Freshly Out Colton Haynes Is Relishing In His Newfound Gayness

Colton Haynes is glowing, ya’ll.

Last week, the 27-year-old actor spoke to EW, confirming what everyone already knew to be true: That he is not the least bit heterosexual.

Related: Colton Haynes Opens Up Honestly About His Sexuality And His Health

“I think in due time, everyone has to make those decisions when they’re ready, and I wasn’t yet,” he explained when asked why he had waited so long to come out publicly. “But I felt like I was letting people down by not coming forward.”

He continued: “People want you to be that GQ image that you put out, but people don’t realize what it’s like to act 24 hours a day. I’d go home and I was still acting. People who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don’t realize that acting 24 hours a day is the most exhausting thing in the world.”

Related: BREAKING: It’s Official… Colton Haynes Is On Grinder!

Now that the cat’s officially out of the bag, Haynes seems to be flourishing. The other day, he posted a message on Instagram thanking his fans for the “unbelievable amount of support & love you’ve been sending my way.”

He concluded the post with an inspirational quote: “There once was a man who was afraid of his shadow…he met it…now he glows in the dark.”

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Man Discovers His Male Lover Is Engaged… To A Woman! Now What?!

What do you do when you discover the guy you’ve been messing around with is engaged… to a woman… and he has two young children? That’s what one 29-year-old U.K. man wants to know.

“I met a cute gay man online but have just found out he’s due to get married next month–to a woman,” he explains to advice columnist Deidre.

Related: Downtrodden Bisexual Man’s Fear Of Rejection Is Keeping Him A Virgin, Seeks Immediate Advice

The man says the two met online and “soon bared our all on the webcam.”

“We arranged to meet up but I checked him on Facebook beforehand,” he says. “I was shocked to see he is engaged to a woman and has two little kids.”

But the plot thickens.

The man continues: “Not only that but he’s friends with an old pal of mine. I spoke to her and she said his fiancée was thrilled to be tying the knot at last.”

“My friend begged me not to speak to her because she had just bought a house with her fella,” the man explains. “She said I should talk to the guy, so I did, but he didn’t seem bothered. Should I tell his fiancé?”

Related: Patient Falls Madly In Love With Doctor, Says “I Don’t Mind Sharing Him With His Wife”

Deidre breaks the situation down pretty quickly.

“He is clearly leading a double life and that rarely ends well,” she says in her response. “But blowing his cover won’t make it OK.”

She continues: “Talk to him, though. Say you hope he’s not risking his fiancé’s sexual health and that if he’s hurting her then he’ll also be hurting his kids.”

“Let’s hope that that pricks his conscience,” she concludes.

What do you think? Should this man confront his paramour about the double life he is leading, or should he alert the fiancé? Sound off in the comments section below.

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Here’s the Trailer for the Daniel Radcliffe Farting Corpse Bromance Movie – WATCH

A new trailer for Swiss Army Man, often described as the ‘Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie’, has just been released giving a look at what set so many tongues a wagging at last year’s Sundance Film Festival.

The movie follows Paul Dano who discovers a corpse floating in the ocean just as he’s about to commit suicide. The corpse (Radcliffe) possesses some sort of magical powers of reanimation and, as it turns out, his boner acts as a compass that can help guide Dano home.

Slash Film writes: 

Radcliffe’s farting corpse made headlines at Sundance, turning this under-the-radar feature from first-time directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (of Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What” video) into one of the most talked-about movies at the fest. Not all of the responses were positive — the film reportedly saw plenty of walkouts in its world premiere screening — but it won over plenty of fans, too, myself included.

Watch the possibly work-unfriendly trailer, below.

And check out the poster art, below.

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Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Praises ‘Bathroom Bills’: ‘We’re Losing Our Soul’ to Trans Rights – VIDEO

Duck Dynasty head honcho Phil Robertson has teamed up with Citizens United to attack – and make money from – anti-trans “bathroom laws” in North Carolina and other states.

Citizens United is best known for its part in a Supreme Court ruling which held that the government could not restrict political expenditures by nonprofit corporations.

In an email sent to supporters last weekend, Robertson wrote that “the Judeo-Christian values that led America to greatness are under full assault by the mob mentality of political correctness, and we’re slowly losing our soul.”

RELATED: Phil Robertson Advocates Marrying Girls When They Are 15 Or 16: VIDEO

“Men,” Robertson continued, “should use the men’s bathroom and women should use the women’s bathroom. Just because a man may ‘feel’ like a woman doesn’t mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it’s called bigoted.”

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the email includes a link to StandTallWithPhil.org, which asks for donations to Citizen United’s Speak Freely effort in conjunction with Robertson.

Back in February, Robertson called same-sex marriage “evil, wicked, sinful” at a Ted Cruz rally in Iowa.

Watch Robertson at the Cruz rally below.

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Nyle DiMarco Just Made History in Dancing with the Stars’ First Same-Sex Dance – WATCH

Sexually fluid America’s Next Top Model winner and current Dancing with the Stars contestant Nyle DiMarco made history Monday night by being the first male star to be part of a same-sex dance on the show.

The dance took place as part of the Judge’s Team-Up Challenge in which each two stars are paired together and coached by one of the show’s three judges. DiMarco and his partner Peta Murgatroyd were pared with actress Jodie Sweetin and her partner Keo Motsepe to work with Judge Bruno Tonioli.

And what began as a classic dance to the “Habanera” by Georges Bizet developed into a sensual display of same-sex affection on the dance floor.

Said DiMarco of the performance, “This is a Dancing With The Stars first, having same-sex dancing.”

Asked what it was like to be lifted (as opposed to the one doing the lifting), DiMarco said, “Well, it’s a different experience. Usually I’m lifting Peta but… should it only be for a woman? Maybe Peeta can lift me at some stage?”

On Monday night’s show, DiMarco also wowed audiences with a paso doble that included a section sans music to convey to the hearing audience what it’s like for him to dance without music. That dance left judge Carrie Anna Inaba in tears.

Watch the performance, below.

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What in the World is Going on in North Carolina? The Latest Developments in the Tar Heel State

There’s been a lot of news coming out of North Carolina over the past few weeks about HB2, Gov. Pat McCrory’s discriminatory anti-LGBT law, and Monday was no different.

There is a reason HB2 continues to make headlines. The legislation forces transgender students in public schools to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity, putting 4.5 billion dollars in federal education funding alone at risk. It also compels the same type of discrimination against transgender people to take place in publicly-owned buildings, including in public universities, convention centers, and airports. HB2 has eliminated existing municipal non-discrimination protections for LGBT people and prevents such protections from being passed by cities in the future.It also eliminated the ability of North Carolinians to be able to sue if they experienced discrimination in the workforce, including on the basis of race, religion, national origin and sex.  

The New York Times editorial board even called North Carolina a “pioneer in bigotry.”

Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know about recent developments related to HB2 in the Tar Heel State:

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) determined that North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 violates federal civil rights law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. The DOJ warned North Carolina officials that they had until Monday to stop complying with the anti-transgender law, or risk millions in federal funding and, potentially, a federal lawsuit.

But when Monday rolled around, Governor McCrory doubled down on discrimination, suing to defend HB2 in court. His costly and reckless lawsuit against the DOJ is just the latest in his desperate attempt to defend HB2, its heinous provisions, and the state’s reputation.

Hours later, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the U.S. DOJ has filed a lawsuit against Governor McCrory, the state’s Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina and its Board of Governors, declaring HB2 “impermissibly discriminatory.” The DOJ also asked the judge to prohibit the state from enforcing HB2’s anti-transgender provisions.

Attorney General Lynch’s historic response to McCrory and HB2 was direct, unequivocal and moving. “This is about the dignity and respect we accord our fellow citizens and the laws that we, as a people and as a country, have enacted to protect them – indeed, to protect all of us,” she said.  “And it’s about the founding ideals that have led this country – haltingly but inexorably – in the direction of fairness, inclusion and equality for all Americans.”

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As North Carolina Doubles Down on Discrimination, Virginia AG Moves Commonwealth Closer to Equality

In an advisory opinion issued yesterday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring affirmed that the commonwealth’s existing non-discrimination protections on the basis of sex are correctly interpreted to include discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. Because the Virginia Human Rights Act incorporates non-discrimination protections found in federal law, Herring explained that Virginia courts will likely defer to federal cases for guidance when dealing with anti-discrimination laws, and noted that “the unmistakable trend in federal courts is towards construing anti-discrimination statutes to prohibit discrimination against LGBT individuals in circumstances.”

The opinion was issued as a result of requests by three state lawmakers seeking clarification on the parameters of sex-based discrimination in the state of Virginia.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Virginia’s neighbor, North Carolina, have just begun a contentious battle over North Carolina’s discriminatory HB 2 law, which, among other shameful provisions, prohibits transgender people from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. Yesterday, DOJ and the state each sued the other and embarked upon a legal battle that could last for years and cost the state of North Carolina billions of dollars. The DOJ’s position that HB 2 violates Title VII and Title IX is consistent with the position various departments of the Obama administration have taken in federal court and in issuing guidance on compliance with these federal laws.

Since taking office in 2013, AG Herring has been a staunch supporter of fairness and equality in his state, and we applaud him for his fair-minded interpretation of the law.

Read the full opinion here.

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Lawyer Accidentally Kills Teen Boyfriend, Receives No Jail Time And Fawning CNN Profile

Lawyer Henry Hendron won’t serve any jail time after supplying his teen boyfriend with the drugs that killed him, but of course, he’s the real victim here.

At least, that’s exactly what you’d be primed to think after reading CNN’s awful, shameful, infuriating story about the fateful night 35-year-old Hendron’s 18-year-old Colombian boyfriend Miguel Jiminez died after mixing GHB with alcohol:

“I woke up and turned him over,” remembers Hendron of that winter’s morning in January last year. “Mouth frozen, blood there, clearly dead.”

In desperation, he performed CPR on his boyfriend until the ambulance arrived — “It must have been four or five minutes I was doing it, it felt like a lifetime.”

“At one point blood starts to trickle out of his mouth, and I’m thinking ‘he must be alive.’ But he’s not. I’ve broken his ribs or something, and moving that blood around.”

When the police arrived, Hendron’s nightmare only worsened.

Yes, Hendron’s nightmare worsened after Jiminez died.

Hendron and Jimenez had been dating for about a year, and Hendron estimates he spent about $1,400 per weekend on various drugs during “PnP” or “chemsex” sessions.

But, you know, it’s OK because he has a very posh upbringing:

Growing up in a well-to-do area of west London, Hendron’s dentist father died when the twins were babies. Today Hendron speaks with the cut-glass English accent of a privileged upbringing.

When Hendron talks of the heartache of Jimenez’s death, and the deeply personal details of his sex life, it is matter-of-factly. In a manner befitting a barrister.

…cut-glass English accent of a privileged upbringing. A manner befitting a barrister. CNN, we have a problem.

This writer has to be an intern, because we just can’t believe that CNN would pay someone to produce a single-sourced puff-piece “story” that makes the man responsible for his boyfriend’s death a noble victim of his privileged upbringing.

By the way, Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of pro-bono work at London’s Central Criminal Court.

So, if you’re paying attention: the victim wasn’t the teenage working-class Colombian man who lost his life, it was the wealthy and privileged Englishman from a “privileged” upbringing who was just utterly destroyed by the entire situation.

And CNN, we’re happy that you’re covering LGBT issues, but you’re going to have to do better than this.

A lot better.

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PHOTOS: This Year’s World Naked Gardening Day Was Absolutely Plantastic

Saturday was World Naked Gardening Day. All across the globe, men dropped trou and showed off their green thumbs because, hey, why the hell not?

Related: PHOTOS: Guys Honor World Naked Gardening Day In Varying Stages Of Undress

World Naked Gardening Day was established in 2005 to promote both gardening and body acceptance.

Related: PHOTOS: Move Over Billy Reilich, Gab The Gardener Is Instagram’s Hottest New Grower

If you missed it, be sure to pencil it into next year’s calendar. World Naked Gardening Day is held on the first Saturday of May.

And in the mean time, scroll down for photos from last weekend’s plantastic event…

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