Two members of the German heavy-metal band Rammstein defied Russia’s anti-LGBTQ policies by sharing a kiss during a concert in Moscow on Tuesday. Guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kissed onstage as the band performed “Ausländer,” German for “foreigner.” “Russia, we love you,” the band wrote in an Instagram post accompanied by an image of
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Actor and television personality Mario Lopez is facing backlash for claiming it’s “dangerous” for parents to support children who identify as transgender. Lopez, a father of three and co-host of the entertainment news program “Extra”, shared his opinions during a June interview on The Candace Owens Show, a PragerU video series hosted by the 30-year-old
Carissa Pinkston ― an up-and-coming model who has worked for Rihanna’s lingerie line, Savage x Fenty ― apologized Saturday for lying about identifying as transgender, after losing her job over transphobic messages she posted on Facebook, reports the HuffPost. The controversy began in May, when a number of Facebook posts Pinkston made under the name
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R), who announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate last week, claims Americans are too “preoccupied with homosexual activities” and “the wife swap shows” and it is ruining everything from TV to the country’s moral direction. Merrill, one of multiple Republicans looking to challenge Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) in 2020,
“One Million Moms” is calling for a boycott of Pixar’s Toy Story 4 over what the conservative anti-LGBT group admits is a “subtle” nod to the LGBTQ community. “At the start of the movie, when Woody’s new owner Bonnie goes for her first day of kindergarten, in the background there is a quick scene where
New York Police are investigating after eight posters featuring U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe were found vandalized with homophobic slurs. The New York Police Department (NYPD) hate crimes task force said it was investigating after the posters were vandalized with derogatory slurs at the Bryant Park subway station in New York. Police confirmed to
As some Disney fans continue to vent about the casting of an African-American actress to play the iconic role of Ariel in the new live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, many have pointed to a group of biographers of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen who claim that he wrote “The Little Mermaid” as a short fairy tale in 1837
On the last day of Pride Month, rapper Lil Nas X seemingly came out as gay in a cryptic social media post. The 20-year-old singer — who shot to stardom with the country-rap hit “Old Town Road” — asked his followers to listen to his new song, “c7osure,” in which he alludes to his sexuality.