Tag: gays

The daughter of a since-deceased employee who worked at a now-long-gone photo shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recently discovered some photos from a 1957 gay marriage hidden in her mom’s attic. And now Our One Story — a documentary series uncovering the stories behind artifacts from the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles, California — is trying to figure out who the men in the photos are. Here’s the story: When a man dropped off the gay wedding photos...

“And I’m kind of blown away by it,” he says of the Jonathan O’Boyle-directed production currently playing at the Soho Theatre. “I think it is equal to the New York production or even better.” The LA-born/NYC-based Vernon first put on the show – inspired by the 1973 arson attack on New Orleans gay bar The UpStairs Lounge in which 32 people died – as a 2013 concert. Four years later, it was fully-staged Off-Broadway and has been performed at numerous...

Simon Dunn has hit out after a homophobic meme used his face to further its message. The meme was divided into two sections, one about gay men the creator respected, with Dunn’s picture, and one about the gay men the creator doesn’t, with a picture of comedian Julian Clary looking camp. The section next to Dunn’s picture says the gay men to be respected are those who: Act like a “normal human being” Has a personality Doesn’t force the fact they’re gay onto...

Being Out is a feature that looks at LGBTQ people in sports who have come out since Outsports first published in 1999. Today: Runner David Melly. David Melly fondly recalls his Cornell University track and field team as “our merry band of weirdos.” Alone as an openly gay athlete when he joined the cross country and track and field teams in 2011, Melly was pleased that in his senior season three of the five top runners identified as LGBT. It was...

Adore Delano and Bianca Del Rio will never return as competitors on RuPaul’s Drag Race. For the new issue of GAY TIMES, we had season six winner Bianca interview runner-up – and her best squirrel friend – Adore, to discuss a variety of topics: dating as a drag queen, her music career, and of course, Drag Race. During their conversation, Bianca opined that the Emmy Award-winning series has changed since their season, which aired in 2014 and also included contestants such...

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the State Department by a gay couple after they have been made to go through a really long process of getting an American passport for their daughter who was born to a surrogate in England. Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg explain that they are married, both are U.S. citizens and they are both listed on their daughter’s birth certificate so they don’t see the...

In a recent YouTube video, Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcaster Scott MacArthur came out as gay, stating that he has been suicidal as recently as a few weeks ago and that he was encouraged to come out by a transgender female sports blogger and a gay platonic friend. In the video, he announced, “I’m a gay man and I have lived burdened by this secret for a very long time and ... I’m doing in an attempt to alleviate...

LGBTQ celebrities including legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen and comedian and actor Stephen Fry have lent their backing to a campaign aiming to create a statue of murdered gay playwright Joe Orton, in his home city of Leicester. Orton, whose plays include Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot, was murdered by his boyfriend Kenneth Halliwell in 1967 with a hammer. Orton’s sister, Leonie, said she hoped the statue would “serve as an inspirational reminder that talent is everywhere and art is for...

In 2019, people still wonder how exactly someone is gay, and if this bishop from Cyprus is to be believed it’s down to the sex life of your parents, while your mother was pregnant. The Church of Cyprus bishop, Neophytos Masouras of Morphou was speaking at a primary school when he made the bizarre claims. The Cyprus Mail reports the bishop as saying: “It is a problem, which is usually transmitted by parents to the child. “To be more clear, anal...

If you’re a fan of European esports then you’re likely familiar with James “Stress” O’Leary. The former League of Legends European Championship (LEC) caster was the voice of Europe’s top League of Legends organization before leaving the booth for a position with LEC participant Splyce. But his enthusiastic calls and infectious personality masked his struggle to be out publicly to his audience. O’Leary is gay, and esports has a history of being less than accepting of LGBTQ communities. In recent...

Tennessee state Rep. Bill Sanderson — a “family values” Republican — abruptly resigned on Tuesday night after a state political blog accused him of “openly soliciting sex” and sending “sexually explicit messages and pictures to men almost 40 years his junior.” “The Dog and Pony Show,” a local political site by Cari Wade Gervin, claimed to have caught anti-LGBTQ lawmaker on the gay dating and hookup app Grindr. According to Gervin’s newsletter: Since he took office in 2011, Tennessee state Rep. Bill...

Gay adult film stars Michael DelRay and Dante Colle trolled a group of anti-LGBTQ hate preachers at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California last week. The homophobic group of Bible-bashers could be heard yelling into a megaphone about eternal damnation and hell at passersby. One of the preachers wore a “TRUST JESUS” t-shirt while the other held a sign that read “Where will you spend eternity?” and “Repent or perish.” Colle tweeted that they asked the religious extremists how...

Odell Beckham Jr. has responded to rumours surrounding his sexuality. The American football star, who currently plays as the wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, covered GQ for their latest issue and said the gay rumours started after an altercation with Jason Norman of the Carolina Panthers. Norman reportedly threatened Beckham with a baseball bat and shouted anti-gay slurs at him, which led to the star being suspended for one game. News sites then started speculating about how he identifies. “I’ve never had an...

Earlier this month, the anonymous footballer opened a Twitter account under the name ‘The Gay Footballer’, claiming he was a Championship player under the age of 23 and would be “revealing identity soon”. But the night before before he was expected to hold a press conference to announce his identity on Wednesday (24 July), he informed his more than 50,000 followers that the plan had changed, and that he would no longer be coming out. “I thought I was stronger....