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A 38-year-old gay man recently wrote Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice column asking whether he’s morally obliged to tell a female co-worker that her barely legal 18-year-old son is appearing on an adult cam site. In his letter, he writes: The advice seeker added, “I want to make it clear that I’m not looking for permission to ask him out, have sex with him, be his sugar daddy, etc.” Instead, he’s worried that the young man might be “setting himself up for trouble down the...

Gliding like a dual-blade razor through sensitive areas, Gillette introduces its second social media ad to take on social topics, this time with a father sweetly guiding his trans son during a first shave. Sitting on the couch with his dad beside him, real trans activist Samson Brown of Toronto, Ontario, says, “I always knew I was different, I didn’t know there was a term for the type of person that I was. I went into my transition just wanting...

Pride season is upon us. There’s a gay man running for President of the United States. And the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots is less than a month away. So rapper Tom MacDonald thought it would a great time to release his latest single “Straight White Male,” a #NotAllMen hip hop anthem about how he’s sick of being called a racist, sexist homophobe when he swears he’s anything but. Some of the song’s lyrics include verses like: Other lyrics include lines like “Honestly...

Bad news for guys looking for covert connection in Lebanon: the country has officially banned Grindr from its soil. The Ministry of Telecommunications in Lebanon began blocking the IP address of the app over the weekend on the state-run telecommunications provider Ogero. Citizens using third-party providers still have access to the app. The queer rights group Helem issued a statement decrying the move as an assault to freedom of expression. “It seems that the Lebanese government and in particular the Ministry...

During a recent interview with David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres revealed she experienced sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. In a conversation taped for Letterman’s Netflix show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,  DeGeneres explained how her stepfather used her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis as an excuse to fondle her. She was only in her mid-teens at the time. “He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because...

Meet Jack Thompson. He was just named this year’s International Mr. Leather, making him the first trans person of color and the second trans person ever in the competition’s 41-year history to win the coveted title. Thompson competed against 67 other titleholders last weekend in Chicago, where he gave an empowering speech during the competition. “There’s people in this room right now that don’t believe I’m man enough to be on this stage,” he said. “If you’re enough for you, then you are...

Jesusa Fidel Ventura Reyes (aka. Chucha), image via Jazz BustamanteJesusa Fidel Ventura Reyes was a 25-year-old trans woman living in Veracruz, an east coast Mexican state. Better known as Chucha, she had just started transitioning, had raven black hair and a love of fashion. Then, one night around May 17 — the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) — Reyes never came home. After 24 hours, her family called the police. Police later discovered her head in a cooler in front...

Nathan PriceNathan Paris and his same-sex partner say that their neighbor in Brown County, Ohio has increasingly threatened them in a dispute that began with the neighbor calling them “f*gs” and “queers” and escalated to the neighbor allegedly shooting at them, flipping their car over and setting it on fire. The local news affiliate visited the two-acre parcel of land where Paris lives with his partner in a shipping container that they converted into a makeshift “tiny home.” Paris says that...

Aryeh Stern, the 74-year-old chief rabbi of Jerusalem, recently asked the city’s Mayor Moshe Lion to ban rainbow flags during next week’s Pride Parade. This is a bit like asking to ban American flags during a 4th of July celebration. In his letter, Stern wrote: When asked about his letter, Stern explained: Stern added that he didn’t think his letter to the mayor would be published and wondered whether he’d made a mistake by writing it, stating, “I did not think it...

A gay man in Ireland has sued the government to lift a ban on gay men donating blood. 27-year-old Tomás Heneghan has argued that the current regulations by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS), which require gay men to abstain from sex for 12 months before donating, codifies unlawful discrimination against gay men. Heneghan kicked off his lawsuit after doctors refused to allow him to donate blood this past April. Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time Heneghan has tried...

The man we all aspire to be when we’re older, Sir Ian McKellen, turns 80–80!–today and to celebrate, some of his closest friends are sharing their fondest memories of the beloved Hollywood icon. Bill Condon, who directed the Oscar-winning film Gods and Monsters starring McKellen, share a particularly naughty story with The Guardian this week. Condon described McKellen as a “young spirit,” as evidenced by the time they went to a Berlin sex club together. “Last year, when we wrapped The Good Liar in Berlin, we...

Time is a fickle thing. And space is the final frontier. So the space/time continuum must, then, be a fickle final frontier. Sorry, what were we talking about? The folks at Grindr’s Into have assembled their team of adorable gays of a certain age to once again reminisce — this time on relationships past. The whole exercise is a heart swell and may potentially produce some aching, though ultimately happy, tears. Watch: Dan Tracer is a queer writer, handstand enthusiast, and lover of all Kaytranada remixes. Find...

Nyla RoseWhile pro-wrestling has long struggled with stereotyped characters and queerphobic storylines, the sport continues making strides towards greater acceptance and equality. Take Nyla Rose, for example. Not long ago, she became the first trans woman to sign with a major American professional wrestling promotion, and she’s merely the latest in a small group of out trans wrestlers. In Japan, Rose is known as “the American Kaiju.” In America, she’s known as “the Barbie Breaker” and “the Native Beast.” She’s of the Native...

A Texas artist has unveiled a new mural dedicated to the transgender heroes of the Stonewall Riots. Artist Brian Kenny designed and painted the mural as a monument celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. The painting, located in Dallas, is said to be the largest transgender-themed mural in the US. “This mural represents the trans women of color who were key figures in that riot and also key figures in the start of the queer liberation movement,” Kenny told...