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A gay man is sharing how he, his boyfriend, and his friends were arrested for “loitering.” Ttam Nanaramid recently posted to Facebook the story of how a new Presidential order led to the arrest of him and his friends. On Saturday, June 16, he, his partner, and his friends were waiting outside another friend’s apartment for her to come out and join them for a bar crawl. As he wrote on Facebook: “My partner and I were not even paying attention… and the...

An unfortunate nip slip caused the weird warning Sohail Akhavein isn’t one to shy away from dressing how he wants and showing off a bit of skin. In fact, it seems it’s earned him a bit of a reputation. In preparation for a community luncheon in his home town of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a fellow local resident warned him: ‘Tone it down so the focus can be on the community and not your body.’ The warning comes about after a previous incident involving an...

This gay man will never forget his father’s reaction when he discovered pornography in his son’s school bag My dad suspected and expected bad behavior from people and life. You could say he was cynical. And, he was the same with his children. My dad didn’t trust me to come home from school right away, so he followed me in his car. He was always snooping around to find out what I was doing that he didn’t know. In 8th grade,...

A man who killed gay men in Philadelphia during the 1980s has been found dead in prison. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, 50-year-old Arnold Mulholland’s unresponsive body was found in his cell at the State Correctional Institution-Mahanoy in Frackville, Pennsylvania around 6:17 Friday morning. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections later announced that Mulholland was pronounced dead around 7am, but they would not disclose the cause of death. In 1990, Mulholland pleaded guilty to killing three gay men, Alexander Munchweiler, Tracy Griffin, and...

Guards allegedly ignored the Michigan inmates' repeated requests to be separated The family of a gay man murdered by his homophobic cellmate while incarcerated in a Michigan prison is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections, M Live reports. Rodriguez Burks, 23, serving a two-year sentence at the Alger Correctional Facility for fleeing and eluding officers, was killed last July, nine months before he was eligible for parole. DeShawn Madden, 23, has been convicted of the first-degree murder. Recently transferred to Alger, he...

He's now carving himself a career as a performer and fashion model: 'I am extremely saddened by Trump’s new policy on immigration' After President Trump’s Executive Order last Friday suspending the US Refugees Admission Program (USRAP) and imposing a 90-day visa suspension on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, one Iranian gay man’s story couldn’t be more timely. Arad (who prefers not to reveal his real name), fled Iran in 2010 He has since made a life for himself in the US. He...

Hasan Atik's nomination comes at a time when the situation for LGBTI people in Turkey is 'deteriorating' An openly gay man has been nominated to run for a seat in Turkey’s upcoming snap elections. The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) included Hasan Atik on its list of candidates for the 24 June election. Atik has long campaigned for LGBTI and HIV rights. He will run for a seat in the north-west province of Edirne. The HDP is a left-leaning political group, known to be...

Adam Rippon just made history on Dancing With The Stars. The figure skater, who stole the title of America’s sweetheart when he competed in the Winter Olympics earlier this year, has become the first openly gay man ever to win the US version of the television competition. He beat off competition from fellow finalists Tonya Harding, a former figure skater, and Josh Norman, a pro footballer, to win the season and take home the mirror ball trophy with dance partner Jenna...

His appointment comes at a time of intense scrutiny around policing methods and policies, both in the city and nationwide For the first time in its more than 70 year history, the San Francisco police union will be lead by an openly gay person. Sergeant Tony Montoya, who has been a cop in the city for 24 years, is taking over the reigns of the San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) from former president Martin Halloran, who began his term in...

A Gay man by the name of Juan Carlos Cruz is sharing that he had a one-on-one conversation with Pope Francis and that the Pope told him that God loves and accepts him. What brought this conversation about was actually a terrible scandal involving Reverend Fernando Karadima. Karadima was found guilty of abuse in 2011, and Cruz was one of his known victims. The whole of the Vatican was in a panic after the conviction due to the widespread cover-up by...

Martin is 86-years-old, who spent much of his life in the closet. He spent most of his life as a photographer, admiring the male body, but never fully able to assert his sexuality and live life to the fullest as a gay man. It wasn’t until he was 85 that he realized the he needed to essentially ‘come out’ and fully express himself as a gay man. For much of his life he searched for a partner whom he...

Bruce McArthur has been accused of murdering numerous men in and around the city's Gay Village. A suspected serial killer has been charged in the murder of a seventh man in Toronto’s Gay Village. Bruce McArthur was arrested January 18 in connection with the disappearances of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman, who went missing last spring in the city’s Gay Village. Since then, police have linked the 66-year-old landscaper to the deaths of Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Marmudi, and Dean Lisowick. The...

Attacker assaulted victim for 15-20 minutes and then forced him to beg for an ambulance A 29-year-old man in Kent, England, has pleaded guilty to a violent assault on a gay man. It ended with him taunting the man and making him beg to call for an ambulance. Luke Pope, of Douglas Avenue, Whitstable, shared a taxi with the victim after leaving a nightclub in Ashford, Kent, on 2 February. After being dropped off, he began his attack, knocking the victim to...

Following the massive success of his second studio album The Thrill Of It All, Sam Smith kick-started his headline tour of the UK last night. The Grammy-winning star began his worldwide jaunt at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, performing all of his biggest hits including I’m Not The Only One, Stay With Me, and Like I Can. However, it was during a slightly reworked rendition of new track HIM during the end of the show that Sam gave a rousing speech. “I...