LGBTQ news and entertainment
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| Yesterday, Brad Paisley mocked Westboro Baptist Church before his concert. Delicious! |
Stories you might have missed:
• Hunky Pennsylvania legislator Brian Sims thinks we’ll have a gay president within 10 years
• Sen. John McCain’s daughter Meghan joins the board of directors of GLAAD
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| JLo’s boy Casper Smart |
• JLo’s boy toy Casper Smart may have traded naked selfies with transgender bikini model Sofia Vissa, and she’s looking for her 15 minutes of fame
• Naval Admiral William H. McRaven returned to his alma mater to deliver this amazing Commencement Address at University of Texas at Austin 2014
• George Michael hospitalized in London
• The 25 US cities with the highest HIV/AIDS rates – you might be surprised
• Republican congressman Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania supports marriage equality
• New Gallup poll shows Americans are still split over whether gays are “born that way” or if environment makes the gay
• Mayor Bill Peduto will officiate up to 20 same-sex marriages at this years PrideFest in Pittsburgh
• Jennifer Hudson on performing at both LA and NYC Pride this year: It was the gays who loved me first
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| Another shirtless pic of Casper Smart, just because… |
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| From documentary “Club King” |
Stories you might have missed…
• Filmmaker Jon Bush’s Club King, a documentary on nightlife impresario Mario Diaz, will premiere at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on May 8.
• Marriage equality could bring $15 million to Utah’s economy
• Dolly Parton thinks gays should be able to marry and “suffer like the rest of us” if they want to
• Oscar winner/legend Shirley MacLaine sings Janis Joplin with Darren Criss on GLEE
• Boy Culture heads to an autograph convention with some of your favorite actors from bygone days. Check out how they look today – Costas Mandylor, Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Andrew Stevens, Sean Patrick Flanery and more…
• Uber Driver fired for refusing ride to gay people
• In sickness and in health – a couple’s final journey together
• The Clinton’s are soon-to-be grandparents
• Aretha Franklin is suing over a story saying she fought with Patti Labelle
• Rand Paul doesn’t get Kentucky law changed to enable simultaneous run for Senate and President
• Openly gay federal judge will hear Oregon’s marriage equality case
Here’s the latest news for Monday, April 14th:
• Kansas shootings to be prosecuted as hate crimes
• Utah woman is accused of strangling or suffocating six newborns
• White House confirms CIA Ukraine visit
• Michael Phelps to come out of retirement.
• Steve Grand’s album Kickstarter has reached a mind-boggling $235,852 and has 9 days to go
• President Obama appears on Ellen via satellite; says he heard about her breaking his Twitter record
• Major League Soccer adopts new protections regarding possible discrimination against openly gay players
• Minnesota’s anti-bullying bill moves to the floor of the state Senate
• Weather man Jim Cantore destoys Winter 2014 – we are all Jim Cantore
• Johnny Weir heads to divorce court
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| Steve Grand |
• Out singer/songwriter and current “It” boy Steve Grand’s Kickstarter campaign passes the $200K mark. He was looking for $81K. And he has two more weeks to go…
• Questions are raised about Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation as news comes that only $5K in grants were given out. Gaga’s mom defends the Foundation saying it isn’t built to dole out money.
• A Houston man arrested in the murder of his daughter and her girlfriend was reportedly “not happy” about the couple’s lesbian relationship
• Looks like another “Obamacare victim” is going to save money under her new, improved health insurance, despite GOP spin.
• Sen. Rand Paul wants Kentucky to change the election laws so he can appear on the 2016 ballot twice
Some news stories you may have missed:
• ABC to air prime-time “behind the scenes” special for upcoming Marvel movies
• Michigan “expert witness” says gays are going to hell, but he’s not biased against them
• This gay Marine made the long journey from homeless teen to Ivy League graduate
• Isaiah Washington returns to Grey’s Anatomy seven years after gay slur scandal
• Four couples file lawsuit to overturn Indiana’s ban on marriage equality
• GOP Rep. Josh Miller opposes Medicaid for others after it saved his life
News you might like to know:
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ink a deal to perform in Las Vegas at the Encore Resort and Casino
• Poll shows Fox News is “Most” and “Least” trusted news source for Americans
• NBC pulls the plug on “Sean Saves the World” starring Sean Hayes after airing only 12 episodes
• President Obama asks major corporations Apple, Ford, Walmart and more to consider hiring long-term unemployed – “They’re weeding them out before these folks even get a chance for an interview.”
• Human Rights Campaign endorses Wendy Davis for governor of Texas