Steve Grand’s Swimsuit Leaves Little To The Imagination, Justin Bieber Is Looking To Get Cut

This week, Rob Lowe does the best nude Julie Andrews imitation we’ve ever seen, Jane Lynch knows why some celebs won’t leave their comfy closets and Robbie Rogers plans to be extra-flamboyant at the 2018 World Cup. Here’s what happened recently on Instagram:

  Rarely spotted in his natural habitat, it’s a fully-clothed Ashley Parker Angel.

Got that cardio in today by the water in #Seattle… And then ran to get an ice cream sundae. #Day67 #100DaysOfFitness A photo posted by Ashley Parker Angel (@ashley_parker_angel) on Jul 14, 2015 at 12:23am PDT

Oh, Johnny Weir…sometimes you make it too easy.

A photo posted by JOHNNY WEIR (@johnnygweir) on Jul 16, 2015 at 6:17pm PDT

The world is a nicer place when Ricky Martin puckers for a kiss.

Besos. A photo posted by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Jul 4, 2015 at 8:26pm PDT

We’d go a few rounds with either Jake or Mario or both.

 

Just went a few rounds with my man Jake Gyllenhaal… #Southpaw

 

A photo posted by Mario Lopez (@mariolopezextra) on Jul 13, 2015 at 4:00pm PDT

The Rock ain’t got time to bleed.

I ain’t got time to bleed.. A video posted by therock (@therock) on Jul 14, 2015 at 1:34pm PDT

We think Steve Grand is overdressed even in the skimpiest of swimwear.

 

#Chicago #summertime #boatseason #speedo

 

A photo posted by Steve Grand (@stevegrandmusic) on Jul 13, 2015 at 10:02am PDT

Jack Falahee knows all about the importance of fluids.

Mmm hydration. Taking a break at the base of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Currently training for #nauticamalibutri with #teamdisney and these new trails up north are great for conditioning. #m22 #m22life #nautica #puremichigan #teamdisney A photo posted by Jack Falahee (@jackfalaheeofficial) on Jul 10, 2015 at 11:32am PDT

Colton Haynes‘s frock is either incredibly high fashion or something his mom wore in the 1970s.

 

And the madness begins. Sick presentation by Public School

 

A photo posted by Colton Haynes (@coltonlhaynes) on Jul 14, 2015 at 8:50am PDT

Bianca Del Rio looks so demure from the outside.

DAY 2 @hurricanebianca #letsmakeamovie #texas #classroomglamour @kugiefilm A photo posted by Bianca Del Rio (@thebiancadelrio) on Jul 14, 2015 at 2:51pm PDT

Jesse Metcalfe is looking shady these days.

 

A photo posted by Jesse Metcalfe (@realjessemetcalfe) on Jul 15, 2015 at 7:11am PDT

Colby Melvin likes a guy with his mouth full.

Yeses! My meatball @brett__mitchell has arrived in San Diego!! Best Friend time starts now! Now just need @tubadan71 #pride #sdpride A photo posted by Colby Melvin (@colbymelvin) on Jul 16, 2015 at 10:03am PDT

Sam Smith and his dad do not enjoy flying the friendly skies.

A photo posted by Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) on Jul 16, 2015 at 9:51am PDT

Tyson Beckford is in fighting shape.

 

A video posted by Tyson C. Beckford (@tysoncbeckford) on Jul 16, 2015 at 8:42am PDT

Raul Castillo could rock your world even as a teen guitarist.

In case there was any doubt… Here’s me playing bass at a show at Trenton Point in Edinburg, TX. I’m probably 15 or 16 in this photo. Playing a fretless Yamaha. I used to love to jump high. #fbf #rgv #basshowlowcanyougo #southtexashardcore @asiwalkthroughthevalleyfilm

A photo posted by Raúl Castillo (@officialraulcastillo) on Jul 10, 2015 at 12:17pm PDT

Russell Tovey and son Rocky pay a visit to heaven.

 

My #rocky is heaven to me! @gagosiangallery #sprayed #edruscha 🙂

 

A photo posted by Russelltovey (@russelltovey) on Jul 9, 2015 at 7:37am PDT

Children shouldn’t play with sharp things, Justin Bieber.

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Jul 15, 2015 at 11:57am PDT

EJ Johnson is most definitely dope.

 

Yes, alas I must confess….I’m DOPE #strut #teamthis

 

A photo posted by EJ Johnson (@ejjohnson_) on Jul 10, 2015 at 7:11pm PDT

Robbie Rogers would make a sweet ballerina.

A photo posted by Robbie Rogers (@robbierogers) on Jul 8, 2015 at 3:22pm PDT

Guillermo Diaz has found the best costume for the day.

Season 5 fitting #Scandal

A photo posted by guillermo diaz (@guillermodiazreal) on Jul 14, 2015 at 12:44pm PDT

That time Billy Porter broke the heel of his kinky pump.

A photo posted by Billy Porter (@theebillyporter) on Jul 16, 2015 at 8:08am PDT

Le1f is modeling the casual, comfortable line of everyday wear from Sears.

A photo posted by champagnebati (@le1f) on Jul 15, 2015 at 1:34pm PDT

Jeremy Kinser

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Share This: Pro-gay Swedish Armed Forces Ad – ‘Some Things You Should Not Have to Camouflage’

Ad for the Swedish Armed Forces – “Some Things You Should Not Have to Camouflage”

The ban on openly gay service members in Sweden was lifted in 1979.

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The Biggest LGBT Wellness Stories Of The Week

Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Susana Fajardo, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness visit our page dedicated to the topic here.

Good Relationships Prevent Eating Disorders

A recent study of eating disorders among men found that for bi and gay men, being in a good relationship lowered the chance of an eating disorder 10 years later. Single men or ones in bad relationships had a higher chance. Relationship status made no difference for straight men.

Las Vegas Is Successful Reducing LGBT Smoking

If you’ve ever hit the bars in Las Vegas, you might’ve run across the innovative tobacco-free social branding campaign called CRUSH. Now, there’s evidence CRUSH has been effective in reducing smoking. A new analysis shows those with highest exposure to CRUSH messaging and social events had 37-48% lower odds of current smoking.

LGBT Elders Americans Act Introduced in Congress

Senator Michael Bennett introduced the LGBT Elders Americans Act in the Senate, a bill aimed at helping with the housing and health needs of older LGBT folks—and it’s badly needed. We know that aging can be harder for queer people because of stigma, fewer family ties and inadequate care. This bill should help.  

Med Students Not Well-Prepared for LGBT Care

A new study found most med students felt comfortable caring for LGBT patients but did not feel prepared. Alarmingly, 67% rated their medical school training as fair or worse so there’s a lot of work to do there.

New Jersey Universities Add Trans Health Care

Trans students at publicly funded universities in New Jersey can now access transgender health care! The change is expected to not only help with physical health, but also boost mental health and academic performance.

Bi Erasure is a Problem, Hurts Health

Bi erasure, ignoring or glossing over bisexuality, is still an all too common problem, even within the LGBTQ communities. Steve Williams makes the smart point this week that this isn’t just a social issue, it actually hurts health. Bi folk tend to have worse health and more substance use, cancer and tobacco use. Erasure is already a problem — let’s not continue ignoring it.

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Labour leadership candidate seeks full pardon for gay men convicted of ‘gross indecency’

Labour leadership favourite Andy Burnham called for a blanket pardon for all gay men convicted under the ‘indeceny’ laws, Friday.

He said he’ll press prime minister David Cameron for change: the law as it is allows only pardons for living victims who apply to the Home Office.

‘I was one of the first Labour frontbenchers to call for equal marriage, and I believe the next frontier is a law to remove this shadow from our national history.’

Burnham consulted the proposal with Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions and now a Labour MP.

Starmer said: ‘Automatic pardons are appropriate in these cases, not only to mark the grossly unjust basis of the convictions but also to send a powerful message to the world about the unacceptability of similar anti-gay laws still in existence.’

There has been ongoing pressure for further action since Alan Turing, the founding father of computer science, was granted a pardon in 2013.

Burnham said: ‘Alan Turing made a remarkable contribution to our country, but it is not only national heroes that deserve to have their suffering atoned for.

‘Tens of thousands of men were treated appallingly and every one of these convictions is equally shameful.’

The ‘appalling’ treatment Burnham hints at include chemical castrations and potentially life imprisonment.

He suggests such a pardon would not merely be a gesture to surviving individuals and families but would have international significance.

‘It would send a strong message to millions of LGBT individuals around the world, who still live in fear of persecution, and to the governments and national leaders that refuse to recognise equal rights,’ he said.

There are currently five people running for Labour leadership in the UK. Burnham runs alongside shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, and shadow health minister Liz Kendall.

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Newspaper Bans Same-Sex Wedding Annoucements, Censors Pro-Gay Journalists

A small town Mississippi newspaper is taking a stand against marriage equality… by banning any same-sex wedding announcements from publication while forbidding employees from expressing support for the cause.

Earlier this month, employees of Mississippi’s third-largest newspaper, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, plus several other smaller weeklies owned by the same publisher, received an internal memo from Charlotte Wolfe, the company’s associate publisher, informing them of a new company policy.

Related: This Private Christian College Confiscated Every Copy Of Their Newspaper For Being Pro-Gay

“Journal, Inc. has made a policy decision to not accept wedding/engagement notices from samesex [sic] couples,” Wolfe wrote. “Please communicate to anyone else on your staff who would be taking this information from walkin [sic] customers.”

Wolfe then went on to say that employees were not allowed to share their feelings about marriage equality in their columns or on social media.

“A decision has been made that the Journal’s editorial board will not take a position on the recent Supreme Court decision,” she wrote. “Because the company is not taking an editorial position on this, we need to follow suit, and not take positions editorially or in personal columns.”

Related: Missouri Newspaper Owner Refuses To Cover, Promote Or Encourage Gay Events

She continued: “We need to remember that we and our employees all are representatives of Journal, Inc. 24/7. Our job is to report the news objectively and we can’t do this if we’re also on social media sharing our opinions. We have a right to our opinions, but because we are so tightly connected to our newspaper products, we don’t need to vocalize this on social media … whether we realize it or not, people see that as the paper’s opinion.”

But apparently the new censorship rule didn’t apply to the newspapers owner, Clay Foster. Because two days later, he published a column about why gay marriage is “contrary to God’s Word.”

“There’s not enough room in this column to cover all that God says about homosexuality,” Foster wrote, “but note a few passages…”

He then quote passages from Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26, 27, and 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

How’s that for “objectivity”?

Related: College Employee Caught Throwing Out Stacks Of Local Gay Newspaper

h/t: The Huffington Post

Graham Gremore

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Gawker Editorial Staff Condemns Takedown of Story Outing Media Exec

In a strongly worded statement posted yesterday afternoon, the Gawker Media Editorial Staff reacted to managing editor Nick Denson’s takedown of a controversial story that purported to out a high-profile media executive.

Our union drive has expressed at every stage of the process that one of our core goals is to protect the editorial independence of Gawker Media sites from the influence of business-side concerns. Today’s unprecedented breach of the firewall, in which business executives deleted an editorial post over the objections of the entire executive editorial staff, demonstrated exactly why we seek greater protection. Our opinions on the post are not unanimous but we are united in objecting to editorial decisions being made by a majority of non-editorial managers. Disagreements about editorial judgment are matters to be resolved by editorial employees. We condemn the takedown in the strongest possible terms.

Gawker’s own J.K. Trotter reported that  the managing partnership of Gawker Media voted, 4-2 to remove the post.

“Executive editor Tommy Craggs, who helped edit the piece, and President Heather Dietrick, who reviewed and cleared it before publication in her capacity as Gawker Media’s chief legal counsel, were the only partners who dissented. […]

The partners who voted to remove the post were Andrew Gorenstein, who serves as the president of advertising and partnerships; chief operating officer Scott Kidder; chief strategy officer Erin Pettigrew; and chief executive officer Nick Denton, who founded Gawker Media in 2002. Along with Tommy Craggs and Heather Dietrick, they belong to Gawker Media’s managing partnership, which Denton established in 2014 and whose members decide on all major company matters.”

Denton confirmed the vote count in a Tweet last night.

In the interest of accuracy: the vote among the managing partners on taking down yesterday’s story was 4-2, not 5-1.

— Nick Denton (@nicknotned) July 18, 2015

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PHOTOS: Patricia Velasquez Is a Neo-Noir Star in 'Guys Reading Poems'

The Advocate debuts exclusive stills of the lesbian actress in her latest role.

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Daniel Reynolds

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You Can’t Unsee This Image Of Taylor Swift And Justin Bieber As A Cute Lesbian Couple

You can thank (or blame) Miley Cyrus for bringing this to our attention — face swap Taytay and the Biebs and you’ve got yourself one adorable lesbian couple.

@fuckjerry

A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Jul 15, 2015 at 4:10am PDT

Taylor’s response? She wrote “Sending you love.” as a comment on the photo. Does that mean she approves? We’re not sure.

Dan Tracer

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Kathy Wolfe – Taking LGBT movies to the world

If you’re feeling alone or isolated, struggling to find your identity or place in the world, movies can have a transformative impact.

There is nothing more powerful than seeing characters on the big screen that you identify with, stories that somehow reflect your own journey, or insights into communities and worlds that you only dreamed existed.

For the LGBT community, finding those movies can sometimes be a bit of a challenge.

Wolfe Video has been one of the key distributors helping to share LGBT movies with the wider world.

On the 30th anniversary since they were founded in 1985, we caught up with Kathy Wolfe – the woman who started it all – to share some memories as well as talk plans for the future.

When did you first begin to realise that the mail order service that you were initially setting up was tapping into a demand from the LGBT audience?

The mail order business was an immediate success. Of course, this is based upon a very small need for profit as I was working out of the basement of my home. Low overheads, in every sense of the word, allowed me to grow slow and steady.

What was the breakthrough moment when you knew that Wolfe Video had a place in the market?

In 1992 we released the Lily Tomlin collection featuring The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Lily’s work helped us break into the national distribution network and open direct relationships with Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and Tower Records. After that we were able to release hundreds of titles into the mainstream and access the over 27,000 video rental stores operating at the time.

What’s been the most popular movie of all time that has been distributed through Wolfe Video?

Big Eden. It was hugely popular and we sold over 75,000 DVDs.

Are you still excited by movies?

Being part of the LGBT movie business is full of satisfaction. I love watching movies and meeting filmmakers. I love helping and sharing with them all that we have learned over the past 30 years.

Mostly I feel like we have made a difference both in the lives of our community but also in the world at large. We have always considered ourselves pioneers in visibility.

With increasing equality in many countries, is there still a need and an appetite for a specialist distributor of LGBT movies?

Our global streaming platform – WolfeOnDemand.com – is a lifeline to thousands desperately in need of community. It reminds me of the late 1970s when being in the closet was the norm here in the USA.

How is developing media technology changing the way that Wolfe Video operates?

When it comes to technology, a business like ours must adapt. We have gone from VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and now streaming. Technology has been great for us but it’s also added the concerns of internet piracy. I’m sure that readers of Gay Star News will understand the connection between not paying for their viewing and ultimately not getting quality filmmaking. Clearly, when we support our artists they can support us.

How will Wolfe Video continue to stay relevant in the crowded media market place?

Wolfe is a major supplier of LGBT content to all the players including Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, HBO, Showtime and beyond. Our films grace the screens of film festivals around the world and conversely Wolfe brings foreign films home for us to enjoy and learn from. We sell public performance rights to colleges and universities. In addition, our pay-per-view service WolfeOnDemand.com is one of the largest collections of LGBT streaming content available anywhere, including classics as well as new releases.

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Artist Spotlight: Ludwig von Hofmann

Christopher Harrity

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