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Colton Haynes Defends Husband: “Jeff Would Never Cheat”

Haynes and Leatham in happier times

After reports that actor Colton Haynes (Arrow/Teen Wolf) and husband of six months, Jeff Leatham, had not only split but (gasp!) unfollowed each other on Instagram, Haynes took to Twitter this morning to defend Leatham against reports of infidelity.

Haynes wrote, “Jeff would never cheat. He’s an amazing man. Please stop being mean to him. The song I wrote was about a past relationship. ❤”

Apparently folks were confused about the cause of the split after Haynes shared a demo recording of a song he wrote.

Titled “Man It Sucks,” Haynes croons:

“Man it sucks / When someone figures out your games and don’t wanna play ‘em no more / We’re crying in our bed and making our way to the floor / Man it sucks / And I don’t like when you’re staying out all night and never answer your phone / I follow you around the world just to be left alone / And man it sucks.”

 Colton has apparently now deleted just about every pic of Leatham from his Instagram.

Check out his demo track below.

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Kansas & Oklahoma Legislatures Approve Anti-LGBTQ Adoption Bills

We were looking good there, America.

Four months into 2018 and no new anti-LGBTQ legislation on the state level. Until this week.

Both Oklahoma and Kansas have passed bills that will allow faith-based adoption and foster care services to legally discriminate against LGBT folks while using public funds.

In Oklahoma, the House approved the measure by a vote of 56-21 on Thursday this week after the state Senate had previously voted to advance the bill.

Kansas followed just hours later as the Senate approved the bill 24-15 at 1:51 a.m. Friday after the House passed it Thursday night, 63-58.

The legislation had been sitting for weeks before lawmakers revived and passed it in a matter of hours.

Both bills now head to their respective governors’ desks to be signed into law.

More from The Advocate:

The bills could allow discrimination against many types of prospective parents who offend an agency’s religious beliefs — single parents, divorced and remarried parents, interfaith couples, and more, in addition to LGBT individuals and same-sex couples, Winterhof pointed out. But Oklahoma Senate Majority Leader Greg Treat, who authored his state’s legislation, mentioned that when agencies express objections to certain placements, they often cite opposition to same-sex marriage, the Family Equality Council noted.

Opponents of both states’ measures said the legislation would make the already-overloaded child welfare system even more so by making fewer people eligible to become foster or adoptive parents. But supporters said the religious protections would encourage more faith-based agencies to work with the states.

Texas, Alabama, South Dakota, Virginia, and Michigan have similar laws in place, NBC reports. Michigan’s is being challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union.

What’s truly sad is this reduces the number of possible adoptive homes for children who really need loving parents.

Bigotry at the expense of children.

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InstaHunk Round-Up: May 5, 2018

Bremen Menelli

It’s almost 10am and I’m still on my coffee – just like Fitness guy Bremen Menelli.

Well, kinda like Bremen.

Well, without the awesome abs.

Let’s just say I have a mug.

On to the weekend eye-candy 🙂

Happy Cinco de Mayo Mexico 🇲🇽A post shared by Eliad Cohen (@eliad_cohen) on May 5, 2018 at 10:29am PDT

A post shared by Adam Rippon (@adaripp) on Apr 5, 2018 at 6:43pm PDT

And how about one more from the woofy Mr. Menelli?

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Franklin Graham: We Don’t Care About Trump’s Affair With Porn Star

Franklin Graham

Evangelist Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, says the country “knew the kind of person” Donald Trump was when he was elected president.

Via OneNewsNow:

“I don’t have concern, in a sense, because these things happened many years ago – and there’s such bigger problems in front of us as a nation that we need to be dealing with than other things in his life a long time ago. I think some of these things – that’s for him and his wife to deal with. I think when the country went after President Clinton, the Republicans, that was a great mistake that should never have happened. And I think this thing with Stormy Daniels and so forth is nobody’s business. And we’ve got other business at hand that we need to deal with.”

“On this thing with Stormy Daniels and so forth: This stuff happened 12 years ago. This isn’t behavior that has taken place since he’s been president. These things happened long before he became president. That doesn’t make it right. And I don’t defend those kinds of relationships he had. But the country knew the kind of person he was back then, and they still made the decision to make him the president of the United States.”

So, Trump’s lying today about an affair that happened 12 years ago means he should get a pass…?

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Hot Dogs? Hamburgers? Mitt Romney Is Just Like Us

Mitt Romney

In an article that trips over itself to fawn over former Republican presidential candidate and current multi-millionaire Mitt Romney, the Washington Examiner goes to great pains to say that for a man worth millions he is a very “uncomplicated” person.

The article even quotes him about his very humble favorite food.

To wit:

“My favorite meat is hot dog, by the way. That is my favorite meat,” he told a gathering of supporters as they joined him recently for a casual dinner organized by his campaign. “My second favorite meat is hamburger. And, everyone says, oh, don’t you prefer steak? It’s like, I know steaks are great, but I like hot dog best, and I like hamburger next best.”

Romney is currently running to replace Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) who is retiring.

The Twitterverse was rather amused:

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Rudy Giuliani: Stormy Daniels $130K Hush Money Was To Protect Trump Family

Donald Trump’s newly-installed lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is in serious spin mode as he attempts to walk back his comments that the Trumpster knew about the $130K “hush money” to porn star Stormy Daniels and has since repaid the funds to longtime “fixer” Michael Cohen.

Giuliani issued an official statement today “intended to clarify the views I expressed over the past few days.”

First: There is no campaign violation. The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the President’s family. It would have been done in any event, whether he was a candidate or not.

Second: My references to timing were not describing my understanding of the President’s knowledge, but instead, my understanding of these matters.

Third: It is undisputed that the President’s dismissal of former Director Comey – an inferior executive officer – was clearly within his Article II power. Recent revelations about former Director Comey further confirm the wisdom of the President’s decision, which was plainly in the best interests of our nation.

This comes on the heels of Trump throwing Giuliani under the bus this morning saying the former NYC mayor “had just started, and he wasn’t totally familiar with everything.”

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Unemployment Rate Drops To 3.9%

The unemployment rate dropped to 3.9% for April according to reports from the Labor Department.

According to the New York Times, 164,000 jobs were added last month. Employment experts were expecting an increase of about 193,000.

This marks the lowest jobs rate since 2000. Economists say the numbers signal the job market becoming more competitive over the past months.

While more people may be working, one issue that gives pause is the slow increase in wages for middle class Americans.

Pay increased by 2.6 percent over the past year, not much faster than inflation. That’s considerably more moderated than economists expect in a job market this tight.

The last time the job market looked like this, in the late 90s and early 2000s, wages for middle class workers rose at an annual rate of around 4 percent.

Interestingly, Donald Trump boasted that he would be THE “jobs president” since he allegedly knows how to create jobs.

And yet, it appears he isn’t generating the same kind of numbers his predecessor did…

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Funky Friday: Michael Blume “R U Mad”

Out recording artist Michael Blume 
(Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez)

Out indie/soul artist Michael Blume drops his latest song “R U Mad” from his upcoming EP Cynicism & Sincerity, set for release June 8th.

Hit play below to listen to the new track featuring undeniable bouncy beats with a provocative refrain, “Are you mad that I’m gay?”

The song is available now at all digital music outlets.

You can catch Blume in performance at the upcoming Annual PRIDE Reception at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on Monday, June 4th.

The yearly reception highlights the work of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI), which was founded in 2017, providing support to underserved and marginalized LGBTQ communities within the United States and around the world.

About the new EP:

Cynicism & Sincerity includes six songs that could just as easily ignite the dance floor of a sweaty underground club as they could set a festival field in motion with indie charm, sexy soul, and epic pop ambition. They also allow Michael to speak freely in favor of equality and social justice, using his platform to share a message.

“It was important for me to acknowledge the good and the bad,” he explains of the EP’s title. “Even though they’re in opposition to each other, they’re both flourishing at the exact same time. There’s a dichotomy of multiple truths where two things in opposition exist right next to each other.”

I’m liking that catchy refrain 😉

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Gus Kenworthy Interviews Olympic BFF Adam Rippon For “Nightline”

Adam Rippon (L) and Gus Kenworthy (R)

Last night, Olympic bronze medalist Adam Rippon sat down for a chat on ABC News’ Nightline with his Olympic BFF, silver medalist Gus Kenworthy.

Kenworthy, in “special correspondent” mode, interviewed Rippon about being the first openly gay U.S. athlete at the Winter Olympics and in doing so becoming “America’s sweetheart” as well as a leading voice for the LGBQ community.

Rippon made his Dancing with the Stars debut this week delivering a killer cha-cha to RuPaul’s “Sissy That Walk.”

Check out the interview below, and make sure you hang out for the last minute where Gus decides to teach Adam a few dances moves 😉

In related Kenworthy news, over on Instagram where he recently passed the one million followers, Gus once again shared that awesome ripped body of his as he dipped a toe into a pool in LA.