Tag: sexuality

Physiological study conducted by Cornell University suggests that human sexuality is fluid A new study claims ‘fully straight’ people don’t exist. Sexual orientation is not binary, with human attraction being much more complex than two simple ‘gay’ or ‘straight’ options. But a physiological study suggests men and women are neither gay, straight or bi and that human sexuality is fluid. The new study conducted by Cornell University presents new evidence that contradicts traditional beliefs regarding heteronormative sexual orientation. Study suggests that human sexuality is...

Oh, Kevin McHale, what are you doing here? Are you Glee-ful with news that you want to tell us, or are you just playing coy with all these cryptic messages you keep posting. To catch everyone up to speed, the former Glee star's sexuality came into question when he posted a photo holding what looks to be another man's hands. The caption is simply an American Sign Language symbol for “I Love You”. So, who are you loving exactly, mister? https://instagram.com/p/BgNuwAHn-e4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_profile_upsell_control Then,...

'I was crying, but it made me feel so good, so real, and I’d never, ever felt that,' revealed the Olympic skier He didn’t win a medal at the Winter Olympics, but Gus Kenworthy has become a national hero in the US. Kenworthy made history at the PyeongChang games, when he kissed boyfriend Matt Wilkas on live TV. Now he’s revealed all about his personal experiences of coming out as a gay man. People magazine have launched Coming Out, a series exploring how...

Indiana University now has its first openly gay & active athlete, and his story behind getting to where he is know is truly inspirational. Clark Carter, a member of the school's diving team, has told his emotional and poignant story to OutSports about how he came out not just at their university, but also at University of Wisconsin, a school he was at his freshmen year, before transferring to University of Indiana. He played on the hockey team during his years...

The Romans were #Masc4Masc long before Grindr even came up with the term Gay sex in Ancient Rome was not only easy to come by, it was an accepted part of being a Roman – even in the army. The Romans didn’t see being gay as bad or sinful. But they also didn’t exactly admire it altogether either. While they didn’t necessarily punish homosexuality, they did look down on anyone who was the bottom in gay relationships. Evidence suggests Roman society didn’t even...

And Spills On Boys, Wrestling, And Growing Up Closeted! HELL YEAH! Okay, so I may not have been familiar with 23-year-old, Professional Wrestler, Jake Atlas, until now – but, boy, oh boy, he’s a complete hottie! Doing some quick footwork on Atlas: He’s the 2017 Southern California Rookie of the Year, works at the Santino Brothers Wrestling Academy, and lives in Los Angeles, California. These West Coast boys, I’m tellin’ ya! According to GayStarNews, Atlas gives an exclusive interview as he...

An Atlanta officer is under investigation after being caught on camera calling a man a “fa**** ass n****.” On January 26, actor and activist Sir Page, known professionally as Sir Maejor, was near the Five Points Station in Atlanta, Georgia. Page, who's the President of the local chapter of Black Lives Matter and appeared on "American Horror Story: Coven," called the police to report two illegally parked cars blocking traffic. While we don't know what happened between that and the moment recorded...

Gays in South Africa are four times more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression. Tyrone Hartzenberg ended his life on December 31 by stepping in front of an oncoming train. The 29-year-old South African had been taunted for years about his sexuality, including being called “moffie” (faggot), and the abuse led him into a spiral of depression and drug abuse. “He was a young boy when he told me that he was gay,” Hartzenberg’s mother, Georgina, told Independent Online News....

“He took a huge stick and started beating me." A South African man says he was beaten by his pastor for being gay and then forced to pay damages for “shaming” his church. Dumisani Ngcobo, 43, says he’s one of 50 gay men who have been brutally attacked by his pastor at the Shembe Nazareth (eBuhleni) church in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. During a church retreat, Ngcobo was sleeping in a tent with other men from his...

Tino Ritualo talks grandfatherhood in his 30s, as well as coming to terms with being gay When most people are becoming parents for the first time, Albertino (aka Tino) Ritualo welcomed his grandson. He became a father when he was 14 years old and then a grandfather at 32. Now 36, Tino spoke to Gay Star News about his journey to becoming a grandfather, as well as coming to terms with his sexuality. Tino grew up in a Catholic Filipino ‘military’ household. In...

Students describe the decision as a 'major and unprecedented accomplishment for a Catholic university' Georgetown University announced this week that it will offer LGBTI student housing. The catholic university is in Washington D.C., capital city of the US. The university’s Office of Residential Living has announced it accepted the proposal for a new Living Learning Community (LLC). The new building will provide safe space for students to explore gender and sexuality. Crossroads: Gender and Sexuality is the name of this new LLC. It is intended...

Do we all have it good? There are many of us that have a great job, a wonderful roof over our heads, and not too many worries that our sexuality is an issue with those and the community around us. Life could always be better, a heck of a lot better, but the core is there and strong. But there are many that don't and we hear from them, too. There are messages weekly that say "can you help me"...

A gay man has been left too scared to leave his home after he was beaten in a homophobic attack outside of a London nightclub. Gordon Maxwell was attacked outside of Troxy, a club in East London last month, and was left needing reconstructive surgery. He also lost a sense of smell through one nostril and suffered permanent nerve damage in other parts of his face. Maxwell, who was wearing a dress at the time of the attack in Tower Hamlets, believes...

"Are you okay with having a gay son?" In a clip from the next episode of Black Ink Crew, one of the newest tattoo artists on the series, Kevin Laroy, finally decides to come out to his father. In the scene, Kevin’s father visits Kevin at his New York apartment. The two haven’t seen each other in a few years, so Kevin is “definitely nervous to open up to him” about his sexuality, as he confesses in the clip. After some liquid...