Tag: sexuality

The singer has just turned 30 British singer Calum Scott has shared the touching story of his coming out journey in a video that has gone viral on YouTube. Published to coincide with National Coming Out Day, Scott revealed in the video that he lost some friends after he came out. The video shows vintage footage of Scott as a young child and stylized shots as an adult. Scott became a household name after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent in 2015 and...

This YouTuber is facing backlash for teaching kids about the meanings of the LGBTQ-alphabet. According to GayRVA, YouTuber Lindsay Amer, who uses they/them pronouns, says that they want their channel called Queer Kid Stuff to be the Sesame Street or Mister Roger’s Neighborhood of YouTube. Every episode, Amer, and co-host Teddy the teddy bear, break down different sexualities, gender identities, and terms within the LGBTQ umbrella in a format created especially for younger viewers. While the channel has gained 17,000 subscribers and...

I don't know what it is about businesses refusing service to LGBTQ people but I do know that I'm tired of it. First the Masterpiece Cakeshop debacle and now this. Colton Southworth and his husband were denied service specifically because they're a gay couple. Southworth and his husband had recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia and had dreams to transform their lawn into a beautiful garden. Colton researched different lawn services and found Botanica Atlanta Landscape and Design. Southworth was enamored by...

Pennsylvania's Clarks Summit University, a Christian school, has denied a student from finishing the last six hours of his bachelors’s degree because he is gay. To be clear, the university kicked him to the curb not for having a boyfriend or engaging in a gay “sexual relationship” as the school’s student handbook prohibits. No, after accepting Gary Campbell’s money to take two classes, the school contacted him after learning he is gay and informed him he’s not welcome as a student...

'If I could meet the guy I would apologize. I didn't mean to go out there to distress him like that.' A London bus driver has issued an apology for making a video of himself mocking a man wearing high heels. TFL confirmed to Gay Star News they are investigating the incident. The driver, who works in Merton, asked GSN to not name him to ‘protect his family’. Bus driver makes video that goes viral He told us the incident happened a couple weeks ago...

New report finds shocking stats on race-based discrimination Almost two-thirds of black people who identify as LGBT say they face racism from within the LGBT community. According to new research by UK charity Stonewall, 51% of black and minority ethnic LGBT people said they have faced discrimination based on their race from within the queer community. This number jumps to 61% when broken down to just black people. The research is based on YouGov polling of over 5,000 LGBT people. Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive...

The "I'm Yours" singer caused a frenzy of speculation with a line in his Pride Month love letter to the LGBTQ community Jason Mraz may have just come out as bisexual. In a poem for Billboard’s Pride Month series, the singer-songwriter included the lines, “We still have a long way to go. / But know I am bi your side.” Now, fans believe he’s dropping hints about his sexuality: https://twitter.com/ctownchick1/status/1007808038470914054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/preserum/status/1007468184440582144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F https://twitter.com/sureasthesea/status/1007654520157978629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fjason-mraz-bisexual%2F06%2F2018%2F The “I’m Yours” singer’s sexuality has been the subject of speculation before: In...

This gay man will never forget his father’s reaction when he discovered pornography in his son’s school bag My dad suspected and expected bad behavior from people and life. You could say he was cynical. And, he was the same with his children. My dad didn’t trust me to come home from school right away, so he followed me in his car. He was always snooping around to find out what I was doing that he didn’t know. In 8th grade,...

A hardware store owner in Tennessee once again made national news yesterday because he decided to put back up a sign that read "No Gays Allowed" after the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling this week. This is a pebble in what could eventually become bricks being thrown at this incredibly strong house that the LGBTQ community has built for decades, so its better to address this issue now than to let it fester and allow people like this owner to do what...

Another pair of brothers are coming out to their parent in a Youtube video. The Coyle Twins are photographers, Youtubers, and brothers living in New York City. Luc and Cooper started their channel back in 2016 and have successfully grown it since then. Now, they have a stable 35,000 member following who will watch their vlogs about their everyday lives. But, one special video that the twins put out recently was especially important. The twins decided that it was time for...

Meet Sleazy Michael. He’s a 59-year-old male escort from Cambridge who appeared in a recent episode of The Sex Business in the U.K. Before becoming a sex worker 13 years ago, Michael says he lived a “very nice middle-class lifestyle.” That is until his wife discovered pictures of him engaging in gay sex acts on the family computer and chased him around the kitchen with a knife. “For 23 years I was like a time bomb about to go off,” he...

Why did “gay” stop meaning “happy” and start referring to “same sex relationships?” In honor of Pride month just around the corner, PBS Digital Studios’ Origin of Everything series educates viewers on the history of the word “gay.” Most people know that gay meant happy or lighthearted before it’s now modern usage to describe people who are attracted to the same sex, but did you know that gay used to mean noble, and fine or “showily dressed?” Let PBS’ Danielle Bainbridge teach...

A music studies graduate is standing up for his right to be openly gay. Kyle Walterhouse is a recent graduate of Bethel College. He attended the Christian based school because of its respected music department. "I decided to go to Bethel because of the programs that they have. I knew that their music department and their education department are both strong,” said Walterhouse to WSBT22. Unfortunately, Walterhouse had to make some compromises in order to go to the school. Not only is...

Nice work, Jake Atlas! The openly gay wrestler, who plays with a league called Santino Bros. Wrestling in Southern California, was participating in a tag team match and utilized a special weapon that he had up his sleeve. This was something his opponent didn't see coming, and quite frankly... we are jealous. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfL_bKGg0BW/?utm_source=ig_embed Jake, who according to his Twitter bio is the 2017 SoCal Rookie of the Year and is proud to be open about his sexuality, competed in a match with...