The Joys of Being Gay Then and Today Two books of photographs reflect a new vision of gay life, one looking forward, the other back. Both boggle the mind with what they reveal about the changing comédie humaine of gender and same-sex love. (Photo Scene4 Magazine) The Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride, by … Continue reading The Joys of Being Gay Then and Today →

Why I Finally Refused to Lose Weight to Keep a Man Right after I first came out, I went with some friends to Fire Island, the homo party-Mecca of Long Island. At the time I weighed 185 pounds, a standard weight for my five-foot-eleven frame. Several hours into the evening, my good friend’s date pulled … Continue reading Why I Finally Refused to Lose Weight to Keep a Man →

Liam Payne Says 'I'm 100% Not Homophobic…Also Not Gay' After Alleged Nude Photo Leak One Direction’s Liam Payne spoke out on Twitter on Sunday after a series of grainy photos taken from a video allegedly showing the singer nude on a bed engaging in sexual acts with another man were posted to the social network … Continue reading Liam Payne Says 'I'm 100% Not Homophobic…Also Not Gay' After Alleged Nude Photo Leak →

Jared Leto Grabs It Again, Channing Tatum Wants You In Magic Mike XXL And Joe Manganiello Pumps Up To Take It Off Jared Leto can’t keep his hands off that monster in his pants. If you need help with it, JL, give us a call.   Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey won’t return for Magic Mike XXL … Continue reading Jared Leto Grabs It Again, Channing Tatum Wants You In Magic Mike XXL And Joe Manganiello Pumps Up To Take It Off →

Paul Saltalamacchia Talks Planning a Fabulous Wedding and LGBT Equality (AUDIO) This week I talked with Paul Saltalamacchia, Senior Catering Sales Manager for Hilton Worldwide, whom I’m working with to plan my own wedding. Saltalamacchia is currently based at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston, overlooking the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Understanding the full … Continue reading Paul Saltalamacchia Talks Planning a Fabulous Wedding and LGBT Equality (AUDIO) →

Despite Facing Backlash, Facebook Refuses To Change Controversial Policy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco drag queens are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than drag names such as Pollo Del Mar and Heklina. But the world’s biggest social network is not budging from its rules. In … Continue reading Despite Facing Backlash, Facebook Refuses To Change Controversial Policy →

Facebook Refuses To Change Name Policy After Meeting with Drag Queens, Temporarily Restores Deleted Profiles After the social network begin enforcing its ‘real names’ policy, requiring that all users go by their legal name online, drag queens who found their accounts shut down were in an uproar and successfully set a meeting with Facebook to … Continue reading Facebook Refuses To Change Name Policy After Meeting with Drag Queens, Temporarily Restores Deleted Profiles →

Facebook's Name Policy Won't Accept Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva has a bone to pick with Facebook. Last week, the social media platform froze Silva’s account because of a policy that suspends accounts suspected of fake names. Facebook says they want you to “always know who you’re connecting with,” and the policy was enacted … Continue reading Facebook's Name Policy Won't Accept Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva →

Mormons Embrace Social Media To Push Back Against Conservative Church Teachings BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) It was a gathering that would have been unthinkable just five years ago. On a cool summer evening, in a borrowed classroom overlooking San Francisco Bay, about 150 men and women gathered to screen a short documentary about a Mormon family … Continue reading Mormons Embrace Social Media To Push Back Against Conservative Church Teachings →

Facebook Forcing Drag Queens Out of the Closet Drag queen Sister Roma had been using Facebook for over six years when she was blocked from her account this week until she agreed to change her settings to reflect her legal name, Michael Williams. In a reported effort to enforce safety rules that insist that all … Continue reading Facebook Forcing Drag Queens Out of the Closet →