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June 17, 2013

'My dad said to me, "Now you know it wasn't a fluke"'

The morning after his second Emmy win for his performance as gay teen Will Horton on Days of Our Lives, Chandler Massey was feeling grateful.

'It's been a gift. I'm just lucky to have been swept up on this wave,' the actor told Gay Star News Monday (17 June). 'It's been such a thrilling ride.'

The scenes for which he won this time had Will kissing another guy for the first time then confiding in his maternal grandmother asking her if she thought he was gay.

June 17, 2013

Kevin Clash faces several lawsuits alleging he had sex with underage male teens decades ago

Kevin Clash, the gay puppeteer who resigned last November from television's Sesame Street after 28 years amid scandal, won three Daytime Emmys over the weekend.

Clash, best known as the voice of Elmo, won an Emmy for outstanding performer in a children's series and shared Emmys for outstanding pre-school children's series and directing in a children's series.

In all, he has won 26 Emmys for his work on Sesame Street. Although best known for performing as Elmo, Clash also did such characters as Baby Sinclair and Clifford.

June 14, 2013

Saved by the Bell alum comes face-to-face with talk show host who crushed in him as a kid

Ross Mathews sat in for Chelsea Lately host Chelsea Handler this week and found himself face-to-face with Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

Gosselaar, who made teen girls and gay boys swoon during his years as Zack Morris on the sitcom Saved by the Bell, now stars on the legal dramedy Franklin & Bash with Breckin Meyer who appeared with him on Chelsea.

Matthews had a crush on him then - and now.

June 13, 2013

Writes the boy's mom: 'My son met his first love. It was adorable'

An 8-year-old boy who had been saying for two years that Darren Criss was his 'boyfriend' got to meet his big crush at a recent concert in a meeting engineered by his mom.

The actor and singer, who plays gay high school student Blaine Anderson on TV's Glee, is currently on his first solo concert tour.  During a meet and greet with fans before his Chicago show, he met the boy, gave him a hug, and the two had a chat.

June 11, 2013

Most popular chat show host in the UK says he is 'self-conscious' of saying he loves his partner in front of his friends

Irish gay host Graham Norton has broken up with his boyfriend of two years.

The ‘Graham Norton Show’ host and Father Ted actor has reportedly split with Canadian software designer Trevor Patterson.

Asked whether he was in love, The Mirror reports Norton said: ‘No, not at the moment.’

When the most popular talk show host in the UK was told someone would be lucky to have him, he responded: ‘If only now, if only now. Tweet me.’

June 11, 2013

Pakistani commentators are far from gleeful about getting their own version of the hit American musical TV show Glee

Pakistani commentators have responded on Twitter to the news that they will be getting their own version of Glee with statements that are anything but gleeful.

Ibrahim Hanif, who is studying masters in theology in Pakistan, tweeted: 'Liberals' in Pakistan push their extremist views with Pakistan's first homosexual soap opera'.

Osama Ashfaq was also unimpressed, tweeting: 'Do people of Pakistan seriously want their children to grow up in such a society where Taboo issues are no longer Taboo?'

June 10, 2013

'This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another'

Emmy winning actress Jane Lynch, best known for her role on TV's Glee, announced Monday (10 June) and she and her wife of three years are getting a divorce.

Lynch and Dr. Lara Embry were married on Memorial Day in 2010.

'Lara and I have decided to end our marriage,' Lynch said in a statement. 'This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another. We ask for privacy as we deal with this family matter.'

June 7, 2013

NBA player Jason Collins is already most famous gay man - even edging out Elton John

It should come as no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres is by far the most visible lesbian in America, according to the results of a Pew Research Poll released this week.

Her syndicated daytime talk show remains a strong ratings hit after more than a decade on the air five times a week.

But it is a bit a surprise that Jason Collins, an NBA player most people had not heard of until he came out publicly last month, is already the most visible gay man - even more visible than Elton John.

June 6, 2013

The Philippine Daily Inquirer has dumped its long running popular comic strip ‘Nest of Pigs’ after it suggested that the nuns and students of an all girls college were lesbians after the school threatened to sue

A newspaper in the Philippines has dropped a long running popular comic strip after  it received complaints about a cartoon that suggested the nuns and students of the all girls St Scholastica College in Manilla were lesbians.

Pugad Baboy (Nest of Pigs) had become one of the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s most popular comic strips since it began publishing it in 1988.

But Sister Mary Thomas Prado, the college’s principal threatened to sue the newspaper unless it launched an internal investigation into how the offending cartoon was published.

June 5, 2013

Bradley Taylor and Dylan Meehan inspired by the support and attention

Brad Taylor and Dylan Meehan, a gay couple who gained instant internet fame after being voted ‘Cutest Couple’ in their high school yearbook, went to their prom this week as celebrities.

The tuxedo-clad pair from Carmel, New York, smiled for cameras as they posed for pre-prom photos on Monday (4 June) and reflected on all that has transpired since yearbook photo went viral last Friday.

June 5, 2013

Openly gay weather anchor says he's 'so psyched' to have the gig

Gay men are turning out to be the hosts with the most this awards season.

On the heels of last week's news that Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris would be hosting the Primetime Emmys in September comes the announcement today that Sam Champion will co-host the Daytime Emmys later this month.

'So psyched!' Champion said via Twitter on Wednesday (5 June).

June 5, 2013

British broadcaster, actor and comic has revealed he swallowed a huge amount of pills and vodka when filming on location

British broadcaster, actor and comic Stephen Fry has revealed he attempted suicide in 2012.

In an interview for Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast, Fry explained he took a ‘huge number of pills’ and a lot of vodka.

Luckily, Fry said his producer found him in an ‘unconscious state’ and saved his life.

‘I am the victim of my own moods,’ the actor said, who has described his mental illness as ‘bipolar lite’.

June 4, 2013

Actor, renowned for playing lothario villainous roles in telenovelas, says he was inspired by Ricky Martin to be open about his sexuality

A Mexican soap star, famous for playing lothario villainous roles, has come out as gay.

Sebastián Ligarde, 59, who starred in the influential telenovela Quinceañera, said he was inspired by singer Ricky Martin.

The actor said while it would be ‘much easier to lie’, he said coming out was a ‘day of relief’.

June 3, 2013

Filipino singer and former Glee star Charice Pempengco has come out as a lesbian and has thanked her fans for staying with her

Charice Pempengco, who played Sunshine Corazon during the 2010-2011 seasons of Glee, has thanked her fans for staying with her after she came out as a lesbian.

The X Factor Philippines judge told a Philippines television show, ‘Yes, I’m a lesbian,' on June 2.

‘Now I feel free. I can go out of the house without fear and certain that I’m not stepping on anybody’s toe.’

May 31, 2013

'If they called me, I’d be like, "Yeah. Where do I sign?"'

Adam Lambert, one of the most successful American Idol alums in the show's history, said this week he'd love to return to the singing competition as a judge.

'Dude if they called me, “I’d be like yeah. Where do I sign?”' Lambert tells Hollywood Life. 'It would be very cool. It would be exciting.'

May 31, 2013

The American talk show host suggested that same-sex couples could help strengthen the institution of marriage

Oprah Winfrey said same-sex couples ‘can help’ improve the institution of marriage.

During an episode of Super Soul Sunday, which airs on her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), Oprah started a panel conversation by asking if nation-wide support for same-sex marriage should be considered a social revolution or a cultural shift.

May 31, 2013

Performers team with Funny Or Die and Americans United for video

Anyone who saw the Madonna episode of Glee a few seasons back knows that Jane Lynch (aka Sye Sylvester) can sing.

Her version of Madonna's Vogue is a classic (see second video below).

But Lynch, paired with Jordan Peele, goes in an entirely different musical direction in this big ballad parody that looks like one of those cheesy duets from a 1970s television  variety show.

But it's a cheesy song with a message: Separation of Church and state.

May 29, 2013

SheZow, a boy who puts on a magic ring to become his superheroine alter ego, will air soon in the US and UK

The adventures of a boy who transforms into a kickass superhero girl, originally from Australia, is flying across the globe to the US and the UK.

SheZow follows 12-year-old schoolboy Guy Hamdon, who inherits a magic ring from his dead aunt which turns him into his more feminine alter ego.

The ring is only meant to be worn by a woman, and once the transformation has taken place, SheZow devotes her time to fighting crime. She serves up rough justice with a tirade of gadgets, including laser lipstick and vanishing cream.

May 29, 2013

It will be the second time as host for the openly gay star who says 'I couldn't be more honored and excited'

Neil Patrick Harris has been chosen to host the 2013 Primetime Emmys in September.

The star of TV's long-running How I Met Your Mother last hosted the Emmys in 2009 and will be hosting the Tony Awards next month for the third time.

'I couldn't be more honored and excited to be hosting this year's Emmy Awards,' Harris said in a statement. 'And what perfect timing — I'll just do the exact same script I'm about to use for the Tonys. "And the Emmy for Best Revival of a Musical goes to Breaking Bad!" See, told you it works.'

May 28, 2013

The film was made for TV after being passed on by every major studio

Behind the Candelabra, the critically-acclaimed film about Liberace and his much-younger lover, scored big ratings for pay cable network HBO over the weekend.

The film premiered on Sunday (26 May) to 2.4 million viewers making it the most-watched debut for an HBO Films movie since 2004's Something the Lord Made starring Alan Rickman and Mos Def film.

May 28, 2013

Presenters apologize to nurses, not to gay men, for stereotyped and offensive portrayal in 'homosexual nurse' skit

Saturday Night Live (SNL) Korea has apologized for a skit in which a male nurse makes effeminate movements while a patient groans in agony, and then asks for the (male) patient's phone number.

But the TV show didn't apologize for the stereotyped and offensive portrayal of gay men, but to nurses for any 'hurt' that could have been caused by the skit.

In the segment, shown on Saturday 18 May, Hong Seok-cheon, South Korea's most famous gay man, played the nurse.

May 23, 2013

'Every single night just as I serve her dinner, she gets up and feeds the cats'

After more than four years of marriage and nearly nine years together, Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres appear to be as happy as ever.

But Jennifer Aniston, a personal friend of both, got de Rossi to admit this week that there are a few things about her talk show host wife that do kinda bother her.

Aniston, guest co-hosting The Ellen DeGeneres Show, said to de Rossi: 'You guys are so good to each other. But let's face it, what bugs you about Ellen.'

DeGeneres, answering for her wife, said: 'There's nothing!'

May 23, 2013

Lesbian singer-songwriter, who was a fan favorite on the 2012 series of The X Factor UK, will release her new single 1 July

Former X Factor UK contestant Lucy Spraggan has unveiled her debut single.

The lesbian singer-songwriter, who competed on last year’s season of the British reality competition show, will release ‘Lighthouse’ on 1 July.

‘Lighthouses are my good omen,’ Spraggan says. ‘When I was in the US and stuff went wrong, when I’d miss the last bus or I’d run out of money, I’d always see a lighthouse on a piece of paper, beer bottle or in real life then things would start getting better.’

May 22, 2013

Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and Courtney Cox, otherwise known as Rachel, Chandler and Monica star in skit

Could we BE anymore excited about this?

Ellen DeGeneres has reunited half the stars of Friends for a new promotional clip.

In the video, Jennifer Aniston visits Matthew Perry for advice on co-hosting the comic’s daytime talk show.

Awkwardly, she catches her former Friend at a bad time as it is revealed Perry is ‘sleeping’ with Courtney Cox.

DeGeneres and Arrested Development actress Portia DeRossi are also in the short video.

While they don’t feature, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc are all mentioned in the skit.