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Drake and The Weeknd have decided to boycott the Grammys again. The 35-year-old One Dance rapper and the 32-year-old Blinding Lights singer have both decided they will not let their labels submit their music to the Recording Academy. This is the second straight year the two Canadian artists have decided to challenge the 65-year-old organization.  Boycotting: Drake and The Weeknd have decided to boycott the Grammys againBoth of the artists have expressed distaste for the Recording Academy's practices in the past.  Last year, The Weeknd announced he would boycott the Grammys in part due to the voters' snubbing of his critically-acclaimed album After Hours. 'Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,' the Weeknd, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, said. Distaste: Both of the artists have expressed distaste for the Recording Academy's practices in the past (pictured 2014) Snubbed: Last year, The Weeknd announced he would boycott the Grammys in part due to the voters' snubbing of his critically-acclaimed album After Hours (pictured 2018) He discussed being snubbed by the Grammys in an interview with Billboard which was published in January 2021.'I use a sucker punch as an analogy.

Hellraiser features transgender actress Jamie Clayton as the film’s iconic villain Pinhead.Some fans worried about a woman playing a male villain, especially since the role was first made iconic by male actor Doug Bradley. But the 1986 novella that Hellraiser was based on, entitled The Hellbound Heart, actually depicted Pinhead as somewhat androgynous, a fact that the film and its many sequels seemingly forgot.The 1987 Hellraiser and The Hellbound Heart both show the cenobites, an order of mutilated hell priests who are summoned to Earth through a mysterious puzzle box known as The Lemarchand Configuration.

If you’ve spent any time in gay-friendly sex spaces, chances are you’ve seen Boy Butter, the cheeky personal lubricant with packaging that would look commonplace in a grocery store dairy aisle.Turns out, the brand was started by Eyal Feldman, a now-44-year-old Israeli-born swimmer who has a history degree and competed in the Gay Games.Before selling the lube, Feldman worked full-time at the gay clothing company Nasty Pig. He said he recognized (ahem) a “hole in the market” because there weren’t organic personal lubricants that lasted as long as silicone but washed off with water alone.

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Lil Nas X has been racking up corporate endorsements the past two years. One of our favorites is the decidedly queer, colorful campaign for Coca-Cola-owned vitaminwater where he gets to wear many fabulous outfits.The “Nourish Every You” campaign has six campy spots and each ad aligns with one of the vitaminwater flavors, which Coca-Cola hopes will connect with Generation Z in particular.The unreleased track “Give Me One Chance” is featured in each ad, giving it buzz and familiarity before it’s widely available.Sporting a flowing crimson outfit in “XXX Zero,” Lil Nas X reaches out to the knee of a young man while a woman spies on them but cheers him on.“Go on, Lil Nas X! Nourish that fiery you!”The object of his affection tries to give him a drink but clumsily splashes it on the star’s face.Next, walking down Hollywood Boulevard in a flowing white dress and earrings, a gust of wind blows his dress up, Marilyn Monroe-style.

Happiest Season director Clea DuVall has shared an update regarding a potential sequel. 

Grindr installed a problematic new CEO, Chris Colfer scalped Lea Michele, and Bros continued to flop at the box office.

Reddit, by a woman about her 19-year-old gay cousin, has prompted some to question this assertion.The 22-year-old woman explains that her grandpa is near the end of his life, with maybe just a week left to go. He has multiple organ failures and dementia. She wrote on Reddit’s popular AITA [Am I The A**hole] thread, where people turn to ask the internet if they’re being unreasonable.Related: My new boyfriend wants me to cancel the gay cruise I booked when I was single… but I don’t want toThe woman says her gay cousin “wasn’t particularly close to grandad despite living in the same house – their relationship was mostly him asking grandad for money or to drive him places.

Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham has opened up about the group’s LGBTQ+ fans in a new interview.

Ghost star Whoopi Goldberg has opened up about who she would like to see star in Sister Act 3.

A local Fox affiliate reported on the "unexpected alliance" between conservatives and Arab Americans in standing up to public school boards in Michigan that are stocking "explicit" LGBTQ books in school libraries.  The report detailed the attendance of concerned conservative and Arab American parents at a Dearborn, Michigan public school board meeting Thursday night to protest "having LGBTQ+ books on the library’s rolls saying they’re sexually explicit." Fox 2 said, "Their presence was a nod to the unexpected alliance of sorts between conservatives and many in the Arab American community as their interests overlap on this issue."  Michigan parents protest school board over explicit books in school library. (Fox News) Republican Michigan attorney general candidate Matthew Deperno, in attendance that evening, commented on this united front.

Gemma Collins looks to already be in the Halloween spirit, with the TOWIE star having recently transformed her Essex mansion ahead of 31 October. The 41 year old reality TV star, who recently landed a £1million pound deal with New Look, recently took to Instagram to show off her extravagant Halloween decorations and it's safe to say she's well prepared for the upcoming celebrations.

Historians throughout time have erased LGBTQ people from the history books, including from stories of the Wild West. But one historian has revealed that this era of settlers, cowboys, outlaws, and Native Americans also contained “hundreds” of people who lived as the opposite gender.Peter Boag, author of Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past, said he discovered “hundreds of individuals living their lives as the opposite gender” from the early 1800s to the early 1900s.Boag said that many of these people were individuals who were assigned a female gender at birth, but dressed and lived as men in order to either escape criminal charges they had gotten as women or to have the same social rights as men.At the time, women were treated like the property of their husbands or birth families.

Darren Hayes says his father was the first person to insult him for being gay. The 50-year-old pop star - who has been married to Richard Cullen since 2013 and was previously married to Colby Taylor - explained that his childhood was "traumatising" because his father was a "violent alcoholic" who would beat his mum and "insult him" about his homosexuality. He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "My experience was so traumatising.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture held “A Speakeasy Evening: Welcome Home” on Friday, Oct. 14 highlighting the ballroom scene. Famed comic Sampson McCormick performed and served as the emcee, music was provided by DJ MIM and a panel discussion on “Ballroom and Beyond” featured Tracey Africa Norman, Rayceen Pendarvis, Kevin Aviance, and Twiggy Pucci Garçon.

Sarah Ferguson turns 63 today Saturday (15 October) and in beautiful new pictures, she is seen playing with the Queen's corgis, after she and her ex-husband Prince Andrew took them into their care following Her Majesty's death on 8 September.Taking to Instagram, the Duchess of York labelled the corgis as the "presents that keep giving" as she was pictured lying on grass in the sun with the dogs. The celebratory update on the Queen's beloved companions, Sandy and Muick, has delighted royal fans. In the photos, Sarah could be seen stroking one of the corgis beneath the chin as she wore a dark green velvet coat and a green and red scarf.The Duchess also wore her auburn locks loose as he enjoyed the company of her new playful pooches.

She’s vaxxed, she’s waxed, and she has more attitude than ever. Bianca Del Rio, everyone’s favourite “queen of mean” is returning to Cape Town and Johannesburg this October with her new comedy tour, Unsanitized.

Good is one of the most intense plays we’re ever witnessed. Set in Germany during the 1930s, this ethical drama introduces us to Professor Halder (David Tennant), who initially appears to be a good man. Well educated and respected, with a loving wife (Sharon Small) and children, and a Jewish best friend Maurice (Elliot Levey), he’s opposed to much of what the rising Nazi party stands for, but understands why their populist policies are enjoying some support. Over the course of a couple of hours, under the direction of Dominic Cooke, we explore how a ‘good’ man can become corrupted.

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By now we’ve all heard of the “inappropriate behavior” Bill Murray has been accused of on his new movie — leading to complaints which shut down the entire production in April. As more time passes, more stories are coming out about the darker side of his unpredictable comic genius.

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Happy Queer History Month, and happy weekend!Things got pretty wild this week. A pro athlete came out (and immediately said “jk”), Ed Sheeran gave Sam Smith that super horny gift, and a killer doll named “M3gan” came out of nowhere and slayed the gays.This week in queer music history was somehow even wilder; so wild, in fact, that we can’t even show half of the “age-inappropriate” music videos.From nude biking poses to iconic roses, here’s your weekly bop rewind:With the world’s most thinly veiled metaphor, Queen decided to drop the biconic track the world didn’t know it was waiting for.

Be warned: Minor spoilers for Halloween Ends ahead.After 44 years, the iconic, game-changing horror franchise Halloween comes to its conclusion this weekend with the aptly named Halloween Ends.Now, whether that’s actually true, or whether the franchise—like its masked antagonist—will rise again, remains to be seen (where there’s money and recognizable IP, there’s a way). But it seems almost certain that Jamie Lee Curtis is taking her final bow as Laurie Strode, the victim-turned-survivor role that made her a star and a definitive scream queen for the ages.Related: Every ‘Halloween’ movie ranked from least to most gayIn any event, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends is now playing in theaters and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+, and the reception has been wildly mixed.

President Joe Biden says he’ll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month’s G-20 Summit only if Putin’s willing to discuss the release of out American WNBA star Brittney Griner.“Look, I have no intention of meeting with him, but look, if he came to me at the G-20 and said, ‘I want to talk about the release of Griner,’ I would meet with him, but that would depend,” Biden told Jake Tapper on CNN Tuesday.Griner's attorney told the New York Times that Griner is not optimistic at the moment. “She is not yet absolutely convinced that America will be able to take her home,” Alexandr Boykov said. He told the Times that he had spoken to Griner on Tuesday.

Mary Trump appeared on CNN last night to talk with Don Lemon about her uncle’s flailing reelection campaign, his increasingly erratic behavior, and his terrible dancing skills.Asked how Donald Trump might react if he loses his reelection bid, Mary Trump said it will be a “rough ride” for the nation but especially for her uncle.“He’s not going to take it well,” she said. “Losing is not an acceptable thing in my family.”“My grandfather set his business up and his family up as a zero-sum game, and that meant only one person could win and everybody else needed to lose, and in order to win, Donald was trained to do whatever it took, whether it was lying, cheating, or stealing.”Mary Trump on @donlemon was an entire mood tonight.

Lily Collins is teasing a dreamy and dramatic third season of her hit Netflix series, “Emily in Paris”.

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Aussie heartthrob Hugh Sheridan, known for their leading roles in the show Packed to the Rafters and its sequel series Back to the Rafters, just revealed a long-term relationship that spent nearly a decade under wraps.In an interview on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show, the star opened up about their identity, their personal life, and a nine-year-long marriage to an apparently well-known entertainer.“I can’t say their name because they were in the same industry, so. Couldn’t really be specific about that, but I was married,” Sheridan says.“We were solidly together for about seven, and then the last couple we were traveling a lot and it got too hard,” they explain, adding, “We’re still very good friends.”  A post shared by Hugh Sheridan (@hugh_sheridan)While they kept most of the details redacted — including the ex’s identity — they detailed that they’d gotten married all the way back in July of 2011.Sheridan has spoken for a couple years now on their identity as, as they put it in a since-deleted Instagram post, “nonbinary/bi/me/Hughman”.

Y'all trying a negroni sbagliato with proseccoBartenders this weekend when somebody orders a negroni sbagliato with Prosecco in itstrolling around brooklyn during brunch to watch bisexuals violently spit negroni sbagliatos out onto their eggs benedicts.gays finding out that a Negroni sbagliato with prosecco has less alcoholoh you’re bi? spell negroni sbagliato right nowSexual orientation:

Gemma Collins has had a year of soaking up the sunshine as she jetted off on many breaks where she showed off her incredible weight loss.The former TOWIE star, 41, may be back - for now - but it hasn’t stopped her from continuing to flaunt herself and as she got a new ‘do put in, she gave fans a glimpse of her natural beauty.Taking to Instagram on Friday, Gemma’s glossy blonde locks were getting a trim as she wrote: “Fringe vibes, good morning I’m loving the Crisp weather @iamjamesjohnson always a pleasure first thing happy Friday”. Many were quick to comment on her natural beauty as one fan wrote: “Lovely hair beautiful with out make up”.

A 22- year-old aspiring gay medical student was tortured and killed by Taliban fighters two months ago after being stopped at a checkpoint in the Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul.

CitizenGO Africa, a Catholic activist organization, has launched a boycott campaign against Netflix over its pro-LGBTQ content.

hopelessly gross." Vulture wrote of the play, "We recoil from his bulbous grunt, his sweat-stained pits, his rippling excesses." Reviews like these, though anti-fat in and of themselves, point to the inherent anti-fat bias in the show's original staging.The number of people who describe this premise as "humanizing" is so disheartening.

Everyone is crushing on Nancy Pelosi today after the January 6 committee played seven minutes of never-before-seen footage of her remaining cool as a cucumber while taking charge during the deadly Capitol attack.Related: Everyone’s gagging over January 6 hearing’s mysterious “Clark Kent”–was his identity just revealed?The dramatic recording was captured by Pelosi’s daughter, journalist and filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, who happened to be at the Capitol that day recording a documentary for HBO.The AP reports:The recordings offer a rare glimpse into the real-time reactions of the most powerful members of Congress as they scrambled to drum up support from all parts of the government, including from agencies seemingly ill prepared for the chaos, and vented anger over a president whose conduct they felt had endangered their lives.In the videos, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiate with governors and defense officials to try to get the National Guard to the Capitol as police were being brutally beaten outside the building.The deployment of the Guard was delayed for hours as Trump stood by and did little to stop the violence of his supporters.Take 7 minutes to watch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others respond to the Capitol insurrection in previously unseen footage.

Gay adult film star and OnlyFans content creator Lawrence Morningstar died. He was 31 years old.In late September, Morningstar’s friend gay adult performer and go-go dancer Damien Cruz posted the news on Twitter.“It gives me the utmost sadness to have to tell you all, my soulmate, my brother, and my best friend [Lawrence Morningstar]has passed away this morning,” Cruz wrote on Twitter.

Michigan is the latest state seeking to criminalize gender-affirming care for young people.State Rep. Ryan Berman, the same legislator seeking to ban drag shows in schools — not that any Michigan school has been known to host a drag show — introduced a bill Tuesday under which parents and guardians would be charged with felony child abuse if they allow their children to undergo gender-confirmation procedures. Medical professionals who provide the care would be charged as well.

Young Royals, is just around the corner. And we can barely stand the wait!The series—which has been described as The Crown meets Gossip Girl—concerns itself with Swedish prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) who is enrolled at a prestigious boarding school after he brings some bad press to the family name.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is getting criticized on social media for saying that her massive wealth is enough to keep her happy as she devotes her life to opposing equal rights for transgender people.She shared a screenshot of a tweet from an unknown person that read: “How do you sleep at night knowing you’ve lost a whole audience from buying your books?”“I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly,” she responded.I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly.

League of Legends has finally revealed its newest Champion, and the prideful warrior is a historic queer first for the franchise.The Shuriman hunter K’Sante is set to become the franchise’s first Black queer warrior, and the first character to be openly marketed as queer upon release.His first teaser trailer is ambiguously titled “The Hunter’s Pride”:“Pride” takes on a triple-meaning here: the obvious queer Pride, the hero’s storied hubris, and his apparent connection to a lion-like creature shown in the teaser.The hunter was officially announced to be queer on Twitter by his voice actor, DeObria Oparei, following the release of the teaser.The actor specifies that he’s “portraying the first LGBTQ black Champion Warrior”:I’m excited to give life and voice to K’Sante and make history portraying the first LGBTQ black Champion Warrior @LeagueOfLegends pic.twitter.com/yCVvtZXCTe— DeObia Oparei (@DeObia) October 13, 2022Related: Lil Nas X is taking over the world-of League of Legends, that isK’Sante’s addition to the roster has been teased for weeks. The new champion was spotlighted by the League of Legends team last month in their collaboration with fellow Black LGBTQ+ champion, Lil Nas X.The singer was announced to be collaborating with the team on developing an exclusive Prestige skin for the upcoming hero, in addition to his releasing his “Star Walkin’” League Worlds anthem.A new animated trailer titled “Defeat Your Monster” introduces the hero locked in an epic battle with a gargantuan beast — and explains how he faced the monster inside himself.Featured in K’Sante’s backstory is the tale of how he lost his love, only addressed as “The Archer”.

Out For Good series, and—for a little while there—we thought we had one more celebrity to add to our ranks!But forgive us for forgetting that sometimes “coming out” doesn’t always mean “out of the closet.”The star in question is the fabulous Allison Tolman, an actress best known for her Emmy-nominated work in the first season of FX’s Fargo, and the second season of Marc Cherry’s dark Paramount+ drama Why Women Kill.Related: LGBTQ staff at White House post photo to mark National Coming Out DayThis past Tuesday—October 11—Tolman posted two photos with a woman named Kate. The pair looked happy (joyful, even!) with drinks in hand. Now, sweet photos like these, you might just tap a quick “like” and keep scrolling, but it was Tolman’s caption that stopped us in our tracks:“We’re doing it we did it we’re together we’re out!,” she wrote.Together? Out? On National Coming Out Day?? The post had us jumping for joy: “Welcome to the family, Allison!,” we thought.

For anyone who’s been shipping Emily Ratajkowski and Brad Pitt together, this might be some disappointing news for you!

Democratic representatives seeking re-election this fall in Virginia remain silent after cozying up with a delegate in the state legislature whose new bill would make it a punishable crime for parents not to affirm their LGBT children. On Thursday, Delegate Elizabeth Guzman told WJLA that at the start of the new legislative session, she will introduce a bill that would penalize, with a misdemeanor or felony charge, parents who do not affirm their LGBT children.The bill would expand the state's definition of child abuse and neglect to include parents who do not affirm their LGBT children's gender identity or sexual orientation. "Well, we first have to complete an investigation," Guzman told WJLA about the new bill.

Jamie Lee Curtis looked sensational as she attended the Halloween Ends premiere in Los Angeles with her two daughters Annie and Ruby earlier this week. 63 year old Jamie, who struck up an unlikely friendship with Eurovision’s Sam Ryder, stepped out with her daughters to promote her new thriller movie in what was Ruby’s first red carpet appearance since publicly coming out as transgender in 2021. For the occasion, Freaky Friday star Jamie embraced the Halloween theme as she opted for a dazzling sequined red bardot gown.To finish off the outfit, the actress wore a pair of statement diamond earrings and wore a stunning pink-toned smokey eye look.

The saddest chapter and the most empowering our community experienced was in the wake of the California ballot initiative, Proposition 8, that took away marriage rights same-sex couples had gained only months previously.  It was Prop 22, which we’d lost years earlier and that made its way through the courts and resulted in a court ruling that codified our right to marriage yielding the “Summer of Love.”  However, with a very hurtful and divisive campaign led in Los Angeles mostly by the Catholic church, voters approved the removal of our rights at the ballot box. Among these voters were Latinos who heard from the local Cardinal to vote against us.  In L.A., representing the majority vote in California, the Latino vote matters – as the mainstream LGBTQ+ community learned the hard way.When HONOR PAC opened the first openly gay campaign office in East L.A.

(CNN) — It might be the most famous kiss ever caught on camera — the US sailor wrapping his arms around a woman in a white medical uniform in Times Square, her body folded dramatically into his. Taken amid the jubilation of V-J Day, which effectively brought World War II to an end, Alfred Eisenstaedt's black-and-white image was first published in Life magazine in 1945 and has since become a fixture in popular culture.It eventually made its way into artist Amy Sherald's studio, where the celebrated painter draws upon different visual touchstones in American history to inform her portraits of everyday Black life — representation that has been largely excluded from art history.In her new painting "For love, and for country," Sherald co-opts Eisenstaedt's image to make a bold statement of love: two Black male sailors sharing a deeply passionate kiss, their eyes closed as they become lost in the moment.

Mexico’s most populous state, State of Mexico, overwhelmingly voted to legalise same-sex marriage on 11 October.

Victoria Scone caught up with GAY TIMES about what the year since being on Drag Race has been like for her and her hopes for the future of the franchise.

Grindr.At least, that’s what’s being said by people who have left reviews for the app.“It’s a good app but there’s no women?” one reviewer, Douglas Roop wrote in his review. “I don’t know, maybe the app is bugged? I tried switching my preference to men (just to make sure it was working) and loads of handsome men came up.