At What Point Does A Person Stop Being “Bi-curious” And Just Become Bisexual?

There’s been a lot of talk about bisexuality, bicuriousity and hereoflexibility this week. First, a wife wrote to advice columnist Coleen Nolan about her husband who she claims got drunk and hooked up with not one but two separate guys on a boys’ trip.

Related: Curious Straight Guy Absolutely Cannot Stop Fantasizing About Experimenting With Another Dude

“He confessed that he’d got drunk and slept with another man, blaming the fact that he was ‘so out of it,’” she said, adding that he described the encounters as “just a bunch of stuff that happened.”

Then, Australian TV personality Osher Günsberg, a.k.a. Andrew G., gave a radio interview in which he talked about hooking up with guys in his 20s.

Related: “Straight” Guys Are Having More Bisexual Sex Than Ever Before, Study Finds

The 42-year-old, who is happily engaged to a woman, compared taking a dip in the man pond to going to an amusement park, saying, “You’ve got to go on all the rides at Dreamworld before you find the one you want to stay on all day.”

Günsberg also admitted to “pashing” at least “a bloke or two” in his younger years.

Related: What Exactly Is The Protocol After Hooking Up With A Straight Guy?

While all this is very fun and incredibly interesting, it raises a legitimate question: How many times can someone who identifies as “straight” or “bi-curious” have gay sex before they’re officially just “bisexual”? Do labels even matter anymore?

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Meet Dallas Coulter, The Fashion Designer Every Drag Queen Is Dying To Work With

Dallas Coulter & Adore Delano

When it comes to drag queen fashion, no designer is more in demand that San Francisco’s Dallas Coulter. From Bianca Del Rio and Kim Chi to Michelle Visage and Peaches Christ, Dallas has become the go-to-gal for many of the world’s most well-known queens (yes – Michelle Visage is a queen, too, honey).

As swamped with new design projects as she is, Dallas took the time to talk with Queerty writer Tim Winfred about her love of fashion and how she became the designer every drag queen is dying to work with.

1. What sparked your interest in fashion?

Dallas Coulter & Kim Chi

It goes back to before I can even remember. My grandmother says that when I was little I would ask her to get out the sewing machine instead of the toys. As a club kid in my teen years, there was nowhere to find fun clothes (I’m old, we didn’t have the internet), so I learned to make my own. My love of Thierry Mugler was what inspired me to make it my career.

2. Who was the first drag queen you designed an outfit for?

The first queen I ever designed for was Heather Skye. I was terrified of her but asked if I could make her a gown anyway. It was purple sequined and she performed Annie Lennox’s “No More ‘I Love You’s’” in it. She was and will always be one of my biggest inspirations. Second to that was Pandora Boxx. We lived together for awhile so we’d work on costumes together for her and her dancers.

3. What drag outfits have been your favorite to design?

I have so many I love that it’s hard to narrow it down to a few. One of my favorite people to work with is Raja. She had this jacket in mind and a tapestry that had been hanging on the wall in her apartment. I put my own spin on it and this is what came out:

Raja

Willam is another one of my favorite people to collaborate with. She’s really a genius when it comes to style so we tend to make some pretty amazing things together. One of those was a chola gown for her music video Es Una Pasiva:

Willam (Es Una Pasiva)

Every few months I do some of the costumes for Peaches Christ‘s theater shows here in San Francisco. There are a few from those projects that stand out in my mind, such as Bianca Del Rio as Baby Jane, Jinkx Monsoon as Sarah Sanderson in Hocus Pocus, and Sharon Needles, Alaska Thunderfuck, Honey Mahogany, and Peaches Christ in The Craft:

Bianca Del Rio (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?)

Jinkx Monsoon, Peaches Christ, BenDeLaCreme (Hocus Pocus)

Sharon Needles, Peaches Christ, Alaska Thunderfuck, Honey Mahogany (The Craft)

4. What has been the biggest lesson you’ve learned working as a drag queen fashion designer?

There are so many aspects to working for drag queens that don’t apply to “regular” fashion design. I’m working for men in dresses. There’s an art to making the male form look feminine. No dress form will work for this and there’s a LOT of math involved. Another big thing is knowing each and every client’s body including their tricks to get it that way. For example, if a queen wears padding, chances are you need to cover pantyhose lines. Every queen is married to a certain bra and you need to make sure the shape of that is covered. You also need to know how they perform. If a queen is known to do death drops but asks for a gown…chances are she’s gonna do one in that gown at some point so I need to prepare any garment I make for what that queen might do in it.

Longevity is also a major factor. I have to make sure everything I make can withstand being shoved in a suitcase, snagged on the edge of a stage, etc. I could go on and on with this one.

5. What advice would you give to young designers?

Don’t limit yourself. Learn as much as you can at every opportunity. Take on every job as a challenge to try something new. We are all still learning, no matter how experienced we are. Communication is the most important thing to focus on in the business aspect of it. If you aren’t sure you can hit a deadline… do not agree to it. You can be the most amazing designer on the planet but if you let your customers down, you not only completely ruin your client’s plans but also make yourself look unprofessional.

Check out some of our favorite outfits created by Dallas Coulter Designs below, and be sure to follow Dallas on Instagram to see what other gorgeous designs she brings to life.

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6 Reasons For Donald Trump’s Insane Man-Crush On Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump clearly loves Vladimir Putin. The list of times that Trump has sucked up to Putin is long and growing by the day. Putin has returned the favor, throwing the weight of the Russian media behind Trump.

In this case, it’s not a case of opposites attracting, but of the same: authoritarian bullies who are building their personal empires.

Here are six specific reasons why the pair were a match made in–well, you figure it out:

Why ask when you can just grab?

Trump has a well-earned reputation for stiffing people who work for him.  In fact, it’s one of his few unchangeable characteristics. Putin, of course, just takes what he wants, too.  Putin is even better at it than Trump; he may be one of the wealthiest men in the world.

NATO is for losers

Trump would happily withdraw from NATO unless the participating countries are willing to pay financial tribute. It’s a sharp departure from what most of the West views as a critical tool to check Russia’s expansionist impulses. Putin would love to see NATO disappear so he can go about annexing (by force if necessary) all the small republics that were once part of the USSR.

There are no good neighbors

Trump hates Mexico for sending all of those people to the U.S. Build a wall, make Mexico pay for it–Trump wants to humiliate our southern neighbor. Putin wants to crush his neighbors as well: Crimea, the Ukraine. He may end up giving Donald some unwelcome ideas.

Gays make for good political props

For Trump, we’re the victims of terrorism in Orlando, so we should side with the strong man who will protect us. The message is so far right that even Ted Cruz uses it. For Putin, we’re destroying Russian society, even though he has claims to have no problem with us on a personal level. Bashing gays is a handy political line to feed to the Orthodox Church, which Putin leans on for support.

Vanity unites!

Putin likes to parade around with his shirt off, although if anyone had reason for covering himself in a button down, it’s Vladimir. Apparently, Putin thinks he’s some kind of Adonis of the steppes. As for Trump–just looking at the hair tells you everything you need to know.

Charter members of the Elton John fan club

Both Trump and Putin are big fans of Elton John. There’s no accounting for taste.

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PHOTOS: Russian Fight Club

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