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You have to be 21 to see gay rom com Love, Simon in Singapore – but Shape of Water fish sex fine for teens.

Only over-21s will be permitted to see teen rom com Love, Simon in Singapore. The country’s film censorship body, Media Development Authority of Singapore, gave the highest-possible age restriction to the gay film, which is getting love from audiences across the world.

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Hollywood’s gay double standard: Why so many actresses can come out, but young actors stay in the closet.

There’s never been a better time to be gay in Hollywood. “Moonlight” won Best Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told millions of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay dude.” Now in its 10th season, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” boasts two Emmy nominations and ever-increasing ratings.

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Is gay senior citizen comedy ‘Silver Foxes’ from ‘Golden Girls’ team heading to the small screen?

Super Deluxe is teaming with writers and producers Stan Zimmerman and James Berg to develop the comedy series “Silver Foxes,” Variety has learned exclusively. The half-hour, single-camera series is about two older gay men and one twink (their buddy’s young lover) that rescue a friend who’s been forced-back-in-the-closet at his homophobic assisted living facility.

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Another math teacher is outed as a gay porn star.

Last fall, the Internet blew up when it was revealed that porn star Carlo Masi was living in Rome and working as a math professor. Today, a new story surfaced outing Colt porn star Aaron Cage as working as a math professor in the UK. I now regret not paying more attention in math class. UPDATE: Rumor has it that President Trump is looking into suspending the math curriculum at schools throughout the country. 😉 Click here to read the story on Carlo Masi.

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Coachella co-owner with anti-LGBTQ history donates $1 million to Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz, the entertainment conglomerate chairman known for bankrolling controversial right-wing causes, donated $1 million to Elton John AIDS Foundation’s LGBT Fund earlier this week, according to a press release. The fund “tackles the stigma, discrimination and violence that prevents LGBT people in Sub-Saharan Africa from accessing the health and HIV services they need.”

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John Oliver’s Pence-Trolling gay-bunny book sold 180,000 copies in two days.

Last Week Tonight is getting the last laugh in its (perhaps one-sided) feud with Mike Pence. On Sunday, John Oliver announced that staff writer _Jill Twiss and illustrator E.G. Keller had penned a picture book that purposefully apes the Pence family’s own children’s book about their bunny, Marlon Bundo.

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Comic slams Alec Baldwin’s embarrassing defense of SNL’s lack of gay casting.

Since Saturday Night Live premiered in 1975 there have been more than 150 cast members, only two of whom were openly gay. Current cast member, and arguably the show’s MVP, Kate McKinnon was an out lesbian well before she auditioned for the long-running sketch show — but there has not been an openly gay man in the cast in 32 years.