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Ricky Martin’s dad urged him to come out as gay
Ricky Martin's dad urged him to come out as gay so he wouldn't teach his children to “lie”. The 52-year-old singer – who had twin sons Matteo and Valentino in 2008 via gestational surrogacy, as well as daughter Lucia, five, and son Renn, four, during his relationship with ex-husband Jwan Yosef – admitted he may not have come out in 2010 if it had not been for his former psychologist father Enrique Morales' advice. He told SiriusXM's ‘Andy Cohen Live' about how his professional team had warned him to hide his sexuality by telling him if he came out it “is gonna be the end of your career”. Ricky…
Funding bill bars US embassies from flying LGBTQ Pride flags
Washington (AFP) – Tucked in the massive funding bill signed Saturday by President Joe Biden is a provision banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over US embassies, but the White House has vowed to work toward its repeal. The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September, which passed early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline. As Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian, scrambled for votes to get the bill passed in his chamber, he “boasted” of the Pride flag ban as a reason his par…
Luke Evans recalls feeling ‘free’ in London
Luke Evans felt “free” in London as a gay man. The 44-year-old actor left his hometown at 16, moving to Cardiff, then London to study acting, and Luke admits that he relished the anonymity that comes with living in a big city. Speaking to The Independent, Luke shared: “You could almost disappear. “That's the reason London appealed to me when I was a young man. You want to find your community, and often where [gay people] are brought up, there isn't one, or there's shame, or there's secrets. “To feel free, and to feel part of something, you go to a big city where you'll find people like you. It…
US lawmakers move to bar Pride flags over embassies
Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers moved Thursday toward banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over US embassies, a victory for conservatives in a long-running US cultural battle being played out overseas. The prohibition is one of a slew of side issues tucked away in a $1.2 trillion funding package hammered out by lawmakers early Thursday. Both the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate are expected to approve the plan to keep the government running ahead of a deadline of Friday midnight when three-quarters of the government will run out of funds. The package says that no funding can …
Chloe Sevigny treated Tom Hollander as ‘gay best friend’
Chloe Sevigny treated Tom Hollander like her “gay best friend” on the set of ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'. The 49-year-old actress had misconceptions about her co-star – who became a first-time father last year when he welcomed a baby boy with his partner – because of his portrayal of rich gay expat Quentin in ‘The White Lotus' and was horrified when she realised the truth. She told Variety: “I was like, ‘He's my new gay best friend,' until I realised that he had a wife and kids. “And I was like, ‘Oh no!' I'd been pushing up against him. He must have been like, ‘She's the biggest flirt I've ev…
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