Where I Was When I Heard About Orlando

Filmmaker Alexander Stamm drew thoughtful, candid responses about the tragedy from men and women walking the streets of West Hollywood.

www.advocate.com/pride/2016/6/22/where-i-was-when-i-heard-about-orlando

PHOTOS: Radiant Go-Go Boys Glow-And-Go In NYC For Your Viewing Pleasure

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What Happens When Gays And Lesbians Swap Dating Apps?

It turns out, there are some pretty stark differences in how gay guys and lesbians interact with potential dating partners on apps! Who knew?

First of all, “potential dating partners” on Grindr pretty much means “opportunities for sex right now,” whereas on lesbian-focused dating app Her, lesbians seem to talk and talk and talk for so long they never meet up.

Buzzfeed Yellow thought it would be a funny idea for gays and lesbians to swap apps and see what happens. Spoiler alert: the cute Asian lesbian got an actual date, the gay guy on Grindr…didn’t.

Watch below, and promise yourself to talk to at least one person in real life for every 100 box people you engage in endless conversation with on the app. For the gays in Havana, meeting up IRL seems to be working out just fine.

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Corey Johnson Destroys ‘Gays for Trump’ Chris Barron in CNN Debate: WATCH

Corey Johnson has a lot of questions for Chris Barron, founder of the gay conservative group GOProud, who this week launched a “gays for Trump” campaign and once, as Johnson points out, called Trump a “sociopath” on Twitter.

Said Johnson:

“I think it’s funny that just because [Trump said] the four letters LGBT that [he is] somehow the champion of the LGBT community. He met today in New York with a thousand evangelical leaders – a who’s who of the gay right – people who have made a professional career of demonizing and denigrating gay people. Donald Trump is against marriage equality, Donald Trump says he wants to remake the Supreme court and make it even more conservative. Donald Trump has never been there for the gay community – he is a megalomaniacal, arrogant crazy person.”

RELATED: Donald Trump’s ‘Evangelical Executive Advisory Board’ is a ‘Who’s Who’ of Anti-Gay Figures

When Johnson brought up the fact that Barron once called Trump a “sociopath,” Barron argued that Donald Trump has a business record of protecting people on LGBT rights while Clinton evolved to the issues when it was politically expedient.

“Hillary Clinton is a bigger sociopath than Donald Trump will ever be.”

Don Lemon tried to offer a few questions to Barron to make sense of his nonsensical views, but ultimately Barron left the debate with this:

“I know the left wants to scare gay people into not even thinking about voting for Donald Trump…If you want people to have equal rights and dignity, then talk about combating radical Islam.”

Watch:

Here’s the link to the clip of me on @CNN w/ @donlemon debating Chris Barron on Trump & LGBT people! @dominiclowell t.co/7jBSXdOOwQ

— Corey Johnson (@CoreyinNYC) June 22, 2016

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A Straight Woman Feels the Embrace of Our Community

While cycling 545 miles across California to raise money for HIV services, Susan Freed felt the joy of shared experience.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/22/straight-woman-feels-embrace-our-community

PHOTOS: Posters for Pulse

www.advocate.com/photography/2016/6/22/photos-posters-pulse

The Couple Who Altered the Course of LGBT Rights

In this exclusive excerpt from Love Wins, the new book by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell, we learn about the day Obergefell and his husband, John Arthur, met the man who would change their lives — and ours.

www.advocate.com/books/2016/6/22/couple-who-altered-course-lgbt-rights