How Meryl Streep's Trans Music Teacher Opened Her Eyes to LGBT Acceptance

The Florence Foster Jenkins star discussed the impact of LGBT music teachers in her childhood as well as Hollywood’s ongoing glass closet.

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/8/05/how-meryl-streeps-trans-music-teacher-opened-her-eyes-lgbt-acceptance

Does This Video Show Britney Spears Realizing Ryan Seacrest Isn’t Gay? – WATCH

A video from 2013 has resurfaced online showing a Spears appearing shocked at the suggestion that Ryan Seacrest is straight.

Seacrest has long been a punchline of gay jokes, perhaps most famously lobbed by comedienne Kathy Griffin. Over the years, Seacrest has even been known to make a few jokes himself about the media speculation regarding his sexuality.

In the newly re-discovered video, Seacrest, Spears and Will.I.Am discuss Spears’ then latest album Britney Jean. At one point in the interview, Seacrest and Will.I.Am talk about picking out perfume for their girlfriends. Then, Spears appears to look shocked and ask in a sotto voce aside directed at Will.I.Am, “Girl?” As if to say, “Ryan Seacrest has a ‘girl’? A girlfriend? Ryan Seacrest likes girls?” Or at least that’s how the video is being interpreted on social media. 

Watch and decide for yourself, below.

that time when britney realized ryan seacrest wasn’t gay pic.twitter.com/uxEezW19RG

— renan (@renanwho) August 5, 2016

[h/t BuzzFeed]

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Ugandan Activists 'Stand Prouder' After Police Raid LGBT Pride

Before police began a violent raid, guests at a Uganda Pride celebration said the environment at the pageant was “beautiful and electric.”

www.advocate.com/world/2016/8/05/ugandan-activists-stand-prouder-after-police-raid-lgbt-pride

Gaycation's Ellen Page and Ian Daniel Pay Emotional Visit to Orlando (Video)

www.advocate.com/video/2016/8/05/gaycations-ellen-page-and-ian-daniel-pay-emotional-visit-orlando-video

Lily Tomlin Proves Out Actors Can Have a Lifetime of Achievement

The Grace & Frankie star continues to break barriers by becoming the first out actor to receive SAG’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/8/05/lily-tomlin-proves-out-actors-can-have-lifetime-achievement

Justin Bieber Naked, Frank Ocean, Large Hadron Collider, Bohemian Rhapsody, Gay Swimsuit: HOT LINKS

PRETTY PIECE OF FLESH. Not to be outdone by former nemesis Orlando Bloom, nude photos of Justin Bieber leak onto the internet (again).

NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY. Celebrate with 50 Cent.

VIDEO OF THE DAY. Hillary Clinton faces 40 years of sexist questions.

PRESSER. Hillary Clinton takes questions from the press and–again–addresses questions about voters not thinking she’s trustworthy (cf. above video).

MUSIC. Where is Frank Ocean’s new album Boys Don’t Cry?!?!

OP ED. Bernie Sanders tells his supporters–again–to vote for Hillary: “I understand that many of my supporters are disappointed by the final results of the nominating process, but being despondent and inactive is not going to improve anything. Going forward and continuing the struggle is what matters. And, in that struggle, the most immediate task we face is to defeat Donald Trump.”

BAD LLAMA. Who wishes they had an alpaca as a pet?

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER. Looks like a new particle that was reportedly found isn’t for real: “At a Chicago physics conference Friday, Tiziano Camporesi, a CERN chief scientific spokesman, said more data show that what they saw was nothing, just a random statistical fluctuation.”

FBF. Panic! at the Disco covers “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

FRIDAY FLESH. Brought to you by out Olympic swimmer Amini Fonua and his gay swimsuit. 

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Uganda Pride Parade Cancelled After Government Minister Threatens Violence

A pride parade celebration scheduled to take place this weekend in Uganda has been cancelled after a government minister threatened to organize a mob to beat up anyone who participated in the parade.

This comes just a day after police raided a pre-pride event and arrested several leading activists in the Ugandan LGBT community.

BuzzFeed reports: 

Saturday’s parade was scheduled to be held in a private space in Munyonyo, outside of Kampala, the country’s capital. But police raided the Mr. and Miss Pride pageant on Thursday night at the Venom nightclub and detained several of Uganda’s most visible LGBT activists for several hours.

On Friday, lawyer Nick Opiyo of Chapter 4 Uganda met with Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo to discuss the raid. Following the meeting, Opiyo told BuzzFeed News that Lokodo had threatened to bring opposition to the event to the streets, so organizers decided it should be canceled.

Opiyo added,

“We decided to suspend it because of the risks to personal safety. The minister threatened to mobilize a mob and a large police group to beat up anyone who shows up for pride tomorrow. We will engage the government next week with a view of holding the pride parade at another date soon.”

The actions of the Ugandan government are reportedly in violation of agreements it has made with both the US and the UK, which state that Uganda must allow pride parades to take place without government intervention.

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