Frankie Grande is back on the relationship wagon after splitting with his husband duo.
Frankie Grande is dating a hot man and is showing him off to all his 2 million fans on Instagram. The social media star took to Instagram to show off his new beau, who goes by the name of Hale Leon, by kissing him and introducing him as his boyfriend.
The pair locked lips at Coachella, after Frankie’s sister’s (Ariana Grande) “triumphant set”. The pair kissed under a gigantic rainbow flag and Frankie described the moment as something he would “cherish forever”.
His new boyfriend, Hale is an app developer and according to his profile never touched alchol or drugs, which will fit right in with Frankie’s sober lifestyle.
Glistening is short for “gay listening” which Alan Downs PhD discusses in his book, The Velvet Rage and apparently we’re all a little guilty of it from time to time.
Glistening is when you’re sort of (but not really) listening to the guy right in front of you, but scoping out other men in the room – and being relatively obvious about it, so that the man you’re actually conversing with notices that you’re not 100 per cent focusing on him.
Missing Out On Opportunities
Recounting a story from one of his patients, Alan says that one guy he knows missed out on a huge job opportunity from a guy who was trying to get his attention at a dinner party. The would-be employee barely even noticed the potential employer right in front of him, because another, more fanciable man entered the room, stealing his attention.
The job opening would have been of huge benefit, but because of his behaviour, the employer was ultimately put off, because the would-be employee wasn’t present in the moment and actually hugely disrespecting him.
Give People The Respect They Deserve
So the moral of the story is to make sure you’re giving people the respect they deserve and listen, fully listen to those who are speaking to you.
It can be hard to know what to do to if a friend or family member is struggling with their mental health. Here are six tips to help you, help them.
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Send a text
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It might be a small gesture but sending someone a text to let them know you’re thinking of them can really help. Don’t expect a text back, but just reaching out can let somebody know that you’re thinking about them and that you love them.
Depending on your friend’s circumstances, it might be a good idea to deliver a simple care package. Someone who is dealing with bereavement or who has lost their job might forget about the practical things in life, like toothpaste or washing up liquid or even milk. Getting a few things together and dropping them around might be a great way to start a conversation. Be sensitive to your friend, however. Pride can be hurt so don’t go over the top.
If you pop over, or just happen to have them on the phone it’s always useful to ask the right question. Chloe Ward is a Technician at Smart TMS, the UK’s leading mental health clinic specialising in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, tell us, “Are you okay?” is a great opener, adding, “Simple but effective. It may be that no one has asked that simple question for a while and if you follow this up with ‘is there anything I can do to help?’, they may feel safe enough to begin the conversation”
Don’t try and fix them
This can be really tough because you might feel like you’ve got the answer, but it’s always best to let people work out their own answers that will work with their circumstances. Also, how often do people really take advice? Especially when it isn’t asked for… never. So ask your friend what they think could help them out and explore their ideas with them. It can be tough but try not to judge, just listen.
Just listen
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If your friend starts to talk, let them speak. Don’t interrupt in the first few minutes. If you’re confused about the timeline or the people involved, circle back round to it in your repeat back.
Let your friend know that they can call the Samaritans or Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline. It might seem like an obvious idea, but sometimes we need to hear an idea to act on it.
Speaking to a stranger or someone on the end of a phone, who isn’t connected to them in any way can be a way in which your friend might feel more comfortable sharing their problems with. Samaritan’s phone number is: 116 123 or Switchboard is: 0330 330 0630.
If you’re in London on the 14th April then you might want to check out the camptastic, dragtastic and fantastic Savage Disco & Sink The Pink’s Sunday Service. An epic event that will leave you breathless and certainly a way to queer up your Sunday. So here are the 7 things we absolutely suggest you do if you go to Savage Disco & Sink The Pink’s Sunday Service.
1) Check out the DRAG
On Sunday you’ll see the full Savage Disco family of dancers and performances from Asttina Mandella, Barbs Balls, Bimini, Bourgeoisie, Carlie Carpenter, David Cummings, Hairy Rose and more…
2) Be one of a million
Well, 5000 in fact. Yep, this is going to be the biggest, queerest event in London
3) Spread yourself out
There are two rooms of music, including Printworks iconic main room the Press Halls, plus specialist bars for craft beer, cider and cocktails as well as a spacious outside courtyard with food vendors and plenty of seating to relax between dance floor stints. Queer club night Transmissions will also be overseeing the locker space with podiums, inviting party-goers to heaven or hell.
4) Beautiful people
Dress to impress or dress to feel comfortable. Savage Disco & Sink The Pink’s Sunday Service is all about feeling the most you. Be outrageous, be camp, be flamboyant or whatever makes you comfortable, go for it. As they “you do you, baby”.
5) Get into Hymn…
Sing along to the House Gospel Choir with hymn sheets handed out on the day or make big shapes on the dance floor to house and disco spun by legendary DJs Kenny Dope and Todd Terry.
6) Room Bounce
One of the great things about there being multiple rooms of music and beautiful people is that you can room hop. From the cavernous Press Halls where several ‘services’ will take place throughout the day, to the intimate Crypt hosted by Savage Disco’s DJ, and Sink The Pink’s Pop Heaven room with Tete Bang, the organisers will be pulling out all the stops with immersive production at this alternative Sunday homage – expect rows of confession booths, smutty stain glass windows, foul-mouthed preachers, the best in drag cabaret and a whole load more… This daytime extravaganza isn’t just a party, it’s a festival
7) Get third release tickets now
Third release tickets start at £32.50 + BF and grant access to the full event including the balcony with stunning views of the Press Hall dance floor. All tickets available from: https://www.printworkslondon.co.uk/listings/sunday-service/
Big Brother boyfriends, Hughie and Ryan have launched their very own business together.
After finding love in the Big Brother house in 2016, Hughie Maughan and Ryan Ruckledge have started their very own business together. The duo have launched a brand new hair and beauty business and they’ve called it BB Hair and Beauty, after – well we guess the place their relationship very started.
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Taking to Instagram, Ryan described how happy he was to announce their brand new venture saying, “Guys I’m so happy me and @hughiemaughanofficial are launching our very own business called @bbhairbeauty”.
They’ve also created the company’s slogan, which is the rather gorgeous, “Be your own kind of beautiful”.
Unveiling a little more about the name of their company Ryan said, “We decided on “BB” after meeting in the Big Brother house nearly three years ago, I can not wait for you to see what we will be doing”.
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In another post, Ryan shared a cute photo of the lovebirds saying that he loves Hughie so much.
As Brunei enacts a law that will punish the act of gay sex by stoning to death, Piers Morgan rails against a boycott of the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels.
Taking to his Daily Mail column, Piers Morgan has asked that we don’t boycott the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels, instead turn them into huge orgies of gayness, colour and pride.
While some celebs like Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John and George Clooney have called for a boycott of Sultan owned hotels, such as The Dorchester in London and The Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Piers has asked every LGBT person to fill the hotels with gay abandon and filling the Sultan’s hotels with lots of gay sex.
“Rather than stay away, let’s go the other way and flood the Sultan of Bigotry’s hotels with as many gay people as can possibly fit inside them”.
“I urge wealthy gay men and women to buy up every room, book every table for breakfast, lunch and dinner; reserve every reception suite for private parties, work receptions, meetings and charity fundraisers; take every appointment at every spa; fill up the gyms, preferably in bright pink lycra; mill around the pools dressed like Perez Hilton; demand Diana Ross’s ‘I’m Coming Out’ is played on a 24-hour loop in every lobby.
“Oh, and let’s have at least three gay weddings a day, every day, every month, in every hotel. Make the Sultan of Bigotry’s collection a magnificent monument to gay marriage.
“In short, I urge the gay people of the world to rise up and hit him where it will REALLY hurt him: his reputation”
Piers continued, “Imagine how humiliated and small he would feel if his hotels became the very epicentre of gay pride and culture; if every inch of every place he owns from London to Paris to LA reverberated with joyous celebration of living, breathing, fornicating homosexuality.
One of 13 nations where being gay can get you the death penalty
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Brunei has now introduced the horrific punishment as part of the implementation of sharia law and will apply to sodomy, adultery and rape. The law will only apply to the kingdom’s Muslim population which makes up around two-thirds of the demographic.
Alcohol is banned in Brunei and there are punishments for having children outside of marriage. There is also a fine for missing prayer on a Friday.
Pop star Adam Lambert has made his relationship with Javi Costa Polo Instagram official.
Adam Lambert has made his relationship with the model Javi Costa Polo, Instagram official posting a loved up picture of the pair who have apparently been dating for months.
The American Idol singer took to Instagram to share a series of cute couply photos of the duo together, captioning the pics, “LUV U @javicostapolo” with Javi instantly responding “I Love You”.
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Fans of Adam, known as Glamberts, couldn’t wait to show their love for the new relationship with many of them showering the singer’s Insta with loving messages, although some couldn’t believe the news, with at least one fan asking the singer if he was making the relationship official, writing, “So @adamlambert you’re finally making it official? You’re with @javicostapolo as a couple?”
The singer revealed that the couple had been an item “for months” and that Instagram wasn’t the gatekeeper of their relationship.
The couple were seen together in February 2019, when Adam attended The Oscars with Javi, however, Adam remained tight-lipped about whether they were both in a relationship with each other.
As more schools announce that they are suspending the No Outsiders programme, an education expert says that the lessons must continue “in the community where it is most needed.”
Speaking to THEGAYUK the University of Birmingham’s Colin Diamond says that the No Outsiders lessons must continue after four more schools in Birmingham followed in the footsteps of Parkfield Primary School and stopped the teaching of LGBT rights following complaints by parents.
The No Outsiders lesson was the brainchild of Andrew Moffat, where the ethos was to promote LGBT+, disability, religious and gender equality and to help students question transphobia and homophobia in primary schools.
He said, “We must be resolute and hold to the values of the Equalities Act and the Birmingham Curriculum Statement. Local dialogue is essential – but there are red lines here. No Outsiders and in particular the teaching of LGBT issues must continue.
No music, drama and girls’ participation in sports
In a stark warning, Diamond warns that if no action is taken that subjects such as music and drama could be wiped from the ciriculum could be wiped from UK schools.
If No Outsiders did not continue in school Diamond added, “If it does not, I guarantee that the next targets will be music, drama, liberal humanities and girls’ participation in sports.
“No Outsiders is taking off in schools across the UK: it needs to continue to thrive in the community where it is most needed.”
Ofsted has said there was no evidence the curriculum overly focused on LGBT issues and that it is taught in an age-appropriate way.
Parents at the Parkfield Primary school in Birmingham had criticised the school’s No Outsiders lessons as age-inappropriate over some of its focus on LGBT+ relationships and gender expressions, but a report today from Ofsted has now said that the lessons are not taught in an age-inappropriate manner and do not overtly focus on LGBT+ issues.
Headteacher David Williams described the report as “great news”, according to the BBC.
The inspection by Ofsted was arranged after parents said that they were concerned over the leadership at the school.
In his report, Ofsted’s senior inspector Peter Humphries said, “A very small, but vocal, minority of parents are not clear about the school’s vision, policies and practice.
“This group of parents feel that staff do not sufficiently listen to their concerns.
“Their view is that PSHE education and equalities curriculum focuses disproportionately on LGBT issues and that this work is not taught in an age-appropriate manner.
Perez Hilton hasn’t been on a date in FOUR MONTHS and that man is on the prowl!
Perez Hilton admitted that he’s been going through a bit of dry spell, thanks to his hectic schedule, family and of course, his fitness regime. So now he’s visualising and manifesting his dream man into his life – and being Perez he did this in an open love letter to his “future husband” on YouTube.
The Celebrity Big Brother star admitted that since moving back to LA that the dating site he used to use in New York just isn’t coming up with the goods.
The star starting off by revealing the three most features for him in a man were being “nice and honest and loyal”
Somebody who loves what they do!
He then went on to say that he’d love to date a teacher or someone who works for a non-profit or a therapist!
He said, “My dream guy: his profession is a teacher something who works at a non-profit, a therapist, somebody who helps others somebody who loves what they do for a living. Who’s driven, who’s passionate… who of course I’m in to visually and have great chemistry with in bed.
“Who who is willing to take a chance on me cuz as I said in the previous video a lot of gay men actually most gay men do not like me but I’m a great partner.
The star was then interrupted momentarily by his mum, and he joked, “Someone who loves my mom, someone who loves my kids… I come with a lot!”
He continued, “Some one who will love me for me, won’t try to change me, I make dancing videos, it brings me joy, so I don’t want somebody who’s embarrassed if I’m dancing with my kids or if I’m dancing by myself.
“I don’t want to feel like I’m suppressing a piece of me to make somebody else happy. I want somebody who will love me for me. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for is it?”
Last year I went out on four dates with two people – it gives me hope!
Speaking about his recent love life, the star revealed, “It does give me hope that since I’ve been “Perez” I have been in a one year relationship kept that real quite – that was a while ago now, that was in 2010 and the last year I went out on four dates with two people. That gave me hope.
Cameron Hawthorn becomes one of the latest country music stars to come out.
The Country music singer, Cameron Hawthorn has used his latest music video to “Dancing In The Living Room” to reveal to his fans that he’s in a relationship with another man.
In the video, a range of couples are seen romantically dancing in their own homes and one of the couples happens to be Cameron and his partner, who join together and slow dance in their very own living room.
“I remember always thinking how special it was to dance freely with my boyfriend in the living room of our apartment,” he tells The Advocate.
“Being gay, it’s not as easy to dance as a couple in public together as it is for a straight couple. I wanted to express how special that moment is for a couple when it’s just the two of you in the privacy of your own four walls.”
Cameron joins a handful of out Country singers including, Billy Gillman and Ty Herndon who both came out in 2014. In the early 20-teens, Steve Grand made global headlines when he became the first male country singer to come out as gay.
