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A gay couple who held hands in a supermarket have expressed their anger after a security guard told them they were acting inappropriately. Thomas Rees and Joshua Bradwell were in a Sainsbury's store in Hackney when the guard told them a woman had complained about their behaviour. "It's really knocked me for six and I've spent the last day or so analysing how I'm perceived," said Mr Rees. Sainsbury's apologised and offered them a £10 voucher. The 32-year-old said they were holding hands,...

Anyone who has attended one of Adele’s massive sold-out shows lately knows the British star is really going for that “everywoman” vibe, which translates to lots and lots of talking in between belting out power ballads. For the purists who just came to hear her sing, it’s a little much. To everyone else, it’s pure heaven — lighten up, purists! She’s having her moment. Adele’s latest crowd-pleasing audience interaction took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (one of eight sold...

A gay Kentucky couple alleges that a city official called them “faggots” and assaulted one of them while she was evicting them due to their sexual orientation. Joshua Melton and his husband James Feltner (above) had lived in a townhouse owned by Manchester City Councilwoman Esther Thompson for nine months when they were evicted in June. “She said she should have never rented to the faggots,” Melton told WYMT. Melton, who went to the emergency room after Thompson allegedly struck him in the head, has filed a criminal complaint...

A photo has emerged of two men kissing while completing the Olympic torch relay for Rio 2016. The un-named couple were two of many to make an epic journey across Brasil for the 2016 games. And amid the chaos of the relay, they stopped to have a kiss. Published on goqueer, the photob by Pedro Veríssimo shows an intimate moment amid the crush of the run. Also carrying the torch was trans woman Laerte Countinho, who was believed to be the only trans person in...

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, and his 32-year-old boyfriend, Christopher “Drew” Leinonen were killed in the shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando. They were planning to get married. https://www.instagram.com/p/8HetiYkvDo/?taken-by=juang0628 They were together for two years and Guerrero's family talked about how much their son loved his boyfriend and planned to get married. “They were honestly so in love. They were soul mates. You can tell by how they looked at each other,” Aryam Guerrero said. “It’s a little comforting that they died together.” “If it’s not...

The story of two gay men that met during Iraq war and fell in love with each other is now available in a documentary titled Out of Iraq, and you can watch the trailer below. The two men met in 2004. Nayyef Hrebid and Betu Allami were both involved in the Iraq war. Nayeyef was a translator for U.S. militia and Betu a soldier with the Iraqi Army. They met during a mission involving the reclaim of Ramadi General Hospital that had...

A Ghanaian cleric made the jaw-dropping declaration that homosexuality is the reason why earthquakes happen. Trying to distract the attention from violences against the LGBT community in Ghana, Mallam Abass Mahmud said that gay sex is the cause for natural disasters. Of course, a good reason for bigots to keep on marching against gay people. “Allah gets annoyed when males engage in sexual encounters, and such disgusting encounters causes earthquakes,” the cleric said to local media. "Should we allow such a shame to...

Former Kyle XY star Matt Dallas and his husband, Blue Hamilton have adopted a child and they are extremely happy because this is the family they've always dreamed of. https://www.instagram.com/p/BErGZ_9IO0k/?taken-by=bluehamilton The couple talked to People Magazine about the process of adoption. They recall reading many stories of children in foster care. https://www.instagram.com/p/BD9OsMBoO0u/?taken-by=bluehamilton “There were so many kids, and so many stories that broke our hearts,” says Hamilton, 36, of the 19,000 children in foster care in the couple’s home state of Arizona. “I...

Bishop Melvin Talbert and Pastor Val Rosenquist of United Methodist Church (UMC) have officiated the ceremony of a gay couple although they know the church won't agree. The bishop and the pastor married John Romano and Jim Wilborne, both 52, in an official ceremony on Saturday. Their act comes as a statement of disagreement with the anti-gay practices of the Church. “I have to make a choice between my church and God, and I am choosing God,” the bishop explained, saying that policies of...

Thus, the company is demonstrating its exclusivity. One of the largest Italian fashion houses Gucci is currently reworking its employment contract that allows to give newlywed gay staff the same 14-day paid honeymoon entitlement as heterosexual staff already use for a long period of time, informs The Local. In an interview the spokesman of the company said that this move was the “further confirmation of the spirit of inclusion and modernity of the Florentine brand.” Gucci followed the footsteps of some of...

One Million Moms does it again. That hive of reaction against "trash", "filth" and "indecency" were in the news again (yawn) over their attack on "American Girl" magazine, by Mattel of Barbie doll fame, and in particular an article they did about a young girl working with a charity for foster kids. That girl was Amaya Scheer, and that charity was Comfort Cases, run by one of her dads, himself a former foster child. Oh wait, what? One of her...