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The coming-of-age tale – which charts the life of a disenfranchised African-American man in poverty-stricken Miami – received widespread acclaim upon release, especially for its inclusion of queer men of colour. Moonlight ultimately received eight nominations at the 89th Academy Awards and won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) and Best Adapted Screenplay. It became the first film with an all-black cast to win Best Picture. IndieWire recently published their top 100 movies of the decade and Moonlight received the...

Pro wrestling’s latest LGBTQ power couple revealed themselves Saturday when Impact Wrestling competitor Kiera Hogan and her former Impact co-worker, Diamante, went public with their relationship in a collection of heartwarming social media posts. A beautifully worded message of love accompanied the pictures of the adorable couple. “When I’m with you, I act different. In a good way. I smile more and I laugh more. I don’t have to pretend everything is ok when it’s really not. With you, I can...

A New Jersey minister accused of sexually assaulting his parishioners has launched a creative defense: he claims he was sucking demons out of them by performing fellatio. 69-year-old Rev. Dr. William Weaver faces a lawsuit by four former parishioners–three men, one woman–who claim that the Presbyterian minister sexually assaulted them when they came to him for spiritual counseling. Documents obtained by Newsweek reveal that during counseling sessions Weaver asked the three men to strip naked and lay down. He would then...

Duncan James, who achieved international fame in the early ’00s as a member of the British boy band Blue, introduced the world to his new boyfriend in an Instagram post over the weekend. Blue has sold over 15 million records worldwide and headlined eight tours between 2002 and 2018. The bands first three albums all peaked at #1 in the U.K. and spawned an impressive 16 hit singles over a four-year period. In his latest post, 41-year-old James can be seen...

For as long as we live in a heteronormative world, gays will feel anxious about coming out of the closet. And for as long as gays feel anxious about coming out, many will feel they didn’t “live out their youth properly,” as Reddit users recently discussed on the r/askgaybros subreddit. “I regret not coming out sooner because I feel like I lived a fake life up to this point,” one wrote. “Yes, almost daily, I have a sense of ‘Man, I...

Rumour has it that comedian Melissa McCarthy will be playing the purple sea witch in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, but one RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favourite wants in on this gig. When asked by AV Club who her favourite fictional villain of all time is, Latrice replied, “Ursula! Oh, I should be her right now, man,” before adding, “The Poor Unfortunate Souls moment is just everything for me.” So what would Latrice bring to the role? “Boooody language,...

A new exhibition in the Harvey Milk Terminal 1 of San Francisco Airport (SFO) is set to honour the politician, who was America’s first-ever LGBTQ elected official. Harvey Milk was first elected in 1977 as a city supervisor. During this time he was able to get a bill passed that banned anti-LGBTQ discrimination in the fields of public accommodations, housing and employment. However, in 1978, both he and the Mayor of San Francisco, George Moscone, were assassinated by former city supervisor...

The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots was a celebration like no other, and millions showed their pride by dressing up in astonishingly creative and beautiful rainbow colors all across the globe. But it’s not just human types who dressed up all bright and shiny. Our four-legged friends shared their pride by dressing up, too, and they win the award for cutest pride attire. But don’t forget that just like you, dogs (and cats) require energy for frolicking at festivals and events...

This week, NBA superstar Dwight Howard opened up about those gay rumors that have been following him around since last year. It all started in November when a man by the name of Masin Elije alleged that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with the NBA player, who later offered him “hush money” in exchange for signing an NDA about their affair after it had ended, then threatened to “beat the sh*t out of him” when he refused. At the...

On Tuesday, an England-based musical teacher named Jacqueline Hughes wrote about a young student of hers named Charlie who had gotten bullied and beaten up by hateful students at her school. The bullies called him “gay, fat and stupid.” On Twitter, Hughes wrote: She never expected the outpouring of love that came in from London’s West End stage actors via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. PinkNews reports: Here are a few of the videos: In response, Hughes issued a personal video message (below) and...

Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are soon to be former police officers after an investigation highlighted their racist and homophobic Facebook posts. It didn’t take a mastermind detective to look through the officers’ public social media feeds and uncover language unbefitting of law enforcement. The 13 set to be fired are also merely a slice of the 72 officers who’ve been placed on administrative duty after the online database the Plain View Project collected over 5,000 comments and posts from officers in Philly...

Morehouse College, one of the few remaining traditional HBCU men’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has been rocked by a major sex scandal this week and we have a feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg. It all started when 20-year-old Michael Key posted a heartbreaking video on his Twitter page alleging widespread sexual misconduct by a faculty member that has been going unaddressed by the school for over a year and a half. “Please get Morehouse’s...

In what could very well be an elaborate troll campaign, the gay footballer peeking out from behind the closet door on Twitter has been back to posting, this time to let everyone know he had a productive meeting with a manager and chairman of his team, and that he plans to reveal his identity very soon. When exactly? Soon, before August. We’ll hold off on believing it’s the real deal until we see some actual movement, but if true, it...

Well, this is awkward. Gay Facebook users in Australia recently found themselves targeted with a sponsored post from the Australian Red Cross Blood Service featuring a gay couple and asking for blood donations. The Facebook ad, which depicted two men in Christmas sweaters, said: “Whether or not you’re celebrating Christmas in July, you can give a lifesaving gift any time, because the need for blood doesn’t take a break.” There’s just one teensy tiny problem: Currently in Australia, just like in the...