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Former gay porn star Billy Herrington has died aged 48. Herrington’s mother, Kathleen Wood, announced that her son had passed away after being in an accident. “It is with a heavy and broken heart that I want to let everyone know my son Billy Herrington has passed away. “I love you son. Mom,” Wood said in her announcement. It is believed that Herrington died after being in a car crash. Wood asked Herrington’s fans to pray for him after he was in a “horrible...

"Isn't New York spectacular? Even this cheap, poor part!" Mindy Kaling is back on TV: The Mindy Project star and co-producer Charlie Grandy are the creative forces behind Champions, a new sitcom premiering Thursday night on NBC. In the show, gym owner Vince (Anders Holm) finds his sweet Brooklyn bachelor life threatened when an old high-school fling, Priya (Kaling), surprises him with Michael, the 15-year-old son he’s never met. Played by out actor J.J. Totah, Michael has always wanted to live...

Over 300,000 people turned out for the 40th Annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, a dazzling weekend of parades, partying, and, oh yeah, a performance by Cher. The diva sang some of her biggest club hits, including “Strong Enough,” “All or Nothing,” “Believe,” and, of course, “Turn Back Time.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og9S_p8VeAc Of course, no LGBTQ celebration would be complete without lots and lots (and lots) of photos of hunky shirtless men dressed in skimpy little costumes. Scroll down for pics… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5a_log0vP/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5VIsjhqUW/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf7kBIcnHcD/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf-qIvSgxRq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf8FSXpg4Q9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf4wqmSAwGd/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf7Gq53hu6N/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://instagram.com/p/Bf6_odoF_vG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5Q-h7DWNT/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5cT6ehwwG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf2gvfujK0W/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf-dCCfHPq8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf-M8fFg2PG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf9kW67lXCv/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf72Wndnbkv/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf98zlxHgsR/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf-JnN1HMmv/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5pfV4Dqmz/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf4ye5TAKk1/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf6sjunDCjx/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf42kVeBx92/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf5cNChhMsJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf7t-6xH0rn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf7595Ulh3Z/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf4-teNnAAb/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control

How the Moon Fell from the Sky and Nobody Even Noticed is a film to watch out for. How the Moon Fell from the Sky and Nobody Even Noticed is a musical short film about high schoolers, by high schools, and for the rest of the world. The story follows two friends, Benji (played by Petere Carroll) and Ruben (played by Nick Trivisonno), who decide to make a film together for fun. That decision then starts them down a journey towards...

Police released have photos of the deceased "as a last resort." Police in Toronto believe they’ve discovered a seventh victim of the killer who plagued Toronto’s Gay Village. Bruce McArthur was arrested in January in connection with the disappearances of Selim Esen, 44, and Andrew Kinsman, 49, who went missing last spring. Since then, authorities have also charged the 66-year-old landscaper with the murders of Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Marmudi, and Dean Lisowick. They’ve turned to the public for help in identifying the...

Just days ago, actor Lee Pace said in an interview with W Magazine that his sexuality did not define him or his life as an actor. He didn’t want to be labeled as ‘gay’…or anything else for that matter. Many ran with his response, including us here at Instinct, as a conversation starter on the importance of pride versus the right to privacy. But it seems that his response to the question about being gay got a bigger reaction than...

Saturday Night is definitely not alright for high-fiving Elton while he's trying to play. Elton John stormed off stage during his Las Vegas residency after fans got too carried away while he performed. The pop legend, 70, was playing at his Vegas residency at Caesar’s Palace on Friday night (2 March). Elton regularly invites fans on stage to gather round the piano while he plays 1973 hit Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting. Elton John bans fans from stage during future performances But on...

The same percentage said they've same-sex experiences in real life, too. Almost one in four men have watched gay male porn, according to a new survey produced by YouPorn.com. The poll found that 24% of heterosexual-identifying men say they watch gay content, while 39% of straight women say they’ve seen lesbian porn. Those numbers bear out in real-life experience, too: Just 24% of male respondents said they’d had same-sex experiences, as compared to 36% of the female ones. The poll also discovered...

Reality television has been in our lives for the past twenty years, and has birthed the careers of several incredibly talented and super cute gay personalities that we have come to love or hate. From Survivor to The Real World, all the way to shows dedicated to the LGBTQ community like Queer Eye and RuPaul's Drag Race, here are the 10 hottest gay reality television personalities of all time. Anyone you would like to add to this list? Let us...

Gay goth Darkness Vlad Tepes has launched a campaign to add a black stripe to the iconic rainbow flag, helping goths become more integrated in the LGBT community. Speaking to the Lancashire Telegraph, Tepes “Very few goths are ever seen in the gay community but when they are they are not always welcomed due to their dark gothic fashion. “When some goths go to the gay scene a minority of them get confused with being into the dominatrix sexual lifestyle which...

All kids deserve fairy tales In Promised Land, a children’s book written by Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds, a prince and farmer fall in love. It’s a sweet, illustrated story that helps fill the absence of queer representation in children’s literature. And now, for World Book Day in the UK, the whole story — illustrations and all — is available on YouTube. ‘We know there are a lot of people in our community who are still not aware the book exists,’ Harris...

Back in December, we introduced you to the Lip Balm commercial from Thailand that had a fun and surprising gay twist. Then last week, we shared with you how Amsterdam-born clothing brand SuitSupply released a campaign celebrating gay love. Now, we're here to share with you that another company, this time for a fragrance product, is also into gay themed advertising. Philippine clothing brand Bench/ sells many products under the sun. From men’s and women’s clothing to makeup, hair products, and even...

And it's straight guys' fault. New research from the University of Texas suggests that straight women are more comfortable opening up to gay guys than heterosexual men. A report published in Psychological Science, surveyed more than 150 heterosexual women about their comfort levels around men, and combined the results with videotaped encounters between 66 pairs of straight women and gay men. Researchers found that the women conversed more easily and openly after learning the men they’d been paired with were gay. Their...

It's tough being a single gay sometimes (hear ye, hear ye). One in particular decided to go out on a limb, or in this case a box, and make his own boyfriend using an item that many of us have come to love over the years. Michael James Schneider, a writer and artist from Portland, Oregon, decided to make his own boyfriend using nothing both boxes of wine. Using the hashtag #boxwineboyfriend, you see Michael in various stages of outfits (while...