Gay Artists

Michael Stipe On Donald Trump Using REM’s Music At Tea Party Iran Deal Protest: “Go Fuck Yourself”

CNN reports: Donald Trump has been blaring R.E.M. on the campaign trail, and the band doesn’t feel fine about it. The GOP presidential candidate took to the podium Wednesday on the steps of Capitol Hill to slam President Barack Obama’s proposed Iran nuclear deal. His walk-up music? R.E.M.’s 1987 hit “It’s the End of the World as We Know It …

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John Grant – Disappointing [VIDEO]

John Grant, one of my favorite artists in recent years, takes us on a tour of a bathhouse in this new great track which features a vocal assist from an unseen Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl. Grant’s Pale Green Ghosts topped my best of 2013 list and he followed that up last year with I Try To Talk …

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Pentatonix – Can’t Sleep Love [VIDEO]

Grammy-winning and platinum-selling Pentatonix likely has another smash on their hands with this old school R&B track, which is from their forthcoming self-titled album due on October 15th. Their YouTube channel has nearly nine million subscribers.

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Mike Huckabee To Host Kim Davis Rally

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: While Kentucky clerk Kim Davis continues to sit in jail after refusing to give out marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Mike Huckabee plans to stand up for her. The former Arkansas governor announced Thursday that he will be heading up a “liberty rally” next Tuesday for the jailed county clerk in Kentucky. According to …

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Well-Strung – Royals [VIDEO]

From their coming album POPssical, due out on October 2nd on iTunes.

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BRITAIN: Gay Contestant Seann Miley Moore Blows Away X Factor Judges With Queen Cover [VIDEO]

You’ll like this. The Mirror raves: Seann Miley Moore brought the house down on the X Factor. The 24-year-old Australian’s audition began as potentially one of the hottest of hot messes when he walked out onto the stage, but somehow he managed to turn it all around and impress everyone. Take a hairy fur jacket, a PVC skirt, leather platform …

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Miley Cyrus Closes Out MTV Awards With Crotch Cannons & 30 Queens From RuPaul’s Drag Race [VIDEO]

We’ll probably get another few days of “outrage” about Miley Cyrus after she closed out last night’s MTV Video Music Awards with the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race and a few “crotch cannons” fired from between her legs. Yahoo recaps: In swooped hostess with the mostess Miley Cyrus, a troupe of 30 RuPaul’s Drag Race queens, and a confetti-gun-wielding Wayne …

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TRAILER: Carol

The last project from gay director Todd Haynes was the critically-raved HBO series Mildred Pierce, which won five Emmys. Variety recaps: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara quietly fall in love in the first trailer for their upcoming lesbian romance “Carol.” The film, directed by Todd Haynes, received rave reviews and generated Oscar buzz following its premiere at the Cannes Film …

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Tom Goss Featuring Matt Alber – Breath And Sound

Popular gay crooners Tom Goss and Matt Alber have joined up for a lovely new ballad. Goss explains the video concept: “I’ve been dreaming about this video for years. As soon as we recorded the song I knew I wanted to shoot a lyrical dance because I’m fascinated by movement and even more so by collaborative projects. About six months …

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CUBA: Gay Poet Richard Blanco Reads At Opening Of US Embassy In Havana [VIDEO]

Cuban-American gay poet Richard Blanco is already winning raves for the poem he read today. The new work will be published in English and Spanish by the University of Pittsburgh Press late next month.

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CUBA: Gay Poet Richard Blanco To Read Work At Opening Of US Embassy In Havana

Openly gay Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco writes today on Facebook: “I’ve had to keep this a secret for months, but it’s finally out: the US Department of State has asked me to write a poem for the re-opening of the US Embassy in Cuba, which I will read at the ceremony on August 14th in Havana! So incredibly emotional for …

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Postmodern Jukebox & Mykal Kilgore – My Heart Will Go On

Openly gay Broadway veteran Mykal Kilgore has gone viral with his “Jackie Wilson-style” take on Celine Dion for Postmodern Jukebox. Those high notes! Kilgore has worked with Welsh popster Bright Light Bright Light and recently collaborated with Scissor Sisters member Del Marquis on his Slow Knights project. The clip has over half a million views already.

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