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The city council of Dublin, California — a small city east of San Francisco with about 61,000 people — voted against flying a rainbow flag during Pride Month after numerous people spoke out against it. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Shawn Kumagai, the first out gay Dublin City Councilman, initiated the request and when the council first considered it, they unanimously supported the idea…. … then the public debate started. Two people said they didn’t want to raise a rainbow flag because...

In its race to be the most draconian, antiquated state in the union, Alabama Public Television refused this week to air an episode of the beloved PBS children’s show Arthur because it depicts the title character’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn, marrying another male. “Parents have trusted Alabama Public Television for more than 50 years to provide children’s programs that entertain, educate, and inspire,” Mike McKenzie, a spokesperson for APT, said in a statement. “Parents trust that their children can watch APT without their supervision. We...

Actor John Barrowman says he “knows” for a fact there are more gay footballers out there and he’s encouraging them to come out. Speaking to The Sun, the actor, who recently competed alongside former Spurs and West Ham Boss Harry Redknapp on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, said: “I had this conversation with Harry who apparently had never met a gay man before he met me in the jungle which I find hard to believe as I know there are gay...

Sebastian YoungGay-for-pay adult video performer Sebastian Young (birth name Joshua Noles) recently pleaded “no contest” (link NSFW) to charges of owning sexually explicit content of a child. Having already spent nearly 1,000 days in jail, he has since been released and placed for life on the sexual offender registry. Noles was arrested in the summer of 2016 for allegedly raping his five-year-old daughter — authorities became suspicious after the child was found to have a sexually transmitted infection. When a police officer began investigating...

Markie MoreJust last week, gay adult performer Markie More officially retired, and now he’s already gone and joined “Fight The New Drug,” a Mormon-run group that opposes sexually explicit adult content. In his retirement announcement issued via Twitter, More wrote: According to Zachary Sire, editor of a gay adult video industry blog (link NSFW), More appeared in 131 scenes on Next Door Studios over the last six years. His retirement came five months after he accused Rocco Fallon, vice-president of production and cinematography...

A British filmmaker has coined a pithy new term for what some people have called “dude sex” and what others have deemed “bromosexuality.” Louis Theroux — the documentarian behind such films as My Scientology Movie and Mothers on the Edge and a cousin of Justin Theroux — discussed “situational homosexuality” in reference to his time at Westminster School in central London in a Radio 4 interview on Sunday, May 12. Related: This straight actor just opened up about fooling around ‘with...

The morning we were ready to come back for the second season, I pick up my phone, and it’s blowing up. I’m like, “What is this?” I looked at the Valerie Jarrett tweet, and I was like, “Aw, jeez, I can’t condone this.” I emailed Bruce and Tom Werner and I was like, “Guys, I can’t be a part of this.” I didn’t hear anything right away. They were probably busy trying to figure out what they were going to...

A gay kiss between a heterosexual woman and a robot has landed Calvin Klein on the receiving end of “queerbaiting” criticism, and the fashion brand has publicly apologized. The lip-lock came in a new commercial from CK’s “I speak my truth in my Calvins” campaign, which previously released an ad featuring queer celebs Indya Moore and Troye Sivan and thirst quenchers Shawn Mendes and Noah Centineo, among others. Related: Calvin Klein’s sexy new video packed with queer celebs & allies, from Indya Moore...

This is the era of social media activism. The #metoo movement was basically founded on Twitter. But what if activism could really be extended to hookup apps? Most people go on Grindr to chat, hookup or meet someone to date. They are pretty single-minded in that focus, understandably. No one wants to be interrupted when they are looking for Mr. Right or, especially, Mr. Right Now. Over the past few months, I’ve attempted to use my Grindr account as a weapon of...

A Canadian teen is making us all swoon with the story he posted to Reddit recently, a story of young queer love very much requited. “I am so giddy and excited and don’t have any friends really to share this with,” he says in the post. The 17-year-old from Canada explains that his parents are immigrants from Chile and “pretty Catholic,” and that he’s “so far in the closet I’d need a rescue team of 30 professionals to get me...

Last week, Jerry Falwell Jr. made national headlines when it was reported that Michael Cohen allegedly helped stop the release of x-rated photos of the antigay activist shortly before he endorsed Trump for president in 2016. According to Reuters, Falwell contacted Cohen in 2015 seeking assistance regarding an “embarrassing personal matter” involving him, his wife, and their 20-something pool boy, er, pool attendant from Miami. Related: Jerry Falwell Jr.’s alleged x-rated photos could get him fired from his own university Rumor had it, the pool boy possessed dirty pictures of...

James Charles is hitting back at allegations made by fellow YouTuber/ex-BFF Tati Westbrook and others that he used his internet fame to “manipulate” a straight guy into having gay sex, saying what happened between the two of them was “100% consensual” and that they didn’t even have sex because, actually, he’s still a virgin. As you may recall, the 19-year-old beauty vlogger lost 3+ million followers in the past few weeks after Westbrook posted a public takedown video accusing him of attempting...

Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black took to social media this weekend to vent his frustration after getting turned away from a diving event where husband Tom Daley was competing. Daley and Black, who married in 2017, welcomed their first child, Robert, last year. This past weekend, Black took young Robert to the London Aquatic Centre to see Daley dive. Venue officials claim they refused to let Black enter because he had his son in a stroller. Black disputes this claim. Black wasted...

90-year-old Don Middleton recently sat down with Pink Planet to talk about growing up gay in rural Canada, including having sexual trysts local farm boys and discovering Ontario’s gay community in the 1940s. Middleton said he first started experimented sexually with other males when he was 12 or 13, but it wasn’t until he was in his mid 20s that he learned there was a whole “gay world” out there. “I actually came out to knowing about the gay world when...