Tag: gay

This is up from 43% in 2006 A majority of all American voters said they’re ‘enthusiastic’ or ‘comfortable’ with a gay or lesbian president. According to a new poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, voters’ attitudes have shifted dramatically toward LGBTI politicians in the last decade. They conducted their most recent poll this past February. Among all voters, a majority (68%) expressed being ‘comfortable/enthusiastic’ with a gay or lesbian president. This is up over 20 points, from the last NBC/WSJ...

Thankfully, emergency services got to him in time A young gay man tried to attempt suicide after learning his boyfriend’s parents beat him up for coming out. The unnamed man, believed to be around 19 years old, was found at the top of a bridge in Puebla, Mexico. A passer-by called the emergency number at 5.46pm on 23 March. They saw a young man, on the ledge, about to throw himself off into incoming traffic. Emergency services raced to the bridge located between 14...

This legislation will protect LGBTI Americans ‘If I or any other LGBTQ person got in their car and drove from LA, where I am now, to DC, their rights could change depending on whatever states they drove through,’ Sam Greisman explains in a new video supporting the Equality Act. Greisman is the openly gay son of Oscar-winning actor Sally Field. The two teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign to advocate for the passage of the Equality Act. This legislation, recently re-introduced by...

Jussie Smollett was summoned to an emergency court appearance in Chicago earlier today where he was informed that all 16 charges against him had been dropped by State Attorney Kim Foxx. Naturally, Republicans are not happy about it. Smollett was facing a potential sentence of 64 years in prison, and they wanted to see him serve every minute of it. Scott Presler is a proud, gay Trump supporter and professional Twitter troll with nearly 300K followers. Shortly after the news about...

Car accidents happen, whether it be a little fender bender or something more serious, auto insurance can be a lifesaver in such situations. It’s important that we as drivers keep our eyes on the road to avoid crashes, and while other auto insurance companies have had some interesting commercials (I’m looking at you, Geico), the most recent commercial for CURE Auto Insurance was, well… unprecedented is probably the right word. Looking back, I’ve seen some weird commercials in my life....

A new Reddit thread asks hetero guys the question many of us are dying to know: “As a straight guy, what’s the gayest thing you’ve done?” The thread was posted just yesterday and has already garnered over 7,000 responses. “I’m a professional body piercer,” one guy writes. “I touch other dudes’ dicks all the time.” Hmmm. We’re not sure that qualifies as “gay”, but OK. “Lost my phone, thought my friend took it because he had a bulge in his pants, grabbed said bulge, handful of...

Inmate being held on suspicion of killing Billy Jack Gaither's murderer A man convicted of the murder of gay man Billy Jack Gaither has himself been killed in an Alabama prison. Steven Eric Mullins was found unresponsive last Tuesday at the St. Clair Correctional Facility, Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced Monday. Mullins, 45, was serving a life sentence for the 1999 kidnap and murder of 39-year-old Gaither in Coosa County. Gaither’s murder sparked a national outcry and a movement to include sexual...

Valedictorian, whose education was saved by crowdfund, is now helping other students facing similar fate A gay US student, who won support for his education after his parents disowned him, has launched a charity foundation. As reported by Gay Star News last year, Seth Owen won huge support via a crowdfunding campaign. The money raised allowed him to attend college, despite his parents shunning him for being gay. Now Owen is paying it forward to help other young people in similar circumstances....

Two individuals are in custody in connection with the stabbings, which is not suspected to have been motivated by anti-LGBTQ hatred. Two individuals were stabbed at the Fort Lauderdale Gay Pride Festival on Sunday. The stabbings occurred at 6:30pm near the main stage, and two people have been taken into custody in connection with the attack, said Officer Casey Liening, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, WPLG Local 10 reports. “We believe this was an isolated incident, which began as...

Bilal Hassani, a 19-year-old from Paris, recently won France’s selection contest for Eurovision with his song “Roi.” Hassani was born to a Muslim family of Moroccan origin, is gay and performs in colorful wigs and heavy makeup. He was well-known in France before the contest as an internet personality and for performing in a song contest for youth when he was 15. The gender-bending singer,has received hateful messages and threats due to his sexuality and appearance and for his planned trip to...

A video from a waitress who was called a “fag” by a customer has gone viral. Michele Crider works at the Dash-In restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In a Facebook video, she said that she was working the lunch shift this past Tuesday when two men came into the restaurant. They weren’t friendly and ate quickly, but she didn’t think much of it. She left them the check, and when she went to pick it up she found a message written on...

Two men were called gay on the receipt of their Little Caesars pizza. WTVR reports that two cousins had spent about 15 minutes waiting for their food from the Herico County, Virginia restaurant. When they were on their way out, they noticed a word printed on their receipt. In place of the customer’s name, their receipt said the word “gay.” "I was baffled, and it made me semi-angry because I feel like it's 2019 and we're still having to deal with...

'In the past I've starved myself' admits Sam, adding 'if you knew how much courage it took to do this' Sam Smith just shared one of the most genuinely inspiring body image posts we’ve ever seen. The Stay With Me singer admits he used to starve himself before photoshoots in a brutally honest Instagram caption to accompany the shot. ‘Yesterday I decided to fight the fuck back,’ he then said. ‘Reclaim my body and stop trying to change this chest and these...

Doom Patrol premieres tomorrow It’s flown under the radar so far, but it’s time everyone became aware of DC Entertainment’s newest live-action TV show — featuring Matt Bomer as a gay superhero. Doom Patrol — following a group of strange, misfit heroes — is the second series to debut on DC’s streaming service. It follows the teen-oriented series Titans, in which the Doom Patrol team made their first appearance. As this extended trailer reveals, the team is brought together by a man...