Classic Rock Icon Andy Fraser Dies
The cowriter of the rock anthem ‘All Right Now,’ who came out to The Advocate in 2005, has passed away.
Gina Vivinetto
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/03/18/classic-rock-icon-andy-fraser-dies
UK man's genitals bitten in anti-gay attack
UK man's genitals bitten in anti-gay attack
Victim was attacked in the street and people walked past and did nothing
joem
www.gaystarnews.com/article/uk-mans-genitals-bitten-anti-gay-attack180315
HRC Calls for Better LGBT Data Collection
HRC Calls for Better LGBT Data Collection
HRC has signed on to a statement calling for better statistical tracking of data and indicators of gender by governments.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/hrc-calls-for-better-lgbt-data-collection?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Penis Or Jacket? The World Debates.
Penis Or Jacket? The World Debates.
Just when we’d finally settled that whole debate over #thedress (it’s blue and black), a new controversy has been sparked. This time it involves an Australian news anchor by the name of Natarsha Belling, who set off an international social media superstorm when she sported this green jacket on TV last weekend.
Many claim the jacket’s neckline resembles a giant penis. While others say it absolutely does not.
Belling has yet to comment on the internet frenzy.
What do you think? Is it a penis or a jacket? Vote in the poll below.
Graham Gremore
feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/tBsSWMjoFGw/penis-or-jacket-the-world-debates-20150318
Madonna, Justin Bieber and Ellen Play 'Never Have I Ever' – VIDEO
Madonna, Justin Bieber and Ellen Play 'Never Have I Ever' – VIDEO
The week long Madonna-thon on Ellen continues. Yesterday, the Queen of Pop played a rousing round of “Never Have I Ever” with the talk show host and special guest Justin Bieber who was brought in just for the occasion. But before they got down to business, the trio made sure to talk about dating and age. Ellen noted that Madonna on Monday said the youngest guy she has dated within the last 6 years was 22. Bieber just recently turned 21. Said Madonna when shown a picture of Justin posing shirtless, “that looks 22.”
Watch sparks fly between the pop performers and find out what (if anything) they haven’t done, AFTER THE JUMP…
Sean Mandell
www.towleroad.com/2015/03/madonna-justin-bieber-and-ellen-play-never-have-i-ever-video.html
Alyonka talks sexual preferences. LGBT
Alyonka talks sexual preferences. LGBT
Twitter @philochko.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9y_y6NSPYQ&feature=youtube_gdata
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James Franco Explains Why He Likes It When People Think He's Gay
James Franco Explains Why He Likes It When People Think He's Gay
James Franco gets candid about his sexuality and seemingly gay persona in the latest issue of FourTwoNine magazine, in which he interviews himself as “Straight James Franco” talking to “Gay James Franco.”
The 36-year-old actor has been the subject of gay rumors since he was in high school. Now as celebrity, his public image has become entwined with his ambiguous sexuality, bolstered by his taking on homoerotic roles and directing gay-centric films. Even Zachary Quinto, who plays opposite Franco in “I Am Michael,” a film about former gay activist Michael Glatze, has been been coy about Franco’s dalliances.
In FourTwoNine, Gay James Franco and Straight James Franco discuss the many facets of Franco himself.
He admits he is gay … in his art.
“I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straight in my life. Although, I’m also gay in my life up to the point of intercourse, and then you could say I’m straight. So I guess it depends on how you define gay. If it means whom you have sex with, I guess I’m straight. In the twenties and thirties, they used to define homosexuality by how you acted and not by whom you slept with. Sailors would fuck guys all the time, but as long as they behaved in masculine ways, they weren’t considered gay.”
Blurred lines don’t scare him.
“I guess I mean that I like my queer public persona. I like that it’s so hard to define me and that people always have to guess about me. They don’t know what the hell is up with me, and that’s great. Not that I do what I do to confuse people, but as long as they are confused, I get time to play.”
Having gay sex might not stop him from “exoticizing” gay lifestyles.
“Maybe sex with a guy would change things, but I doubt it. Like I said, I’m gay in my art. Or, I should say, queer in my art. And I’m not this way for political reasons, although sometimes it becomes political, like when I voted for same-sex marriage, etc. But what it’s really about is making queer art that destabilizes engrained ways of being, art that challenges hegemonic thinking.”
But he doesn’t mind people already thinking he has gay sex.
“Because it means that I can be a figure for change. I am a figure who can show the straight community that many of their definitions are outdated and boring. And I can also show the gay community that many of the things about themselves that they are giving up to join the straight community are actually valuable and beautiful.”
Head over to Dot429.com to read Franco’s full interview.
DAMON BAKER/FOURTWONINE
Alabama businesses pledge support for LGBT diversity and inclusion
Alabama businesses pledge support for LGBT diversity and inclusion
The Human Rights Campaign’s ‘Equality is Out Business’ program was launched in the state this week
davidh
www.gaystarnews.com/article/alabama-businesses-pledge-support-lgbt-diversity-and-inclusion180315
Infographic Reveals How Often We Lie On Hookup Apps (A Lot)
Infographic Reveals How Often We Lie On Hookup Apps (A Lot)
A new infographic from the folks at GrabHim.net analyzes the lies us gays tell on hookup apps — from penis size to physical appearance — as well as our various mating habits.
Nearly 4,000 gay men, aged 18-65, responded to a survey we first told you about back in February. Of those, 83% admitted to sending dick pics — a statistic GrabHim seems “shocked” by. Meanwhile, taking a look-see at my inbox, I’m shocked how loosely 17% of people define “dick pic.”
The survey also revealed bias against HIV-positive men, with 57% of respondents indicating that they were “unlikely” or “highly unlikely” to initiate contact with a poz man. Perhaps due to this stigma, 10% of HIV-positive men don’t disclose their status until specifically asked, though 43% tend to state it in their profile.
30% of men don’t need a face pic to hook up, while 31% don’t need the truth — that’s the amount of men who admit to lying about their physical appearance. That would make the number of unsuccessful hookups understandable — 45% of guys who end up physically meeting don’t actually get down to sexy business.
Finally, proving that there is life after love — or at the very least, lust — 71% of users reported developing some sort of “sexual relationship” from a hookup app. GrabHim was also shocked by this statistic, considering all the “bail-outs” and lying. Ah, modern romance.
Check out the full infographic below:
h/t: Joe. My. God.
Les Fabian Brathwaite, grinding for your love.
Les Fabian Brathwaite
