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Kevin Hart quits as Oscar host and finally apologizes.

Two days after being announced as host of the 2019 Oscars, comedian/actor Kevin Hart is off the job; quitting after a Twitter scandal quickly spiraled out of control.  Hart tweeted late on Thursday he was stepping down from the hosting gig. 

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Gay NASA engineer tells us what it’s like to land a probe on Mars.

Gay Twitter’s latest heartthrob is Troy Hudson, a.k.a. Science Daddy, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who helped land the InSight probe on Mars last week, and who is also a proud leatherman. Eagle-eyed queers were the first to note the muscular, tattooed NASA staffer wearing a leather harness on his thigh…

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Justice Department spokeswoman from anti-LGBT hate group.

The new top spokesperson at the Department of Justice comes from the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom. Kerri Kupec has been appointed director of the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs, a development first reported by The Daily Beast…    

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An LGBTQ guide to the 2019 Golden Globe Nominations.

Nominations have been announced for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards, which will air on Jan. 7. For the highly coveted Best Motion Picture award, competing titles are Black Panther, BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, If Beale Street Could Talk, and…