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This Houston Silver Daddy’s Bulge Is Going Viral, Jaden Smith Turned 18 & Will Wikle Got Married
This Houston Silver Daddy’s Bulge Is Going Viral, Jaden Smith Turned 18 & Will Wikle Got Married
This week was the hottest in North America so far this year, and the warm weather brought all kinds of celebrities out of the house and onto Instagram, where vacay pics were aplenty. Once you’re finished finding a local gay nude beach for your own vacay pics, take some inspiration from some of our faves:
Olympic diver Chris Mears got a new body shot before Rio.
Houston silver daddy Irvin Randle is now a viral sensation, thanks to French Twitter.
Ansel Elgort went clamming.
Big Brother houseguest-turned-porn-actor Will Wikle married his porn star boyfriend, Mason Star.
Usher teased his new video for “No Limit”.
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black went to the beach. Tom was shirtless, Lahnce was not.
Lady Gaga got her driver’s license.
Gus Kenworthy got hit by a car 🙁
Eliad Cohen sucked a popsicle on a Spanish beach.
Courtney Act got slammed.
Coitus magazine honed in on the goods.
Don Lemon found Celine.
Aussie Crossfitter Khan Porter raised a glass to America.
Steve Grand spent at least 10 minutes staging this photo.
Jaden Smith turned 18!
Justin Bieber went surfing in his (white) #Calvins.
Sarah Jessica Parker had cake with Andy Cohen. (He definitely knows something about SATC 3.)
Terry Miller is insane if he thinks anyone believes this caption: “This morning: Dan said. ‘Freeze!’ Picked up my camera, took this picture, then said ‘That’s your IG for the day.’”
Casey Spooner was in festive drag for the Fourth.
Joe Jonas was in straight drag for the Fourth.
French model Matthieu Charneau took a shower on the terrace. For real.
Out footballer Anton Hysén is on a new gym schedule.
The very straight Kerry Rhodes unbuttoned his shirt for Dope magazine.
Ricky Martin and his hot artist boyfriend had A NIGHT in Sweden. Ricky posted more videos this week showing how well Jwan Yosef is getting along with his seven-year-old twins, Matteo and Valentino.
Anderson Cooper bragged about the Brazilian dream home he owns but only gets to visit for three weeks out of the year. His longtime boyfriend Benjamin Maisani also made an appearance in the spread for Architectural Digest.
Alyssa Edwards, Bianca del Rio, Jackie Beat and Lady Red Couture filmed a Ghostbusters parody called “Tuckbusters.” Sherry Vine was also there, so there’s bound to be a few poop jokes in it.
British actor Andrew Hayden-Smith showed off his new short shorts.
Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin posed for Awkward Family Photos, I think.
Chris Pratt caught a fish.
Chris Savlatore got a pet praying mantis.
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart started work on their new play, No Man’s Land, in London. (If you’re wondering who the hot piece on the right is, that’s Damien Molony.)
Jared Leto presented his peach on a hillside.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and husband Justin Mikita made it to Brooklyn for the fireworks.
And finally — Anthony Anderson and Janelle Monae went commando!
Which Of These Memes Will Totally Traumatize Westboro Baptist Church?
Which Of These Memes Will Totally Traumatize Westboro Baptist Church?
Diving deep into the Not-So-Dark web, one thing becomes abundantly clear: These days, there’s a bitchy meme for absolutely anyone, from your closest bosom friend to your mostest mortal enemy (including The Westboro Baptist Church). Below, some of the best memes of the week, personally handpicked just for you from such obscure corners of the Internet as, erm, our Facebook feed.
For The Friend Who’s Overly Cutesy and Precious:
For The Friend Trying To Be A Health Nut On Saturday Night:
For That Buddy Who Is Unabashedly Sassy In Everything He Does:
For That Overly Beefy Body Nazi You’re Getting Fed Up With:
For Those Utter Creepos At The Westboro Baptist Church:
For Fans Of Hello Kitty, Cunnilingus, Or Both:
For That Overly “Straight-Acting” Buddy Who Is Becoming A Crashing Bore:
For That Friend Who Refuses To Get Into Sticky Facebook Arguments With Social Justice Warriors:
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Congressional Candidate Misty Plowright: ‘I’m a Trans Woman, but That’s Not Why I’m Running for Office’
Congressional Candidate Misty Plowright: ‘I’m a Trans Woman, but That’s Not Why I’m Running for Office’
The months following one of the LGBTQ community’s most important legal victories in a generation have not exactly been easy.
Small advancements for the trans community were met with a fierce conservative backlash. State Supreme Courts challenged the U.S. Supreme Court against equality. Anti-LGBTQ violence took on historic proportions, and crushed all kinds of gut-wrenching records.
It’s reassuring, then, when we see history being made for the right reasons.
Last week, two women — both transgender, both named Misty — made history by becoming the nation’s first openly transgender major-party candidates to run for national office.
In Utah, Misty Snow, 30, won the Democratic primary, and in November she will challenge Tea Party-favorite and Ted Cruz-endorser Sen. Mike Lee, who’s running for re-election to a second term in office.
The other Misty, Misty Plowright, is a 33-year-old Army veteran who works in IT and lives in Colorado Springs with her wife of nine years. She won the Democratic primary and will now face five-term Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn in the House of Representatives.
“Neither women,” reported The Washington Post “sought to make their gender identities a campaign issue, instead focusing on Bernie Sanders-approved progressive issues like a $15 minimum wage and getting money out of politics.”
Friday, Plowright wrote an op-ed for The Hill and explained why she won the democratic nomination by more than 16 percentage points: “I won my race on issues, not because I’m trans,” she said.
She is a candidate who just happens to be trans.
Plowright ran on a progressive platform, which include election and campaign finance reforms, taxing the wealthy, climate change, protection for LGBT Americans and income inequality. She wants to “create a living wage which automatically adjusts with inflation to keep people who work full time all year from falling below 70% of the national median income.”
And that is the reason why people voted for her.
She knows the road ahead will be tough. Challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn in Colorado’s most conservative district in the state, will be an uphill battle. But even if she doesn’t win, she says that just being the first trans woman to be a candidate for a major American party is already worth it.
“Regardless of how the election turns out in November,” she writes, “a meaningful impact has already been made by my candidacy. I have received letter after letter from trans people across the country who are inspired by my run. It gives them hope in this hostile world that they, too, can succeed and are not condemned to a life of misery simply because of their sexuality.”
When she was growing up she couldn’t relate to anybody. Besides “Jerry Springer shows,” she says, ” there were no examples of gender-nonconforming people. There were no role models. There was no indication that there were other people like me.”
Plowright knows the significance of this moment: “If nothing else comes from my run for office, I am happy it has brought hope to others like myself who may be questioning — or perhaps already know — who they are. While this is history in the making, the fact I am a trans woman is not why I am running, nor is it what I have made the focus of my campaign.”
You can read her full essay here.
Photo credit: Misty Plowright For Congress/Facebook
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A Tale of Two Sulus: Why We Need to Go Beyond Star Trek's Gayless Universe
A Tale of Two Sulus: Why We Need to Go Beyond Star Trek's Gayless Universe
The next generation of Star Trek stars say George Takei is off-course in criticizing the newly revealed sexuality of the starship helmsman, and this trans fan thinks he should lower his shields.
Pride Parade 2016
NBA Threats Likely to Prompt Special Session to Repeal North Carolina’s HB2: Lawmakers
NBA Threats Likely to Prompt Special Session to Repeal North Carolina’s HB2: Lawmakers
North Carolina’s anti-LGBT HB2, which has cost the state billions in dollars, wasn’t addressed in the state legislature’s last session but for a tiny insufficient change which did nothing to change the discriminatory nature of the law.
Many lawmakers believe they will address it before January, the Winston-Salem Journal reports:
“I think there’s a really good chance of a special session,” state Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, said. “You really can’t avoid how much it has hurt the state, and everyone knows there’s more fallout to come.”
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The drive for a special session, according to a number of Republican and Democratic legislators: the NBA’s threat to move the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte if the law stands.
“I don’t think the NBA can wait until January,” state Rep. Chris Sgro, D-Guilford, said. “If they’re going to move the game, they need to make that decision well before then. Given that, I would not be surprised if we ended up in a special session well before the end of the year.”
Sgro, who is also the executive director of the LGBT advocacy group Equality North Carolina, said full repeal is the only acceptable outcome for the law.
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A Gay Cop Was Among The Victims In Thursday’s Sniper Attack In Dallas
A Gay Cop Was Among The Victims In Thursday’s Sniper Attack In Dallas
When a sniper attack interrupted what had been a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night, a gay policeman was among the officers murdered and wounded during the attack.
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The Dallas Morning News reports that 39-year-old Jesus Retana had worked as a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer for a decade.
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He’s currently at home recovering with his husband, Andrew Moss, according to The New Civil Rights Movement:
Retana, above left, is pictured with his husband, Andrew Moss. Moss was behind an effort to get DART to add insurance benefits for same-sex partners that began in 2012.
Retana and Moss were married in 2008 in California. Moss, also a former DART police officer, left law enforcement in 2010 due to health problems.
On Friday, the queer-run Black Lives Matter group posted a statement on its website, condemning the murders of five police officers in Dallas as a “tragedy,” and repeated its “call for justice, transparency and accountability” in the investigations into two deadly shootings of black men by police this week.
David Yost Calls Bryan Cranston A “Homophobe” Because Of Comments From 2009
David Yost Calls Bryan Cranston A “Homophobe” Because Of Comments From 2009
Paste-eating nerds everywhere are celebrating the fact that Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston is set to star in the new (and much darker) reboot of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, but one former cast member is far from pleased.
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David Yost, who played the role of Blue Power Ranger Billy, recently took to Twitter to call comments Cranston made seven years ago “not cool,” adding, “I’m not a fan of homophobes.” (The June 22 tweet has since been taken down.)
What’s all the upset about? Well, in 2009, Cranston was interviewed by IGN, discussing his past work as a voice actor for the series and having the Blue Ranger named after him.
In that interview, he cracked a joke about being named after the Blue Ranger, saying it was a “problem” because Billy was the “fey” one.
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In the past, Yost has claimed he was harassed on set for being gay, and says he quit because he was called “faggot” one too many times. Nevertheless, we think he’s reading way too much into Cranston’s joke here. The actor has been a very vocal advocate for marriage equality, telling GLAAD that those who oppose same-sex marriage are “absurd” and must “end this silliness.”
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Here’s the section of the IGN interview that has Yost so upset:
Cranston: They actually named one of the Power Rangers after me.
Gilligan: Yeah?!
Cranston: The Blue Power Ranger’s last name is Cranston.
IGN: [Laughs] Wow, that’s pretty funny.
Gilligan: That’s an awesome story!
Cranston: He’s the fey one, that’s the problem.
Do you think too much is being made of Cranston’s quote? Weigh in in the comments below.
In the meantime, watch Cranston’s segment for HRC’s Americans For Marriage Equality: