Tag: life

The University of Michigan is currently fighting a lawsuit brought on by a former student who says school officials ignored his complaints when he reported being sexual abused by one of his professors. And they’re fighting dirty. Andrew Lipian was a grad student at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance between fall 2016 and August 2018 when he claims professor and renowned opera singer David Daniels sexually harassed and assaulted him on numerous occasions. As a general rule of thumb,...

The good news is that we are coming out of the cosmic woods, eclipse season is fully behind us. I can’t promise there won’t be any more tears shed but I can promise a quick dry of your emotional wardrobe.  And there is no bad news, except for the climate emergency our species is facing (for more on this, please click here). But we aren’t going to change the world from a place of fear or panic (even though...

Yas! Sasha Velour has landed a “lip sync spectacular” spin-off series. The Drag Race star – who won the ninth season of the Emmy-winning show back in 2017 – is bringing their widely-acclaimed high-concept show Nightgowns to the upcoming short-form digital service Quibi. The series, which will consist of eight episodes, will follow Sasha and the members of their team as they craft a legendary lip sync performance, all while we go behind-the-scenes of their creative process. According to Deadline, each episode...

Three sisters around age 30 shouted homophobic slurs at a man while one of them attacked him with a hammer. But a judge has let the sisters avoid jail because “it was in the best interests of their children for them not to serve prison sentences.” The hell? It’s a little complicated, but stay with us. On August 11, 2018, Louise, Leanne and Samantha Whelan (ages 29, 32 and 33, respectively) were driving to their mother’s house when they saw Katie Cunningham,...

Tyler the Creator stopped by Funk Master Flex’s Hot 97 the other day where he participated in a freestyle segment that left his host unsure how to respond. “I don’t have anything prepared,” Tyler said when Flex first asked if he wanted to do some freestyling during the almost two-hour broadcast. He then proceeded to launch into a the gayest freestyle in the history of freestyles that included references to dating men, flirting with men, making out with men, hooking up...

An angry mother’s Facebook rant has gone viral and Gay Twitter™ has taken notice. It all started when the mom’s 3-year-old boy threw a temper tantrum because she wouldn’t wait in line to buy him a Mickey Mouse pretzel because of a “c*nt” wearing “very slutty shorts.” The incident was evidently very upsetting because the momzilla quickly took to Facebook to rant about why “people without children” should be “banned” from the park. In her post, the woman said that millennials, specifically,...

Rumors that Queer Eye co-hosts Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness are boyfriends have been swirling for a while. Now, those rumors can be be confirmed. At least, according to Karamo Brown. Last night, the Fab Five appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, during which Van Ness posted a backstage photo of himself and Porowski. In the background Brown can be seen giving the camera the finger. In the comments, Brown writes: “I love you both! And for all who are...

Surprise! 50 Cent is back to his old tired transphobic ways. The 44-year-old hip hop artist is once again trolling his former G-Unit affiliate Young Buck over Buck’s alleged relationship with a trans woman. Last week, 50 Cent posted a photo on Instagram of a woman dressed in thigh-high black boots and urinating on the street, along with the caption: “Rare pic of Young bucks old lady LOL.” The post was shared with 50 Cent’s nearly 24 million Instagram followers, where it...

Polartropica, the musical endeavour from Los Angeles-based “space-pop” artist Ihui Cherise Wu, have released a dreamy music video for new single In Another Life, which is inspired by the 1970s musical and its iconic imagery. “In the LGBTQ world, a popular slogan we use is ‘Love is Love’ and I wanted to take a deeper dive into that,” Wu explained. “I’ve always felt that, as humans we are all so interconnected, and sometimes we can even feel or have a bond...

Polartropica, the musical endeavour from Los Angeles-based “space-pop” artist Ihui Cherise Wu, have released a dreamy music video for new single In Another Life, which is inspired by the 1970s musical and its iconic imagery. “In the LGBTQ world, a popular slogan we use is ‘Love is Love’ and I wanted to take a deeper dive into that,” Wu explained. “I’ve always felt that, as humans we are all so interconnected, and sometimes we can even feel or have a bond...

Well, this was rather sudden and unexpected. Gay Star News, one of the leading LGBTQ media sites based out of the U.K., just announced it’s shutting down. The site will no longer be updated but will remain online in archive form for “as long as possible.” “We are devastated to have to confirm the reports that Gay Star News has to close, effective immediately,” the site’s co-founder, Tris Reid-Smith, writes in a letter to readers. The site, which has been in operation...

The legendary British singer has been open about his struggles with addiction throughout his career, and the subject came back into the public consciousness with the release of biopic Rocketman, which was based on his rise to fame. Now, in an post on social media, he’s marked the 29th anniversary since he went clean in 1990, sharing an emotional message alongside a photo of his Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety badge. “29 years ago today, I was a broken man,” he wrote on...

An Italian MP faces losing her seat in parliament for being elected under her birth name, and after claiming the rights to her true identity. The case involves Piera Aiello, the first anti-mafia witness elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Italy's history. For 27 years, Aiello lived in a secret location under an assumed name as part of a witness protection programme hiding her from the Mafia. But the 52-year-old, whose testimonies against the notorious crime syndicate led to dozens of...

A ruling by Switzerland’s highest court means Caster Semenya of South Africa is barred from competing in her signature event, the 800m, later this summer at the 2019 World Championships. The Swiss Supreme Court reversed its temporary suspension of a new policy by the International Association of Athletics Federations that required Semenya to undergo hormone treatment for six months prior to any event, to lower her natural level of testosterone. The South African world champion sprinter has dominated in...