news
& pop
culture,
with a
gay
bias.
think, progress
Black gay men battle the escalation of HIV.
When you say you "don't see race", you’re ignoring racism, not helping to solve it.
Now that white people have declared "bae" over, black people can use it in peace. "Majority culture’s adoption of the word, stolen from African American vernacular, distorted it to the point of misuse and meaninglessness."
The fifteen brutal attacks that show anti-LGBT hate is still very real.
Our "impartial" broadcasters have become mouthpieces of the elite. "If you think the news is balanced, think again. Journalists who should challenge power are doing its dirty work."
Watch gay twins Aaron and Austin Rhodes come out to their father in an emotionally charged video - and their subsequent appearance on Ellen with said dad...
A straight dad of twin baby boys explains why we should all support LGBT rights.
news from america
Why it’s awesome to be white in America.
Case in point: Out NYC hotel Ian Reisner has paid $US10.1 million for the Fire Island Pines commercial district.
Bisexual, lesbian, and transgender people mentioned for the first time ever in the State of the Union speech.
...Whilst a Chicago Uber driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a male passenger.
"Sodomite semen" pastor admits he's been tempted by gay sex.
Bryan Fischer, one of the most anti-gay voices in the US, fired by the American Family Association for connecting Nazism with homosexuality.
Twitter suspends the main account of anti-LGBT hate group the Westboro Baptist Church, as well as that of its leader, Shirley Phelps-Roeper.
Former "ex-gay" poster boy Randy Thomas comes out as gay.
Jane Clementi, mother of Tyler Clementi, speaks out on the suicide of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn.
Idaho Republicans kill gay protections bill.
A gay couple owns the Jeb Bush for President website - and they're not going to give it up.
news from latin america
Jamaica | School principal has gay sex photos posted, goes into hiding after he gets death threats.
Jamaica | HIV activist Prof. Brendan Bain fired for supporting anti-gay laws.
Chile | Lawmakers give final approval to gay civil unions.
news from africa
Gambian president Yahya Jammeh claims the US is an "evil empire of homosexuals" that "will also go down the dirty drain and garbage of hell."
Uganda | Nine young gay men arrested by police and tortured in jail - after being attacked by a homophobic mob.
Uganda | UN General Assembly President Sam Kutesa taunts gay activists upon his return to Uganda.
Uganda | Refugee project survives anti-gay attacks of 2014.
Nigeria | Twelve men, mostly teenagers, arrested for holding a "gay wedding", could face death penalty.
Tanzania | Straight couple arrested for gay sex.
Zambia | Anti-gay defense minister Edgar Lungu inaugurated as president.
Botswana | Government appeals ruling in favour of LGBTI rights group.
Cameroon | How police are entraping gay men to extort bribes.
news from asia
Vietnam | Separate jails proposed for gays.
Vietnam now more progressive than much of the US. Eight in ten gays see positive change toward them.
India | The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come out in support of decriminalising gay sex. But some six hundred LGBT people have been arrested since the Supreme Court recriminalised gay sex in December 2013.
Australia | Declassified papers reveal Australian Government’s fear 25,000 already had HIV in 1988 - and considered forcing gay men to be tested for HIV.
Australia | It's compulsory patriotism o'clock.
news from
the middle east
the middle east
Egypt | Government tells media to boost its anti-gay coverage; editor claims it is to distract from the government.
Kyrgyzstan urged to drop new anti-gay propaganda law.
news from europe
United Kingdom | Pardons sought for the 49,000 men and women who were persecuted under anti-gay laws.
United Kingdom | Last year saw a huge increase in children adopted by gay parents, with figures released by the Department of Education showing more than three hundred kids went to live with same-sex parents in 2014.
United Kingdom | Stonewall unveils the Top 100 Employers for 2015, the "definitive list of Britain's most gay-friendly workplaces."
England | Is a serial killer stalking Manchester’s gay village?
England | Germaine Greer spews out vitriolic anti-trans rant, claiming there is no such thing as transphobia, and that sex reassignment surgery is "unethical."
England | Watch what happens when two straight men hold hands in public...
Ireland | Dublin school cancels anti-gay bullying workshops as "both sides should be represented."
France | Court allows gay man to marry Moroccan partner, breaking a long-standing agreement between the two countries.
Ukraine | Parliament throws out Russian-style "gay propaganda" bill.
Belarus | Football team fires gay man after fans campaigned for "no fags".
Republic of Macedonia | Parliament votes to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Germany | Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell on the horrors gay people faced under Nazism.
art & design
Inside the world of gay Japanese manga.
word!
Canadian LGBT weekly Xtra! to cease print publication after 31 years - but promises to expand online.
Read a 1987 essay by Bayard Rustin revealing a personal account of Martin Luther Kings's feelings toward gay people.
shouting in the night
Why Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein thinks "self-loathing" Johnny Weir is an "asshole."
Which LGBT-inclusive Broadway shows are closing?
at the movies
Not a straight white man in Hollywood? Well, good luck.
Make 2015 the last year of the white guy Oscars.
Meanwhile comedian Kevin Hart wouldn't consider taking on a gay role:
Pride director Matthew Warchus doesn't mind the removal of gay content from the US DVD cover of his film.
Straightwashing at the movies: The Pride DVD shows gay people still make the film industry nervous. "The US cover left out references to gay men and lesbians. It’s the latest in a long tradition of playing down homosexuality on screen."
Matt Bomer wins Golden Globe for his portrayal of an AIDS victim in HBO's The Normal Heart. In his acceptance speech, he said, "To the generation that we lost and the people we continue to lose to this disease, I just want to say we love you. We remember you."
Bomer is to play Montgomery Clift in a HBO biopic.
the box
Billy Crystal thinks gay scenes on TV are going "too far" - and he doesn't get why his comments were controversial.
Billy Crystal is wrong. There is nowhere near enough gayness on screen. "Crystal might not want gay sex ‘shoved in his face’. But after hundreds of years of straight white guys telling straight white guy stories, I say bring on the disabled black lesbians."
Gays of our lives: A round-up of everything gay in soap.
Watch EastEnders' chilling 30th anniversary week trailer.
Days of Our Lives love triangle takes a sizzling, unexpected twist as Will Horton has sex with his husband's ex-boyfriend.
Empire creator Lee Daniels on wanting to "blow lid off homophobia" in black America.
Activist Dan Savage's life to be made into ABC sitcom.
Five reasons you should be watching USA's Sirens.
Check out a preview of Looking's second episode; and the latest episodes of Triangle and Steam Room Stories; and a preview of Finding Me the Series' second season...
beats, rhymes & life
What happens when the world's largest queer record label closes and no one notices?
Christian musician Byron Rice - once a star in the contemporary Christian music scene - comes out as gay and HIV-positive folk singer.
Aging soul singer Alexander O’Neal walks out of the UK Celebrity Big Brother house after calling Perez Hilton a "faggot."
Videos | Gay R&B singer-songwriter Matt Palmer's new single Break Up; Ukrainian "boys in heels" Kazaky are back with What You Gonna Do; and Bobby Newberry - Flight from Paris; and OWS - Waterline.
sex
arena
Out football star Robbie Rogers blasts FIFA for supporting anti-gay Russia, Qatar.
st. elsewhere
Rare type of syphilis infects six, leaves two blind. HIV-positive gay men are the main victims.
Boffins train immune system to spot and kill HIV, could lead to vaccine.
Why it is problematic using "clean" to describe HIV-negative status.
PrEP Version 1.1, 2.0, and beyond.
HIV: Should I get fillers?
Gay actor in sero-discordant couple reports successful surrogate conception thanks to sperm washing.
Five ways to survive grief.
Six dating dilemmas for gay men and how to avoid them.
hell's kitchen
Five ways 3-D-printed food will change the way we eat.
Foie gras is exactly as delicious as you've heard. It should nonetheless be banned.
Every new restaurant serves the same "unique" dishes as every other place.
zoo
South Africa's rhino population may be in decline for the first time in nearly a century.
Imagine if we neutered all the cats – how the birds would sing.
inside the spaceship
Why does Facebook censor gay images?
Lena Dunham goes dark on Twitter. And it's no wonder.
The "internet will disappear" as everything in our life gets connected, Google claims.
and whilst you're thinking about that, think about this...
Seven reasons to be hopeful in 2015.
And finally, Rob Smith's guide to coming out; Rogue "Marbie" Scott gets into drugs; the weird things gay guys say to their straight best friends (and vice versa); and imagine if guys acted in real life the way they do on gay apps...
Issue 204: 01-31 January 2015
On the cover: Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano.
On the cover: Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano.
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