Gus Kenworthy Reveals He Likes To Flip; Tyson Beckford Does Not Appreciate A Liar

This week, Nick Jonas explained why he has a great time at gay bars, John Barrowman accidentally broadcast his husband’s incredible assets to the world and Dolly Parton explained how she’ll help LGBT fans in N. Carolina. Here’s what happened recently on Instagram:

Hugh Jackman caught a whopper.

Marlon Wayans can and will sleep anywhere.

Nothing makes Cristiano happier than new workout equipment.

Joe Putignano has gotten very furry lately.

The Rock was out doing god’s work again.

Jesse Bradford found himself a mouthful.

Charlie Carver doesn’t need an app to look this pretty.

Kellan Lutz seems to be forever on the precipice.

Idan Matalan found a new place to kiss.

It’s not easy being Zac Efron‘s stand-in.

Don’t even think about lying to Tyson Beckford.

Andy Cohen isn’t naturally that pretty.

Neil Patrick Harris has two cuddlers.

Jussie Smollett is anything but basic.

Colton Haynes can change his spots.

Gus Kenworthy likes to flip.

Sachin Bhatt is looking for something to hug.

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Tom Of Finland’s House is Even Sexier Than You Can Imagine

There’s a new book out featuring photos of the home of Touko Laaksonen, better known as fetish artist Tom of Finland.

Tom/Touko lived in LA for part of his life, and after he died, the home went to his friends and collaborators. It’s currently home base for the Tom of Finland Foundation, which raises funds for community causes.

And you may not be entirely shocked to hear this, but his house is full of super-sexy, super-erotic art, most of it so graphic we can’t even publish it here.

But we can describe it! Oh lord, can we ever describe it.

For example, there’s a bookshelf laden down with book, some Russian nesting dolls that look like Vladimir Putin, and a big black dick held aloft like a levitating snake. Tiny little naked men serve as bookends, shoving the books from either end.

There’s a bedroom full of sketches, one of them so massive it seems to be longer than the bed itself. It features a larger-than-life leatherman cocking his head dismissively towards a field of slumbering naked male bodies, so even if you’re sleeping in the bed by yourself, it’s like you’re never alone.

In a plush easy chair, a little throw pillow features a sassy drawing of a sexy man looking over his shoulder. Let’s imagine that there’s a squeaker in the pillow, so when you sit on it, it makes a little “oh!” sound.

A collection of pup masks and pup tail butt plugs sits placidly on a dresser, next to a photo of a guy looking over his shoulder as though asking “whaddya waiting for, woof woof?” And a disembodied marble cock and balls is perched over a bench, like it’s glancing over someone’s shoulder to ask what he’s reading.

One of the best pieces of art is an illustration of a man floating in space, penetrating the entire Earth. That sums up Tom of Finland’s legacy better than anything else we can think of.

Check out a few SFW photos below (and head here for the NSFW ones), and get the book “TOM HOUSE: TOM OF FINLAND IN LOS ANGELES” here.

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If Prince Was A Homophobe, What Does That Make You?

As you know, Prince is dead. Long live Prince, in our hearts and minds and iTunes libraries.

With the music icon’s untimely exit (alone in his Paisley Park elevator. Was he going up or down?) comes the ritual reading of the record, Prince’s purple book of life. He said a lot over a lifetime, in music and words and at legendary parties in Minneapolis, New York and LA.

When he was 23, he opened for the Rolling Stones. He strode out wearing a trench coat, dropped it and played his entire set in a black thong. That’s saying a lot.

He was booed off the stage, and we fell in love.

Later, Prince seemed ambivalent about the prospect of gay marriage. “So here’s how it is,” he told The New Yorker in 2008, some years after finding religion with Jehovah’s Witnesses. “‘You’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this.’ He pointed to a Bible. ‘But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, “You can do whatever you want.” Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.’”

This is an intelligent conversation looking at both sides of an issue. Respect.

So do we throw the diminutive brown baby that was Prince out with the bathwater when he respectfully disagrees with us? Sure, if you want a world without “Purple Rain,” “Controversy” and “Sugar Walls.

But that would be sad.

Prince wasn’t a homophobe, or a hypocrite, but maybe some other “gay-friendly” entertainers have been. Stick with them or drop them? With respect, here’s a list of nine candidates:

1. Matt Damon 2015

Poor Matt.

This very nice middle-aged straight white guy got into a lot of trouble when he tried to get all Stanislovski with a reporter for the Guardian: “I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period. And sexuality is a huge part of that. Whether you’re straight or gay, people shouldn’t know anything about your sexuality because that’s one of the mysteries that you should be able to play.”

Sure, right, someone get Ellen on the phone.

“I know you,” said the gay Oprah after a hastily arranged appearance, “and I know you’re not that guy.”

On his knees (Hi there), and forgiven.

2. Madonna 2014

Madonna has a great sense of humor. Like rap-loving white people who think they can freely call you “nigga,” she drops “gay” like she’s one of us. Oh wait, she’s actually done both.

In 2004, the Material Girl had a fun exchange with Entertainment Tonight host Mark Steines, who was wearing a vintage Madonna tee: “I can’t be seen with you dressed like that,” says Madge. “You’re a cowboy from the waist down, and you’re gay from the waist up. It’s a little bit weird.” As the two laugh, Steines protests, “You just called me gay!” Um, yeah, because you’re wearing a Madonna T-shirt.

Then in 2014, Madonna Mom praised kick-boxing son Rocco on Instagram with the hashtag #disnigga.

And the same year she called kale “gay”on Buzzfeed. Hilarious.

Keep her, even though she issued a formal apology for the former. Whatever. Words!

3. Britney Spears 2013

With the release of her comeback album Britney Jean, Spears took hits on all fronts. Single “Work Bitch” was variously described as craven gay marketing “designed to keep u fags on ecstasy blasting garbage music till 6 am,” and worse, “tacky”, while Spears revealed the her truth about hair and makeup gays: “A lot of my hairstylists and my beauty team that I work with are gay so I hang out with gays a lot and I just think they’re adorable and hilarious.” They better be, you’re paying them.

In another interview, she described her gay fans as “somewhat girls,” probably her hair team.

She’s a ding-dong. Why did you like her in the first place?

4. Paris Hilton 2012

Hilton is the most egregious example of gay-baiting celebrity hypocrisy. In 2012, a cab driver recorded Hilton and a friend discussing Grindr, inspiring the celebutante to describe gay men as “disgusting,” “the horniest people in the world,” and fated to all “like, die of AIDS.” Nice.

Get her out.

5. Kobe Bryant 2010

Bryant isn’t exactly Liza Minnelli when it comes to a gay fan base, but we’ve always considered the super-talented, clean-cut and philandering shooting guard to be a genuinely nice guy. So when he screamed “fucking faggot” at a ref, it was, um, unfortunate, costing Bryant a very public apology and a $100,000 fine. It also set in motion a dedicated effort in and around the NBA to promote tolerance, see Jason Collins, so yay.

Thanks, Kobe! Let’s hang out.

6. Jay Leno 2008

Jay Leno is another genuinely nice guy without any particular gay fan base (or straight one, for that matter) who got into trouble for being just too down. Interviewing adorable Ryan Philippe in 2008, Leno reminded his audience that the actor broke out playing a gay teen on soap One Life to Live. “Pretend the camera is your gay lover. Can you give me your gayest look?”

No? C’mon, it’s Jay! He’s being funny!

Awkwardness and a swift apology followed. Since he’s not really working, you don’t have to dump him.

7. Elton John 2008

Not all gays came around quickly to the idea of gay marriage. Like lots of ladies and gentlemen of his generation, Sir Elton and “partner” David Furnish had to come around to the idea. Here’s what John told USA Today in 2008. “I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership. The word marriage, I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.”

By 2012, John had evolved: “There is a world of difference between calling someone your ‘partner’ and calling them your ‘husband’. ‘Partner’ is a word that should be preserved for people you play tennis with, or work alongside in business. It doesn’t come close to describing the love that I have for David, and he for me. In contrast, ‘husband’ does.”

Say it like you mean it. The couple married in 2014.

Give up “Daniel?” Never.

8. Bette Midler  2003

She played the Continental Baths in the ’70s. She was roommates with Bruce Vilanch. She’s one of the bluest and gayest performers you’ll ever see on stage.

But the claws came out in 2003 when Midler, like Prince a few years later, talked publicly about gay marriage, with Larry King of all people, based on her own life experience. “Should gay people be allowed to marry? That’s a really good question.” Following was a candid conversation about civil rights, monogamy, commitment, promiscuity and human nature. The 60-something Midler wasn’t against gay marriage; she was wrapping her head around it, and sharing it with the world.

If you’d seen the interview, it all made sense. Enter Margaret Cho:

“Of course I didn’t see that shit, but supposedly Bette Midler said on Larry King that same sex marriage doesn’t look like it would work because gay men are so promiscuous that they would just be cheating on each other constantly. That is a fucked thing to say.” Cho flames on about some “shit” she didn’t see that Bette Midler “supposedly” said. Ridic.

Bette, you stay. Cho, you’re out.

9. Bob Hope 1988

It was 1988, Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, and Hope, the octogenarian comedy legend and record-setting Oscar host, called someone a “fag” for wearing a colorful tie.

Enter GLAAD, formed just 4 years earlier, who pressured Hope into recording a PSA to atone, a model for the organization right up to today. Also, he paid for it.

Thanks, for the memory, Bob. You were a class act, fags notwithstanding.

Times change, and people do, too.

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Manscaping Tips from Max Emerson and Kyle Krieger: WATCH

Those of you who plan to spend the weekend shaving your nether regions may want to watch this video first. You also may want to watch it if you’ve ever had a pubic hair stuck in your teeth.

Kyle Krieger and Max Emerson talk about their worst grooming experiences and what not to do. These things include sticking sharp objects and clippers in places they shouldn’t be, leaving hair in places bedbugs can hide, waxing your chest, and removing your stomach hair with a laser.

The rules are also different when you’re approaching your daddy bear years.

Find out the best positions for trimming your bum and more, below:

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John Kasich Confronted by San Francisco Voter: ‘Are People Born Gay?’

At a Commonwealth Club of California town hall on Friday, John Kasich was confronted by 62-year-old Kelly Bryan, who asked the Ohio governor and presidential candidate whether he believes that people are born gay.

“Do you believe that some people are born gay?” asked Bryan. “Gay people are human beings and not a lifestyle choice. Please respond without prayer being an answer.”

Kasich responded with his thoughts about religion, and then offered a suggestion about “religious freedom” bills that he’s been using for weeks on the campaign trail:

“In terms of me, I don’t believe in discrimination. I think there is a balance, however, between discrimination and people’s religious liberties. But I think we should just try to, like, take a chill pill, relax, and try to get along with one another a little bit better instead of trying to write some law to solve a problem that doesn’t frankly exist in big enough numbers to justify more lawmaking.”

Kelly replied: “Republicans don’t believe in marriage equality. It’s your platform.”

“Is it?” Kasich asked. “I haven’t read that thing lately.”

“Well you should know what you’re doing,” demanded Kelly.

“They don’t tell me what to do by the platform. Republican Party is my vehicle not my master,” Kasich shot back, getting applause from the audience.

Kasich adds that he believes in traditional marriage but he recently went to a gay wedding

Interjected Bryan: “But do you know that people are born gay?”

“I’m not going to get into the analysis of this or that,” Kasich replied.

“It’s not analysis. Are people born gay?” Bryan insisted.

“Probably? I don’t know how it all works. Are they? In all probability, they are. You have free regular rights. We’re not denying you any rights. I’m not in Ohio. I’m not out to discriminate against you.. I think you should have as good a life as anybody else.”

Kasich issued an executive order in 2011 protecting state workers based on sexual orientation, thought there is no similar protection for gender identity. There is not protection for LGBT workers outside of state employment. Ohio also has no protection for LGBT people under current state hate crime laws.

On “religious freedom”, Kasich added:

“If I saw this was becoming a huge problem, then we might have to write a law. But every time someone writes a law around this subject, guess what happens? You have to rewrite the law cause they never get it write. So let’s just respect one another a little more.

“Do I think people are born gay? Probably. I’ve never studied the issue. But I don’t see any reason to hurt you, or discriminate you, or make you feel bad, or make you feel like a second class citizen. I don’t think that’s right. Cause you know what? Everybody’s created in the image of the Lord.”

Watch:

CNN adds:

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Artist Spotlight: Brian Kaminski

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