Inside The Last Days Of Britain's Biggest Gay Sauna
Patrick Strudwick It is 4pm on Sunday 21 February. As I turn into Fairchild Street in Shoreditch, east London, there's something I've never seen here before: a queue out the door of Chariots....
View ArticleKate McKinnon's "Carol" Parody Was The Best Thing At The Independent Spirit...
“Do you like to play softball, Therese?” During Saturday's Independent Spirit Awards, hosts Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani debuted a pre-taped parody of the award winning Carol — specifically the...
View ArticleThis Trans Artist Started A Stunning Photo Series By Taking Daily Selfies On...
Sawyer DeVuyst is a 30-year-old transgender artist, model, and furniture maker based in New York. Since October 2014, he has taken a self-portrait every day and uploaded it onto Instagram as part of...
View ArticleWe Asked Queer Women To Tell Us About The Last Time They Had Sex
We sent out a survey asking queer ladies about the last time they had sex — so you can stop asking us how it works now. Maritsa Patrinos Does "sex" exclusively mean penetration? What's the defining...
View ArticleDear Sam Smith, Other Openly Gay People Have Won An Oscar
But still, congratulations! Sam Smith won an Oscar Sunday night! For his song, "Writing's on the Wall" with Jimmy Napes. . Christopher Polk / Getty Images In his speech, Sam referenced a quote from...
View ArticleIan Thorpe Says Media Attention Kept Him In The Closet
Swimming great Ian Thorpe has told a Mardi Gras panel on lesbian, gay and bisexual people in sport that he might have come out earlier if he hadn’t been pushed as a teenager. Mark Metcalfe / Getty...
View ArticleHere's How Much It Actually Costs To Be A Groomsman
Turns out bridesmaids aren’t the only ones shelling out big bucks. Thinkstock / Will Varner / BuzzFeed According to Mindy Kaling, trusted authority on most Life Things, bridesmaids have it worse than...
View ArticleDustin Lance Black Has Reminded Sam Smith That Other Gay People Have Won An...
“Hey @SamSmithWorld, if you have no idea who I am, it may be time to stop texting my fiancé.” Update: Sam Smith has apologised to Dustin on Twitter. Sam Smith has won an Oscar for “Writing’s on the...
View ArticleThe Weight Of James Arthur Baldwin
It was an acquaintance’s idea to go there, to James Baldwin's house. He knew from living in Paris that Baldwin's old place, the house where he died, was near an elegant, renowned hotel in the Cote...
View ArticleCanada Has Just Approved This Drug For HIV Prevention
The decision could — theoretically — make it easier to get on PrEP. A drug proven to greatly reduce the chances of contracting HIV when taken daily has been approved for that use by Health Canada....
View ArticleTony Abbott Wants The Safe Schools Program "Terminated"
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has joined the ongoing debate over the Safe Schools program, calling for its funding to be stripped. Mick Tsikas / AAPIMAGE Speaking to The Australian, Abbott...
View ArticleWe Had "RuPaul's Drag Race" Queens Make Over Ken Dolls And Everything Was...
Don’t tell Barbie. Remember Ken? Barbie's original pretty blonde boyfriend? OF COURSE YOU DO! How could you forget the first man you ever took the clothes off of? kids.barbie.com Well, famous drag...
View ArticleTell Us Your Coming Out Story
“I came out to my mom and she just sighed and said ‘damn it I owe your aunt 20 bucks now.’” Everyone who has come out as LGBT knows that it can be one of the hardest moments of your life. FOX So some...
View ArticleTrans Therapists Sign Open Letter To Mental Health Body Over Conversion Therapy
Karen Pollock More than 80 leading counsellors and psychotherapists have signed an open letter urging Britain's largest professional body for therapists to protect trans people from conversion...
View ArticleKFC Fires Manager For Discriminating Against Transgender Woman
AP / Amy Sancetta A woman said her excitement at being offered a job at a KFC in Virginia last week quickly turned to dismay when a manager rescinded the offer within an hour — because she is...
View ArticleWe Asked Trans People To Share The Stories Of Their Names
“I took a name that was meant to shame me and used it to empower myself.” Your name is often the first thing people learn about you, but most of us don't choose our own. This is not the case for many...
View ArticleFederal Agency Sues Companies, Alleging Anti-Gay Bias Is Banned By Existing Laws
WASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two lawsuits in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that two companies engaged in anti-gay discrimination in violation of existing civil...
View ArticleWhy I’ve Stopped Giving And Asking For Advice
Andrew Richard / BuzzFeed I love asking for advice, almost as much as I love giving it. I used to be pretty convinced I had a singular talent for it, and that misplaced confidence only grew when I was...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Govenor Vetoes Anti-Transgender Student Restroom Bill
AP / Michael Conroy South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have banned transgender students from using school restrooms that correspond with their gender identity,...
View ArticleLook At This 18-Metre Dick Erected In Sydney
This huge pink phallus in the middle of Sydney sure has some people upset. Dan Himbrechts / AAPIMAGE The big fella was ~erected~ in Sydney's Hyde Park last week as part of the city's annual Gay and...
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