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Biedroń is an openly gay politician where 70% of the population is against same-sex relationships Poland’s first openly gay mayor, might just become the country’s first ever openly gay president. Robert Biedroń is throwing his hat in the presidential campaign ahead of a national vote in 2020. Even though the election is a few years away, recent polls show one in every four Poles is willing to vote for Biedroń. This is a remarkable achievement in a country where between 50 and...

"I noticed my libido for women had gone and I was wanting male attention." Scott Purdy was once a lady-loving heterosexual until he broke his foot. The 23-year-old Brit began taking the painkiller Lyrica while recovering from an accident. That’s when Purdy claims he quickly lost interest in women and developed an attraction to men. “I noticed my libido for women had gone and I was wanting male attention,” he told The Daily Mail. “I was with a girlfriend I had...

"It didn't stop us for a single second," says store manager Uli Lenart. Vandals targeted at landmark LGBT bookstore in the U.K., smashing the shop’s windows early Sunday morning. Gay’s The Word has been a London mainstay for nearly 40 years and the staff say the incident hasn’t deterred them. “We see it for what it was,” manager Uli Lenart told The Bookseller. “We immediately boarded it up and then got a new window put in. It didn’t stop us ...

British-born but current American-resident model Zander Hodgson came out as gay recently. The model posted a Youtube video with the title, “Zander’s IMPORTANT MESSAGE” with a description that simply says, “Hi guy, Hope you enjoy. This one kinda explains itself. Comment, Let me know what you think :) Love Zander.” In the video itself, Zander hangs out in his LA home and explains that this video is about him coming out, which is something he’s been wanting to do for some...

Experts are calling for "robust culturally specific prevention programming." A new study suggests gay and bisexual people are much more likely to be victims of sexual violence. A 2016 survey conducted by the Utah Department of Health asked 10,000 residents if they’d ever suffered a sexual assault. Nearly half of all bisexual respondents (45.5%), and a third of lesbians and gays (33.6%), said they had been the victim of sexual violence at some point in their lives—compared to just 8.7% of...

The victims reportedly met his killer via a personals ad. The alleged killer of a gay man in Spain has been arrested, 18 years after he brutally killed his victim and scrawled “Hitler was right!” in blood on the wall. In 2000, a gay Barcelona man named Vitervo met up with another man he met via a personals ad. Authorities believe the two met at Montgat train station before going out for drinks. They returned to Vitervo’s home, which he shared...

"I actually could watch this GIF forever." Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy have the gay Internet abuzz after locking lips at the 2018 GLAAD Awards last night in Los Angeles. While giving a speech together, Kenworthy surprised the figure skater by planting an unexpected kiss, resulting in a hilariously adorable reaction from Rippon. https://twitter.com/glaad/status/984620164237803520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fgus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss-glaad%2F04%2F2018%2F Fans of the Olympic buddies quickly took to Twitter to express their approval. https://twitter.com/Rich_Hoang/status/984776402586267649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fgus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss-glaad%2F04%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/doom_bast/status/984765675670593538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fgus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss-glaad%2F04%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/amanda_leejh/status/984621565659693056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fgus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss-glaad%2F04%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/itsflawless19/status/984635635247050752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fgus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss-glaad%2F04%2F2018%2F The guys attended the event together and finally got to hang out with Vanguard Award recipient Britney...

Proponents called the honor "a way to break stigma." A new elementary school in Maryland will be named after gay civil rights legend Bayard Rustin. The Montgomery County Board of Education voted Thursday to name the school after Rustin by a 6-2 vote. Despite being the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and a close advisor to Martin Luther King, Rustin was forced to work behind the scenes for much of his career because of his sexuality. Some residents oppose naming...

These are the LGBTQ films we’re looking forward to this year. 2017 blessed our screens with the likes of Call Me By Your Name, an eloquent story of a forbidden love set in an Italian summer. And, although the film was snubbed at the Golden Globes, there’s still something that needs to be said for its success. LGBTQ films are no longer cheap. They’re no longer budget films that nobody cares about. They’re slowly making their way into the mainstream, providing...

A student was forced to leave his college home after months of homophobic abuse. The first-year Australian National University (ANU) student began receiving abuse shortly after moving into the college-owned dorm Ursula Hall, where the word ‘faggot’ was written across his door repeatedly. After approaching the head of the hall, a letter was distributed to the residents explaining that the behaviour was inappropriate and if the person was caught they would be kicked out – but that didn’t help the situation. “And...

Journalist Ronan Farrow, who has been tight-lipped about his sexuality for years now, finally revealed that he identifies as part of the LGBT community during an acceptance speech on Monday night. He was on hand to accept The Point Foundations' Courage Award, which was presented to him by fellow journalist Thomas Roberts at their annual Point Honors New York Gala. The foundation is a national scholarship fund for queer students. “Being a part of the LGBT community – which recognized that...

One year ago this week, news broke of a wave of terrifying, state-sponsored violence in Chechnya against men perceived to be gay or bisexual. In scenes that would not have been out of place in Nazi Germany, innocent men were rounded up by state militia and removed to illegal detention centres. Men like Maxim Lapunov who spent 12 days in a blood-soaked cell just because he is gay, but who today is bravely speaking out for justice. Men like the pop...

Get that Pride Flag ready… Landing in San Francisco is about to get a whole lot more colourful. San Francisco International Airport have officially announced plans to rename their Terminal 1 in honour of Harvey Milk, who became the first openly gay elected official in America back in 1977. As we all know, within a year the activist and Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed by ex-Supervisor Dan White in City Hall. Former City Supervisor David Campos introduced the idea of...

A student group at the Universiti Sains Malaysia recently launched a contest to come up with ideas on how to make LGBTQ people heterosexual. As part of the Back to Fitrah forum held at the school, the contest included students making posters in a bid to ‘help’ LGBTQ students who have “disorders in sexual orientation return to their natural instincts.” A 21-year-old student at the university named Ernest Mah is only open about his sexuality with a few people. “I have to...