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Young Russian Violinist Comes Out as Gay in Inspiring Video

Zayn Williams

April 17, 2017

Young Russian Violinist Comes Out as Gay in Inspiring Video

A young Russian violinist has come out on YouTube and his story is both horrifying and incredibly inspiring.

23-year-old Artem Kolesov grew up in rural town just outside of Moscow, Russia, in a very Christian and homophobic household.

His parents were pastors and regularly stated that “gays should be destroyed” and other horrible things.

“During my entire childhood I heard from my parents and the church that homosexuality is a huge sin,” Kolesov says in a YouTube video.

This was devastating for Kolesov, who realised he was gay when he was only 5 years old.

“So I started praying in secret to God so that he would make me ‘normal’. In my family I often heard that all gays should be destroyed, that they should be bombed, and that if anyone in our family turns out to be gay, my family should kill them with their bare hands.”

Kolesov explains that he was taught to hate gay people.

“I never heard anything good about gay people. All I knew was that gays are the people who everyone should hate,” he tells BuzzFeed News.

“I was scared because I knew that I was gay. I didn’t know anyone who I could talk to about it. It seemed that I was the only gay person in Russia.”

Kolesov was depressed and thinking about killing himself, constantly questioning how he could be Christian AND gay.

The young Russian catches a break

Fortunately things started turning around for the young Russian when he got a scholarship to study music in Canada. Finally he got to meet other young people like himself.

“The first time I met an openly gay person I started shaking because I know that I am just like him. I loathed myself and every LGBT person around me.”

Kolsesov now refuses to be scared anymore and wants to inspire other young people in Russia and around the world.

“For a long time, I thought that everything I went through was a curse, but now I know that it’s the biggest blessing I’ve ever received.

“We don’t come out for heterosexual people to know,” he says. “And we don’t come out for the ones who hate us to know.

“We shout and make as much noise as possible just so other people like us who are scared and can’t be themselves would know that they are not a mistake and they are not alone.

“When I was growing up I was isolated from the LGBT community,” he continues.

“Just hearing anything about LGBT people I realised that maybe if the Russian kids hear about my story maybe they could know that a lot of people are going through the same struggles.”

What an inspiring young man. Hopefully his message will reach many young people everywhere.

1,100 Men Showed up at His Home for Sex

Hans Smines

April 15, 2017

A New York man is suing Grindr after more than a thousand men turn up looking for sex at his home and workplace, all due to an ex-lover creating fake profiles in his name.

Actor Matthew Herrick, 32, states in the lawsuit that the man he met on Grindr in 2015 created fake profiles using his images and then gave out both his home and work addresses to strangers.

In January, a Grindr visitor got into his apartment building and refused to leave. Herrick’s roommate confronted the guy in the hallway, said he was calling the cops, and the man lunged at the roommate, grabbed his phone and started wrestling with him, states TMZ.

Herrick claims the incidents have caused him ‘a constant state of hyper-vigilance, afraid that Grindr has been used to incite or seduce the wrong person – somebody who will make good on threats to attack or rape [me].’

He has logged 50 complaints to Grindr about the fake accounts and filed 14 police reports, all to no avail.

The fake Grindr profiles, which started appearing in October 2016, have Herrick’s photos and personal information, including false claims that he’s HIV positive.

CNN reports that at times as many as 16 strangers will show up looking for Herrick every day. Some of the men have even been told in advance not to stop if Herrick resists, ‘as part of an agreed upon rape fantasy or role play.’

‘My entire life has been stolen from me. My privacy has been taken from me. I’m humiliated daily,’ said Herrick to Wired. ‘It’s a living hell.’

Herrick says that he has reported the incidents to the police repeatedly.

In a statement to CNN, Grindr said it’s ‘committed to creating a safe environment through a system of digital and human screening tools, while also encouraging users to report suspicious and threatening activities. While we are constantly improving upon this process, it is important to remember that Grindr is an open platform. Grindr cooperates with law enforcement on a regular basis and does not condone abusive or violent behavior.’

Related: How to Make Him Fall for You

It’s certainly easy to see why Grindr users are interested in Herrick. He’s a very handsome man indeed. Let’s hope he gets to pick which men to meet in the future.

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— Matthew Herrick (@MatthewSHerrick) January 10, 2017

Boyband Star George Shelley Posts Sexy Holiday Pics with Boyfriend

Zayn Williams

April 12, 2017

Boyband Star George Shelley Posts Sexy Holiday Pics with Boyfriend

23-year-old boyband star George Shelley has posted some sexy pictures of him and what is apparently his boyfriend on Instagram.

The former Union J singer and reality star is on holiday in Costa Rica with model Matthew Holehouse and the Insta posts shows that the couple is not afraid of going public with their romance.

In one of the posts, George is captioning a picture of Matthew with nothing but “Sexiiii”.

And in a picture posted by Matthew of himself in just his boxer shorts, George is grabbing his butt.

George Shelley came out as bisexual in 2016, when he revealed that he had dated both men and women in the past.

“I’ve been on a personal journey and I want you to be part of that journey from now on,” he said in a video.

“I want to start 2016 with a clean slate. I don’t feel that I should hide anything.”

He continued, “I’ve been reading a lot of speculation online as to whether I’m straight or gay or bi. Its all these labels and it’s a little bit old fashioned and this is why I’m not going to label it myself.

“I’ve had girlfriends that I’ve loved. But I’ve also had boyfriends. I want you to know that whether I decide to be with a girl next or be with a guy next it’s because I love them.

“It shouldn’t be a big deal. I don’t want to be scared anymore, I don’t want to feel like I can’t be myself because I’m worried about what somebody might be saying about me.

“I’ve not changed, I’m still me.

“I’m becoming a little bit less scared of being myself, and that makes me quite happy.”

Related: Born to Be Bisexual?

Is James Franco Gay?

Zayn Williams

April 12, 2017

Hollywood actor James Franco claims that he is gay “up to the point of intercourse” and that rumors about his sexuality act as a “smokescreen.”

James Franco, who has a self-proclaimed fascination with gay culture, shared his thoughts around the issue in a discussion with himself in gay magazine FourTwoNine.

“Straight JamesFranco” asked “Gay James Franco”: “Are you f*cking gay or what?”

“Gay Franco” replied: “Well, I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straigt in my life. Although, I’m also a gay in my life up to the point of intercourse, and then you could say I’m straight… If it means whom you have sex with, I guess I’m straight.

“In the twenties and thirties, they used to define homosexuality by how you acted and not by whom you slept with. Sailors would f*ck guys all the time, but as long as they behaved in masculine ways, they weren’t considered gay.”

Related: Gay Test – Am I Gay?

In an other interview, this time with Rolling Stone, James Franco says speculations around his sexuality work as a “smokescreen” and shields him when he’s dating women.

He claims to have an “artistic preoccupation” with homosexuality both in the films he makes himself and the roles he chooses to play. His interest in the area began when he was studying at university.

“When I was studying at NYU, I took classes in critical studies, and one of my favorites was on queer cinema,” James Franco told Rolling Stone.

James Franco & Zachary Quinto in I Am Michael

“We’ve told the straight, heteronormative stories ad nauseam by now, in our movies, our shows, our commercials – everywhere. I think it’s healthy to make work that disrupts and questions that, and shows alternative narratives. That’s what an artist should do.”

James Franco has directed three movies with a LGBT narrative: “Sal” about openly gay actor Sal Mineo who played opposite James Deen in “A Rebel Without a Cause“, the short film “Interior. Leather Bar.” and in “The Broken Tower” about American poet Hart Crane.

He has also played gay characters in “I Am Michael”, “Howl“, “Milk” and “King Cobra.”

So, is James Franco gay, or at least bi?

Well, you can never be sure of course, but he says he’s not – in the common definition of the word – and he does not seem like the kind of guy that would care to hide it if he was.

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A young Russian violinist has come out on YouTube and his story is both horrifying and incredibly inspiring.

The young Russian catches a break

A New York man is suing Grindr after more than a thousand men turn up looking for sex at his home and workplace, all due to an ex-lover creating fake profiles in his name.

23-year-old boyband star George Shelley has posted some sexy pictures of him and what is apparently his boyfriend on Instagram.

Hollywood actor James Franco claims that he is gay “up to the point of intercourse” and that rumors about his sexuality act as a “smokescreen.”

So, is James Franco gay, or at least bi?

Latinx singer José Rivera Jr. has just premiered his cover of Queen’s “Somebody to Love,” claiming the song as a queer resistance anthem for the Drumpf era.