Tag: LGBTQ

Parker Matthews new single “Good Enough” (screen capture) Out singer/songwriter Parker Matthews drops his latest music video, “Good Enough.” Trust and believe – it’s more than ‘good enough.’ Matthews says his passion for music was born watching Whitney Houston’s iconic performance on the 1994 Grammy Awards. A target for bullies in his youth, he found solace in music. Since his debut single, “Lost With You,” he’s continually demonstrated growth and maturity as an artist with followup tracks like “Hit and Run” and...

Brian Justin Crum (photo credit: Mark Mendoza) America’s Got Talent finalist Brian Justin Crum recently released the music video for his latest single, “I & U.” Penned by #1 Billboard writers Melanie Fontana, Lindgren and Ferras, and produced by Lindgren, “I & U” is the follow-up single to “Circles,” released in February. The singer recently told Huffpost the video for “I & U” is meant as an homage to his ‘spirit animal,’ queer pop icon George Michael. “The video for ‘I & U’ is the...

(image via Depositphotos) Lawmakers in Parliament have voted overwhelmingly to extend same-sex marriage rights to LGBTQ citizens of Northern Ireland. The vote, by a lopsided margin of 393 to 73, will bring marriage equality to the only part of the UK or Ireland that does not currently recognize same-sex marriage. The issue has been shelved in Northern Ireland since January 2017, when Stormont – the Northern Ireland Assembly – collapsed. Since that time, the country has basically been run by civil servants. The...

Credit: Queer Eye Queer Eye dropped the trailer for its upcoming 4th season on Monday, July 8, and as expected, it’s emotional AF. The Fab Five (Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France) return for another round of tears, triumphs and more as they navigate their way through several different subjects (or as they call them, heroes) in Kansas City. One of those people is JVN’s high school orchestra teacher named Happy who he says saved several people’s...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...

Renée Zellweger in ‘JUDY’ (courtesy LD Entertainment/Roadside Attractions) Check out the new trailer for upcoming biopic, JUDY, starring Renée Zellweger as the iconic Hollywood star, Judy Garland. “Everyone’s had their troubles…and I’ve had mine.” Based on the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter and directed by Rupert Goold (American Psycho), the film spotlights Garland’s struggles as she prepped for her sold-out 5-week run at the London nightclub, Talk of the Town, in 1968. “As she prepares for the show, battles with management,...

From the award-winning short film, ‘First They Came’ Check out this moving short film that weaves images of mass shootings (including the deadly massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida) with Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and the Martin Niemöller poem, “First They Came.” The film earned 16-year-old filmmaker Odessa Shlain Goldberg the top honor in this year’s Our Pride Video Fest competition. The competition asks student filmmakers in schools and colleges to create and share digital stories about significant LGBTQ+ people, places and...

Kevin Spacey in ‘House of Cards’ (screen capture/YouTube) The young man who accused Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey of groping him at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016 has dropped his civil lawsuit Local ABC affiliate WCVB reports the court filing alleging sexual assault by Spacey has been dismissed “with prejudice,” which bars the plaintiff from filing another case on the same claim. From the court filing: “Plaintiff states that because no adverse party has served an answer or motion for summary judgment...

‘Queer Eye’ stars Jonathan Van Ness & Antoni Porowski (via Instagram) Fans of the Netflix ‘make better’ series, Queer Eye, had a social media meltdown when two of the show’s stars, avocado-loving foodie Antoni Porowski and mustachioed grooming guy Jonathan Van Ness, posted a photo on Antoni’s Instagram account of the two just about to engage in a hot and heavy make-out session. Accompanying the photo was the caption, “I guess Amurica’s birthday’s our anniversary, babe,” complete with heart emoji. Aw…. Over 700,000...

HIV virus (image via Depositphotos) For the first time, researchers have found a way to eliminate HIV from living animals. The approach combines two new technologies: slow-release antiretroviral therapy (known as LASER ART) which first suppresses the virus, then gene editing (known as CRISPR-Cas9) which effectively ‘slices out’ HIV-infected DNA. Dr. Kamel Khalili, at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, told the local CBS News affiliate that, “For the first time, we were able to eliminate completely replication competent...

Pride Night at the Rochester Red Wings game (image via Twitter) Professional Minor League Baseball team, the Rochester Red Wings, held their first-ever Pride Night Tuesday night. The Red Wings, the top affiliated minor league team for the Minnesota Twins, collaborated with The Out Alliance, Rochester’s local LGBTQ organization. By all accounts, it was a big success.  Great baseball weather, nearly 10,000 fans in the stands, and the first 500 fans got free Red Wings t-shirts! Plus, it was Bark at the Park night! The...

Homophobic vandal caught ripping down Pride flag (screen capture) A man in Washington D.C. was caught on video walking into a resident’s front yard and ripping down a rainbow Pride flag, all while yelling homophobic slurs. The 30-second security camera video shows the man walking down the sidewalk, seemingly talking to himself. In the clip’s audio, he can be heard shouting, “F*gg*t motherf**ker, you f*gg*t flag-flying motherf**ker.” Clear as day, the man enters the yard, striding right up to the flag and...

Gay couple searching internet for new home (stock photo via Depositphotos) The National Association of Realtors recently released its first-ever Profile of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Buyers and Sellers. Crunching the numbers from four years of data, the report shows some definite differences in how LGB folks feel about, and approach, homeownership compared to heterosexuals. When it comes to first-time buyers: • 58% of bisexual homebuyers surveyed indicated they were purchasing their first home • 36% of gay and lesbian buyers said the purchase...