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A Woman Proposed To Her Girlfriend During Ryan Gosling's Directorial Debut

A Woman Proposed To Her Girlfriend During Ryan Gosling's Directorial Debut
Hey girl, will you marry me?

That’s what one woman asked her girlfriend during the U.S. premiere of Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, “Lost River,” at South By Southwest this weekend.

During the Q&A section of the screening of the polarizing film — which briefly took Gosling away from acting — a woman used the opportunity to ask her girlfriend of 11 years to marry her.

Instead of asking a question about the film, the woman turned to her girlfriend for a spontaneous proposal. “I want the rest of my life to be with you,” she said after Gosling handed her the microphone.

Her girlfriend said yes, and Gosling congratulated them as “Lost River” co-stars Eva Mendes and Saoirse Ronan applauded the two on stage. Gosling clearly inspires a flood of romance, as a man’s “The Notebook” proposal proved earlier this year.

Let’s just hope the couple can convince Gosling to perform his child star dance moves at their wedding. Watch the proposal below.

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Towleroad's Top 10 Must Watch LGBT Videos of the Week

Towleroad's Top 10 Must Watch LGBT Videos of the Week

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Need a refresher on all the informative, uplifting, sexy, and entertaining LGBT videos from this past week?

Look no further as we count down the best of the best, AFTER THE JUMP

10. Michael Sam: I Put My Hand Above Vito’s Butt ‘And The Rest Was History’

NFL free agent and Dancing with the Stars contestant Michael Sam gave a fascinating and forthcoming talk recently at Quinnipiac University about a variety of topics, including his fiancé Vito Cammisano, how the couple met, the criticism he sometimes faces for dating a white guy, and other gay players in the NFL.

 

 

9. Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Cast of ‘Glee’ Play a Raunchy Game of Cards Against Humanity with Ellen

Darren Criss, joined by his new on-screen hubby Chris Colfer and fellow Glee stars Lea Michele, Chord Overstreet, and Jenna Ushkowitz, stopped by Ellen ahead of the show’s finale next week to play a risqué round of Cards Against Humanity. Watch the hilarious game unfold and discover why Ellen’s got 99 problems but “balls” ain’t one in the video below:

 

 

8. RuPaul’s Drag Race Pit Crew Plays Dirty Charades with Oiled Up, Red-Headed New Stud Bryce

Another video featuring a salacious adult game…this time with more ginger and less clothes.

 

 

7. Openly Gay Episcopal Pioneer Rev. Malcolm Boyd’s Final Interview

Rev. Malcolm Boyd, an early leader in the push for a more LGBT inclusive Episcopal Church, died late last month in Los Angeles at the age of 91. In his final interview published before his passing, Boyd discusses his time in Hollywood, his priesthood, and what young people can do to carry the torch of social activism.

 

 

6. Funny or Die News Asks Bystanders “When Did You Choose to Be Gay?”

Now that Dr. Ben Carson has settled the debate over homosexuality with his declaration that being gay is a choice, Funny or Die News decided to hit the streets and ask folks when exactly they chose to switch to the same-sex.

 

5This Fashion Exec Left the Rat Race and Opened the Ideal Boutique in Provincetown

Provincetown’s main drag Commercial Street “is a stage and everybody is on it,” says Josh Patner, the owner and founder of Loveland, his one-of-a-kind boutique in the west end of the gay and lesbian tourist mecca at the tip of Cape Cod. Towleroad spent last summer in ‘Ptown’ and got to know some of the people whose dreams have been brought to life by this unique place, and whose visions are helping make it the most popular destination in the country for LGBT vacationers. Hear Patner’s story in the video below:

 

 

4. Longtime ‘Girls’ Character Comes Out as Gay

A longtime Girls character came out of the closet as gay on last Sunday’s episode, but fans of the show may have already had a clue that this reveal was in the works. Go inside the episode and find out who’s joining the team in the video below:

 

 

3. Gay Fraternal Twins Face-Off Against Gay Identical Twins

YouTube personalities (and gay fraternal broters) the Monastero Twins invited their friend Phil and his friends, the gay identical Mauro twins, to appear in their latest video for a special, friendly competition to see which gay twin set-up reigns supreme.

 

 

2. Dan Savage on Telling Ben Carson to ‘Suck My D–k’: ‘Sometimes You Have to Fight Fire With Fire’

Following Ben Carson’s declaration that being gay is a choice, Dan Savage penned an open letter to the 2016 GOP hopeful inviting the neurosurgeon to “suck my d–k.” Appearing on CNN’s Reliable Sources last Sunday, host Brian Stelter asked Savage why he decided to “lower” himself to Carson’s “equally vile” level.

Savage’s spot-on response:

Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire….[Carson has] compared gay people to child rapists, to people who have sex with animals, necrophilia…He really says the vilest and most disgusting things about gay people. And sometimes to get the attention of someone like that, to really make it clear to them how low and disgusting they’re being, how vile they’re being, you have to meet them on the field where they’re doing battle and take them on.

 

 

1. ‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Comes Out to Ellen: ‘There’s Never Been a Closet’ 

After weeks of declining to comment on the subject matter, 31-year-old Empire actor Jussie Smollett publicly addressed his sexuality in a backstage interview with Ellen DeGeneres this past week.

Said Smollett:

It was really important to me to make sure that it got across that there is no closet. There’s never been a closet that I’ve been in. I don’t own a closet, I got a dresser, but I don’t have a closet. But I have a home and that is my responsibility to protect that home. So that’s why I choose not to talk bout my personal life. But there is without a doubt, no closet that I’ve ever been in, and I just wanted to make that clear, but it was most important for me to make that clear to you on your show at this time in the world. And that’s where I’m at…

 

 

Bonus video: Aaron Schock Shakes Off CNN Reporter Asking Him to Explain His ‘Lavish Lifestyle’

Posted without comment

 


Kyler Geoffroy

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Elton John blasts Dolce and Gabbana: ‘How dare you call my children synthetic’

Elton John blasts Dolce and Gabbana: ‘How dare you call my children synthetic’

The UK singer is furious with the Italian designer duo for their comments about same-sex families, and posts scathing rant on Instagram calling for people to boycott their clothes

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Queen Latifah Belts It Out As Bisexual Blues Singer Bessie Smith

Queen Latifah Belts It Out As Bisexual Blues Singer Bessie Smith

Screen Shot 2015-03-14 at 9.45.53 AMQueen Latifah is serving some serious “when you’re good to Mama” realness in her upcoming film bio of legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. The out entertainer, who received an Academy Award nod for best supporting actress for her work as the lady-loving Mama Morton in the 202 musical Chicago, will headline Bessie, an HBO biopic about the hard-living Smith for out director Dee Rees. For the unfamiliar, Smith was the most successful black vocalist of her era. Despite being married twice, Smith was well-known for her same sex love affairs and even sang a song with explicit lesbian content such called “It’s Dirty But Good.” She died at age 43 in 1937. The drama also star’s Oscar-winner Mo’Nique as Ma Rainey, who is rumored to have been the woman who first introduced Smith to lesbian sex.

The film will premiere on HBO May 16. Watch bisexual Bessie belt below.

Jeremy Kinser

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Jimmy Kimmel Gets Bystanders to Rant and Rave About Fake Obama-Related Current Events: VIDEO

Jimmy Kimmel Gets Bystanders to Rant and Rave About Fake Obama-Related Current Events: VIDEO

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In a special President Obama edition of Lie Witness News, the Jimmy Kimmel Live crew ventured out onto Hollywood Blvd this past week to ask bystanders their thoughts on an assortment of made-up, Obama related current events.

Here what people have to say about Joe Biden’s “Yo Mama” joke to Vladimir Putin, Obama’s decision to not circumcise his newborn son, and more AFTER THE JUMP

 


Kyler Geoffroy

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Becoming Unbreakable: How Mobility and Good Mechanics Can Change Your Daily Life For the Better

Becoming Unbreakable: How Mobility and Good Mechanics Can Change Your Daily Life For the Better

unnamedFor the past couple years, I’ve been starting my workout sessions with a quick joint and muscular mobility routine. Mobility has the power to not only prevent injury, but also to heal, revitalize and shuttle nutrients to your joints and muscles.

Introducing a quick mobility routine might very well be one of the best things you can do for your body. Almost immediately you will find that many existing aches and pains disappear. Some even think that mobility exercises can reverse damage incurred over time from trauma and injuries, over-activity, and the simple wear-and-tear of everyday life.

Here are a couple tools that are great and easy to use to improve your mobility:

Lacrosse Ball
Glute smash: Using a rubber lacrosse ball, which you can pick up at your local fitness store, position the ball under one of your glutes and sit down on it, rolling around for two minutes with as much weight on the ball as you can handle. Then switch to the other glute and repeat.

Scapula smash: Your scapula, or shoulder blades, hold a lot of tension. How many times have you massaged a friend and felt some serious ‘knottage’ in the scapula region? Take the ball and wedge it between your scapula and your spine and lay down on it. It should hurt. Lift your hips in the air with your feet flat on the ground, and move around on the ball with as much pressure as you can handle for two minutes. Switch to the other side and repeat.

Foam Roller
Another great tool that you can pick up at your local fitness store, foam rollers have become a popular and important tool to release muscle tightness and improve mobility.

You can literally foam roll almost anything:

Back: Keep your butt firmly on the floor, and arch your back over the roller as you roll out your lower back for two minutes.

Lats: Lay sideways with the roller in your armpit. Roll from your armpit down to halfway down your side, or to the bottom of your lat for two minutes. Switch.

Quads and hamstrings: Lay on the roller and roll out your quads and hamstrings for two minutes.
IT band: Commonly, knee pain is associated with tight hamstrings and tight iliotibial (IT) bands. After stretching your hamstrings, lay sideways on the roller and roll slowly with as much pressure as you can handle from your hip down to just above your knee for two minutes, then switch sides.

Neck: Lay down, using the roller as a pillow. Resting your neck on the roller, apply pressure downward on the roller, tucking your chin to your chest, and then look up to the ceiling slowly. Repeat for two minutes.

Group-Shot1-360x2211Now that you’ve done a few quick mobility tricks, let’s talk about some basic mechanics you should pay attention to. In the gym, flawed mechanics affect our performance, hands down. What injury? Let’s add 40 pounds to my deadlift! The majority of us are not worried about getting injured. Generally, we feel pretty good minus the stiffness, aching, soreness, and general yelping when touched. We have six-packs for god’s sake, of course we can continue to lift heavy things, rounded back be damned. Well actually, we can’t.

I’ll leave you with a few scratch-the-surface beginners’ basics everyone should know before you touch a weight. Besides, what the point of all that great mobility if you’re just gonna go grab a heavy weight and hurt yourself?

Set up well before you touch a weight. Get your back organized before you even look at the barbell.
Squeeze your butt to eliminate an arched back. Squeeze your butt before you do anything in life. Ever. This applies to: bench, press (shoulder or bench), squat, deadlift, bicep curls. Seriously. Everything. Do it.
Before you lift, screw your feet into the ground externally without splaying them out like a duck.
Push your knees out whenever you bend your legs. This applies to: squat, deadlift, push press, and everything else that requires you to bend your knees.
Shoulders back and down. Like, now. Don’t pretend you’re not slouched while reading this.

Put these tips to practice, and you should notice immediate, noticeable improvements in your life.

The Phoenix Effecta metabolic bootcamp that gets you in shape fast, is offered exclusively at Mansion Fitness, 7914 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood.

Jeremy Kinser

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California Sen. Seeks Bar Review for Lawyer with ‘Kill the Gays’ Proposition

California Sen. Seeks Bar Review for Lawyer with ‘Kill the Gays’ Proposition

Out State Sen. Ricardo Lara believes that Matthew McLaughlin’s ballot initiative calling for gay people to be shot to death violates the state’s code of conduct for attorneys.

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Sunnivie Brydum

www.advocate.com/politics/2015/03/15/california-sen-seeks-bar-review-lawyer-kill-gays-proposition

Murray Swanby And Topher DiMaggio Are Glitter-Covered Trophy Boys

Murray Swanby And Topher DiMaggio Are Glitter-Covered Trophy Boys

glitter_6_For some men, glitter is like a drug. The sparkle gets them feeling dancy and sexy. Andrew Christian’s models are no exception, and the Andrew Christian “Glitter” campaign is a potent dose. But if the video left you itching for more, you can get your fix off this behind the scenes look at the shoot.

Andrew Christian’s models always seem to be glistening, but when that glisten comes from piles of sparkly glitter, they look like Trophy Boys more than ever. AC heartthrobs such as Pablo Hernandez and Cory Zwierzynski get glittered up for the shoot. Murray Swanby and Topher DiMaggio are also on set with their clothes off. And no Andrew Christian video is complete without the designer himself watching over all the sexy shenanigans.

Across the board, nothing is worn but pairs from the Trophy Boy Collection and body glitter. And with bodies like theirs, do they really need to wear anything else? We don’t think so.

You can see more behind the scenes pics from the Andrew Christian “Glitter” video on The Underwear Expert.

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Photo Credit: Andrew Christian

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