People are pissed about Prince George being called gay, but should they be?
“I’m so happy Prince George is a f*g,” one person on Twitter wrote.

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Cries of ‘Kill the Bill’ and ‘Shame’ Break Out as Senate Votes to Open Debate on Cruel Trumpcare Bill: WATCH

As the Senate prepared to vote on a motion to proceed with a vote on the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, cries of “shame” and “kill the bill” broke out from the viewing gallery.

The Senate approved the motion to open debate with 50 ‘aye’ votes. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) were the only Republicans to vote “no”.

The Senate will now debate a bill which few know anything about but will likely remove healthcare from millions of Americans.

Watch the protesters cry out from the gallery:

Protesters chant as vote begins

KILL THE BILL, DON’T KILL US
KILL THE BILL, DON’T KILL US
KILL THE BILL, DON’T KILL US

SHAME
SHAME
SHAME pic.twitter.com/iWTJN3Fji7

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 25, 2017

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Cries of ‘Kill the Bill’ and ‘Shame’ Break Out as Senate Votes to Open Debate on Cruel Trumpcare Bill: WATCH

Closeted churchgoing businessman finds himself ensnared in bizarre Grindr blackmail plot
Another day, another closeted gay businessman extorted on Grindr.

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Stephen Colbert Hoped Tyler the Creator Would Talk About Coming Out as Gay, But Only Got a Butt Grab: WATCH

Much of the talk leading up to the release of star rapper Tyler the Creator’s new album Flower Boy has been that he appears to come out as gay in the album’s lyrics.

But unlike his friend Frank Ocean, who clarified his own coming out in follow-up interviews, Tyler has so far left the world speculating if he’s actually coming out, or just gay-baiting.

RELATED: Is Tyler the Creator Coming Out as Gay on His New Album? The Internet is Buzzing

Stephen Colbert tried last night in an interview to push him toward the topic but the closest he got was a quick spanking from the rapper, who arrived on the show wearing nothing but a pair of boxers.

We did learn a few other details about the 26-year-old’s interests.

“Elizabeth Taylor is my jewelry idol,” he told Colbert. “Her use of coral is crazy. She’s dead now though.”

Said Colbert: “But diamonds are forever. Diamonds are forever.”

And then we learned that Tyler knows nothing about Elizabeth Taylor aside from her outsize interest in jewelry.

“Did you ever see National Velvet?”, Colbert asked.

“What are you talking about?,” Tyler said, to a stunned and bemused Colbert. “She was in a movie? I don’t know all that stuff. I found a book one day lurking in Barnes and Nobles. It was like ‘oh my god, this little white lady got some nice stuff’ and called it a day.”

“You’re going to love it, man. Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? You’re going to love it man,” Colbert exclaimed.

“Man, these quotes are really going over my head man right now,” said Tyler.

“Let’s get together and watch some Elizabeth Taylor,” said Colbert.

Replied Tyler, “You’re asking me on a date?”

“I’m asking you on a date,” said Colbert. And the next exchange might have gone over the head of anyone not familiar with the speculation about Tyler’s sexual orientation. “Tell me about the new album. I want to hear about the new album.”

It’s out?” replied Tyler.

Quipped Colbert: “Many critics have said the same thing.”

Watch:

Meanwhile, Ben Beaumont-Thomas at The Guardian wonders if he’s coming out or just being a queer-baiting provocateur?

But what are we really witnessing here? Is this a young man’s earnest struggle to come to terms with his sexuality in a public forum, awkwardly using humor as a defense mechanism to protect himself from a potentially unforgiving rap community? Or is this just another example of a button-pushing attention-seeker, ridiculing the gay experience for puerile effect? Without explicit clarification from Tyler himself, it’s difficult to define exactly what’s at play.

In the past, when he’s been questioned about his sexuality, his answers have been able to fit into either school of thought, although probably more easily into the latter. In a Rolling Stone profile from 2015, the journalist Ernest Baker noted the constant references to being gay amid the banter of Tyler and his entourage, causing him to wonder what exactly was at the root. When queried about it, he claimed to be “gay as fuck” and said his friends were used to him “being gay”, but when asked outright, he denied it.

There’s clearly something fetishistic for Tyler about homosexuality and the latest bout of gay references could just be a more tempered iteration of calling everyone a faggot or equating gay with stupid. It’s a different way of poking (his justification for using the word faggot was that it “hits and hurts people”) and the delivery has been formatted to make it more palatable for a wider audience. He’s made it clear in the past that more mainstream success is of high importance to him. In a recent chat with Zane Lowe, he revealed that he was keen to get Nicki Minaj on the second verse of I Ain’t Got Time to open his music up to a new audience while also tweeting that he wanted a No 1 album “sooooo bad”. I’m not pushing the cynical idea that Tyler has “gone gay” to achieve the commercial success of Ocean, but his messaging has clearly been tailored to avoid limiting breakout appeal.

Watch Tyler perform “911”.

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Old gay men must stop hooking up with their friends and build healthier relationships, blogger says
Someone seems unfamiliar with the concept of “friends with benefits.”

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Scouts Want Organization to Disavow Trump Remarks

Some within the scouting community are urging the organization to disavow comments made by President Donald Trump before thousands of Boy Scouts Monday at their 2017 Jamboree. The president told the kids about “fake polls” and “fake news” and the “tremendous crowds” he drew at his campaign rallies during the 2016 election. Almost immediately Trump’s remarks…

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89-Year-Old Man Tearfully Recalls Impact UK’s Anti-Gay Laws Have Had on His Life: VIDEO

As part of its Gay Britannia season marking the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, the BBC has released footage of gay men discussing how anti-gay laws continue to have an affect on to this day.

The 1967 law partially decriminalized homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21 in England and Wales.

RELATED: Northern Ireland To Pardon Gay and Bisexual Men Convicted of Sex Offenses

The clip is taken from docu-drama Against the Law which is due to air on July 26th. Starring Daniel Mays and Mark Edel-Hunt, it follows the 1954 trial of Conservative English politician Lord Montagu for gay sex offences. It also features real-life testimony from gay men including 89-year-old Roger Locklear.

In the clip, Locklear says:

“Being gay was a very tricky business. It was frowned upon by society, it was punishable by imprisonment. If heterosexuals had been subject to the force of law, if their relationships had been frowned upon, it’s most unlikely they would have settled into long term marriages. They had public opinion and the law behind them. In the case of homosexuals, they had public opinion and the law distinctly against them. So the whole climate was opposed to the building of relationships. In fact I think many gay people half believed – because they were told so often – that if you were gay you couldn’t have a relationship.”

Another man interviewed says: “[Being gay] was a no-no, so I had to be on my own, so I’ve been used to it since childhood, being a loner. Never enjoyed it I can tell you. It was awful. But that’s that way it is.”

Of the Gay Britannia series, Patrick Holland, Channel Controller BBC Two, said:

“This is a rich and compelling set of programmes that challenge us all. From the heart-breaking testimony of the men who lived through the years before partial decriminalization in Against The Law and Patrick Gale’s intensely personal Man In An Orange Shirt, to a documentary revealing the experience of people facing discrimination in the UK today, this season is a powerful examination of how far we have come – whilst also exploring how much further we have to travel.”

Watch the interviews and a trailer for Against the Law below.

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89-Year-Old Man Tearfully Recalls Impact UK’s Anti-Gay Laws Have Had on His Life: VIDEO

9 Female-Led Films No One Should Be Surprised Were a Box Office Smash

If you’re shocked that Wonder Woman and Girls Trip are burning up the box office, you’d shouldn’t be.

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