Tag: LGBTQ

Aaron Carter is opening up to talk about his sexuality on the latest episode of the LGBTQ&A podcast. Back in August, Carter came out as bisexual to his fans and followers in a post shared to Twitter. Then shortly thereafter, he told TMZ: "I had an experience when I was 17 with a guy, but now as an almost 30-year-old man, I’m going to be pursuing relationships with women." But now, having taken time to address some health concerns, it would appear as...

For a couple of weeks now my partner and I have been stringing lights, putting up wreaths, hanging ornaments and stockings, and making our place feel as festive and ready for the holigays—you know, like the holidays but gayer. And what makes it the holigays? Well, the fact that everything is done with a little something extra—fabulousness. Usually, I wait to find some inspiration from social media to be overcome with the spirit—but this year we got a head start—it’s...

Jeremy Slater is the showrunner for the tv show The Exorcist and he’s not a fan of homophobes. Some viewers were upset when there was a gay kiss between the former priest Marcus Keane (played by Ben Daniels) and Peter Morrow (Christopher Cousins). The Fox horror drama strongly hinted at the sexuality Daniels’s character since the first season of the show. Then this recent episode in season 2 confirmed it. But, of course, some fans can’t accept that and took to the...

It's "just kind of consistent with the policy of the administration to exclude LGBTQ people." The White House is not spreading Christmas cheer to everyone. Invites were sent out for the annual White House holiday party, but some longtime attendees were left off the invite list—and they think their race and sexual orientation might have played a role. “I assumed it was an oversight, because I’m at the White House every day and contribute to the pool reports,” Chris Johnson, chief political...

Very Rev Kevin Holdsworth says C of E will be forced to support same-sex marriage if the ‘Lord blesses George with the love of a fine young gentleman’ Christians should pray for Prince George to be gay to force support for same-sex marriage in the Church of England, a senior Anglican minister and LGBTQ campaigner has said. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, made the comments in a blog he reposted about LGBTQ inclusion in...

The Attacker Claims He Was Punishing The Victim For Lying About His Age! This story is a complete nightmare. Can we all be honest for a moment? I’m not mathematician, but I’d be willing to bet probably 80% of LGBTQ men have met someone off the Internet by this point in our lives. I recall getting access to America Online chatrooms before I hit ten-years-old. My mother would scold me to not even talk to strangers or give out personal...

A South African court has denied a gay couple the right to adopt a child and the judge did it for a good reason. The adoption would not be in the child’s best interests. The two men have been together for ten years and wanted to have a child with a surrogate mother. Surrogacy agreements have to be approved by a court in the African country before adoption rights are granted. While they have been partners for a decade, one of...

It’s been just over two months since Egypt ramped up its efforts to persecute LGBTQ people in the country – and now 14 men have received prison sentences just for being gay. The victims have all been sentenced to three years in jail for ‘abnormal’ sexual relations, but were each released on bail of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($283, €230). They will now have to wait for their appeals trial. The trial of three other men has been delayed over procedural reasons, defence...

LGBTQ awareness is at its peak in Hong Kong after the area had its ninth annual Pride parade. More than 10,000 people gathered to walk the streets and cry out for the termination of discrimination and the increase of legal rights and protections for LGBTQ people. This includes several supporters from countries like the USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and more. The theme for this year’s parade was “Turn the Tide, Walk With Pride – Discrimination Says Goodbye.” That mentality was carried...

The announcement comes after the United Nations (UN) criticised the Sri Lankan penal system for criminalising homosexuality. Nerin Pulle, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Solicitor General, has pledged to change the penal code in Sri Lanka after the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a process where countries within the UN have their human rights records scrutinised by other UN member states. The Sri Lankan government received seven specific recommendations, which included the decriminalisation of homosexuality – which is currently punished by...

The gay Christian rocker came out last year Trey Pearson’s new music video Love Is Love opens with a simple statement: ‘To all the LGBTQ sacred spaces.’ Shot in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, the new song is a fun, powerful anthem about going out and being yourself. Pearson originally released the song on 17 November as part of his debut solo EP of the same name. The first song on the EP, Silver Horizons, arrived in April. The EP has seven songs...

Next week, Canada’s government will issue a formal apology to citizens who were persecuted just for being gay. For decades, thousands of Canadians working across the civil service were fired purely because of their sexual orientation. The persecution took place from the 1950s right up to 1992, with LGBTQ military personnel being forced out of their jobs for fears they were susceptible to foreign intimidation and blackmail because of their sexuality or identity. The government had also developed a “fruit machine” test...

Coming out of the closet is an incredibly difficult thing to do for anyone. Some of us have it easier than others, but the freedom in doing so is universally the same in that it gets the biggest weight we have on our shoulders off. It may be difficult for friends and family members to accept who you truly are after you have done so, but the feeling of being your authentic self is something that each LGBTQ person should...

I'm literally crying into my gluten-free bread right now. Who am I kidding, it's a burrito. It's been a rough time for LGBTQ people in Australia, who are still waiting on word regarding if gay marriage will be legalized down there. So we here at Instinct Magazine wanted to share a beautiful and emotional story of one Aussie guy proposing to his equally cute Aussie boyfriend, in a way to show just how amazing love is no matter who you...