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Love, Simon is a charming gay studio movie that makes us hungry for more.

t’s going to be hard to talk about Love, Simon, the new gay teen romantic comedy from Fox (yep!), without it turning into a therapy session. Bright and attractive in both cast and production design, Greg Berlanti’s film—adapted from the best-selling young-adult novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—has a pleasant bearing.

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RuPaul apologizes for transgender comments: I ‘regret the hurt I have caused’.

RuPaul apologized for saying he would “probably not” allow a man who transitioned into a woman onto his hit competition show “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” In an interview with the Guardian, RuPaul, whose birth name is RuPaul Andre Charles, was asked if he would accept a contestant on his show who had begun transitioning.

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The best LGBTQ Oscar moments of 2018.

The 2018 Oscars proved pleasantly surprising when it came to inclusion and visibility of LGBTQ voices, stories and significant moments throughout Sunday’s four hours of TV programming. It was certainly a groundbreaking night in a number of ways ― and one well-deserved win of the evening went to Chilean film “A Fantastic Woman.”

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Oscar winner ‘A Fantastic Woman’ draws attention to transgender rights.

There is a moment in the Chilean film “A Fantastic Woman” when a transgender singer stands onstage and lifts her voice, an unwavering mezzo-soprano that rises above the cruelties and prejudices she’s encountered in a country that has scorned her identity, ridiculed her love and chipped away at her pride.

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RuPaul doesn’t think transgender queens should compete on Drag Race after transitioning.

Peppermint became the first out trans woman to enter RuPaul’s Drag Race, with many other queens now openly identifying as transgender. But RuPaul isn’t sure about allowing those who have fully transitioned to enter the contest. The 57-year-old has called the topic of trans drag queens ‘an interesting area’, saying that while you can identify as a woman and do drag, he isn’t sure you can do drag with a female body.  

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1 in 4 straight men watch gay porn.

Almost one in four guys have watched male-on-male porn, according to a new survey. Researchers at porn website Youporn found that 24 percent of heterosexual men say they watch gay content, while 39 percent of straight women have seen lesbian porn.

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This 83-year-old gay man just broke into porn.

Age is just a number. Like 69. YouTuber Davey Wavey, who launched his gay adult site Himeros in December, released a new porn video this week featuring a solo from an 83-year-old newcomer named Norm. Directed by Daniel Cardone, the unconventional clip, Blessing of the Elder, also features veteran twink porn stars Blake Mitchell and Joey Mills.