LGBTQ news and entertainment
Get ready for “Hunktoberfest” as the Chippendales transform their Las Vegas home at Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino into a sexy and spooky playground for these Halloween hunks to host a special costume contest on Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, in honor of one of the biggest themed-holiday weekends of the year. Continue reading “Hunktoberfest: No Tricks, All Treats At Chippendales This Halloween”
Billy Porter has survived a lot. But, also, the man has lived. “At 52 years old, I am getting to the deepest parts of my truth,” Billy Porter tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue. “I’m having a rebirth — on my own terms.” Continue reading “Billy Porter Tells PEOPLE: ‘I’m Having A Rebirth – On My Own Terms’”
Some news stories you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: 23 years ago today, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard (above) stopped into the Fireside Bar in Laramie, Wyoming, to take a break from his studies at home. By the following morning, a family, and a nation, was changed forever by an act of senseless violence. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 6, 2021”
Ndakasi the mountain gorilla became known the world over after being rescued in the Congo in 2007. Continue reading “Orphaned Gorilla Dies In The Arms Of Her Caretaker Of 14 Years”
Even though out Missouri high school student Danny Lillis reported numerous incidents of bullying by classmates since the beginning of the school year to administrators at Lee’s Summit High School, nothing was done to help him feel safe. Continue reading “Over 100 Students Stage Walk Out In Support Of Bullied Student”
The man who was reportedly captured on video destroying a rainbow gay pride streetscape in Delray Beach is apparently declining a plea deal and demanding a trial by jury. I mentioned there’s video footage of the incident, right? Continue reading “Trumper Who Destroyed Rainbow Crosswalk Rejects Plea Deal, Demands Trial”
The It Gets Better Project premieres their newest digital video series called “Writing Our Own Dictionary.”
The 4-part series is an entertaining and informative digital program where we hear first-hand from LGBTQ folks about what their labels (or lack thereof) mean to them. Continue reading “Writing Our Own Dictionary – New Video Series From It Gets Better Project”
You can be the baddest alpha male around… Continue reading “Meme Of The Day: The Baddest Alpha Male Around”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Southwestern High School in Piasa, Illinois, held a flag-themed day, and one student brought a rainbow Pride flag. A fellow student told him to get rid of the flag, and when the first student asked why, another schoolmate began punching and beating him while trying to take the flag away. The accused attacker has been charged with aggravated battery. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 5, 2021”
After serving three years in the Trump White House, a gay staffer was fired and given an armed escort out of the White House when the powers that be discovered his “lively Grindr account,” according to the new memoir by former Melania Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Continue reading “Gay Staffer Fired from Trump White House For Grindr Account”