Tag: gays

Two men from Dallas, Texas, have pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges for using Grindr to target gay men and commit violence robberies. The men who were accused of forcing victims at gunpoint to withdraw money at ATMs pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime under the Matthew Shepard

It was in 2016 that the then Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to Make America Great Again and in turn, went on to take an unlikely victory and the Presidency. Fast forward to 2019, the 2020 US Presidential elections are fast approaching and the Democrats are aligning a Kentucky Derby field of candidates to try

A warning has been issued to LGBTI tourists planning on travelling to Malaysia following the arrest of a gay couple for “immoral activities” at a hotel. The two Vietnamese men, who are aged 22 and 29, found themselves entrapped by an undercover immigration agent while staying in their hotel in George Town on the 12th

Openly gay teen, Keagan Roberts, has become one of the youngest elected officials in United States history after winning a place on his local council. The 19-year-old from South Berwick, located in Maine, won the second-largest share of the votes for a seat on the South Berwick Town Council – making him the youngest city

Popular gay YouTuber Tai Couture has been confirmed dead with reports stating that the influencer took his own life.   Couture, whose real name was Tyree Williams, was best known for his work as a hairstylist and makeup artist. Couture who had been vocal about his battle with depression had also publically supported others who were

Olympic Gold medal-winning American track and field athlete, Kerron Clement, has come out as gay.  33-year-old Clement opened up about his sexuality for the first time during a Nike event to mark the launch of a new community athletic rainbow track in Los Angeles. Speaking at the facility which was dedicated to the late Gilbert

Disney Channel’s animated children’s series Star Wars Resistance has confirmed the inclusion of the series first openly gay couple. The confirmation of an openly gay couple from the show’s producers followed speculation around the friendship between Orka and Flix, two aliens who supply characters with starship parts on Star Wars Resistance. Speaking with the podcast

An openly gay Manhattan hairdresser and aspiring actor who leads the group “Walk Away,” recited a QAnon conspiracy theory rallying cry onstage shortly before President Trump addressed the crowd at his rally in Cincinnati on Thursday. “This is not a president who panders to minorities because he needs them,” Brandon Straka said as he warmed up the crowd. “This is a president who serves minorities because he loves them. And he loves this country. We are all in this together.” “Where...

The two-day event, which took place in collaboration with Pride in Music, saw hitmaker MNEK invite a host of diverse queer artists including Olly Alexander, L Devine, Leo Kalyan, Bryn Christopher and Sakima to collaborate and share experiences. GAY TIMES were invited down to Warner Chappel Studios to get an insight into the camp, as well as conduct a roundtable discussion with four of the talented artists in attendance: MNEK, Rina Sawayama, Ryan Ashley and Caitlyn Scarlett. Together, they discussed whether...

Lulu will be making a special-guest appearance at Manchester Pride this year. The iconic Scottish singer-songwriter and television personality will perform at the Gay Village Party on the Thomas Cook Airlines stage, and will join the Danny Beard and Friends extravaganza on Saturday evening. Mark Fletcher, chief executive for Manchester Pride, said in a statement: “I can’t wait to see Lulu performing on the Thomas Cook Airlines Stage at the Gay Village Party. She’s a legend and we know the audience...

An archbishop in Poland has warned of a "rainbow plague" amid ongoing tensions in the country over gay rights. Marek Jedraszewski, the archbishop of Krakow, made the comments during a homily to mark the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. "We also know that our land is thankfully no longer affected by the red plague (taken to be a reference to communism), which does not mean that there is no new one that wants to control our souls, our hearts...

Say what you will about out presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (and everyone has!), but one Twitter user has boiled down one major inconsistency between Mayor Pete’s gay supporters and the straight ones. While Buttigieg may have come out relatively late, some of us have been around a wee bit longer and know how youth-obsessed we can be. And how frequently younger guys have a thing for older men – “daddies.” (Older being relative sometimes, since actual age is frequently unimportant.) Compared...

Albin Ekdal might not be a household name outside Europe, but the midfielder for Sweden’s national team and Italy’s Sampdoria has a message he wants soccer players all around the world to hear: men’s soccer can learn a lot from women’s soccer when it comes to acceptance of gay athletes. “We have a lot to learn from them in this aspect,” Ekdal told Sport Bladet in an interview recorded in Italy and picked up by UK Yahoo Sports and...

Lucky for us that Kate Stewart has delivered just that with her new single Get Mine, bringing together R&B and some throwback pop for a truly addictive anthem. Kate wrote the track with three of her best friends, including former GAY TIMES cover star MNEK, rising singer-songwriter Ryan Ashley, and Shift K3Y.  “We had never written all together before, although we all write separately a lot of the time,” Kate said of the experience. “We wrote the song in about an hour,...