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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...

Porn legend Matthew Rush, who has been dealing with a variety of issues in the public eye over the past couple of years, revealed on Tuesday, July 30, that he’s been going through a devastating health battle for the past 3 months. Matthew (real name Greg Grove) said on Facebook that he’s been suffering from a condition called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. It’s defined as a Age-associated prostate gland enlargement that can cause urination difficulty. Credit: Greg Grove Facebook “I didn’t pay attention to...

Josh Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, has recently stated that he regrets that his book caused people harm and has halted its production. Image via JoshHarris.com Josh Harris, a former pastor and former advocate of the “purity movement” stated that his marriage is over and that he has lost his faith and, because of that, apologizes for any harm that his best-selling book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye has caused to anyone who has read it, according to The Guardian. I Kissed...

See the photo above. To the right you will find me, Ryan. I’m gay. On the left is my friend Ed. He’s straight. In the middle is his fantastic fiancée Jenn. She is also straight. Ed and I have been friends ever since elementary school. We’ve played sports together, made fun of our alum over the years and have dined out and enjoyed each other’s company several times while helping one another on this road called life. He was there...

We have more news of LGBTQ inclusion in Marvels’ Phase 4. It’s becoming more and more clear that Marvel’s main mission in this two-year phase is to bring representation into the MCU. The new phase is actively pushing for diversifying its hero list with multiple female characters, black characters, Asian characters, and apparently multiple LGBTQ characters. While word is still out on whether my suspicions of Hulkling and Wiccan being on the way, it looks like the rumors of multiple...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Twitter users have expressed support for gay rights in Poland as part of the #jestemLGBT campaign, aimed at fighting discrimination and homophobia in a country where the ruling party is strongly socially conservative. The #jestemLGBT (I am LGBT) campaign, was launched earlier this week by Twitter users. Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has made its opposition to LGBT rights a campaign issue ahead of a parliamentary election expected in October,...

Last night on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen referenced a brand new movie (Dolemite Is My Name) that Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess (a guest with Orange Is The New Black actress Laverne Cox) had just completed with comedic icon Eddie Murphy, and the reaction from Burgess did not go according to plan, to say the least. After Cohen referenced Murphy’s well documented and beyond problematic relationship with the LGBT community, Burgess became visibly agitated and...

Between considering a Russian-style gay propaganda ban, issuing “LGBT-free zones” stickers to businesses and pelting Pride marchers with fireworks and bricks, Poland’s queerphobes have become violently unhinged. That’s why Jakub Kwiecinski grabbed a bunch of his Polish pals to make their own lip-sync video of Taylor Swift’s recent anti-hate tune, “You Need To Calm Down.” Kwiecinski tells LGBTQ Nation, “When David and I watched Taylor Swift’s music video ‘You Need To Calm Down’ with all LGBT stars it inspired us to...

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Images via Gay Star News Ltd. and Wes Hicks on Unsplash A popular and celebrated LGBTQ new site is sadly going away. The BBC’s LGBTQ correspondent Ben Hunte broke the news that Gay Star News will cease trading tomorrow due to entering insolvency. Ceasing trading and being insolvent means the company cannot meet its debts as they fall due; or the value of the company’s assets is less than the total debt that it owes; or a merging of the prior...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Over 1,000 people gathered in Warsaw on Saturday in support of LGBT rights a week after the first pride march in the city of Bialystok was marred by violence. Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has made LGBT rights a campaign issue ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October, with many politicians arguing pride marches promote unnecessary public displays of sexuality. “The tension is growing and is tied to the politics of the ruling party,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police said on Thursday they had detained a man over the fatal stabbing of an LGBT activist near her home in St Petersburg and were not treating the murder as a hate crime. Elena Grigoryeva, 41, was stabbed eight times in the face and back on Saturday night by an assailant whom she knew following an argument between them, the Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said in a statement. It did not name...

Nearly four years after openings its doors along Santa Monica Blvd., the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s West Hollywood location is now operating its own pharmacy on-site. Medications for shorter-term treatments, such as antibiotics, can be dispensed there and most often in seven-day increments. Clients can also pick up their refills at Center-WeHo instead of the Center’s main pharmacy located in the McDonald/Wright Building or at a retail pharmacy. “We’ve always been able to administer medication for clients, but we could...

Drew Bradley in ‘Bad Boy Date Night’ (screen capture) Artie O’Daly drops the latest installment of his ‘Bad Boy’ video series, and this time we get not one, but two ‘Bad Boys’ making trouble for Daddy Scott. It’s Friday night and Scott (O’Daly) is prepping for the arrival of a date when Bad Boy Jim (Drew Bradley) seemingly appears out of nowhere with Chinese food scaring the bejesus out of Scott making him spill red wine on himself. “How did you...