Meme: Teenaged Russell Tovey Attacked With Knife, Grindr At CPAC, Kate McKinnon Channels Notorious RBG

By Ed Kennedy

March 2, 2015 / 8:07 AM

Toby Stephens talks Black Sails gay reveal, Catwoman officially bisexual, sex and Harry Potter

The campaign spearheaded by Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry to pardon 49,000 men who were convicted of homosexuality before 1967 has reportedly hit a snag, as opponents are now saying that it would benefit pedophiles. “There is huge frustration that the deal breaker now appears to be a fear that a general pardon might see what are being described as some paedophiles pardoned. This sounds like an excuse and is driving people to despair.” The argument is that there is no record on the convictions on whether the partner was of age or not, because homosexual conduct itself was the crime.

How well do you want to know your lover? Because you can now buy a vibrator with a camera built in that syncs to Facetime if you really want to know them deeply.

I'm not much on horoscopes. They're always so vague, plus you have to bother keeping up everyday. Now there are Permascopes, which are basically the only piece of advice a sign will ever need. They nailed me as a Sagittarius.

Mostly these days, when newspapers run op-eds about LGBT rights, it goes in our favor. But the Charlotte Observer decided to print one from David Benham, who ripped into a proposed non-discrimination ordinance there. "Do you enjoy the freedom to live according to your conscience without being forced to promote ideas or behaviors contrary to your convictions? Do you believe men should be prohibited from using women’s restrooms? Should a gay T-shirt maker be forced to create anti-gay marriage T-shirts? Should a Muslim baker be mandated to make a gay wedding cake? That’s exactly what this ordinance will do if passed." Harry Potter

If you think about Harry Potter, it was pretty weird those kids never talked about sex, unless you count all the talk about wands. You can't put three people together without the conversation turning to sex, much less a bunch of poorly supervised hormonal teenagers. So Boston University is having a seminar of sex and Harry Potter as part of their annual Frisky February series on sexual health. You just know the Weasley twins used the cloak of invisibility to spy on the girl's locker room. And you can't tell me that the boys weren't messing around like supposedly happens at every other British boarding school. Catwoman

Nebraska has ended a 20 year policy banning LGB foster parents. The policy was put in place by an administrative memo in 1995 by the then head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Can someone in the UK update me on the video that seems to show a naked man climbing out the window of Buckingham Palace via bedsheets? Was it a fake, a TV show, or does the Queen have a side piece?

There is gay erotic fiction about #thedress. The internet needs to be stopped. Nice stock photo on the cover though.

I missed reporting this the other day, but Catwoman is now canon bisexual. Last week's issue had Selina Kyle kissing another woman, and writer Genevieve Valentine confirmed that it was now canon. “She’s flirted around it — often quite literally — for years now; for me, this wasn’t a revelation so much as a confirmation.”

Despite many attempts to remake itself as a content app, or even adding a handy payment system to help you split the check at a restaurant, Snapchat is still largely about dicks and tits. The New York Times reports that strippers and porn stars have started utilizing the app's Snapcash function to provide personalized pictures to folks who want to pay for specific porn. Technically adult content on the app is against policy, but Snapchat has seen more cock than Michael Lucas.

What if you're a closeted gay teen with a loudly homophobic father, and you discover Grindr on your dad's phone? Do you confront him? How much information do you share? Probably as little as possible, because this didn't end well. I probably would've loaded it myself, and when dad showed up 12 feet away, messaged him with a picture of his wedding. Russell Tovey

Russell Tovey is recounting a story of being attacked and stabbed with a knife on a train when he was 18. “I’d been in a pub in Romford, getting the train to my to meet my parents in Brentwood. I was wearing a cardigan. At that time you never wore a cardigan in Romford." Two men on the train eyed him, then attacked and punched him before saying "One said to the other, ‘Are you going to cut him or am I?’ [I was] pouring blood everywhere… I didn’t know where it was coming from, I thought they’d cut my throat. Another passenger was giving me sugar out of a sachet. If they’d asked for my wallet or phone I would have understood it. But it wasn’t anything to do with that. They just wanted to f**king hurt me. And trying to get your head around that, later… For years afterwards I was left with an insecurity. I’d see groups of lads, even in a pub, and I’d feel intimidated. It’s a weird thing but if you talk to other people who’ve been through it, you give off a vibe. The pack can sense you’re weak. It made me so frustrated. Going down the gym, discovering the gym three years ago, and really going for it – I feel a lot more in charge. I needed to exorcise that feeling of being a little scared, skinny rat.”

For those fans of Kate McKinnon, and of Notorious RBG, your prayers have been answered, as Saturday Night Live gives us their new segment GinsBurned, where the baddest Justice on the bench leaves you needing some ice. Honestly, it didn't quite land for me, but it has some potential.

ReasonTV is a CPAC, which is almost an oxymoron, but they were wondering about gay conservatives, so they did what anybody would do, and made a Grindr profile and messaged a few of them at the Gaylord Hotel. These poor guys really just seem to want people to protect their money, and don't seem that concerned about collateral damage. Even the one who thinks the Republican Party needs to abandon social issues is all about economics. I guess when you have money, the effects of bad social policy don't really touch you.

I make my money with words. Some of you are probably thinking that my words aren't worth money, but hey, they're still paying me!But I never think that much about where the words come from, and it turns out that many of them were simply invented by authors who needed to say something. John Green walks us through the origins of 43 words that first appeared in print, from "nerd" to "bisexual."

Toby Stephens took a pause on a pirate ship to talk about the evolution of Flint's character on Black Sails, and how the revelation of his same-sex romance informs what we knew of him in season one, and talks about how he knew the backstory of the character before he even auditioned for the role, which means that those homophobic fanboys didn't get a gay character jammed down their throats, they simply weren't aware that it was already lodged in their teeth.

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Keep being douchey

The final performance behind the scenes at the Family Equality Council dinner

That really is too much handsome for one photo

So Paul needed to get out of Salem for a while

River is set to appear in Out Magazine

It's hard to think of Freddie Mercury with a ukulele, but for Matty I'll give it a try

So much fun working on the #FreddieMercury tribute video for the wonderful team @sydneymardigras & @matthew_mitcham pic.twitter.com/HnRnrx4YZB — Paul Malone (@tvspaulmalone) March 1, 2015

Honestly, on my phone I thought Lea was with Quinn

— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) March 1, 2015

But of course here's Sarah with Andrew

My brother from another mother @AndrewRannells boy do I love you pic.twitter.com/VE0O9rfFnf — Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) March 1, 2015

Hey! No monkey business!

Peek a boo pic.twitter.com/VbQjCbcJLq

— Gregg Sulkin (@greggsulkin) March 1, 2015

Matt and Blue take in some art. And possibly make it better by their presence

#yesplease #warhol #PhxArt #galaxy #blacktie #rayban http://t.co/BDTcI2oMZ0 pic.twitter.com/lQAlMbjqyi — matt dallas (@themattdallas) March 1, 2015

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