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February 19, 2013

'I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses'

With the news that record producer Clive Davis is bisexual still fresh, now Kelly Clarkson has come out swinging against what she says are inaccuracies in his new memoir.

Clarkson, who won her latest Grammy just last week, accuses Davis of 'spreading false information about me and my music.'

February 9, 2013

Freedom to Marry captures the 10 best quotes from Grammy-nominated artists who've spoken out for same-sex marriage

With the same-sex marriage debate ongoing worldwide, an unprecedented number of public figures have come out in support of marriage equality.

Several of the musicians nominated for Grammys, the American recording industry's annual awards, have publicly shared their support of gays and lesbians getting married.

Freedom to Marry, a campaign for nationwide marriage equality, has put together a few of the best supporting statements from some of the world's biggest hip-hop, country, pop and rock stars.

November 28, 2012

'Even when I felt I couldn’t stand, they held me up and supported me'

While NBC's The Voice has dominated Christina Aguilera's career in recent years, the singer is putting the focus more on her own music again these days with the release of her fifth studio album, Lotus.

She's had her career ups and downs but Aguilera has come to know that she can count on her LGBT fan base.

September 28, 2012

Gay Star News interviews Australian author Benjamin Law about his book, Adventures in Gaysia, that explores different aspects of queer life in Indonesia, Thailand, China, Japan, India, Malaysia and Burma

With vivid depictions of a transexual beauty pageant in Thailand, a gay nudist hotel in Bali, the ugly forefront of the fight against the HIV epidemic in Burma and a happy-clappy Sunday service at a ‘gay cure’ church in Malaysia, Adventures in Gaysia has more color than a Pride march in Mumbai. It’s also hilarious and serious.

Gay Star News talks to Australian magazine journalist and author Benjamin Law about the inspiration, the ups and downs and why there’s no need to take notes on penises.

Why did you decide to write this book?

September 19, 2012

N*SYNC member says the problem with the gay community is they cannot plan for the future

There is something about pop princess Britney Spears which makes gay people come out to her, whether it is a former duet partner on her new show X Factor, or a former boy band member.

A member of N*SYNC, the pop group which launched the career of Justin Timberlake, Bass has shared how he came out to Spears two years before he came out publicly in 2004.

September 14, 2012

Don Philip's voice no longer what it was when he sang with Spears

When Don Philip faced Britney Spears on this week's season premiere on Fox's The X Factor, he was asked what had happened to him in the 12 years since he has recorded a duet with the pop star and now TV show judge.

'At the time I didn't think I was worthy,’ Philip said of when he last saw Spears.

That's the part that TV viewers saw. What they didn't see was the rest of what he said: ‘I didn't think you thought it was okay that I am gay.’

Spears then said: ‘I think it is fine you are gay.’

August 24, 2012

Dirrty singer's new track leaked online after weeks of speculation

Christina Aguilera’s long-awaited new single has been leaked online, and it seems the Dirrty singer has gone back to her old ways.

The single, Your Body, sees the Genie in a Bottle singer go for a club-inspired number with plenty of synth and steamy lyrics.

Posting the leaked demo version on his website, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton said: ‘WHOAHHH GIRL!!! There are some SEXplicit lyrics in this song…if we are hearing correctly!’