Tag: viral

Lil Nas’ Old Town Road just became the longest-running number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The viral country rap anthem has now spent 17 consecutive weeks at the pole position, beating out Mariah Carey’s and Boys II Men’s collaboration One Sweet Day and Despacito by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber. The song’s success has been boosted on the charts by numerous remixes, the most popular one being the Billy Ray Cyrus version, which became the country star’s...

An 18-year-old drag performer has become a viral sensation on social media. Last week, Sophia Stardust – birth name Brandon Austin – posted a video of her graduation ceremony, in which the sickening queen sashays on stage to collect her diploma and shocks the crowd with an epic deathdrop. “I just said to my friends, ‘How iconic would it be if I did a death drop?'” she told Gay Star News. “All my friends were into it. So when I got...

Check out more amazing photos from the wedding A beautiful interfaith couple married both cultures and each other in New York City this past weekend. Martin and Amit, a same-sex couple, wed at the luxurious New York City landmark venue Cipriani Wall Street. The wedding happened on 20 October. Interfaith couple hold Indian wedding in New York City Because the wedding was so big, many Wall Street blocks closed. The couple arrived on extravagantly decorated horses. 300 special guests celebrated the couple’s nuptials in Manhattan. ‘The...

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...

EXCLUSIVE: Riccardo and James Burrell-Hinds live in Orlando, Florida, but held their dream wedding in Paris, France A US gay couple have seen images of their Paris wedding go viral after a relative posted them to Twitter. Riccardo and James Burrell-Hinds got married in France on 22 September. On Tuesday, a niece of James’ posted images of their celebrations to Twitter. The two men are pictured in front of the Eiffel Tower, on a bridge across the Seine, and on the...

All the good feelings Seth Owen, the gay valedictorian from Florida whose parents kicked him out, recently appeared on Ellen. His story first surfaced in August and quickly went viral. His parents found out he was gay when he was a sophomore in high school and subsequently sent him to conversion therapy. When he asked his parents if he could stop attending church, they gave him a choice: go to church or leave. Owen ended up leaving and staying with friends. Despite 4.16...

It turns out that the soft drink that’s marketed as having a unique taste may also have very specific tastes of its own… in the bedroom. In one of the most memorably bold advertisements you’ll see this year, Dr. Pepper may have just come out as a gay male. Though Coca-Cola has yet to confirm or deny the veracity of the image, a photo allegedly from a Swedish gay magazine has gone viral, depicting the famous soft drink as both...

The Naughtiest Songs Of The 90s Are Disguised As A Theme Song! #CUTE! Okay, so I'm typically against viral videos because the internet has made me, I don't know, perhaps jaded. And the whole being painfully single thing makes me want to curl into my lonely bed and cross my arms as I fall asleep! But, occasionally my cold, little heart warms a bit: Especially after seeing a video as adorable as the one below. Young love...do you remember it? Ahh,...

A Virginia grandmother went viral after her granddaughter shared the image of a loving gesture. This past weekend, a woman named Lexie tweeted out a picture of her grandmother ironing her bisexual pride flag before she headed out to Washington, D.C.’s Pride. In the tweet, which now has 34,300 comments, 239,000 likes, and 33,000 retweets, she wrote: “I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride. My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, ‘Oh, this...

The flag also honors those living with HIV/AIDS and those who have passed away A new Pride flag design has gone viral for the creative way it includes queer people of color, the transgender community, and the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. The “progress Pride flag” is the work of queer, nonbinary, demisexual artist Daniel Quasar. The retooled design takes the traditional rainbow flag, created by Gilbert Baker, and adds arrow-shaped stripes that incorporates the transgender Pride flag, as well as adds brown...

Who ever said that the older generation was intolerant? A grandmother has gone viral on Twitter, after her epic comeback to her son who was displaying some homophobia was posted on Twitter. The son in question was complaining about all of the different sexual identities, saying that it was “getting too confusing to keep up with.” And that’s when the grandmother struck back, saying: “The way things are now is better than when people had to hide away or killed themselves because...

This new viral Russian ad campaign will be the perfect antidote for those of you who have woken up each day over the past year thinking "Ugh, if only I could live in Russia!" While it is obviously the land of dreams, this video, suspected to be financed by the Putin campaign according to the New York Daily News, highlights one of the country's teeny-tiny little quirk - the government and many Russian citizens are soul-crushingly homophobic. The video...

A video has surfaced of two young gay South African boys showing some love and affection for one another on Valentine’s Day. The video was shared on social media by Bujy Bikwa, a Zimbabwean-born South African radio host, television presenter and producer. The influencer posted the video and shared his comment “What a time to be alive! Love always wins…” https://twitter.com/Bujy/status/963821308302807040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fviral-video-gay-african-boys-will-melt-your-heart On Instagram, the video received many positive and supportive comments, celebrating the two school boys who were thrilled to share a...

We love straight allies! A straight guy just clapped back against another straight guy’s casual homophobia about gay teachers in the best possible way. Twitter user ClapGod replied to a tweet from another Twitter user Steve Adams. Adams, who is a vocal Trump supporter, wrote: ‘As a straight male, how would u feel about your child having a homosexual school teacher?! Who their around 8hrs of the day!’ Then this is where the magic happens. ClapGod quote tweeted: If a gay teacher can teach my...