Lil Nas X helped his brother come out as bisexual. The ‘Industry Baby’ hitmaker has been open about his sexual identity, which has in turn inspired members of the LGBTQ+ community, including his own brother Tramon Hill. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, he said in new documentary ‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero’: “My brother really opened doors for a lot of people. Yeah, he opened a door for me. “What I mean by that, like, I’m not gay, though, you feel me? I’m bisexual. “He helped me be real with myself. My brother made me more open to it.” While Tramon was nervous about how various relations…

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Hong Kong’s top court ruled in favour of recognising same-sex partnerships on Tuesday, saying in its judgement that “the absence of legal recognition has been seen to be essentially discriminatory and demeaning to same-sex couples.” It marked the latest in a long series of litigations surrounding LGBTQ issues, as same-sex couples in the city have been forced to carve out rights from laws often ruled as discriminatory since the city decriminalised sexual acts between gay men in 1991. Lesbian sex was never explicitly outlawed, although stigma surrounded such relationships, too. LGBTQ rights rema…

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Toronto (Canada) (AFP) – Lil Nas X brought his megawatt smile and star power to Toronto for the world premiere of a documentary tracking his meteoric rise — one of several movies spotlighting the music industry at North America’s biggest film festival. Movies about legendary singer Paul Simon and Canadian rock group Nickelback also got their debut screenings over the weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival. But the 24-year-old Lil Nas X — who rocketed to fame with viral country rap hit “Old Town Road” and has since become an icon for the LGBTQ community — captured all the attenti…

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Pedro Almodovar believes Hollywood bosses need to hire more “minorities” to write movies. The Spanish filmmaker doesn’t agree that only gay or Jewish actors should play gay or Jewish characters and thinks the best way to promote true diversity in the film industry is by having authentic voices bring their experiences to the story. He told The Hollywood Reporter magazine: “The essence of acting is, in fact, to pretend, to be someone other than who you are, even in your own essence. That is at the core of acting. “So, for example, absolutely a heterosexual actor can play a homosexual character a…

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Students in Virginia Beach, Va., are fighting back against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s anti-transgender “model policies” for public schools.

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Renee Rapp feels she has a “responsibility” as a queer celebrity. The 23-year-old actress came out as bisexual nine years ago and her most well-known on-screen character Leighton Murray, from ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls‘, is a closeted lesbian. She told The Independent: “There’s an inherent responsibility. If you’re somebody who has any sort of visibility as a queer person, right? “You don’t want to be spewing b*******. You want to be careful and respectful and inclusive and really honest. I was freaked out when it started becoming this public thing. “Also, I was making it a public thing. …

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Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to another edition of the Week in Drag, bringing you the finest content from the queens and updates on all things RuPaul’s Drag Race. With the Labor Day holiday, it’s been a short week and we’ve got a short but sweet collection of videos for you to get your week off to a fierce start. And, without further ado, let’s bring it to the runway! We all know that Bob the Drag Queen is one of the funniest around. Her comic chops helped her snatch the crown in season eight and she’s been flexing those humorous muscles ever since. Need proof? Check out her comedy special Wok…

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Jann Wenner, the mercurial cofounder and longtime editor in chief of Rolling Stone magazine, hoped to cement his legacy with his latest book, The Masters, a collection of his interviews with rock stars like Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen. Instead, he sullied his reputation by admitting what has been whispered about for years — that he doesn’t think all that much of artists who are women or artists who are people of color.