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Watch the First Eurovision Song Celebration 2020

13May

By RaffaNo Comments

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Watch the First Eurovision Song Celebration 2020

The artists of 2020 shared their all-time favourite Eurovision songs with us and put on a show by singing their own songs in a different genre. Various YouTube creators from all over Europe reacted to this years songs and we also saw the first-ever Fan Recap! Don't miss the Second Eurovision Song Celebration tomorrow night on YouTube on Thursday 14 May at 21:00 CEST. https://youtu.be/xNk7fAqYLiw

RED HOT ALL-STARS 2021. Get ready for a ginger-head-year.

13May

By RaffaNo Comments

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RED HOT ALL-STARS 2021. Get ready for a ginger-head-year.

The famous calendar that pictures some of the hottest ginger guys in the world, is preparing a 2021 edition and you should really get ready for a little sneak-peek that will surely cheer you up! The Red Hot calendar 2021 promises us fantastic pictures of red-headed super hot gods and this time, there will be an All-Stars edition. The annual Kickstarter for 2021 has been launched and this year the calendar will raise money for Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Foundation. And if last year we enjoyed some full-frontal pics of some hot ginger guys (pic below).... this year, creator and photographer Thomas Knightsis has created a greatest hits of the studs that made us fall in love with Red Hot Calendar over the last few years. https://youtu.be/HM-dtKBlcEM This is a little preview ...

South Korea sees a peak of homophobia during a new cluster of Coronavirus cases

13May

By RaffaNo Comments

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South Korea sees a peak of homophobia during a new cluster of Coronavirus cases

South Korean LGBT+ community has been in the target of newspapers and media that accuses the community to be guilty for the spread of coronavirus in the country. As te Guardian reported in this article, almost 100 new cases of Covid-19 have been linked to bars and clubs in Itaewon, the city's underground gay district in South Korea. But the newspapers and media got too far now: they revealed personal information of a gay man in the city who tested positive to Coronavirus, putting his life in big danger. South Korea is a country where speaking about sexuality and sex remains a real taboo and where pornography is banned. Some politicians have tried to ease the tension and this increasing homophobia, but they have never publicly acknowledged the LGBT+ community. Last Saturday 9th May, ...

13May

By alcoachNo Comments

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Friends: the best school to learn love

Before starting looking for a life-long partner, make sure you have real friends in your life and know what true friendship is. We, the LGBT+ people, suffered from homophobia since we were kids. This caused remarkable damages to our relationships with others since we had no real chance to be ourselves and relate to others with authenticity. Straight teenagers never feel ashamed or in need to hide their sexual orientation. We do instead, or at least we did in the past. Especially those born before 2000 did not have an easy life during puberty and adolescence. Back then, socialising and relating to others was crucial for our own healthy, correct emotional and psychological development. But somehow, we screwed it up. Most of us (LGBT+) were forced to pretend to be what we were not. At ...

What kind of Eurovision Fan are you? Take this Test and find it out!

12May

By Raffa2 Comments

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What kind of Eurovision Fan are you? Take this Test and find it out!

Are you ready to discover what kind of Eurovision Song Contest Fan are you? Take this funny test we created for you and share your results on Facebook. Let's see who gets the highest score!

Eurovision Song Contest Revival – a friendly chat with Imri Ziv – VIDEO

12May

By RaffaNo Comments

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Eurovision Song Contest Revival – a friendly chat with Imri Ziv – VIDEO

It is sad not to have Eurovision Song Contest this year due to Coronavirus pandemic, but we are Eurovision Fans in any case and we will celebrate this week as a if the contest was still happening. Rotterdam was getting ready and all of us willing to attend the event had already bought their flights and hotels... but then... a bastard virus got into the way and obliged the entire Eurovision machine to stop, to give up and cancel the event. So to celebrate this event we had a live streaming with Imri Ziv on Raffa's IG and you can watch the full interview here below. https://www.facebook.com/thegaylymirror/videos/233883891165758/ Who is Imri Ziv? Imri Ziv, also known as IMRI, is a 28-year-old Israeli singer and voice actor. After winning HaKokhav HaBa, he represented Israe...

Brazil: the Supreme Court ends blood donation restrictions for Gay people

11May

By RaffaNo Comments

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Brazil: the Supreme Court ends blood donation restrictions for Gay people

It took four years but Brazil has a new ruling when it comes to blood donations. This is a historic win for the LGBT+ community in Brazil which has experienced tremendous restrictions when it came to blood donations. The new ruling comes out after that last 8th May, 7 of 11 justices voted for banning the law that did not allow men who’ve had sex with other men within the previous twelve months to donate blood. The voting against this unconstitutional rule - that was imposing restrictions on the simple basis of sexual orientations - happened at the Supreme Federal Cours in Brasilia, as the Guardian reported in this article. Supreme Court Minister - Edson Fachin - wrote on his vote: “Instead of the state enabling these people to promote good by donating blood, it unduly restrict...

Amal Fashanu says that 5 famous footballers in the UK will shortly come out as gay.

11May

By RaffaNo Comments

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Amal Fashanu says that 5 famous footballers in the UK will shortly come out as gay.

And they are all recognisable names. Amal - Justin Fashanu’s niece - runs a charity where 5 famous footballers are being counselled at the moment, about their homosexuality and their "living in the closet". This is what we can read in her interview to The Sun. She said: “No one wants to be the first. In their minds these guys are trapped, ashamed. They think society won’t accept it so instead they live their lives in secret. It’s sad that this has to happen. But they would be a trailblazer.” Her uncle Justin (the first openly gay UK footballer) committed suicide in 1998 after being accused of sexual assault of a 17-year-old boy – an accusation that was never proven true, and her dad admitted feeling “guilty every day” after he payed his brother not to come-out. Amal also added: “...

Bogotá to lift gender-based lockdown rules.

11May

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Bogotá to lift gender-based lockdown rules.

These rules fuelled violence against the transgender community. Claudia Lopez major of the Colombian city of Bogotá - openly lesbian and married to her wife Angélica Lozano Correa - said that the above mentioned rules will be lifted as of tomorrow following the great number of acts of violence against trans people in the city since they have been applied. This is what we can read on The NYC Times. We had already spoken about the case in Panama in this article and a similar situation happened in Peru where those rules have already been lifted for the same motivation. When Major Caludia Lopez introduced the restrictions, she had assured the trans community that they should go out on the day corresponding to their gender identity and not be forced to go out on the day corresponding t...

11May

By paulNo Comments

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Netflix stands up for LGBT+ characters

International streaming giant Netflix has defended the decision to host characters representing the LGBT+ community throughout its slate, in opposition of a derogatory tweet. The tweet featured a meme with characters from Spongebob Squarepants, suggesting that the use of queer characters in television programmes was unnecessary, stating: “Every damn new series”. The succinct reply from the communications team at Netflix was simply, “Sorry you have yet to realize that every gay person is very necessary”. https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1258156383792279552 The response has so far provoked more than 660,000 likes, over 107,000 retweets and more than 9,500 responses - both positive and negative. There was an overarching message of support from the majority of those replying with ...