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Manchester’s first openly gay lord mayor has been blocked from re-standing for election. Carl Austin-Behan, who served as lord mayor from 2016 to 2017, lost a critical vote by party members in his Manchester council ward. The loss means the trailblazer will no longer be a councillor as of May’s local elections in 2018. Cllr Austin-Behan and his husband, Simon Austin-Behan, made history as the first same-sex couple to hold the city’s ancient ceremonial posts of lord mayor and consort. Speaking after the...

The world keeps on spinning.It’s been a bit of a stressful few days for everyone involved. Sometimes, it takes all your energy just to scroll through social media, mentally preparing yourself for the next terrible thing to leap out at you. It was on one of those regular trawls that we saw this tweet from Kevin O’Keeffe at Mic. “I’ll tell you what, the thirst Instagays are *distraught*. Still shirtless, but distraught,” he wrote. https://twitter.com/kevinpokeeffe/status/796420452503556096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw And you know what? https://www.instagram.com/p/BMmIhHYjuC6/ He was right. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMnIg-YDdjo/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BMm6LePgIhx/ They weren’t always shirtless… https://www.instagram.com/p/BMk2tbdgDIA/ And...

Those may be the three scariest words in the English language. Unfortunately, they are also reality for the next four years. The pundits will spend countless hours trying to figure out just what combination of events led Trump to pull the most stunning political upset since Truman’s defeat of Dewey in 1948. Was it that Clinton was too damaged and establishment of a candidate? Was it that the polls seriously underestimated Trump’s appeal? Was it that white working class voters...

Warning: This article contains graphic images that some people might find distressing. A gay man was reportedly attacked by Trump supporters on election night leaving him bleeding and requiring five staples in his head. Chris Ball, a Calgary film producer, spent election night watching poll results at a bar. As the evening progressed tensions began to rise from supporters on both sides of the political spectrum. “People started launching homophobic slurs at me from afar,” he told Metro News. “I mean, I...

Meet one of the rare bright spots in the 2016 election. For at least half the nation, it's been a dark night-into morning-into full-blown day with the news that our collective nightmare turned out to be reality—but as with every dark cloud there's a silver lining. For instance, it's going to be a lot easier to get high in some states. And there is now a record number of women in the Senate. It's not quite the same as a...

Racism is a problem in the gay community and you need look no further than the current presidential campaign, argues Gabe Gonzalez in a new video from Mic. “Nothing more clearly illustrates that racism is alive and well in the gay community than this election cycle,” Gonzalez says. “Don’t believe me? Ask the gays. For Trump.” “Like a rich daddy on Fire Island, the alt-right has penetrated the hearts of some impressionable young men,” he continues. “Overgrown twinks with a penchant...

The former president paid a surprise visit to the memorial Wednesday afternoon.  Former president Bill Clinton visited the Pulse memorial in Orlando Wednesday. Clinton's appearance was not made public until Thursday, when the former president's press secretary, Angel Urena, confirmed his visit. https://twitter.com/angelurena/status/768517678273290240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The 42nd president was at the memorial for around ten minutes, where he spoke with several people at the memorial, reported the Orlando Sentinel. "I was just driving by to be honest," John McClain of Orlando told the paper. "I saw...