LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • Queerty: Carl Nassib, the first active player in the NFL to come out as gay, shared some life advice to NFL rookies during his draft night appearance. He also brought the co-founder of The Trevor Project with him onstage to highlight the crisis intervention group’s work on behalf of LGBTQ youth. Continue reading “Carl Nassib Represents At NFL Draft + More News”
The lower house of Parliament in the Czech Republic chose to approve an expansion of same-sex “registered partnerships” rather than same-sex marriage in a 118-33 vote. At least it’s progress. Continue reading “Czech Lawmakers Reject Same-Sex Marriage But Expand Partnership Rights”
Some news items you might have missed: • Expats: As a same-sex marriage bill works its way through the Czech Republic’s parliament, a new poll shows that 80 percent of Czechs believe it won’t negatively affect their lives, and 11 percent expect an improvement. Continue reading “New Music From Dixon Dallas + Czechs On Same-Sex Marriage + More News”
Chris Hemsworth (via Instagram)
BREAKING: I just spoke to the publicist for #RickySchroder who told me that the Actor/Director did assist in fundraising to help free Kyle Rittenhouse contingent on rights to his story (aka documentary)
2020: It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism pic.twitter.com/zxDkgFijUK
— Seph Lawless (@seph_lawless) November 21, 2020
We need Joel Higgins and Erin Gray to chime in! @alfonso_ribeiro?! Jason Bateman?! pic.twitter.com/PUw0aFLx6k
— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) November 21, 2020
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Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunk Thiago Oliveira offers a sneak peek at his Halloween costume. I think it’s a dragon, but who really cares – I’d give him all my Halloween candy if he showed up at my door looking like that.
• A new survey by Bespoke shows millennials are coming out an average of 4-5 years earlier than Gen Xers or Baby Boomers.
• Speaking of Halloween, this dad was surprised people had a negative reaction to his and his son’s Halloween costumes. Imagine that. Hmmm…
• The lower House of Czech Republic’s Parliament is considering legislation that would make the country the first former Eastern Bloc nation to embrace marriage equality. A recent poll shows 67% support for same-sex marriage in the Czech Republic.
• The daughter of a Missouri Republican running for Congress is begging voters to reject her own racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic father.
• Thanks to Larry at TheOUTfront for pointing up “Enough” – a new music video featuring Australian pop star Sia’s song “I’m Still Here” along with 130 students of the National Dance Institute.
From the video description: It’s unacceptable that firearms are the second leading cause of death for American children and teens.
If you’re a student, get involved in the movement to end gun violence by texting STUDENTS to 644-33. Watch “Enough” below.
In this week’s podcast:
• A gay man is awarded $18.4 million over a cancelled HIV test
• New web series Fathers wonders “Who would we be if AIDS hadn’t happened?”
• Tan France, fashion guru for Queer Eye, says his family thought the ‘make better’ series converted straight men to gay
• There’s new music from out indie recording artist Aiden James “Colorblind”
All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report
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Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunks Justin & Nick say “Celebrate Pride!” with a kiss. #sweet
• For the first time, the Vatican has used the term ‘LGBT’ in an official document and has invited an LGBT-friendly priest to speak at a major conference. #SmallStepsForward
• The Czech government has agreed to support same-sex marriage with the draft of a first of its kind bill in the former communist bloc country. While the Czech Republic has allowed domestic partnerships since 2006, Germany is the only formerly communist country to legalize same-sex marriage.
• Conservative family groups in Canada are hoping to force Canadian schools to be required to alert parents when their children join LGBTQ groups on school campuses. LGBTQ advocates say that would amount to outing students.
• New York state gubernatorial candidate and actress Cynthia Nixon shared that her oldest child is transgender in a celebratory graduation post on social media.
• The Hungarian National Opera in Budapest was forced to cancel 15 performances of the musical Billy Elliot following a story on a conservative site that accused the musical of turning boys gay.
• Watch LGBTQ seniors read letters to their younger selves.
“I’m very pleased to tell you that you are happy, married to a wonderful man, have two dogs, a cat, and a mortgage.”
“It will come full circle. The word ‘queer’ will be an empowering, pride-filled word.”
Check out the three minute from vlogger Davey Wavey below: