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"All of a sudden I felt something hit my face, and then my head hit against the locker." A Oklahoma teen says a classmate smashed his face into a locker because he was gay. Cell-phone video captured the gruesome incident, which happened in full view of classmates at Highland West High School. “All of a sudden I felt something hit my face, and then my head hit against the locker,” says the victim, a seventh-grader named Blake. He sclaims the boy...

But little research has been done on cardiovascular health in sexual minorities. A new report indicates that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are more likely to develop heart disease than their heterosexual counterparts. Researchers at Miami’s Baptist Health South Florida Clinic researched data from more than 2,400 adults, including a diverse sampling of medical interviews and personal health exams. Only about 5% identified as gay or bisexual but, according to lead researcher Anshul Saxena, they face a “disproportionately high risk” for heart...

Christian campaigner Linda Harvey branded gay sex "dead-end" and "degrading". A US radio host has claimed that God makes children gay as "punishment" for abortions. Linda Harvey, a columnist for far-right Christian website World Net Daily, made the comments during a speech at the Bringing America Back to Life Convention this week, the New Civil Rights Movement reports. In the speech, Harvey, who has previously urged rparents to reject their gay children and attempt to 'cure' them, said that God was 'corrupting'...

Groundbreaking news, folks: Some straight guys who suffer from erectile dysfunction with their female partners might not actually be straight. That’s the conclusion drawn in a report published by the British Society for Sexual Medicine, at least. The report estimates that as many as 100,000 British men with ED might not actually have ED and are instead struggling with their sexuality. Researchers say that only “a small minority of men in relationships with women” and who suffer from ED might actually...

His father promised to kill him if he returned home A Saudi Arabia teen has killed himself after his family threatened to kill him after he came out as gay. Roshan, who lived in Riyadh, had tried to leave the country for Dubai. However, his father stole his passport. Feeling like there was no options left, he decided to take his own life. He was just 15. Saudi Arabia teen posted on Reddit asking for help In January, Roshan posted on Reddit asking for help. ‘I...

He said he related to Simon's journey in the film Joey Pollari, an actor who appears in the groundbreaking gay teen romance movie Love, Simon, recently came out as gay. The actor, who got his start in Disney Channel movies, opened up about his sexuality in an interview with The Advocate. In Love, Simon, Pollari plays Lyle, a guy who works at the local Waffle House and is a potential love interest for the titular protagonist. It’s a charming and memorable, if...

Florida is Honoring Gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy Gus Kenworthy is still riding on the high of the 2018 Winter Olympics (and the on air kiss he had during it). The openly gay Olympian has had sponsorship after sponsorship be announced, and now he has a new official role/title too. Gus Kentworthy has been announced to the 2018 Grand Marshal at Miami's Beach Gay Pride next month. The statement revealing this news says that Kenworthy is proud to serve as grand marshal "hot...

One of the most anticipated movies this year is the film Love, Simon, which opens in theaters nationwide on Thursday. The film centers around a character named Simon Spier (played by Nick Robinson) who is trying to keep a huge secret from his family and friends: that he's gay. When that is threatened, he must face everyone and come to grips with his true identity. Whereas Nick is straight in real life (although he recently revealed that the movie helped him...

Hundreds of  turned up to drown out the Westboro Baptist Church, when they decided to target a gay high school footballer. Jake Bain, a popular footballer at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, came out publicly as gay last October at an all-school assembly. His bravery was praised by his coach and teammates – but the young athlete attracted attention from the notoriously anti-LGBT Westboro Baptist Church, which announced it would picket the school. However, when the protesters turned up to...

Sean is OK with being gay – but wants to know why he struggles with the LGBTI community being 'so queer' A young gay man suffering from ‘internalized homophobia,’ has opened up about his story. Sean is perfectly OK with his sexuality, but wants to know why so many in LGBTI community have to act ‘so queer.’ In a new episode of the #QueerAF podcast, Sean explains the incredible shame he feels about being gay: ‘I was angry at a lot of gay...

Police are still investigating the murder of Kansas City resident Ta’Ron Carson. 24-year-old Carson, whose friends also called him Rio, left club Aura early Sunday morning on March 4. As he sat at a bench on the corner of 39th and Main, Carson was shot by two people in a black SUV. Brittany Bronson, a friend of Carson told Kansas City Fox News that she saw his final moments. The two had split up after exiting the club, and Bronson got...

It's pretty incredible how every single day of the calendar year has some form of holiday attached to it. For instance, March 9th was National Meatball Day. March 14th is Pi Day. and March 12th is officially National Napping Day, which is perfect for all of us who are still suffering from losing that one hour thanks to Daylight Savings Time over the weekend. Napping is an art that is lost on the many of us who never have the...

‘He looks like Ursula sucking the voice out of Ariel' Sam Smith has joked about embarrassing paparazzi photos that circulated of him kissing boyfriend Brandon Flynn last month. The Too Good at Goodbyes singer was asked about the photos on BBC Radio 1 today, and his response was priceless! ‘It was a joke,’ he said. ‘As a joke we were attacking each other!’ He furthermore continued: ‘We were just waiting outside the shop while my sister got cigarettes. I was just joking.’ ‘I was...

A disturbed man pulled out a handgun outside Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh. An armed man was arrested Monday night after spewing homophobic slurs and brandishing a handgun outside a gay-friendly nightclub in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grayson Pittman was carrying a backpack containing a gun, a knife, and a Taser, when he approached Ruby Deluxe, a two-year-old bar on Salisbury Street. The 27-year-old reportedly got into an altercation with the door man, and pulled his firearm and went on an anti-gay rant...