Tag: love

New Jersey has been known to have some of the more splashy and ostentatious weddings around, but the celebration of Amit Shah and Aditya Madiraju’s union was an entirely different kind of affair. These two smolderingly handsome men not only wanted a traditional Hindu ceremony, but their sharp eye for detail, as well as the distinctly vibrant imagery in their pictures, has given the world a look at a truly unique love affair.  First some detail (courtesy of their equally...

The ‘hungover-pop’ pioneer pays homage to pop music legend and queer icon Madonna in her latest self-directed music video for dreamy new single Desperately Seeking Susan, titled after the Queen of Pop’s hit 1985 movie. “I’ve been up all night, and all you’ve done is break my heart, by leaving me here all alone, staring at my phone,” she sings on the track, which deals with the intense longing to be loved that many queer people feel. To celebrate the new...

Last week we held our first graduation ceremony for our students in the first class of our Culinary Arts Program. The room was filled with tears of joy, love, and gratitude. Share this...FacebookTwitter source

An openly gay Manhattan hairdresser and aspiring actor who leads the group “Walk Away,” recited a QAnon conspiracy theory rallying cry onstage shortly before President Trump addressed the crowd at his rally in Cincinnati on Thursday. “This is not a president who panders to minorities because he needs them,” Brandon Straka said as he warmed up the crowd. “This is a president who serves minorities because he loves them. And he loves this country. We are all in this together.” “Where...

Albin Ekdal might not be a household name outside Europe, but the midfielder for Sweden’s national team and Italy’s Sampdoria has a message he wants soccer players all around the world to hear: men’s soccer can learn a lot from women’s soccer when it comes to acceptance of gay athletes. “We have a lot to learn from them in this aspect,” Ekdal told Sport Bladet in an interview recorded in Italy and picked up by UK Yahoo Sports and...

Leaving an audience standing for 90 minutes is a tough ask, but when the material is an emotive, thrilling and frankly darn-right funky as this, time means nothing. Kaelo’s (Alfred Enoch) journey follows him from his home in London to South Africa following the death of his mother. When staying with his grandmother – who is unaware of her daughter’s death – the history and difficulties of life in South Africa are presented to Kaelo and a journey to understand...

Very often these days we can read bad and discriminatory stories hiding behind the ‘Christian’ badge. As much as some of them come from ‘false’ prophets one might wonder what happened to the “thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” which has been less and less practiced these days as we can all see. Today we follow the story of two mothers whose baby was denied from a daycare because they are lesbians. Brittney and Stacey Ready were very much...

Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski, the resident grooming and cooking experts on Netflix’s hit makeover show Queer Eye, have been teasing followers about a potential romance for a long time now – they even have a shared Instagram account. Things escalated earlier this week when culture expert Karamo Brown appeared to confirm that the pair were dating in a comment on Instagram, writing: “For all who are asking. It’s real. They are a couple and in love. First Fab...

A’keria C. Davenport has been channelling the essence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer since her stint on the 11th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race earlier this year because honey, she’s been slaying the industry left right and mothertucking centre. The Dallas-born performer – who placed 3rd/4th on the series – has starred in music videos for Lizzo’s funk-pop anthem Juice and You Need to Calm Down by Taylor Swift, the latter of which just received seven nominations at the 2019...

At this year’s Newport Folk Festival, country legend Dolly invited Brandi – who had curated a set of all-female performers including Linda Perry and Maggie Rogers – on stage to perform a duet of I Will Always Love You. “It was just a little song that I felt from my heart,” Dolly said when introducing the iconic track, joking to her fellow country star, “Im talking my head off, you got anything to say?” to which Brandi replied, “Just that...

Ever since Disney announced animated classic The Little Mermaid would be getting the live-action treatment, fans have been desperate to know who would be portraying Ursula, arguably one of the studio’s most popular villains (and a queer icon). While many have put themselves forward for the role, the one name that keeps popping up is comedian Melissa McCarthy – star of hit movies like Bridesmaids and Spy – especially after Variety claimed she was in “early talks” to appear in...

Marvel is reportedly seeking a transgender actress for a role in the franchise. According to Geeks Worldwide, a casting call has been released for an anonymous character called Jessica, a role for “a transwoman actress of any ethnicity in her 20s to 30s”. The character will be included in Phase 4, which includes films such as Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder. However, Jessica could...

Two members of the German heavy-metal band Rammstein defied Russia’s anti-LGBTQ policies by sharing a kiss during a concert in Moscow on Tuesday. Guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kissed onstage as the band performed “Ausländer,” German for “foreigner.” “Russia, we love you,” the band wrote in an Instagram post accompanied by an image of the musicians’ kiss. The kiss was widely praised for its defiance of Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” law, which prohibits “the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships” to...

Lizzo’s recent performance of Truth Hurts has received wide praise from the LGBTQ community. The American singer-songwriter and rapper stopped by the office of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert – which she renamed “Tiny Ass Desk Concert” – to perform stripped-back versions of some of her biggest hits. Before she played the acclaimed pop-trap anthem, she declared: “Bitches ain’t shit sometimes. And all the non-conforming genders in-between, you can all be ain’t shit too. Love is love, man. Love is love. Love is...