Tag: gay couple

The real-life and highly personal inspiration behind the pair's storyline has been revealed by Emmy-winner Mark Saltzman An Emmy-winning scriptwriter who worked on Sesame Street during the show’s heyday has revealed he does consider two of the show’s central characters, Bert and Ernie, to be a couple. Speaking to Queerty, songwriter Mark Saltzman was asked if he thought of the pair as gay. He admitted he had no other way to ‘contextualize’ them. ‘I remember one time that a column from The...

The pair had been previously attacked while taking a walk in Verona's city center An Italian gay couple has been the victim of yet another homophobic attack. Andrea Gardoni, 23, and Angelo Amato, 59, got married in Spain three years ago. They now live in the village of Stallavena, near Verona. The two woke up on the night of 13 September to noises coming from the outside of their house. When Andrea opened to door to check, he saw a dark, tall figure...

Garrett Smith and Jason Bitner were engaged at Disneyland two years ago after a beautiful proposal. This week, the two tied the knot as their favorite Disney characters: Buzz Lightyear and Woody. The couple from Chicago dressed up as the iconic characters from Pixar’s 1995 hit movie, Toy Story. They decided on those characters because of the song they wanted for their first dance- “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from the Toy Story soundtrack. On the topic, Bitner said: “Garrett...

Mark E Miller’s YouTube channel has over 680,000 subscribers. He and boyfriend Ethan Hethcote had been together over five years Gay Youtubers Mark E. Miller and Ethan Hethcote have announced that they have split up. The California-based men began dating in May 2013. Miller has almost half a million Instagram followers. His YouTube channel has over 680,000 subscribers. It has often featured videos of him and Hethcote on their travels and adventures. Yesterday, they posted a five-minute video in which they explained...

The victim put a towel to his neck and wandered the street seeking help Authorities in St. Petersburg, Florida, charged a man with attempted murder when he allegedly stabbed another man in the neck after they had sex. According to reports, Mark Kimball, 54, went to friend Michael Drake’s house. The two engaged in consenual sex and afterward, Drake, 38, grabbed a knife and cut Kimball’s neck multiple times. Drake then left. Kimball put a towel to his neck and wandered out onto...

True love never dies A man famous on the Cardiff gay club scene has died ‘of a broken heart’ just weeks after his husband passed away. People are paying tribute to Steven Collyer, 52, after he died on Tuesday 4 September. His partner, Jason Roe, died from an illness just six weeks before. Steven and Jason made a massive impact on the gay scene in the Welsh capital. Steven opened the first WOW gay venue in the 1990s, and also ran Koolers...

‘I really want to thank my husband who thought it was a good idea' High profile LGBT activist Bisi Alimi and his husband have just become the first gay couple interviewed on Nigerian television. Alimi has actively campaigned for LGBTI rights since bravely coming out on Nigerian TV about 14 years ago. Coming out cost Alimi his acting job on a Nigerian soap opera. His parents also kicked him out of home. But Alimi would go on to set up the...

He saw it as his 'duty as a white man' Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes ordered the execution of Peter Avsenew for the murder of a gay couple in 2010. In January, a jury found Avsenew guilty of killing Steven Adams and Kevin Powell in north Florida. They sentenced him to death. He showed no remorse at the sentencing, and flipped off the victims’ families before being led out of the court room. ‘I have no regrets in my life and I am...

The Disney star came out by revealing he's in a long-term relationship Garrett Clayton revealed yesterday (20 August) that he’s in a long term relationship with LA writer Blake Knight. While this confirmed rumors the Disney actor wasn’t straight, it turns out that there’s been more than enough photos of the two together. The star, who played a gay porn actor in movie King Cobra alongside James Franco, has posted countless steamy solo photos on his Instagram. Alongside them, his boyfriend...

He also called one of the men a 'n*gro' People are calling for the resignation of Austrian politician Bruno Weber after he used homphobic and racial slurs. Weber made the remarks on a Facebook post showing an advertisement from ÖBB, the country’s nationalised railway service. The photo shows an interracial gay couple with a child. Weber is a member of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). His fellow member, Manfred Pühringer, made the initial post, asking: ‘It’s not nice, is it?’ Weber commented: ‘That’s...

Gay men have turned their heads for actor Garrett Clayton many times in the past few years. The Teen Beach Movie, King Cobra, and Hairspray Live actor has made a name for himself by being a young and handsome man. He’s literally done so by taking on roles that mirror gay porn legend Brent Corrigan and 1960s heartthrob archetypes. Now, the star is getting ready for the release of a new film titled Reach, and has honored it with a news...

Governor Cuomo offered to officiate for them Gay couple Dylan Toften and Thomas Hurd went to the town clerk in Root, New York, a small town outside of Albany, to get their marriage license. They were ready to start their lives together as a wedded couple. Unfortunately, the town’s clerk, Laurel Eriksen, denied their request — despite the fact that same-sex marriage has been legal in the state of New York since 2011, and the United States at large since 2015. Toften...

Today marks the exact five year anniversary of when the state of Rhode Island had its first same-sex weddings. While the famous Obergefell v. Hodges case brought marriage equality to the entirety of the United States of America, the state of Rhode Island legalized gay marriage back in 2013. Then on August 1st of that year, many couples walked down the aisle. Rhode Islanders are now celebrating the fifth anniversary of their marriages and the trials they went through to get...

After boarding an Alaska Airline flight from New York City’s JFK airport to Los Angeles, a gay businessman and his partner were approached by a flight attendant and his companion was asked to change seats. It appears a straight couple had been assigned the same seats and the gay couple was being asked to move in deference to the straight couple who wanted to sit together. The man, David Cooley, is the founder and CEO of the prominent West Hollywood nightclub,...