Megan Hilty: Life After 'Smash'

Broadway’s blonde bombshell reflects on being a new mother, an LGBT activist, and battling antigay Internet trolls.

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Adam Sandel

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Supermodel Patricia Velasquez Comes Out As Gay
Venezuelan supermodel Patricia Velasquez has come out as gay in a new memoir.

Velasquez, who has been dubbed the “first Latina supermodel,” opens up about her sexuality in her new book, Straight Walk. She writes that while working in the modeling world in the 1990s, she was living a lie that was “tortuous” and “eroding my soul bit by bit,” according to Yahoo Parenting.

The 43-year-old was inspired to talk publicly about her journey by her 8-year-old daughter, Maya.

“It’s very difficult to face your past, so I put off doing anything like this for a long time,” she told Yahoo Parenting. “But as my daughter started growing up and I was teaching her to be honest and proud, I knew it was time for me to set an example — and that meant facing my truth. For me, living life with truth and honesty is the one thing I want to make sure she understands.”

In Straight Walk, Velasquez discusses her life-altering relationship with comedian Sandra Bernhard, whom she met backstage at a fashion show, according to excerpts obtained by the New York Post. After they hooked up, Velasquez struggled with what had happened and slept with a male fashion photographer.

“In my head I thought, ‘I just wanted to prove one thing, and I did.’ There was no middle ground for me — a person was gay or not gay. Being gay was not for me.” But she went on to date Bernhard exclusively, without labeling herself. “I was deeply in love with Sandra in a way I’d never experienced before.”

When the relationship ended, Velasquez “cried for two years,” according to the Post.

She has modeled for Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Chanel, Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated. She also appeared in “The Mummy” and “Arrested Development.”

Straight Walk hits shelves Feb. 10.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/supermodel-patricia-velasquez-gay_n_6629766.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Carnival Corporation Joins Group to End LGBT Discrimination in Florida

Carnival Corporation has joined the Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce (FBCW) coalition working to end LGBT discrimination in businesses across the Sunshine State.
HRC.org

www.hrc.org/blog/entry/carnival-corporation-joins-group-to-end-lgbt-discrimination-in-florida?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Lance Bass Feels Like A Whole Human Now That He Has A Husband

As if being the world’s most famous gay newlyweds wasn’t enough, Lance Bass and Michael Turchin want you to watch their wedding. On television.

And we’ve got to be honest and say that we can’t wait.

The adorable couple, whose wedding extravaganza Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding will be the first-ever network special featuring same-sex nuptials, sat down with GLAAD’s Claire Pires to discuss what it what it was like growing up gay in the south, why they were afraid to invite Lisa Vanderpump to one of their dinner parties, and the importance of having put a ring on it.

“Once you’re able to say husband, it just means so much more,” Lance told GLAAD. “You feel like a whole human being … no longer a second class citizen.”

Michael agreed. “You’re just looked upon as a full person that can live a life just like anyone else, and that’s so important.”

See the full interview below.

Watch Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding tonight (and probably every night for the next six months) on E!

Winston Gieseke

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Rachel Maddow Shows Some Love to Gay Tech Bears Who Own Jeb Bush Presidential Campaign Website: VIDEO

Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2015/02/maddowbears.html

Are the 2015 Grammys the Gayest Ever?

Music’s biggest night hits a high note for LGBT fans.

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Gina Vivinetto

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