LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items I thought worth your time: • Los Angeles Blade: Journalist Karen Ocamb pens this loving tribute to LA Blade founder Troy Masters (above with his beloved Cody) who died on December 11 by suicide. Over his career, Masters launched several important LGBTQ publications including QW (Queer Week), LGNY (which became Gay City News), and the LA Blade. Continue reading “Remembering LA Blade’s Troy Masters + More News”
Russell Tovey in AHS: NYC (photo: Pari Dukovic/FX)
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| Former GLEE star Kevin McHale |
Whoa.
For years, Kevin McHale played wheelchair-bound TV geek “Artie Abrams” on the hit series, GLEE.
Well, check him out now.
McHale surprised folks this week as he revealed he’s gone from ‘high school geek’ to gaining pounds of muscle and shedding layers of fat.
In an interview with US Magazine, the 30-year-old says he was struggling with an intestine and digestion issue that left him “constantly in pain.”
After trying several elimination diets, he found his weight ballooning as his confidence began to spiral down.
The actor, who came out earlier this year, eventually found his way to a personal training studio in Los Angeles called Ultimate Performance.
Powering through 4-5 workout sessions a week, McHale was soon on the road to an amazing physical transformation in only 12 weeks.
Key to the amazing progress McHale made was having a personal trainer who pushed him past his perceived boundaries in the gym and into results mode.
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And, nutrition became a new obsession. In addition to learning to eat a balanced diet of healthy fats, vegetables, complex carbs and proteins, McHale learned to keep a food diary, tracking every bite he took.
“I became obsessed with logging my food,” McHale told US. “I’d also be rating my energy, sleep and digestion each day.”
Sundays became “meal prep day” as McHale would take the time to plan for the week ahead, ensuring there would be tasty food at the ready.
Happy with his new physical condition, McHale echoed the sentiments of many who have put in the work to get on the road to better health.
“[Before,] I felt bad about my body,” he shared. “When you’re investing your time and energy into yourself in this way, it changes so much of your life.”
Check out the report from EXTRA below.
Totally ripped! Check out #Glee star Kevin McHale’s jaw-dropping body transformation! https://t.co/qDWmy7ix1s@druidDUDE @UPFitness pic.twitter.com/C9Qw1xJa6f— ExtraTV (@extratv) August 27, 2018
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Some news items you might have missed:
• My totes woofy pal in the South, handsome Joe Woolley (above), is giving you full-on gay rainbow action as he looks to the weekend. Joe and his hubby Jim are big deal LGBTQ activists in Nashville, TN, where we can always use the help.
• Openly gay teacher Michael Hill began receiving threatening letters after coming out last fall. “You need to be fired and you can take your gay ideas with you. Fags are not welcome in our schools.”
• It looks like GLEE alum Kevin McHale finally came out via a tweet about Ariana Grande’s new single, “No Tears Left To Cry.”
#NoTearsLeftToCry is gayer than me and I ACCEPT. Ty @ArianaGrande.— Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) April 20, 2018
• The Democratic Party has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging a far-reaching conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 campaign and tilt the election to Donald Trump. #TooLate
• Out journalist Thomas Roberts has announced he is donating $25,000 – his fee for hosting the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Russia – to the Human Rights Campaign.
• The White House has revealed no Democrats or members of the media will be invited to Donald Trump’s first state dinner hosting French President Emmanuel Macron. #NoSoupForYou!
• Where The Bears Are star Ian Parks reminded me of his admittedly “gratuitous” video from a few years ago. I can watch a few times 🙂
Happy Friday!
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| Kevin McHale (image via Instagram) |
GLEE star Kevin McHale has the folks on the inter-webs wondering if he just came out?
Or he’s simply being mysterious?
Yesterday, he shared a photo on Instagram of two male hands captioned by the American Sign Language symbol for “I love you.”
Many fans have speculated the other hand belongs to McHale’s When We Rise co-star Austin McKenzie, who starred in the Deaf West Theater production of Spring Awakening which featured ASL extensively.
Was McHale trying to come out?
Today, McHale shared a shirtless pic of him reading a book with another guy facing away from the camera in the background captioned: “My favorite way to be anti social #tb“.
I remember in my college days when folks were confused they would jokingly say, “It’s meaning is the same.”
I don’t know what the meaning is here, but McHale has certainly has folks attention.