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Day: 7 July 2016

  • Gus Kenworthy hit by a car, shows off horrific friction burns

    Gus Kenworthy hit by a car, shows off horrific friction burns

    Gus Kenworthy has escaped serious injury after being struck by a car today.

    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram
    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram
    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram
    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram
    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram
    CREDIT: Gus Kenworthy / Instagram

    The out athlete, Gus Kenworthy, revealed that he had been involved in a car accident whilst on his bike.

    The star showed of his wounds – saying “luckily I didn’t get hurt too badly”.

    In a short video Gus exposed his back which is red raw and covered in scratches.

     

    However the star did manage to make light of his accident saying that he “wheelie, wheelie, scared himself”.

    Ouch… get better soon Gus!

    ALSO READ: Gus’s love message to his boyfriend is just so adorable

  • The new Star Trek has a gay character

    The new Star Trek has a gay character

    The new Star Trek, which comes out this month has a gay character in it – but it’s not a newbie and it’s super low key.

    CREDIT: paramount pictures

    Sulu is apparently gay. Who knew? Apparently this is a known thing for some in ST world, but Sulu is like properly coming out in this new film. Although it’s not a big song a dance moment.

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    Sulu, who was originally played by George Takei, himself gay in real life, is now portrayed by John Cho – and in the new movie is shown with his same-sex partner and his daughter.

    Speaking about his character’s sexuality Cho said,

    “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicise one’s personal orientations,” said Cho.

    Star Trek Beyond is out on the 22nd July

  • Andrea Leadsom | Gay marriage hurts Christians

    Andrea Leadsom says she’s “not happy” about gay marriage laws because of the hurt it has caused Christians.

    By Policy Exchange (Flickr: Andrea Leadsom MP) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

    Andrea Leadsom has claimed that she was never happy with the current marriage laws in the UK because of the “hurt caused to many Christians”. The Prime Minister candidate abstained from voting in 2013 when same-sex marriage was being debated in Parliament.

    ALSO READ: OP ED: David Cameron wanted us to believe that the Tories had changed – but it’s bullshit politics as usual.

    ALSO READ: Where do the PM candidates stand on gay issues?

     

    The candidate, who if successful, will become the unelected leader of the UK, called the laws “divisive” and “absurd” in 2013 and maintained in an interview this morning on ITV that marriage was, “a Christian service that was for men and women who wanted to commit in the eyes of God”.

    During her interview Leadsom said,

    “I believe the love of same-sex couples is as every bit as valuable that of opposite sex couples – absolutely committed to that. But nevertheless, my own view actually, is that marriage in the biblical sense is very clearly from the many many Christians who wrote to me on this subject – in their opinion – can only be between a man and a woman.”

    She said that she would have preferred for civil partnerships to be made available to both gay and heterosexual couples.

    She continued,

    “I think we’ve muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified.I didn’t really like the legislation – that was the problem. But I absolutely support gay marriage.”

     

  • Donald Trump u-turns on anti gay and trans HB2 bill

    Donald Trump u-turns on anti gay and trans HB2 bill

    The presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump has now flip flopped on his HB2 stance, insinuating to Fox news that White House directives shouldn’t protect tiny parts of the population and that civil protections should be left to individual states.

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    It’s the bill that’s divided the nation. Musical legends have boycotted the state because of it, cities have lost hundreds of millions in investment and millions in lost revenues – and now Donald Trump has flip-flopped on his stance – saying that he disagrees that federal laws should support, “such a tiny part of our population”.

    HB2 bans all LGBT+ right ordinances in North Carolina.

    In March North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed a law which would allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT people on the grounds of religious belief.

    The law also requires trans people to use the public toilet that aligns with the gender that is on their birth certificate.

    Previously Trump had said that the law was unnecessary, but has seemingly u-turned after President Obama recently issued directives which called upon public schools to allow trans students to use the toilets they were most comfortable using.

    Trump told Fox News,

     ‘Well, it’s not fine. ‘I would generally speaking leave it to the states to decide. Obama’s getting into a very tricky territory. We have to protect everybody … but this is such a tiny part of our population. I would really leave it up to the states.

  • Adam Lambert, RuPaul, Britney and P!nk team with all star choir for Orlando single

    Adam Lambert, RuPaul, Britney and P!nk team with all star choir for Orlando single

    A starfield of musicians have teamed together to release an emotional single in memory of those who died at the homophobic attack at Pulse nightclub last month.

    A whole host of stars including Adam Lambert, RuPaul, Britney and P!nk have joined together to release a touching single called “Hands” with the proceeds going to the Equality Florida Pulse Victims’ Fund, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida and GLAAD.

    Last month 49 victims were massacred when a lone gunman walked into the Pulse nightclub at 2:00AM and started shooting into the crowded club. Over 50 people were also injured in the attack, which is the single most deadly gun attack in American history.

    “Hands,” is a musical tribute to the 49 victims of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The track features Mary J Blige, Jason Derulo, Britney Spears, Tyler Glenn, Selena Gomez, Halsey, Ty Herndon, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Adam Lambert, Mary Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, Kacey Musgraves, MNEK, Alex Newell, P!nk, Prince Royce, Nate Ruess, RuPaul, Troye Sivan, Jussie Smollett, Gwen Stefani, and Meghan Trainor.

    BUY THE SONG: iTunes