A nude photoshoot helped this WWE superstar become a solid ally (and a sex symbol for gay fans)

After receiving a series of phone and online message threats, Cool Beans in Denton called off what it called a Disney-themed drag brunch. Management filed a police report.

Grindr.Yes, I was on Grindr, so it doesn’t take a brain box to work out that I was after a sitch between the sheets and not on the streets. ‘Oh, wait, you know who I am? This sounds like trouble,’ I answered, wondering what trap I was walking into. With palpable sass, he said, ‘Indeed, but clearly you have absolutely no idea who I am, eh?’ I confess, I did not!A year earlier, I’d been on the hunt for something a touch more serious than a casual tumble – only on Tinder, not the gay meatmarket that is Grindr. I’m into quirky facial features over classic good looks, and because the latter is apparently more common, my collection of matches was depressingly paltry. However, among my reciprocated right-swipes on Tinder was a cute French PhD student, and he actually bothered to strike up a conversation – a rarity on any dating app these days. We exchanged a few brief DMs on the platform’s chat function before quickly graduating to WhatsApp for convenience. After a couple of weeks, I regretted dishing out my digits when it became clear his banter didn’t cut the Dijon.  His lack of curiosity was the biggest issue – when you’re the one asking all the questions, a convo quickly begins to feel like a job interview. And so I committed the ultimate dating sin: ghosting. Horrid, I know.

Long Live Montero Tour kicked off last week in Detroit and will call in at over a dozen North American venues before moving on to Europe.A lighthearted tweet from the chart-topping, rapper has gone viral. It appears to be encouraging his audience to have sex.It comes off the back of an earlier tweet in which the gay performer said, “not going to be proud of myself until furries show up at my concert.”A couple of furries (people who cosplay in furry animal costumes) duly turned up at one of his shows.This prompted a second tweet in which Lil Nas X, having achieved his furries goal, set the bar a little higher.“Not gonna be proud of myself until there is a big orgy in the audience at one of my concerts.”He retweeted screenshots of both tweets, along with the caption, “Now we wait.”now we wait pic.twitter.com/qsNfILVaZp— NASARATI (@LilNasX) September 11, 2022OK then!That tweet has received over 190k likes at the time of writing.Knowing Lil Nas X’s loyal fans, we would not put it past some of them to rise to this challenge.Related: Lil Nas X reveals why he’s not taking his tour to TexasReviews of the tour have been favorable, even if Lil Nas X’s back catalog means it’s a tight, 65-minute show.

Global pop star Ricky Martin is facing a new sexual assault complaint filed against him in Puerto Rico.The identity of the individual who filed the complaint was not released by officials, following the standard procedure for such cases. However, the Associated Press reports that a person “unauthorized to speak about the case” revealed the accuser to be Martin’s nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin.The individual also clarified that Martin will not automatically be placed under arrest, as the alleged incident was not recent enough.

Spice Girls superstar Melanie C reveals the tabloids were obsessed with her sexuality due to her Sporty Spice persona.

Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden highlights one particular TV appearance that angered staffers in the midst of the 2012 re-election campaign.There was tension between Obama and Biden aides during the campaign's kickoff in May of 2012, according to New York Magazine correspondent Gabe Benedetti's book, The Long Alliance.During an appearance on Meet the Press, Biden made comments about gay marriage that were not in lockstep with the administration's position—including one unprovoked and unrehearsed statement that made Obama staffers irate."I think Will and Grace probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody's ever done so far," Biden told former host David Gregory after being pressed multiple times about his views on same-sex marriage.Not only did Biden invoke a TV show that had been off the air for six years, his off-the-cuff response to a question about federal policy reportedly caused a rift between Obama and Biden aides that lasted months. Many, reportedly including Obama, felt Biden took the lead as part of a joint campaign issue."In private, in his innermost inner circle, [Biden] was still proud, no matter how uncomfortable he'd made Obama," the book says.

Pictures of Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey filming their upcoming miniseries hit social media recently, and absolutely no one was prepared.The hunky duo are set to play beaus in Showtime’s historical drama Fellow Travelers, based on Thomas Mallon’s best-selling novel of the same name.The story follows the romance between Hawkins Fuller (Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Bailey) through the ’50s Lavender Scare era through to the AIDS crisis of the ’80s.Related: That time ‘Bridgerton’s’ Jonathan Bailey took his modesty thong out for a public spinThat synopsis aside, these BTS shots are serving anything but drama. Instead, the pair are just frolicking on a beach, kissing in the seafoam and letting their hands roam.Folks are renewing their Showtime subscriptions as we speak:This is an emergency pic.twitter.com/g3K6dJLnXV— Erik Anderson @ TIFF (@awards_watch) September 9, 2022The amount I want to be Matt Bomer’s left hand https://t.co/C2jHVuWY2L— rob (@thealmightywob) September 10, 2022These photos of Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer on set….

Donald Trump quietly made a surprise visit to Washington D.C. yesterday, prompting all sorts of online chatter about what the ex-president, who never goes anywhere without a great deal of pomp and circumstance, was doing there.Related: Rosie O’Donnell hilariously claps back at TikTok user who accuses her of being mean to Donald TrumpVideo of Trump dressed in plain clothes and white golf shoes and quickly transferring from a private jet into a black SUV waiting for him on the tarmac hit the internet Sunday evening.'It's gotta be the shoes'.

Rosie O’Donnell recently sat down with The New Yorker for a fascinating, fearless, and wide-ranging new interview.Speaking to Rachel Syme, the 60-year-old American Gigolo actor talks about everything from getting her start on Star Search, to her iconic ’90s talk show, to her stint on The View, Amazon’s new A League of the Their Own series, and so much more, plus she dishes on celebrities like Bette Midler, Tom Cruise, and, of course, Donald Trump.It’s an incredible, insightful, and deeply candid interview that’s definitely worth a full read. Here are just a few of the gayest highlights…Rosie on the evolution of queer representation in media over the last 30 years:Listen, the early nineties was a different time. … I remember my show was on for a year or something, and they said, “There’s a new show.

The popularity of video games has really exploded over the last couple of decades, so much so that now we have an official Video Games Day on September 12! What has also improved quite substantially is the representation of LGBTQ+ characters who are starting to populate lots of video games. So to celebrate this day, […]

A school chaplain claims he was unfairly dismissed from his post at Trent College in Derbyshire last year on the grounds of religious discrimination. Rev Bernard Randall is suing Trent College at an employment tribunal in Nottingham because he believes that a disagreement with senior staff at the college on implementing an inclusion programme designed […]

The inclusion of a same-sex family in an episode of the popular children’s animated series Peppa Pig is simply too much to bear for some people.

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Severance is a series of eight short stories, each with her poignant perspective and warped sense of humor: A woman in LA lives with her husband, children, and 100 ex-boyfriends. A portal in a college professor’s closet leads to another world. A yeti and a human make love.

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As ensuring adequate supply and distribution of the monkeypox virus vaccine becomes “less of an issue,” efforts have shifted toward maintaining demand, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, White House national monkeypox response deputy coordinator, said on Sept. 7. 

LGBT Ireland has joined forces with the Irish Hospice Foundation, the All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care & Shapes of Grief programme founder Liz Gleeson to host an LGBTQ+ Death Café as part of Palliative Care Week 2022. On Friday, September 16, at the Pearse Street Library, attendees will gather over coffee and cake […]

Jennie Punter Tucked in a corner of the Catskills, Casa Susanna was a modest private resort where cross-dressing heterosexual men and transgender women gathered on summer weekends through the 1950s and ‘60s to live as their true selves, dressed in the ladies’ fashion of the day and engaging in bourgeois social activities such as taking snapshots.   Over the past 15 years, a handful of articles, academic research, and photography exhibitions (and let’s not forget the 2014 Tony-nominated play by Harvey Fierstein) have gradually opened the door to this secret subculture of Cold War America. Now “Casa Susanna,” a new documentary by French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz (“Wild Side,” “Little Girl”), flings it open.

After years of teasing, today it’s finally official: Dragulais expanding the franchise. Dragula: Titans are on the way and coming to Shudder sooner than you might have hoped.As everyone knows, October is the spookiest month of the year making it the perfect time to crown a new Dragula star.

ABOVE: Peter Scolari should be turning 67 today.

(CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed Friday night to temporarily block a lower court order that required Yeshiva University to recognize a "Pride Alliance" LGBTQ student club.The order from Sotomayor -- who has jurisdiction over the lower court in the case -- suggested that the full Supreme Court is still considering the issue and will issue a more permanent order at a later time.For now, the university is temporarily shielded from having to recognize the group.The case is complicated by threshold issues -- such as the fact that New York State appeals courts have yet to rule on the merits of the dispute -- which could be slowing down the court's considerations.Former and current students of the university brought the original challenge arguing that the school's position violated a New York public accommodation law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation.The case is the latest religious liberty controversy to come before the Supreme Court.Last term, the court's conservative majority ruled in favor of religious conservatives in two separate disputes and in 2021, the court sided with a Catholic foster care agency that refused to consider same-sex couples as potential foster parents.Justice Samuel Alito has repeatedly called for greater protections for the free exercise of religion including during a July speech in Rome. "Religious liberty is under attack in many places," Alito said.Yeshiva lost at the lower court level when a trial judge focused on whether the University qualified as a religious corporation within the meaning of the New York City Human Rights Law, a public accommodation regulation that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Kelly Clarkson dropped a brand new, reworked version of the former’s classic song, ‘9 To 5’ on Friday.Parton wrote the original as the theme tune for the 1980 movie of the same name. She’s recorded a new version with Clarkson to accompany a documentary to discuss the film’s legacy.

The season nine finale of Drag Race was arguably the series’ most iconic. It was the year that Sasha Velour changed the game forever with the rose petal reveal heard around the world.

With fans chanting “thank you, Sue!” out professional basketball great Sue Bird was visibly emotional as she played her last WNBA game last week. Bird played 19 seasons in the WNBA, all with the Storm, and she retires as the most accomplished point guard in league history. Bird also made history off the court, officially coming out in 2017 and acknowledging her relationship with soccer star Megan Rapinoe.Bird returned for one final season after contemplating retirement last year.

Saying “they do”! Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari are married less than a year after his romantic proposal. The happy couple exchanged vows on September 10 in Josh’s native North Dakota with sources telling People that the pair had “a great time” and that the celebration “was lovely”.

On Friday, September 9, a sexual assault complaint was filed against queer pop singer Ricky Martin. Although details about the allegations are not public, it has been reported that the police complaint was filed by the singer’s nephew. As reported by the Associated Press, a sexual assault complaint was filed against Ricky Martin at a […]

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Related: Will Harry and Meghan’s kids get prince and princess titles following the Queen’s death?However, Andrew and his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, gifted the Queen with two more puppies, Muick and Sandy, in 2021.The BBC reports Muick was a gift to console the Queen and keep her company after the death of her husband, Prince Philip. The Queen received Sandy to mark her 95th birthday.The BBC speculates that when the puppies were given to the Queen, Andrew promised to look after the dogs if the need ever arose.Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, the Duke and Duchess of York, married in 1986 But divorced in 1996.

On Saturday, a Customs and Border Protection employee used an official Twitter account for the agency's West Texas division to promote homophobic and political content. The organization's commissioner says CPB will deactivate the account, and he has opened an investigation.“U.S.

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Peppermint revealed she was eliminated from the show, only to be brought back ahead of the season nine finale.

A man died after he was stabbed at a gay bar in Long Beach, Calif., late Friday night. A second victim still remains in the hospital.Police responded to a call at the bar, called Mineshaft, at 11:47 p.m. Friday, according to a news release by the Long Beach Police Department.

Montana health officials have introduced a new rule prohibiting Trans people from making changes to their birth certificates to recognise their preferred gender. Under the new regulations, changes can only be made to a certificate’s sex marker if the original was listed incorrectly or “as a result of a scrivener’s error or a data entry […]

Thousands of religious and right-wing activists demonstrated against a planned Pride march due to take place in Belgrade.

Danielle Savre is the entire embodiment of joy. In the weeks leading up to our interview, I dove into previous podcasts and video interviews that she’s done and was immediately smitten by her positive demeanour. Now of course this wasn’t new information to me. I’ve been a fan of hers since I started watching Station […]

Proof-of-stake is a mechanism for achieving consensus on a blockchain. Blockchain is a technology that records transactions that can’t be deleted or altered. It’s a decentralized database, or ledger, that is under no one person or organization’s control. Since no one controls the database, consensus mechanisms, such as proof-of-stake, are needed to coordinate the operation of blockchain-based systems.

On Saturday, September 10, hundreds gathered in Dublin’s Fairview Park to remember Declan Flynn on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The memorial event organised by Dublin Pride also paid tribute to other victims of queerphobic violence, with activists stressing the importance of introducing hate crime legilsation as soon as possible. 31 year-old Flynn […]

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

Luke Evans has opened up about the future of Disney+’s Beauty and the Best prequel series.

Self-described as a ‘bubbly bookish bisexual”, Rhiannon Wilde is deeply interested in championing queer stories and believes that being queer underpins her way of viewing the world, the stories she thinks of and the characters that pop into her head when she writes. When it comes to her writing practice, the themes that she enjoys exploring often stem from a “questioning of the self” and the “defining moments that lead up to and come from it.”She describes her latest novel, Where You Left Us, as one that brings her a lot of joy, where she’s able to approach both mental health and queer relationships by including a character with anxiety and exploring a budding romance that occurs between two bisexual girls. In its earliest forms, Where You Left Us was written as a single perspective from one character before Wilde developed a dynamic between two sisters in the novel and wanted to shed light on the individual journeys that they had. ‘Where You Left Us’ by Rhiannon Wilde. Image: SuppliedShe states that connections between people informs the heart of her work, “be it sisters or first loves or new relationships or very best friends”, and that queerness filters through everything she writes and attaches herself to. Wilde describes Where You Left Us as a “gothic Wuthering-Heights-meets-Evermore” that focuses on the two Prince sisters (Scarlett and Cinnamon), two romantic interests, one family mystery on a cliff by the sea.

Harry Styles described the central theme of his new film My Policeman as “wasted time”.The Michael Grandage-directed film (based on the novel by Bethan Roberts) sees Tom (Styles), a 1950s English policeman, enter into a love triangle with his lover, museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) and wife, schoolteacher Marion (Emma Corrin). Flashing forward to the 1990s, the trio (played by Linus Roache, Rupert Everett and Gina McKee, respectively) attempt to repair their interpersonal damage from 40 years prior.Styles attended the My Policeman premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last night (September 11).

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Montana has banned trans citizens from changing their birth certificates. 

Harry Styles attended the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of his film, “My Policeman”. Before the screening, Styles talked at a press conference where he detailed how he took on the role of Tom, a closeted gay policeman.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic English novelist E.M. Forster never married, and why would he? The author of “Maurice” and “Howards End” was gay, reportedly maintaining relations with a much-younger police officer over the span of four decades. That man did marry, and history has it that his wife knew their secret. In “My Policeman,” this unconventional arrangement lends itself quite nicely to one of those slightly stuffy yet respectable period pieces of the kind that Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have made of Forster’s novels, jumping back and forth in time between the sexy stuff (featuring Harry Styles, fully embracing the ambiguity of his queerbaiting brand) and the maudlin way it resolves itself so many years later.

Natasha Tripney’s review of the book in The Guardian, she describes the Marion and Patrick points of view, saying that the “possessive note is the key to their tragedy and it’s telling that the man so desired by them both remains voiceless, distant.” That is not the case in Grandage’s film, adapted for the screen by Ron Nyswaner (“Philadelphia”), in which Tom is very much a real person but still feels “voiceless, distant,” a slippery, elusive character. There is a gulf between the older Tom and the younger Tom in “My Policeman,” in both writing and performance, as there is with all of the younger and older characters in the film. Older Tom is bitter and taciturn, avoiding his wife by taking long walks on the sea wall with his dog.

Harry Styles attended the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of his film, . Before the screening, Styles talked at a press conference where he detailed how he took on the role of Tom, a closeted gay policeman. Set in the 1950s, Styles plays opposite Emma Corrin (Marion), his wife who is a teacher and David Dawson (Patrick), a museum curator who Tom is dating behind closed doors. “I think he’s very curious,” Styles said of his character Tom.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has finally given an update regarding the upcoming vote on same-sex marriage. 

also prides themself on not being emotionally available?”In the R-rated comedy, already being cited for its realistic depictions of gay men having sex, Eichner plays Bobby, a brash, blunt podcaster who spearheads an LGBTQ+ museum and falls for Macfarlane’s Garth Brooks-loving estate lawyer Aaron, who is quite a different representative of the community they both inhabit.“It’s interesting to see, as an actor, how many flaws I can have [with a character] and still get away with making the love story happen,” Macfarlane said, adding that he sometimes pushed back on his character’s rougher edges, thinking they might be too off-putting. “I saw the movie yesterday and I thought, ‘Aaron, you are such a dick!'”Eichner agreed, noting that Bobby and Aaron are “both dicks at various points, but that’s how people are.”Stoller assured Macfarlane he was in good stead: “I remember telling you, the more flawed and real you are, the more the audience is going to root for you for figure out your shit.”Apatow, a veteran of film exploring minefield relationships and stubborn male growth (“Knocked Up,” “This is 40”), commented on the historic nature of “Bros.” “It’s a very special experience, but it starts out with Nick and Billy having this really great idea,” Apatow said.

interview with Rolling Stone that he sees “My Policeman,” as a story about “love and about wasted time.”“It’s obviously pretty unfathomable now to think, ‘Oh, you couldn’t be gay. That was illegal,’ ” he told Rolling Stone.