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  • Kathy Griffin apologises for picture with decapitated head of Donald Trump

    LGBT advocate and comedian Kathy Griffin has apologised after publishing a picture of her holding a bloodied replica head of President Donald Trump.

    Kathy Griffin said that she had “gone too far” after the picture of a decapitated President Trump attracted a major backlash from all sides of the political spectrum.

    See the picture here.

    In the video, which she published on Twitter she said,

    “I sincerely apologise. I’m just now seeing the reaction to these images. I’m a comic, I cross the line. I move the line, then I cross it. I went way too far. The image is too disturbing.

    “I understand how it offends people. It wasn’t funny, I get it. I beg for your forgiveness, I went too far. I made a mistake and I was wrong.”

    https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/869703678550171648

    The picture even attracted the ire of Mr Trump’s son Donald Jump Jr. who said it was “disgusting but not surprising”.

    Hillary Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton even said the picture was vile and wrong.

  • Ariana Grande is returning to the UK to raise money for victims of Manchester Bombing

    Singer Ariana Grande is returning to the UK for a concert which will raise money for the victims of the Manchester bombing last week.

    Ariana Grande will be joined by Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That and Niall Horan to perform in Manchester in aid of the victims of last Monday’s terrorist attack in Manchester, in which 22 people were killed and over 100 others injured.

    The concert is called the One Love Manchester benefit concert and it will take place on the 4th June.  The concert will take place at the Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground. General admission and hospitality tickets will be on sale through Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.co.uk/arianagrandemanchester) from Thursday 1 June 2017 at 10:00 AM

    Ariana Grande called on the biggest international names in music to join her for the evening, including Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That, Niall Horan, and others. The concert will be broadcast on BBC Television, and on BBC Radio and Capital Radio Networks. The BBC will be the host broadcaster for international television networks.

    All net ticket proceeds of the show will go directly to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund which was set up by the Manchester City Council in partnership with the British Red Cross, in aid of grieving families and victims of the horrific attack.

    Ariana Grande said, in an open letter posted on her social media accounts:

    “My heart, prayers and condolences are with the victims of the Manchester Attack and their loved ones. There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you are feeling or to make this better. However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.”

    “We will not quit or operate in fear. We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win… Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.”

    “Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy. So that is what it will continue to do for us. We will continue to honour the ones we lost, their loved ones, my fans and all affected by this tragedy. They will be on my mind and in my heart everyday and I will think of them with everything I do for the rest of my life.”

    The attack – which took place after Ariana’s Dangerous Woman concert at Manchester Arena on Monday 22 May – killed 22 people, seven of whom were children, and injured hundreds of others.

     

  • How well do you know your gay cinema?

    How well do you know your gay cinema?

    Okay… we’ve been working out a totally evil gay film quiz… Are you ready?

  • QUIZ | How much do you remember about Queer As Folk UK?

    Just how much do you remember about Queer As Folk UK?

    Queer As Folk
    CREDIT: Channel 4

  • Who is Gauthier Destenay?

    You may have heard the name Gauthier Destenay mentioned in the press recently but who is he?

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    Gauthier Destenay is the Belgium husband of Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister. Mr Bettel is the only current openly gay world leader. That would make Mr Destenay Luxembourg’s First Gentleman.

    The couple got married in a private ceremony in 2015 after being together since 2010. They got engaged in 2014. If you’re wondering who asked who, in an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Mr Bettel revealed it was Gauthier who asked first.

    So what does Gauthier Destenay do for a living?

    Well, Gauthier is an architect and works for the Belgium architecture company, A3 Architecture. He received his qualification in 2003 and became a partner at the A3 company in 2013. He works as an associate architect.

    Does Gauthier appear with Xavier at every event?

    Just like the spouses of every head of state, Gauthier attends events which are appropriate for partners to attend, however, Xavier has made it clear that he will not attend events where he and his partner are not welcome.

    During an event earlier in 2017 Xavier recalled an incident where an invitation was actually removed when the host found out he had a male partner.

    The unnamed country’s officials asked that he not to mention the fact that he was gay, to which Xavier said he would purposely bring up and speak out about homosexuality. The invitation was swiftly removed.

     

     

     

     

  • Watch this emotional rendition of Mariah’s Till The End of Time at Martyn Hett’s memorial

    Hundreds of people turned up to a memorial held in the memory Martyn Hett, who died along with 21 others during the Manchester bombing last week.

    At the end of a one minute’s silence, Martyn’s friend, Rob – sung an emotional, heartbreaking tribute of  “Till The End Of Time” a Mariah Carey track from her second album, Emotions.

    Martyn Hett was 29 when he was killed by a suicide bomber at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena last week. He was one of 22 fatalities.

    Mariah Carey paid tribute to Martyn herself in a loving Instagram post, saying that he would never be forgotten.

    Speaking at the memorial his mother called Martyn an “iconic diva” and thank everyone for their messages of love and support since his death. She also called the family’s liaison officers “absolute angels”.

    She said that she was never going to go down the route of hate or anger for whoever was responsible and the goodness that she’s seen since his death had “by far outweighed the darkness”.

    RIP Martyn.

     

  • Is Tituss Burgess from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt gay?

    He is by far one of TV’s most notable and loveable characters and perfectly complements the madcap comedy of the Netflix’s hit, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

    Is Tituss Burgess gay?
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    In Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tituss Burgess plays the gay character of Titus Andromedon – but is Tituss Burgess the actor gay in real life? In 2016 Tituss gave an interview to

    In 2016 Tituss gave an interview to HuffPost in which he said that on his album Comfortable, it was important for him to talk about being gay through his album. He said,

    “It’s important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. I try to write in a perspective that’s both a representation of [myself] but also doesn’t alienate those from any other walks of life. I only write about it because I have it in me; I don’t shy away from it, but I don’t write about it necessarily to promote it in any way.”

    So yes, Tituss does identify as gay.

     

  • Cristiano Ronaldo reminds us not to forget leg day

    Oh my. Cristiano Ronaldo has given us ultimate leg goals.

    Is Cristiano Ronaldo gay

    Pro-footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has reminded us how important it is not to skip leg day at the gym – and given us a view of Football’s most powerful and possibly most expensive legs.

     

    Taking to Instagram the 32-year-old footballer uploaded a rather delish picture of his perfectly sculpted legs, whilst lying on a sun lounger. He added the simple caption, Fresh… and well, we disagree the word we’d use is moist. Very moist.

  • The White House excludes the name of the husband of Luxembourg’s gay Prime Minister

    The White House seemingly edited out the name of Luxembourg Prime Minister’s husband, Gauthier Destenay.

    The official White House picture, which included the spouses of Nato leaders, was published on the official White House Facebook page however at the time of publishing they omitted the name of Luxembourg Prime Minster’s husband, Gauthier Destenay.

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    The picture formed part of a album of 97 pictures taken during President Donald Trump’s first international visit since taking office in January.

    The picture included First Lady Emine Erdoğan of Turkey; Iceland’s Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir; the First Lady of France Brigitte Trogneux; First Lady Melania Trump; Slovenia’s Mojca Stropnik; Bulgaria’s Desislava Radeva; Luxembourg’s Gauthier Destenay; Belgium’s Amélie Derbaudrenghien, and Norway’s Ingrid Schulerud.

    Luxembourg’s Prime Minster Xavier Bettel is the world’s only openly gay head of state.

    The omission of Gauthier Destenay’s name caused an immediate backlash on social media. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, was swift to respond to the post asking, why Mr Destenay was left out of the credit.

    The White House then updated the picture, to include his name, nine hours after publishing.

  • Grindr is now owned by a Chinese gaming company

    Grindr has now been bought by a Chinese gaming company, meaning it is not under the LGBT ownership anymore.

    In 2016 Grindr’s founder Joel Simkhai announced that he had sold 60 percent of the dating app to the Chinese gaming firm Kunlun Tech Co. The remaining 40 percent has now been snapped up by the same firm in a deal thought to be worth $152 million.

    The initial purchase of just over 60 percent was thought to be worth $93 million.

    The app has over 3 million daily users.

     

     

  • Ariana Grande vows to return to Manchester to perform benefit concert

    Ariana Grande has told fans she will return and told her fans she will do what for them – whatever they need.

    Ariana Grande has broken her silence since her initial tweet after Monday night’s bombing of her concert in Manchester. Taking to Twitter she wrote to her 46 million fans that she was going to return to Manchester to perform a special fundraising concert for the victims of the suicide bombing.

    She said that although there was nothing she could do to take away the pain her fans were feeling, she would “extend her hand and heart” and give whatever she could possibly give should they need her help.

     

    In the letter to her fans she praised their diversity and beauty. She vowed not to be cowed by the attack and said that her fans should not let the action of the bomber divide them.

    Twenty-two people were killed after a blast ripped through Manchester Arena during the end of her concert on Monday night. Up to 21,000 fans were in attendance of the concert.

    At around 10:3o/33 PM as the singer, who was on a world tour had finished her concert and thousands of people were streaming out of the concert venue when a bomb was detonated.

    Witnesses say that the bomb went off outside the auditorium.