Billy Eichner reveals which Hollywood heartthrob almost made a cameo in Bros

A fan of all forms of transportation, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke this week at the opening of the long-awaited Metro Silver Line Extension in Washington, D.C., which connects the nation's capital with Dulles International Airport. Aside from that, he's been riding a bicycle (his only mode of transportation if he had to choose one) to work, much to the dismay of his security detail.

A man in Australia pleaded guilty to threatening to distribute sexually revealing images of a gay neighbor if he didn’t turn down his loud music.According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, Shane Ustick, 60, of Sydney in New South Wales, pleaded guilty in Newtown Local Court last week to charges that he threatened to distribute the revealing images of his neighbor without the man’s consent. The incident took place August 30 when Ustick objected to the volume of his neighbor’s music during lunch.The following day, Ustick placed a birthday card addressed to “Grindr Slag” in the mailbox of his neighbor.“Not bad looking but a slag! What would your parents say + real estate agent say,” Ustick wrote on the interior of the birthday card.RELATED: California Mans Pleads Guilty to Assaulting, Robbing Grindr HookupsThe card was found by the neighbor’s roommate.“Hey, Grindr boy we know who you are we are tired of listening to your music,” Ustick also wrote in the card.

(CNN) -- Months after they had a public back and forth, JoJo Siwa is voicing her disappointment with Candace Cameron Bure.The singer/dancer, 19, posted on her verified Instagram about Bure after the former "Full House" star talked to the Wall Street Journal about her work with the faith-based channel, Great American Family.When asked if the Great American Family will include LGBTQ storylines in their projects, Cameron Bure said, "I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core."Siwa identifies as queer and shared a screen grab of a headline which read, "Candace Cameron Bure's plans for new cable channel: No gays.""Honestly, I can't believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press," Siwa wrote. "This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people."In July Siwa posted a video on TikTok that went viral in which she shared a photo of Cameron Bure as the "rudest celebrity" she had ever met, later revealing she had felt ignored by the star at an event when she was a child and tried to meet her.Cameron Bure responded in a video on her verified Instagram account explaining that she was "shocked" by the designation and said everything was "all good" after the pair connected and discussed it.Siwa wasn't the only one upset by Cameron Bure's recent comment.Actress Hilarie Burton slammed her and Bill Abbott, chief executive of Great American Media, for "bigotry.""That guy and his network are disgusting," Burton tweeted.

Dating app Hinge is adding a new update that allows users to specify whether they are looking for monogamy or non-monogamy.

The nominees for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards have finally been announced, with LGBTQ+ artists recognised in each of the Big Four categories.

On Wednesday the U.S. Senate will begin the process of debating and likely passing the Respect for Marriage Act, bipartisan legislation that merely attempts to keep the status quo on marriage equality by requiring states to recognize all legal marriages of same-sex couples. It does not require states to allow same-sex couples to marry. Despite its sponsors extreme efforts to ensure existing religious rights are not compromised, far-right-wing Christian activist Franklin Graham is making extremely false claims about the legislation and riling up his supporters on social media.

(CNN) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with seven more sexual offenses, United Kingdom police have said.The 63-year-old actor was charged on Tuesday with multiple sexual offenses against the same man between 2001 and 2004, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.The United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorized the additional charges “for multiple sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004.”“The CPS has also authorized one charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent,” Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said in the statement.Spacey is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on December 16.CNN has contacted the actor’s representatives for comment.In July, Spacey pleaded not guilty in a London court to four charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. A trial was set for next year.Last month, a New York jury found him not liable for battery on allegations he picked up actor Anthony Rapp and laid on top of him after a party in 1986.Spacey has won two Academy Awards for his roles in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, and was artistic director of London's Old Vic theater from 2003 to 2015.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

Trans Awareness Week is in full swing and celebrities and politicians alike have been sharing their support for trans people.

Australian basketball player Isaac Humphries has made history as the first active top tier league athlete in the sport to come out as gay.

Qatar: Rise to Power and Influence, claims “there was not any real push [by Qatar's leaders] for the British to leave …[who] appreciated their military protection”.Large numbers of protests by the public against the British and the ruling family took place before independence.Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani personally appoints ministers – usually family members – and one-third of the Shura Council, a law-making council, though the others are elected.Although a lot of consulting goes on behind closed doors, power is largely in the hands of the Emir, who ultimately controls political decisions, law-making and the judiciary.Political parties are banned.“The problem [in Qatar],” says Rothna Begum, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, “is that their laws limit freedom of expression, association and assembling … making it really difficult for anyone who wants to do work on women's rights or anything like that.”This leaves politics to play out on Twitter, where progressive voices, such as the LGBTQ+ community or women's rights are subjected to online abuse and death threats, she says.Freedom House, an NGO monitoring political rights and civil liberties, ranks Qatar as “not free”.Qatar is the third richest country in the world, measured by GDP per capita.Much of this is due to its vast oil and gas reserves, which are also the third largest in the world.A large exporter of Liquified Natural Gas, Fromherz says fallout from the Ukraine war has strengthened Qatar’s economic hand by causing energy prices to spike.“Along with the United States, Qatar is one of the major suppliers and alternatives to Russia,” he told Euronews.

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke and The Independent producer-star Jodie Turner-Smith glammed up to speak out for women and girls at the Equality Now 30th Anniversary Gala in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday.The 24-year-old SAG Award nominee proudly posed with a pink sign reading 'Make equality reality' while wearing a black long-sleeved maxi-dress beneath a grey winter coat and black peep-toe heels.Maya wore her fringed brunette locks up for the 'night of arts and activism' held at Guastavino's with only a hint of mascara and lipstick on her alabaster complexion. Feminists: Stranger Things star Maya Hawke (L) and The Independent producer-star Jodie Turner-Smith (R) glammed up to speak out for women and girls at the Equality Now 30th Anniversary Gala in Midtown Manhattan on TuesdayHawke took to the podium to address the crowd honoring the non-governmental human rights organization founded in 1992 by Jessica Neuwirth, Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, and Feryal Gharahi.The native New Yorker is best known as the nepotistically-privileged daughter of four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Oscar nominee Uma Thurman, who divorced in 2005 after seven years of marriage.Last week, Maya released the Lance Bangs-directed music video for her song Luna Moth, which was taped before her September 24 concert at LA's Largo at the Coronet.Hawke is hitting the road next year for a mostly sold-out 12-date European/US tour, which kicks off February 25 at Santeria Toscana 31 in Milan.

Jodie Sweetin seemingly took a shot at her Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure on Tuesday amid a controversy around Cameron Bure's affiliation with a network that solely depicts 'traditional marriage.'The 40-year-old actress, who appeared with Cameron Bure on the series from 1987 to 1995 and the Netflix reboot Fuller House from 2016 to 2020, responded to a post shared by JoJo Siwa detailing an article with the headline, 'Candace Cameron Bure's Plan For New Cable Channel: No Gays.'The Los Angeles-born Sweetin said in the comments on the thread by Siwa, 19 - who was in a public row with Cameron Bure, 46, earlier this year - 'You know I love you' with emojis of two red hearts. The latest: Jodie Sweetin, 40, seemingly took a shot at her Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure, 46, on Tuesday amid a controversy around Cameron Bure's affiliation with a network that solely depicts 'traditional marriage'Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner on the series alongside Cameron Bure, received more than 10,000 responses from fans, many of them supportive of the message she sent with her kind words to Siwa.Said one user: 'At least she has the support from one of the “tanner sisters” … you should really talk to your girl @candacecbure.

Lady Gaga praised Drag Race star Shangela after she delivered an electric performance of her hit track The Edge of Glory on Dancing with the Stars.

Donald Trump, as expected, announced his 2024 presidential bid Tuesday evening.“Tonight I am again announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” he said to an audience at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.He was rather subdued, by Trumpian standards, but he got in many of his usual digs about the “fake news media,” “the China virus,” and “radical left Democrats that are trying to destroy our country from within.” That was after promising to unify the nation.He also had his usual lack of factual information: Having served four years, he claimed he’d gone “decades” without a war. He distorted his effect on last week’s midterm election, which saw voters reject most of the candidates closely associated with him.

Openly gay footballer Zander Murray slammed Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman for his recent anti-LGBTQ+ comments. 

The Mormon Church announced Tuesday that it will support legislation to federally protect marriage equality.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it would still view same-sex relationships as against church doctrine, according to a news release on its website. However, it explained that it would support marriage equality and the rights of same-sex couples if the Respect for Marriage Act didn’t interfere with what the church called its “religious freedom protections.”“We are grateful for the continuing efforts of those who work to ensure the Respect for Marriage Act includes appropriate religious freedom protections while respecting the law and preserving the rights of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters,” the announcement stated.“We believe this approach is the way forward.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has revealed that the US Senate will vote on same-sex marriage in the coming days.

The British press reports that England's soccer team will be flown to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar aboard Virgin Atlantic’s “Rain Bow” plane. The Airbus A350, has the name “Rain Bow” on the nose cone, along with the airline’s LGBTQ+ icon, 'Oscar,' who wears a pair ofrainbow-striped sneakers and pulls a British Union Jack flag along behind him.Qatar has a notoriously shady past when it comes to human rights so activist have been angry that Fifa is allowing the Middle Eastern nation to play host to the 2022 soccer world championship. The country has had at best a mixed response to whether it will allow LGBTQ+ fans to attend the events without fear of reprisal.

Trump-loving, drag queen–hating Republican Kari Lake has now lost the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, and drag performer Barbra Seville is happily trolling Lake.Richard Stevens, who does drag under the Seville name, called out Lake for hypocrisy during the campaign, noting that he had frequently performed for her, at a party in her home and elsewhere, and considered her a friend — but she had tweeted, “They kicked God out of schools and welcomed the Drag Queens. They took down our Flag and replaced it with a rainbow.” Lake also used the “groomer” slur against LGBTQ+ people.Lake, a former Phoenix TV anchor, responded by claiming at least one performance by Stevens was not a drag show and by sending a cease-and-desist letter.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee based in Amarillo, ruled that doctors may discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The Bostock ruling that prohibits employment discrimination does not extend to a doctor’s care.

As the soccer World Cup begins on Sunday, several western teams are showing their support for the LGBTQ+ community in various ways.On Monday, U.S. Men's National Team coach Gregg Berhalter explained during a press conference in Qatar's capital, Doha, why the men's soccer team's training facilities are decorated with the rainbow version of U.S.

Randy Rainbow has received a Grammy nomination for his first full-length studio album, A Little Brains, a Little Talent.Rainbow is known for his parodies of show tunes and pop classics, and his work often carries a political message — although he has told The Advocate his primary goal is to make people laugh. A Little Brains, a Little Talent includes such political satires as “Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley,” “If Donald Got Fired” (featuring Broadway icon Patti LuPone), and “Mr. Biden, Bring My Vaccine.”The nomination is in the category of Best Comedy Album, where Rainbow is alongside some controversial competition.

 (CNN) – It’s time to go back to the moon.Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA has established a program that promises to land humans on unexplored lunar regions and, eventually, the surface of Mars – and it all begins with Artemis I.It’s no coincidence that the Artemis program is named for the twin sister of Apollo from Greek mythology. Artemis will pick up where the famed Apollo program left off in 1972 by sending crewed missions to the moon, but in a new way.Goals of the Artemis program include landing diverse crews of astronauts on the moon and exploring the shadowy lunar south pole for the first time.

EXCLUSIVE: Stormy Daniels has a new gig: She’s hosting For The Love of DILFs, a new dating show for the LGBTQ+ television network OUTtv.

Shortly after Katie Hobbs was declared the winner of the governor’s race in Arizona over election-denying, drag queen-hating Republican Kari Lake, Phoenix drag queen Barbra Seville took the opportunity to “drop a new photo” on Facebook. And in a tribute to Game of Thrones’ Queen of Thorns Olenna Tyrell, Seville captioned the photo, “Tell Kari, I want her to know it was me.”

Controversial, mistakenly-thought-to-be-canceled comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis CK are among the Grammy Award nominees this year for Best Comedy Album.

Now they’re just openly admitting their bigotry. I called this shit out years ago when Abbott was at Hallmark.

A school district in Texas has banned all books that mention the state of gender fluidity.During a contentious meeting on Monday, the Keller Independent School District board voted to ban any book that mentions gender-fluid characters or descriptions and discussions of the term from all schools. Library books that mention gender fluidity were banned in a 4-3 vote by the conservative-majority school board.Public comment lasted nearly three hours before the board made its decision. More than 70 speakers shared their opinions, with both sides about equally represented. Laney Hawes is a concerned mother of four children who served on the district’s committee that previously reviewed books that community members had flagged for review.

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) – An investigation is underway after police say a man from out of town was “violently assaulted and robbed” while in downtown Asheville.A press release from the Asheville Police Department (APD) says officers responded to the area of Pack Square around 6:15 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 to investigate a report of a “violent assault and robbery.” Once on scene, officers noted a victim was suffering from “obvious wounds to his head and face,” the release adds.The victim told police he had been walking back to his hotel downtown when he was separated from his group.

Extensive healthcare wait times in the UK are damaging trans people’s mental health, a groundbreaking survey has found.

Kim Petras has received her first GRAMMY nomination for her collaboration with Sam Smith, Unholy, in the category of best pop duo or group performance.

Candace Cameron Bure wants to put the “Christ” back in Christmas — and she’s saying the quiet part out loud with this one.

Loose Women today.

Two former police officers in Missouri will serve no time in jail for the 2019 assault of a Black transgender woman that was caught on video.Former Kansas City Police Officers Matthew, Brummett, 39, and Charles Prichard, 50, received suspended prison sentences and will instead serve three years of unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to their assault on Breona Hill during an arrest that took place May 24, 2019. The Kansas City Star reported the pair were also ordered to surrender their licenses. Both Brummett and Prichard left the police force last December after being placed on administrative leave.In the video, recorded by Roderick Reed, Brummett and Prichard can be seen placing a knee on the neck of Hill, who was handcuffed, slamming her head onto the concrete, and pulling her hands above her head.

Professional footballer Jake Daniels is hopeful that coming out earlier this year will help “push the community to get where it should be”.

Democrats and Republicans working to pass a limited same-sex marriage protection bill say they have enough votes to avoid a 60-vote filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced the legislation will hit the floor Wednesday.

A number of venues in Birmingham’s Gay Village are not planning to show any matches from the Qatar World Cup, in response to the criminalisation of LGBTQ+ relationships there.

Candace Cameron Bure has come under fire for saying the new TV network she has joined will not feature same-sex couples in starring roles. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Bure revealed she expected the Great American Family network, the media company she is now making Christmas movies with, will 'keep traditional marriage at the core.' Bure had long been the star of numerous Hallmark holiday films but recently departed the network for Great American Family, which WSJ described as 'the God-and-country alternative for holiday entertainment.'  Candace Cameron Bure has come under fire after saying the new TV network she has joined will not feature same-sex couples in starring roles - with Hilarie Burton calling her a 'bigot' 'My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them. I knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment,' she said in the profile.  Actress Hilarie Burton slammed Bure on Twitter after her interview was published, calling her a 'bigot.' 'Bigot,' she tweeted. 'I don't remember Jesus liking hypocrites like Candy.

San Francisco voters recently elected Matt Dorsey to the city’s Board of Supervisors — the election marks Dorsey as the first HIV-positive elected supervisor in the city’s history (though Jeff Sheehy, also living with HIV, was appointed to the Board in 2017). Dorsey has held the post since Mayor London Breed appointed him in May to replace the previous supervisor, Matt Haney.Dorsey, a gay man and Democrat, aims to address homelessness, addiction, safety, and open-air drug markets, according to Poz. Safety is a top priority for District 6, which is home to headquarters of several billion-dollar tech giants, where wealth, poverty, and desperate conditions often co-exist.

Don’t look for LGBTQ+ storylines in romance movies on cable channel Great American Family, says one of its key players, conservative Christian actress Candace Cameron Bure.Bure, once the “secular Christmas rom-com queen of the Hallmark Channel,” left Hallmark this year for Great American Family, which “is positioning itself as the God-and-country alternative for holiday entertainment,” as The Wall Street Journal puts it. She went along with Bill Abbott, who resigned as chief executive of Hallmark Channel parent company Crown Media Family Networks to become chief executive of Great American Media, parent of Great American Family.

The American men’s football team has redesigned its logo in support of LGBTQ+ rights ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. 

This is Transgender Awareness Week, a time to bring attention to trans people, highlight their accomplishments, and note the challenges they still face.The week, observed November 13-19, involves activities such as “educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community,” GLAAD explains on its website.It is followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20, a worldwide observance memorializing all the trans people lost to violence during the year.  The Day of Remembrance was created by activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman killed in 1998.Trans people, especially trans women of color, face disproportionate rates of discrimination and violence. At least 33 trans Americans have died violently this year, and the actual number is likely much higher, as many are deadnamed or misgendered, or their deaths not reported at all.

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Joe Lycett has publicly called for David Beckham to end his deal with the Qatar World Cup, pointing out the hypocrisy of the footballer’s appreciation of his LGBTQ+ fans whilst also receiving reportedly up to £10 million from the country, where it is illegal to be gay. 

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Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane have revealed the hilarious “premise” for a potential Bros sequel.

Bros director Nicholas Stoller has opened up about making a potential sequel to the hit film.

In a recent interview, writer, and actor in his movie ‘Bros’, Billy Eichner revealed that Aussie heartthrob Liam Hemsworth was supposed to have a role in the movie.Eichner explained in an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle that in the movie Eichner and Macfarlane’s character go see a fictional movie together, a sort of parody of ‘Brokeback Mountain’. “We had a whole zoom meeting with him [Hemsworth], and he was lovely and charming and funny, but then COVID hit again, and he couldn’t travel from Australia.” Macfarlane jokingly said that Australia kept Hemsworth from being in the film, while Eichner joked about him potentially being in the sequel.Eichner and Macfarlane also spoke about how they hope the film allows for many more conversations to happen and encourage people to come out.