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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.

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Food for thought. Jimmy Kimmel shows why the same-sex wedding cake case is important.

Jimmy Kimmel continued his socially conscious comedy Thursday night by showcasing why it’s wrong to deny the LGBTQ community a wedding cake through a powerful sketch. The ABC late-night host kicked off the bit by explaining to his audience that a court in Kern County, California, ruled…

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Coachella owner doesn’t just back anti-LGBT groups, he wants to ban legal pot, too.

Coachella is known for bringing major headliners to the stage, but the annual music festival came under fire last year when it surfaced that Philip Anshutz, owner of Coachella’s parent company, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), funded notorious anti-LGBT organizations like…