.com/TwoSweeetGhosts/status/924046385380503552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fharry-styles-gave-powerful-pro-lgbt-speech-recent-concert Over the weekend, in Stockholm, Sweden, Styles told fans to hold hands, before he began his speech. https://twitter.com/janejonsxx/status/927280696447643648 He said: “If you are black, if you are white, if you are gay, if you are straight, if you are transgender – whoever you are, whoever you want to be, I support you." He added: “I love every single one of you.” Online, fans flooded...

Talk about a show of love. Lady Gaga kicked off the Joanne World Tour in style on Tuesday night (August 1), treating fans to an epic show of love as she launched into a hit-packed setlist which included tracks from across her almost decade-long career. And while getting to grips with a brand-spanking new show might be enough to keep most artists occupied for an evening, Mother Monster managed to break with proceedings halfway through the show to launch into an...

Former RuPaul's Drag Race judge is being slammed by followers RuPaul’s Drag Race star Lucian Piane has gone on another one of his reckless, scorched Earth social media rampages and his timing could not be worse. In a series of Instagram videos posted today, Piane slams singer Ariana Grande over the bombing that took place after her concert in Manchester, England. So far 22 people have been confirmed dead including an 8 year old girl. In the first video titled ‘Fuck @arianagrande’ Piane...

As word spread online of the terrorist attack Monday night at the Manchester, UK concert where Ariana Grande had just performed, Twitter lit up with emotional tweets from around the world, including dozens of celebrities, from Cher to Ellen to Katy Perry and many, many more. https://twitter.com/cher/status/866794101835841536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/866826292217303041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/ddlovato/status/866792822078406656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/866824457050099712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/Pink/status/866810680627691520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/866822681064341505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/866788728651513857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/BoyGeorge/status/866811335123681280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/lorde/status/866822912673628162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/866819201888944133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/ShawnMendes/status/866823030248538112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/kylieminogue/status/866818571245977604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/halsey/status/866797453651136513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/866809443543076865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/JohnStamos/status/866810695614181376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/BrunoMars/status/866810216259751937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F https://twitter.com/questlove/status/866797195638575105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Finternet-bursts-tears-support-manchester-victims%2F Source

  An explosion that police said was linked to terrorism killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 50 concertgoers at an arena performance by LGBTQ ally Ariana Grande in Manchester, England Monday night. Police said the explosion is being judged a terrorist attack unless new information proves otherwise. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/866817838354268164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Fdozen-dead-terrorists-attack-ariana-grande-concert-uk%2F “We saw young girls with blood on them, everyone was screaming and people were running,” she said. Video posted to Twitter showed panicked concertgoers running from the arena. https://twitter.com/stephan_pierre_/status/866819855927971840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F05%2Fdozen-dead-terrorists-attack-ariana-grande-concert-uk%2F ”Ariana is O.K.,” said her...

The singer-songwriter whipped out the flag on his third night at London's 02 arena. Singer Ed Sheeran sent fans wild when he pulled out a rainbow pride flag at a recent concert. ed waved a pride flag last night during you need me and i love him a lot ??? pic.twitter.com/0YR8rDMo06 — ciara (@ciaraseviour) May 3, 2017 The songwriter was given the symbol of LGBT equality by an audience member during his encore at London’s 02 arena last week. Sheeran grabbed it gladly and...

“It just kind of blacked out and all I could see was Chris and Adele standing there." A same-sex couple got engaged at Adele’s concert in Melbourne last night, sharing their proposal with 77,000 fans and one delighted Grammy winner. Wade Nicholson-Doyle took his boyfriend, Chris, to the show as a 40th birthday present and the two were invited on stage. Seizing the moment Nicholson-Doyle dropped to one knee and proposed, to the delight of the roaring crowd. “Did you say yes?”...