Tag: LGBTQ

Looking for a new queer film to watch? This could be just what you need. A UK trailer has just been released for Finnish gay drama A Moment In The Reeds, which was nominated for Outstanding Feature at this year’s Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Festival. The film follows Leevi (Tom Of Finland star Janne Puustinen), who returns to Finland for the summer to help his father renovate their summer house in the city after studying abroad in Paris. When an extra...

Austin Pride may have finished up, but Instagram users are still talking about it thanks to a heartfelt post from a Texas church member. According to Pink News, Jen Hatmarker, a religious writer who has faced backlash for her support of LGBTQ people and her opposition to President Donald Trump, organized a free hug “giveaway.” This “giveaway” saw church goers attend the Pride parade and offered hugs to anyone who wanted them. She then created an Instagram post about the event,...

It turns out that the soft drink that’s marketed as having a unique taste may also have very specific tastes of its own… in the bedroom. In one of the most memorably bold advertisements you’ll see this year, Dr. Pepper may have just come out as a gay male. Though Coca-Cola has yet to confirm or deny the veracity of the image, a photo allegedly from a Swedish gay magazine has gone viral, depicting the famous soft drink as both...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After raising nearly $130,000 to cover tuition, the gay Florida valedictorian who says his parents kicked him out will pay nothing to go to college this fall. News outlets report Georgetown University adjusted 18-year-old Seth Owen's financial aid package, reducing his expected out-of-pocket contribution from $20,000 to $0. His aid package had been calculated based on his parents' ability to pay. But he says they kicked him out in February, following disagreements over his sexuality and an ultimatum:...

Millions of people have complained about the photo of a gay kiss at Brazil’s second most popular tourist spot, but the man in charge of photography says he has no intentions to remove the image. Sugar Loaf Mountain is second only to Christ the Redeemer in Brazil’s list of tourist attractions and million visit annually, according to The Intercept. Recently, many visitors have been offended to see the image of two men kissing at the front lobby of the establishment. When you...

The Caribbean countries of Trinidad and Tobago held their first ever Pride Parade. According to LoopTT, the parade was a high point in a month’s worth of events held by the Trinidad and Tobago Pride Arts Festival. More than a hundred people, decked out in a rainbow of colors, walked down Tragarete Road in Port of Spain and walked all the way to Rust Street, St, St Clair. “The visibility we share here, today, is going to shine a light on...

Netflix has developed an impressively deep catalog of original queer content, from Sense8 to Alex Strangelove. Now the streaming giant has gayed up an old classic as well. Season two of Anne with an E, which is based on Lucy Maude Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, cleverly reworks the story to feature five LGBTQ characters. That includes portraying one of the main roles, Great Aunt Josephine Barry, as a lesbian. Series creator Moira Walley-Beckett is responsible for the changes and...

The dog days of summer are the perfect time for a Netflix and chill session As we hit the dog days of summer, it’s the perfect time to hide from the heat outside and tune into a steamy, lusty flick. Netflix has you covered. Here are some of the best sexy LGBTQ movies that are worth a watch and available to stream. “Duck Butter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOEqF3Mmjs Directed by Michael Arteta, with a screenplay by Arteta and Alia Shawkat, who also stars in the film,...

Cuba is getting one step closer to legalizing marriage equality. The communist country of Cuba has been making great strides in terms of LGBTQ rights, such as non-discrimination laws, in the past few years. This is mostly due to the advocacy of Castro’s niece Mariela Castro. According to Reuters, Cuba’s secretary of the council of state, Homero Acosta, told lawmakers earlier today that the new constitution will open the door to gay marriage. As for why they are drafting a new construction,...

The CW dropped a new trailer for the upcoming third season of Riverdale at San Diego Comic Con over the weekend. While the three-minute video recapped some of last season, there was some new footage and it appears that two male characters are headed for Romance-ville. You may recall that in the pilot of the series, “Kevin” and “Moose” had a bit of a late-night tryst. But nothing really came of that as Moose stayed loyal to girlfriend "Midge." Well, until she...

Li Huanwu said LGBT people had a 'moral duty' to fight for their rights Ahead of Singapore Pride’s – Pink Dot- 10th anniversary bash, a very important person in the city nation has come out publicly as gay. Li Huanwu is the grandson of Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He is also the nephew of current prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong. The 31-year-old came out in a stunning photo shoot for the Out in Singapore exhibition. He features in the photoshoot...

And you thought it was just a phase... The British Museum will showcase its historic links to the LGBTQ community in a new exhibition featuring relics going back 11,000 years. At the centre of the show is the Ain Sakhri pebble, the world’s oldest known depiction of a couple of unknown gender having sex. The stone is an 11,000 year old carved calcite pebble which was found in caves near Bethlehem. The British Museum said the stone possibly depicts gay sex, as...

Neal Baer is a board member at the ONE Archives Foundation in Los Angeles, a non-profit dedicated to preserving LGBTQ history. He and fellow researcher Michael Wolfe recently stumbled across a series of photos taken at what appears to be a gay wedding in the 1950s. Here’s what they know about the pictures: They were printed in 1957 at a neighborhood drugstore in Philadelphia. They capture a ceremony featuring two grooms. The photos also depict the exchange of rings before...

The small landlocked African country of eSwatini had its first gay pride march. Yesterday, around 500 people turned up to march in Mbabane, the country’s largest city, while wearing rainbow colors or shirts that said, “God is Love.” “We are thrilled to see this happening today,” said Lisa Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to eSwatini, to the South China Morning Post. “Just to refer you to the words spoken by Martin Luther King Jnr that ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’. Some...