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Dolly Parton Shades RuPaul AboutStaying Makeup ‘Ready’ & Fans ThinkShe ‘Ripped’ The Drag Queen To ‘Shreds’
“That’s the thing: There are similarities in what we do, but I take all that stuff off,” RuPaul said.
“Well, I don’t. I have to always stay ready—street ready, I always say. I have to keep my makeup on and keep my hair done. Like, when I’m in L.A.—I’ve told you about it—if it’s going to earthquake, if we get an earthquake, I’m not running out in the street looking like you look now,” Dolly responded.
Dolly Parton Shades RuPaul AboutStaying Makeup ‘Ready’ & Fans ThinkShe ‘Ripped’ The Drag Queen To ‘Shreds’
Pope Francis’ Instagram account appears to ‘like’ bikini model’s photo
Oh, you devil!
A bikini model has claimed that Pope Francis’ Instagram account liked a racy photo of her dressed in stockings and suspenders.
Natalia Garibotto, 27, said the pontiff’s verified Franciscus account was among the 133,000 that “liked” an image of her standing at a school locker with a white crop-top and a skirt barely reaching her behind.
“My mum may hate my ass pics but the Pope be double-tapping,” the Brazilian joked with Barstool Sports, which also claimed to have seen the apparent papal seal of approval before it was removed.
Pope Francis’ Instagram account appears to ‘like’ bikini model’s photo
These Bugs Bunny stamps are the first in US postal history to show drag
The US Postal Service has celebrated Bugs Bunny’s status as a genderfluid icon with two stamps showing him in drag.
As one of the greatest American cartoon characters of all time, the carrot-munching Bugs has influenced generations of kids.
And his zany Looney Tunes cartoons often showed him dressing up as a woman to trick his adversary Elmer Fudd. In a few instances, the two even got married and lived together.
Now the US Postal Service has marked the 80th anniversary of his official screen debut with a series of 10 designs.
And two of them feature Bugs in drag.
These Bugs Bunny stamps are the first in US postal history to show drag
The stories of penis gods and the people who worship them
Sexual organs are very important to the human race. They bring life, they bring pleasure, they can be symbols of our oppression and liberation.
These pieces of our anatomy occupy so much of our thoughts and feelings that we begin to warp the world around us. Just look at London’s Gherkin or China’s Guangxi New Media Center.
The penis is inescapable.
This has been true throughout time, so it’s completely unsurprising that humans worshiped deities dedicated to the phallus. But these penis gods are not crude symbols from a bygone era; their plethora of stories look deep into our obsession about dick.
Gay Star News
How I survived three suicide attempts as gay teen and am now getting angry
I was seven years old when I knew I was different. One day my brain pieced it all together and suddenly it hit me: ‘Wait, am I gay?’
My whole life changed forever. Things now made sense but I hated who I was becoming. I started to wonder what my parents would think. Would I lose my friends? Will society reject me? All as a 12-year-old boy.
I withdrew and would spend most of my time outside of school in my room. I stopped talking for fear people would be able to tell from the sound of my voice. I became depressed and isolated.
Now friendless, I spent my 13th birthday alone in my room feeling awful about myself. I couldn’t see a future where I could be happy again. Two days later I tried to take my life for the first time.
Nobody knew I had tried to take my life and I felt embarrassed. I didn’t know what to do, or who to talk to. Because the suicide attempt was linked to my sexuality it was impossible to seek help. After that attempt I thought life might get better but it got worse.
Gay Star News
Former Writer Saw Bert And Ernie As 'Loving Couple,' Sesame Workshop Disagrees
New life was breathed into a perennial debate this week, when a former Sesame Street writer revealed that not only did he consider beloved characters Bert and Ernie to be a gay couple, but he used his own relationship as creative inspiration.
On Sunday, Queerty published an interview with Mark Saltzman, who worked on the show in the 1980s and 90s, asking him if he thought of Bert and Ernie as a gay couple.
"I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were," Saltzman said. "So I don't think I'd know how else to write them, but as a loving couple."
npr
Former Porn Director: Sexual Harassment of Young Male Performers Is an Industry-Wide Problem
Shortly after Bryan Schwandt — owner of the twink porn studio BoyCrush — was accused by three of his porn performers of rape, coercion and harassment in late April, a fourth performer, Cole Claire, came forward with similar accusations (link NSFW). Schwandt announced his retirement from the company (link NSFW), but former gay porn director Kevin Clarke says that sexual misconduct with performers is an industry-wide problem that can’t be fixed by performers alone.
Hornet
Betty White's Secret to Living to 95: Vodka and Hot Dogs
Betty White, a very wise and funny lady, turned 95 years old last January. She's still doing the things she loves—starring in movies and television shows, supporting animal causes, laughing—without sign of slowing down. She's better than anyone to take wholesome life advice from, because she makes it seem like every day for the past 95 years has been the best day of her life. And her advice for longevity and good health is exactly that. As she told Parade in a new interview, her secret is vodka and hot dogs, "probably in that order."
Esquire
This politician blamed gay suicide on weak anal muscles
A Swiss politician has blamed incontinence due to weakened anal muscles as the reason for an increase in suicide among gay people.
Zurich City Council member Daniel Regli made the statement during a budget debate on funding for sex education.
Regli criticized a sex ed website, Lust and Frust (Pleasure and Pain). He claimed the site, supported by the city’s education department, promotes homosexuality and promiscuity but doesn’t say anything about “homosexuals with multiple partners take their lives between the ages of 30 and 40…because their anal muscle is not holding up as it should.”
LGBTQ Nation
Richard Spencer Is A Texan Of The Year Finalist & The Internet Is NOT Having It
Why So Many Younger Guys Are Taking Viagra
We're all familiar with female-driven wellness brands like Goop — but so far, there hasn't been an equivalent for men. The startup Hims is trying to fill space in the market for male wellness by offering solutions for pretty much every nexus point of masculine insecurity. It sells a suite of shampoos and vitamins to counter receding hairlines, and it's working on a skincare line to clear up any lingering acne. It also offers is a $20-a-month subscription of Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, an FDA-approved medication that's been used for decades to treat erectile dysfunction.
Men's Health
A Health Teacher Was Suspended For Daring To Teach Kids About Gender Identity
According to a study published in the Journal of Homosexuality, the majority of transgender teens and young adults surveyed began "feeling they were transgender at puberty." Of course, this may happen later for other individuals and earlier for others. As reported by Reuters last year, some doctors and parents found that children knew their true gender identity by age three.
Transgender children and teens are also bullied at higher rates than their cisgender peers, so it's both logical and responsible for schools to educate their students about gender identity. But a health teacher at Cambridge Central School in Cambridge, NY has been suspended after seventh-graders received a handout that provided educational information about transgender issues, The Post Star reports.
Refinery29
Gay people are Grrrreat! Tony the Tiger speaks out against homophobic bullying
Kellogg’s mascots including Tony the Tiger and Snap, Crackle and Pop have ‘spoken out’ to condemn homophobic bullying.
The cereal company teamed up with LGBT charity GLAAD to stand up to bullying for Spirit Day, which is marked by schools in the US as a day to stand up to LGBTQ bullying.
Pink News
11 TV & Movie Characters That Shaped Millennial Feminism
From high school vampire slayers to cartoon superheroes and FBI agents, the 90s and early 2000s gifted us with a diverse range of badass sistas who, despite the occasional corny one-liner, flung us head-first into narratives that subverted the passive female stereotype and endorsed headstrong women with a surprising amount of skill in combat. Growing up alongside their sisterhoods, their diversity, and their resilience against the patriarchy, millennials could envision a new brand of feminism.
Refinery29
Study Reveals Which City Has The Most Hung Men in America
If you’ve ever been on Grindr after dark, you’ve probably gotten asked how hung you are. Have you ever officially measured or are you making a solid estimate?
According to sex researcher, Dr. Justin Lehmiller, the average penis size is 5.2 inches. Do you think a size queen thinks that’s big enough? Do YOU think that’s big enough?! Yikes, speaking of being a size queen; life must be more difficult. Are you ever fully satisfied?! Well, size queens, GoPuff.com has done a bunch of research for you. Basing off Magnum condom sales, they determined the best place to live for a size queen, or you know, allegedly where the biggest dicks are.
Instinct Mag
Was William Shakespeare gay or bisexual?
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Greg Doran has waded into the long-running William Shakespeare sexuality debate, saying he believes the writer was gay and it is time for his gay characters to come out of the closet.
Doran made the comments while a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Today program.
“The growing understanding of Shakespeare, as I’ve worked with him over the many years that I have, makes me realize that his perspective is very possibly that of an outsider,” Doran said.
“It allows him to get inside the soul of a black general, a Venetian Jew, an Egyptian queen, or whatever, and that perhaps that outsider perspective has something to do with his sexuality.”
LGBTQ Nation