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John Barrowman is always one to help a great cause, and he's teamed up with Sanctuary Palm Springs with a new t-shirt, the proceeds of which will benefit LGBT foster children. The slogan for the shirt is “The world can be a dark place. Light it up."


Because we've all thought about it, here's a link to a reddit about a guy who can screw himself. And yes, if you're wondering, there are links in the piece that show him doing it, to orgasm. Sadly, he says that while this is great, he doesn't have the double talent of being able to blow himself as well.


While M. Night Shyamalan didn't manage to win the box office this weekend, he did manage to break his curse, The Visit had a successful $25.6 million for the weekend, and excellent reviews. The win for the weekend went to The Perfect Guy, which won by a million dollars.


Kentucky Governor Beshear says that he can't help Kim Davis by changing the law and removing her name from marriage licenses like she wants, it's just not in his power. "Kentucky law says county clerks issue marriage licenses, and there is nothing I can do to change that, but lawmakers can. If the legislature wants to come in January and change the process for issuing marriage licenses, they're free to do so." Beshear says that modifying the forms to comply with the Supreme Court decision was within his power due to the ruling, but further modifications will have to wait on the legislature, which he doesn't intend to call into special session to accommodate three rogue clerks.


Rob James-Collier says that the response he's received from Thomas' gay cure storyline on Downtown Abbey has been inspiring. “I’ve had teenagers who haven’t come out to their families and it was how Thomas’ struggles resonated. The worry about getting exposed and they’re yet to come out to their families and friends, their insecurities like: ‘Am I going to get accepted, how are my family going to deal with this?’ It’s a huge thing. To see something on the TV in a main show that they can identify with is quite rare so I really tapped into that. It’s really humbling when you see letters like that because Thomas is moving people and that’s what drama’s supposed to do. It’s supposed to evoke emotion. It’s lovely when you get that, it’s the greatest compliment of all. Very humbling, poignant and heartfelt.” Honestly, I find it depressing that a cure for something that's not an illness from the 1920s still resonates with the youth of today. We're failing them.


The editorial board of the New York Times calls the First Amendment Defense Act the greatest threat to the First Amendment. "In reality, the act would bar the federal government from taking “any discriminatory action” — including the denial of tax benefits, grants, contracts or licenses — against those who oppose same-sex marriage for religious or moral reasons. In other words, it would use taxpayers’ money to negate federal anti-discrimination measures protecting gays and lesbians, using the idea of religious freedom as cover."


Chris Hardwick, our lovable little nerd, is engaged to Lydia Hearst. He took her to the Chateau Marmount after the the Creative Arts Emmys, telling her there was an afterparty only to have it decked out in flowers, and proposed to her with a candy ring, as the heirloom diamond ring from her grandmother was in New York being sized. The story is ridiculously romantic to read.


I'd been wondering when the lawyers for Jim Obergefell were going to present their bill to Ohio, and it may have taken this long because there were so many zeroes. The lawyers for the historic plaintiff are requesting $1.1 million in fees, and a 50% bonus based on the success of the case. Bigotry gets expensive.


Buzzfeed has a quiz to guess your age based on which gay porn stars your choose. They pegged me at 69, which while a giggle-worthy age, is way older than I am. Perhaps I just like vintage porn?


Sir Elton John may have made himself unwelcome in parts of Russia due to his criticism of the nation's anti-gay laws, but he's not taking it lying down, demanding an audience with Vladimir Putin to discuss those laws. “I’d probably not [change his mind], but I’ll have a go! I’d love to meet him, I’d love to sit down with him and talk to him. It’s probably pie in the sky… but if I meet him and say ‘let’s have a cup of tea and talk about this’, he may laugh behind my back when he shuts the door, and call me an absolute idiot, but at least I can think I have the conscience to say I tried. I’d say come on – gay people are not the problem here. They are not the problem of the world, the world faces much bigger problems than gay people. Don’t isolate and be prejudiced against gay people.”


You've got to give it to Mike Thomas. The DC weatherman made a big splash earlier this year by doing a weather forecast made up of Taylor Swift lyrics when she was in town on tour, but now he proves that he's not a one diva guy by doing another forecast with Madonna lyrics. As someone who never knows the words to a song, this truly impressed me. And I'm never one to boldly speculate about a man in public, but come on, he's ours, right?


We've had snippets of Hardcore before, the action movie that was shot entirely in first person, but this is the first actual trailer for the film. I have to admit that it makes me a little motion sick watching it, but it's kind of a marvel. And this isn't a proof of concept, the film is finished and screening at TIFF.


This clip shows why Fox isn't a news network. Here's Tony Perkins, unchallenged as he claims that all Kim Davis wants is an accomodation of having her name removed from the marriage licenses. And instead of calling him on his bs, the newsbot just issues prompts for his talking points, one after another. It could have been a late night infomercial for his book.


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