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Popular gay YouTuber Tai Couture has been confirmed dead with reports stating that the influencer took his own life.   Couture, whose real name was Tyree Williams, was best known for his work as a hairstylist and makeup artist. Couture who had been vocal about his battle with depression had also publically supported others who were

A new online dating survey has data to support what many of us who use apps already knew: in some people, they can stir social anxiety and loneliness. The study comes from Ohio State University, where researchers scrutinized the behaviors of 269 undergrad students, all of whom used at least one dating app. Each answered questions such as, “I am unable to reduce the amount of time I spend on dating apps,” designed to measure their level of loneliness. The results...

Photo by Zackary Drucker as part of Broadly’s Gender Spectrum Collection.When the girlfriend of 22-year-old Owen discovered adult videos of trans women on his phone, she suddenly became hateful and insecure: She cried, wondered if he was secretly gay and if she was just his beard, mocked him, repeatedly said that he probably wished she had a “d*ck” and simulated topping him in bed. Vice recently interviewed four men who are attracted to trans women but afraid of expressing their...

The queer singer-songwriters have worked together several times, notably on Charli XCX’s Out Of My Head and Tove’s Bitches remix, but this is the first time the two have released a duet – and it was worth the wait. “I met her in the summer, thinking life would get better but she’s gone now, took my heart and sunk with it, she was just as bad as the boys,” they sing on the queer heartbreak anthem, which features one...

Olympic hunk Gus Kenworthy and baseball star Pete Alonzo have announced a new coupling. The two will team up to end cyberbullying as part of the Shred Hate program. The new initiative encourages young people on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram to act more vigilant in reporting cyberbullying. Young recruits who sign up at the group’s website, DoSomething.org, even have a chance to win a $5,000 scholarship. Kenworthy has spoken forthrightly about his own experience as a target for bullying....

A U.K. man says he’s been chatting with a guy online who won’t meet up with him, but who is always online looking for other dudes to hook up with. Now, he wants answers. “I am 27 and open about being gay. He is 35 but very protective of his sexuality, ” the man explains to advice columnist Diedre Sanders in a letter. “We’ve had a friends-based relationship online for a year.” “He told me he didn’t want anything sexual, which...

Youtube ScreenshotNew York prosecutors have accused a Bronx pastor of raiding an HIV/AIDS charity fund to pay for his own vacation and luxury lifestyle. Rev. Reginald Williams, 67, stole more than $631,000 from the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Fund and the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Foundation, two non-profits aimed at aiding HIV+ drug addicts which he helped found. A Manhattan court arranged Williams along with two accomplices on grand larceny charges on July 31. According to prosecutors, Williams used the charity funds to pay...

  “I’m in Boston and it was a benefit for the Cam Neely Foundation, and my friend Denis Leary asked me to do it … but this was right after the election. So Denis goes up and he does some Trump jokes and people laugh. And then another comic goes up and he does a couple jokes, whatever, some Trump stuff, and people laugh — another white guy. And so then I go up, and the first joke I get some...

The Fab Five stopped by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen this week to promote the upcoming season of Queer Eye. During the Q&A segment, a fan called into the clubhouse to inquire about what it was like hanging out with Harry Styles while the guys were filming in Japan. “Harry was absolutely lovely,” answered Bobby Berk. “Super sweet guy, super chill; I mean, who else could you ask for a better karaoke partner?” Then Karamo Brown, whose been all about spilling...

Rumors that Queer Eye co-hosts Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness are boyfriends have been swirling for a while. Then yesterday, Karamo Brown confirmed them to be true. Or so everyone thought. Earlier this week, the Fab Five appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, during which Porowski and Van Ness could be seen holding hands throughout. Later, Van Ness posted a backstage photo of himself and Porowski to Instagram. In the comments, Brown wrote: “I love you both! And for...

Disgraced rugby player Israel Folau has officially filed a $10 million lawsuit against Rugby Australia after the organization fired him earlier this year for spewing off all sorts of homophobic nonsense on social media. In the lawsuit, Folau, who had been one of Australia’s highest-paid athletes before his epic fall from grace, argues that his contract was unlawfully terminated due to his Christian beliefs. But Australian rugby officials maintain that Folau breached a players’ code of conduct by violating its code...

Frederic Sterry Smith (Facebook)A Florida man was arrested after writing a homophobic message on his restaurant receipt and then shoving it down the manager’s blouse after she confronted him about it. The incident happened last Saturday at Milagro On 12 Latin Kitchen, a restaurant in downtown St. Augustine, Florida. After finishing his meal, 62-year-old Frederic Sterry Smith left a $0 tip for his waiter along with the message, “if he wasn’t gay.” When the server showed it to his manager, she...

Impact Wrestling is going to be hot under the collar for some time to come as the company announced the signing of current Knockout Kiera Hogan to a multi-year contract on Thursday. Hogan’s new deal comes one week after going public with her relationship with former Impact co-worker Diamante. Hogan sat down with Outsports to discuss her new contract, coming out as LGBTQ and the events surrounding her and Diamante’s adorable announcement. How does it feel to feel to sign a...

Hysteric fuss raisers One Million Moms is targeting Whole Foods after the company sponsored a drag queen storybook hour. Whole Foods sponsored the storytime as part of Atlanta Pride 2019, and it was hosted by Mayor Keisha Bottoms and drag queen Terra Cotta Sugarbaker. The event itself did not take place in a Whole Foods market itself; rather, the queens read stories at City Hall. That raised the ire of the Moms, which now accuses Whole Foods of being part of...