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This Florida Man Stabbed His Friend Repeatedly in the Neck After the Two Had Sex
A St. Petersburg stabbing incident involving a man named Michael Drake and his male sex partner raises the serious issue of gay intimate partner abuse.
Conservatives Are Literally Setting Their Shoes on Fire to Protest Nike’s Latest Ad Campaign
Conservatives have decided to protest Nike’s ads featuring Colin Kaepernick in a #BoycottNike campaign that involves them destroying their Nike products.
Kyrgyzstan Police Are Reportedly Luring Queer Men to Blackmail With Fake Dating Profiles
Kyrgyzstan police are setting up fake profiles on gay apps in order to set up queer men and blackmail them, threatening to out them unless they pay
This Gay Trump Supporter Is Being Investigated for Threatening Kathy Griffin Fans With a Knife
Carl Pacheco, a Kathy Griffin Trump supporter, stood outside of her recent show in Houston before allegedly threatening an audience member with his knife
Barcelona Knifeman Was ‘Gay and Suicidal,’ His Ex-Wife Tells Police
Abdel Wahab Taib’s ex-wife says he was terrified the local Muslim community would find out he was gay.
This Mexican City Just Legalized Public Sex (Well, Unless Anyone Complains)
A new law basically allows people to have sex in public as long as no one complains to police, but is this a good idea or a problem?
Gay San Francisco Cop Claims Discrimination, Says Department Intentionally Ignored Request for Backup
A superior allegedly told Brendan Mannix “don’t be such a queen” when they found a dead body in the water.
In 2018, Miami Newspapers Continue to ‘Out’ and Publicly Shame Gay Men Arrested for Consensual Sex
Florida police conducted a Hollywood sex sting at the Pleasure Emporium. Media later published their pics and names of 13 arrested men. Is this necessary?
Queer People Rioted in 1959 (a Decade Before Stonewall) at L.A.’s Cooper’s Do-Nuts
While many of us think of Stonewall as the first major fight for LGBTQ rights, there were predecessors, like the Cooper’s Do-Nuts Riot 10 years before
The Guy Who Smashed Trump’s Hollywood Star Was Bailed Out by the One Who Did It Last Time (Video)
A man named Austin Clay destroyed the Donald Trump star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but was bailed out by James Otis, the guy who destroyed it in 2016
White People Behaving Badly: 5 Recent Times the Cops Were Called on Well-Meaning Black Folks
It seems like every day we hear another story of white people calling the police on black folks who are just out in public doing normal, everyday things
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