LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news stories you might have missed: • JoeMyGod: Nearly 700 Grindr users have joined a lawsuit in the UK accusing the gay dating app of sharing highly sensitive information, including HIV status, with third parties without their consent. Continue reading “Grindr Accused Of Sharing Users’ HIV Status + More News”
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (image: 20th Century Studios)
Sergio J. Matos and Jim Newman
• NBC News: Middle school students in Texas have accused a teacher of defacing their chalk art of Pride flags by scrawling “heteros rule” over top of it. The school district is apparently dodging the issue by sending out a “vague” email implying there was a dustup (but didn’t explain what happened). • Axios: Oklahoma has secured a $2.6 million refund for a malaria drug purchase once touted by Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19. Trump repeatedly promoted hydroxychloroquine last year despite health officials warning that the drug should not be prescribed for treating COVID-19 outside of research or hospital settings due to serious side effects. • Twitter: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told a Trump supporter he “led the fight” to overturn the 2020 election (take that Josh Hawley). But as the cultist grows more fervent, Cruz (aware a camera is on him) has to pull away.
NEW VIDEO: @TedCruz wants you to know that HE led the effort to overturn the election in the Senate… take that, Josh Hawley! pic.twitter.com/eadMdgbc1B
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) May 7, 2021
Ok, this was quite clever. Ryan Reynolds’s new ad for the dating app Match featuring Taylor Swift’s song ‘Love Story.’ Reynolds calls it “a Love Story for the ages. Or at least this age.” 
Satan: Two zero two zero? 2020: Please, just call me 2020… So, where are you from? Satan: Hell… 2020: Me too.
In this week’s podcast:
• A homeless gay teen becomes valedictorian of his class. Head to www.gofundme.com/hoyaseth to contribute to his college fund.
• Puerto Rico now allows transgender folks to change the gender on their birth certificates.
• The hit TV series Riverdale is getting a gay romance.
• The CW’s Supergirl will debut television’s first transgender super-hero.
• Ryan Reynolds wants to see more sexuality in his Deadpool movies
All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.
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| Deadpool (L) and Colossus (R) in “Deadpool 2” |
One of the things I love about Deadpool (and all things related) is that most folks don’t know who in hell this “superhero” is.
But Ryan Reynolds and the team behind the films have created this perfect force you kinda can’t resist.
So irreverent, so sassy. That’s our Deadpool.
And the upcoming sequel features not only a bisexual character, Shatterstar, but a lesbian couple.
X-man Negasonic Teenage Warhead (played by Brianna Hildebrand) introduces us to her girlfriend and fellow mutant Yukio (played by Shioli Kutsuna).
More heroes! More diversity!
Check out the new trailer for Deadpool 2 in theaters today, May 18.
We always knew Ryan Reynold was the rainbow unicorn we’ve been waiting for all our lives.
And now we have proof.
The Deadpool star recently appeared on the South Korean reality competition King of Mask Singer which challenges contestants wearing silly, absurd costumes (like a rainbow unicorn for example) to try and win the judges votes.
As part of his promo tour for the upcoming Deadpool 2, Reynolds belted out his rendition of “Tomorrow” from the Broadway classic musical Annie while the judges and audience were stupefied over who could possibly be the man-behind-the-mask.
Watch hottie Ryan’s performance here:
And then came the reveal:
Some news items you might have missed:
• Check out the Russian/American “cultural” exchange (above) between InstaHunk bfs Alex (Russia) and Brett (U.S.)
• Asked about the now empty Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS after the Trump administration fired the council members, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tossed off a vague “We’ll keep you posted.”
• Superstar Ricky Martin got a bit “cheeky” promoting his latest concert dates in Las Vegas at The Park Theater.
• This is a big deal – Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris have been appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Previously, only 1 African American had ever served on this body during its 201-year history.
• LGBT fans of Star Trek: Discovery were left heartbroken after the most recent episode.
• Hunky Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds was recently asked on Twitter which Hollywood “Chris” does he think is the hottest – Pratt, Hemsworth or Evans? Using ice cream as a metaphor, Reynolds got a bit cheeky. He also threw in a Chris Pine shout out as well.
And of course, some Pine nuts generously sprinkled on top.— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) January 2, 2018
• Uganda’s LGBTQ film festival persevered despite being raided by the police.
• The state of Connecticut have soon have the very first openly gay Chief Justice of any state Supreme Court.
• Big shout out to British gravity racer Zach Leader who recently came out via Instagram. Check out his message below.
A new teaser for the upcoming Deadpool 2, featuring a little bare butt action from star Ryan Reynolds, scored over 12 million views in one day.
In the clip, Reynolds comes across a mugging and leaps into action as super-anti-hero “Deadpool.” Well, at least he leaps into a telephone booth to change into his trademark red super-suit.
But it’s not as easy as we’ve always been led to believe: even accompanied by that famous Superman movie theme music, Reynolds gets a bit hung up. Along we the way we get some bare backside visuals as he leans against the side of the booth trying to keep his balance.
Alas, timing is everything, and not always in a good way. As the vid plays out, Reynolds talks some smack about Hugh Jackman’s accent (the tease played at this weekend’s showings of Logan), and a few other super-hero references.
Check out the clip below.
Ryan Reynolds dropped by CONAN to promote his new project, but he gets a bit cheeky playing a game with the audience asking them to guess the project.
Along the way he throw out a few red herrings like a new like of underwear made of ham; an album of children’s songs about Civil War wounds; and a parenting book titled 10 Easy Steps to Lower Your Child’s Self-Esteem.
In the end, Ryan reveals his new movie, complete with an over the top screen kiss with Conan.