Nickelodeon’s Michael D. Cohen Says He ‘Never Lived Secretly’
On the LGBTQ&A podcast, the Henry Danger discusses disclosing his identity to the public.
www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/23/nickelodeons-michael-d-cohen-increasing-trans-male-visibility
Ricky Martin marches with pride flag against embattled Puerto Rican governor
Out pop star Ricky Martin has taken to the streets of his native Puerto Rico to protest against governor Ricardo Rosselló.
Though Rosselló has said he will not seek reelection following a leak of more than 900 pages of text messages in which he used homophobic slurs and expressed many other sentiments insulting to Puerto Ricans, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of San Juan on July 22 to show their opposition.
Ricky Martin joined with thousands of other Puerto Ricans to demand Rosselló’s immediate resignation. Images of Martin waving a Pride Flag amid the crowds went viral on Twitter, as did Martin’s own tweets regarding Rosselló.
Qué orgulloso me siento de ser puertorriqueño. Qué fuerza sentí de parte de mi gente. Seguimos en la lucha hasta que @ricardorossello no gobierne mas. #resistencia ?: @worldjunkies , @usamahamid pic.twitter.com/xZLAtL2snV
— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) July 23, 2019
“How proud I am to be Puerto Rican. What strength I felt from my people. We continue in the fight until @ricardorossello Don’t rule anymore,” Martin wrote in one tweet.
Related: Ricky Martin hits the street to join protests against Puerto Rico’s homophobic governor
“They mocked our dead, they mocked women, they mocked the LGBT community, they made fun of people with physical and mental disabilities, they made fun of obesity. It’s enough. This cannot be,” Martin said.
The “Telegramgate” scandal has ensnared the highest levels of the Rosselló government. Rosselló’s former finance minister referred to Ricky Martin personally in one message, writing “Ricky Martin is such a male chauvinist that he fucks men because women don’t measure up. Pure patriarchy.”
Rosselló himself also referred to a number of fellow politicians and journalists as “c*cksuckers.”
LGBTQ Rights Activist Targeted by ‘Saw’-Inspired ‘Gay Hunting’ Website Found Murdered in Russia
Yelena Grigoryeva, a Russian LGBTQ activist who had been targeted on a ‘gay hunting’ website inspired by the horror film Saw, was murdered in St. Petersburg over the weekend. Grigoryeva’s body was found in bushes near her home.
The Moscow Times reports: ‘The activist had regularly received death threats and reported them to the police, who did nothing to protect her before she was murdered, fellow activist Dinar Idrisov wrote on Facebook on Monday. “A reminder: Yelena was listed on the homophobic ‘Saw’ website which has long threatened LGBT activists across the country,” photojournalist Georgy Markov wrote. Grigoriyeva had been stabbed at least eight times, the St. Petersburg Fontanka.ru news website reported.’
The BBC adds: “Police have not confirmed the reports of death threats and it is not clear if the attack was linked to her activism. A suspect has been detained in connection with her murder, according to Fontanka. Along with campaigning for LGBT rights, Ms Grigoryeva also demonstrated against Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, the ill treatment of prisoners and a number of other human rights causes.”
The NY Daily News reported on the Saw-inspired site, which was shut down last week: ‘Inspired by, and named after, the “Saw’ horror movie franchise, the website directed people to track down and assault people who were believed to be LGBTQ. When it started operating around April, 2018, “Saw” welcomed “gay hunters” in a “game” called “Chechnya’s Comeback.” It asked participants to find their targets, and publish their personal information online. According to GayStarNews.com, the site charged 200 rubles ($3) to go through its database. If someone found their name on the website, they had to pay 1,500 rubles ($23) to be removed. The “game” offered legal protection to “users,” and warned them that they could do anything, except kill the targets.’
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LGBTQ Rights Activist Targeted by ‘Saw’-Inspired ‘Gay Hunting’ Website Found Murdered in Russia
It Was Meant To Be
Brandy Madison posted a photo:
Dress – Eveline In The Box
Heels – Legendaire
Clutch – Izzie’s
Jewelry – Dressed by Lexi
Belly Piercing – SuXue
Hair – Diva!
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Gay Diplomat Nominated as Ambassador to Conservative Lithuania
Trump nominee Robert Gilchrist previously praised his former bosses, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/23/gay-diplomat-nominated-ambassador-conservative-lithuania
Fetish play is serious business at Up Your Alley, this weekend in San Francisco
Calling all leather daddies, puppies, furries, and other fetish aficionados: the Up Your Alley street fair is this weekend in San Francisco
Odell Beckham Jr. ‘Wasn’t Offended’ Over Speculation That He’s Gay: ‘Love Is Love’
In December 2015, then New York Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. got into a series of on-field altercations with Carolina Panthers cornerback Jason Norman culminating in a helmet to helmet clash that would land Beckham with a one-game suspension. According to Beckham and the Giants, the conflict between Beckham and Norman was instigated by Norman who physically threatened Beckham Jr. with a baseball bat and shouted homophobic gay slurs at him before the game began.
After that altercation, speculation exploded about Beckham on mostly black gossip sites.
In a new interview, GQ asked Beckham, who is now a receiver for the Cleveland Browns, how it felt for him to constantly be called closeted or ‘excited’ when seen in a hot tub photo with teammates.
Said Beckham: “I’ve never had an opportunity to talk about this. Honestly wasn’t offended. I’ve never once had no problem with anybody who has their own personal life that they live. I have friends who are gay. It was almost more funny to me. I almost messed with them even more. It’s like when someone gives me an ultimatum, I’m usually always going to go to the opposite way of what you want me to go. So when they would say that, I would almost mess with them even more. I have no problem with anyone’s sexual orientation.”
.@obj is GQ’s August cover star. Read the story by @Mark_A_Green and see all the photos by Paola Kudacki: t.co/cR6XPNpCwX
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) July 22, 2019
Added GQ: “I feel like posts like that only contribute to homophobia in the black community. The idea that someone must be gay—or that being gay is in any way shameful—because they’re dancing or have blond hair seems so small-minded.”
Replied Beckham: “Or because they’re ‘close with other men.’ Even like little videos where they see me leaned back or something, they’ll say that I’m looking at a guy’s ass. And I’m like, ‘Bro! You don’t even know where my mind is at.’ It was just a lose-lose. They’d see me with a white woman and be like, ‘Why don’t you be with any sisters?’ I have no problem with any race. Love is love. If you’re attracted to somebody, you’re attracted to somebody. There was such a stigma built up, [as though] I don’t like my own women. It’s like, no, I don’t like anybody who annoys me. [laughs]”
Read the full interview HERE.
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Odell Beckham Jr. ‘Wasn’t Offended’ Over Speculation That He’s Gay: ‘Love Is Love’
My Vulnerability Could be My Strength
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to find my childhood mentor, Dr Dominic Brewer. As a young boy he provided me a view of masculinity that was both tender, and caring. He told me that my vulnerability could be my strength . Because of him, I have maintained relationships in Queer community throughout my life. It is my community . You are my sibs, across the gender spectrum,
www.noh8campaign.com/article/my-vulnerability-could-be-my-strength
The Stunning Tales of South Africa Are Even Sexier In Person
Traveling through South Africa in the shadow of Black Panther — and Nelson Mandela — is totally worth it.
www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/23/stunning-tales-south-africa-are-even-sexier-person
Gay Adult Performers Michael DelRay and Dante Colle Strip Down and Make Out for Homophobic Street Preachers: WATCH
Gay adult film performers Michael DelRay and Dante Colle ran into a group of homophobic street preachers on the Santa Monica pier. Colle tweeted that they asked the religious extremists how to be forgiven for their sins. When they were told “there’s no helping you guys,” they decided they “might as well enjoy it then.”
So @michael_delray and I asked these Anti Gay preachers how to be forgiven for our sins.
“Theres no helping you guys” he says…
Well. Might as well enjoy it then @Str8UpGayPorn pic.twitter.com/6tjpdRJmWw— Dante Colle (@Dante_Colle) July 22, 2019
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