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  • Candis Cayne Deciphers Caitlyn Jenner’s Real Sexuality

    Caitlyn Jenner has been getting a lot of moral support from her friends lately. Through her I am Cait reality show, the people got to see the friends who help her become the person she has always wanted to be and one of them is Candis Cayne.

    Cayne talked about Caitlyn Jenner’s glam look in a recent interview with Hollywood Reporter.

    “When you’re coming from a sports hero, you have to do a 180, you have to go the exact opposite,” she said of Jenner’s makeover.

    “They needed to show that side of Caitlyn, which is female, ultimately female,” Cayne explained.

    She has been an important part of I am Cait because her insights helped Jenner see the plight of trans-women and the issues they are facing. Cayne also revealed that she had experienced domestic violence at the hands of her boyfriends in the past.

    Just how much does she know Jenner?

    In the latest preview of I am Cait, Cayne revealed she felt Jenner is attracted to women.

    “I think that Cait is probably… my gut says that she is attracted to women.” This was after the two visited a gay bar for their reality show. Jenner, apparently, felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the bar because of the almost-naked men dancing at the venue. However, when a scantily-dressed woman appeared, Jenner seemed to express interest in her.

    Cayne added, “your sexuality and your gender are two completely different things … and it’s no one’s business.”

    She has been rumored to be dating Jenner recently but they have not cleared the issues yet. Last month, she asked Jenner on a date for their reality show. The two are very close friends, reports claimed.

    Forty-four-year-old Cayne is currently single ad has said that she thinks being a transgender woman has made it difficult for her to find her love.

  • Rosie Perez Reveals Junior High Same-Sex Experience

    Rosie Perez declared that she had felt confused about her sexual identity, in a speech on TrevorLIVE New York on June 16.

    The co-host from The View also revealed that she tried a relationship with another girl during junior high in a Catholic school, wrote Carlos Geer for Page Six.

    The host, now in her fifties, initially had a crush on a girl called Michelle. And though she wanted nothing but to “hump her,” she didn’t give in to the urges and instead concealed her desires.

    Perez’ uncertainty in having homosexual feelings, however, made her feel all alone, “until Michelle, one day, started humping on me”, the host revealed through the event by national LGBT youth organization The Trevor Project.

    Regardless of the same-sex relationship that she had in junior high, Perez, now married to artist Eric Haze, announced that she does not consider herself as “gay.”

    The host claimed that she is not confused anymore of her sexuality and that she has arrived at a place of security.

    “I know I’m not lesbian, gay or whatever,” she declared. “I’m a quasi-straight person.”

    Perez further added that she still had that moment when she had a lesbian relationship but admitted that she thought she was all alone, Amanda Mikelberg reported on CBS News.

    The relationship didn’t end well as the two broke up and stopped being friends, which hurt Perez. She admitted she needed someone who could understand her and someone she can talk to.

    But she didn’t have The Trevor Project, and had no community so she kept silent, which she confessed added more to her pain.

    “That silence brought shame,” Perez announced on the show. “I remember that hurt and that hurt kept me silent, and that silence brought shame” Perez said.

    “I didn’t have a community. No, I’m not gay, lesbian, transgender . . . but I’m a human being.” she added.

    And Perez went on about the significance of The Trevor Project’s crisis hotline for teenagers. She acknowledged that she is not the only one that went through this period of confusion on sexuality.

    “I’m not the only one that suppressed those feelings,” Perez said.

    Perez further emphasized the role of adults in a teen’s life. She admitted that if she had some grown-ups to call up to tell her that she was normal and that it will pass, “it would have made all the difference in the world.”

    But Perez says she was fortunate to have some great people in her life, referring to her father and aunt. There were also community leaders who assured her, ‘No, it’s okay to be different and just let your spirit shine.’”

    Perez’ advice for teenagers? Accept the journey and their individuality. “There’s no such thing as normal”, she added. “What is the norm is being different.”

  • Russell Brand Gets Candid About His Sexuality

    Russell Brand is anything but shy. And when it comes to sexuality, he is anything but demure. He famously went to rehab for sex addiction. The list of women he has been with is long and star-studded, including: Kate Moss, Courtney Love, Holly Madison, Katie Perry, Gerri Halliwell, and many others.

    But is Russell Brand bisexual?

    Back in 2002, Brand was involved in a stunt for his show RE: Brand. On the show, he took a bath with a homeless man, stayed with a prostitute and her family, and masturbated a man in a pub toilet.

    “I w***ed off a man in a toilet,” Brand later elaborated about the incident. “I thought, ‘I think of myself as heterosexual but perhaps that’s ’cause of the environment that I grew up in where homosexuality may have been difficult for me to express.”

    Brand remembers the event not being his cup of tea.

    “I trawled around Soho… going [to] various gay bars, gay gyms trying to pick people up with a film crew… So we goes to the lavvy (restroom) – me, [a man who agreed to the act], the director – and… it was not nice.”

    Brand further recounts how he also dropped his trousers during the act, which was filmed by a director standing nearby.

    So how does Brand identify sexually after an experience like that?

    Recently Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd interviewed Brand. Lloyd gave him a hug and jokingly leaned in for a kiss.

    “Oh, Geoff, I wish I was bisexual,” Brand said. “That’s one of the things about me where I’ve got a very traditional moral code. I’m tedious with my heterosexuality.”

    Brand is currently single, but isn’t down about it.

    “I’m single,” he said. “Well, you’ve got to go into relationships with the right attitude. All relationships, I’m always positive about them.”

  • Strangers Help Bisexual GA Teen After His Parents Kicked Him Out

    After a Georgia man learned of parents disowning a teen in his area because they found out he is bisexual, the man started a campaign on GoFundMe.org to raise money for the teen. Since the campaign’s October 22 start date, total strangers have donated more than $18,000 to help the teen secure a place to live, purchase a car and buy food and other essentials.

    Nick, an 18-year-old living in Marietta, Georgia was like most other teens his age–living at home with his parents while commuting to college. This all came to an end when someone told his parents that the freshman at Kennesaw State University is bisexual. Their response? To kick him out of the home and drain his bank account.

    That’s right–not only did they dump his belongings on the front yard and tell him to find somewhere else to stay, they also emptied his bank account of all the money he had saved working as a bag boy at Publix over the past three years. Nick’s parents also took his car.

    “This whole thing started when my stepmom caught wind of me being bisexual,” Nick said in a YouTube video. “I don’t know where she got her information from, but I know it wasn’t from me. She didn’t like that and neither did my dad. I got told some very vulgar and disgusting things…That’s why I didn’t tell them, because I wasn’t ready. And I didn’t tell them for the exact reaction I was scared about, and that’s exactly what happened.”

    After the teenager was left homeless, Steve Bevers learned of the situation from his mother-in-law who works with Nick and took the young man in. While Bevers and his wife are willing to let Nick crash on his couch as long as he needs, they decided to turn to online donation website GoFundMe.org to try to raise money to help Nick get started out with another car and his own apartment.

    “When I heard about what happened to Nick I was flabbergasted,” Bevers told The Huffington Post. “I couldn’t understand how a parent could do that. While I’m sure there are multiple sides to the story, I just was amazed. I was hurt. The first thing I asked was, ‘Does he need a place to stay? Does he need some money?’”

    Since starting the GoFundMe.org campaign, Bevers has raised more than $18,000, and the donations are still rolling in. Bevers’ wife posted the following comments in an update on GoFundMe.org:

    “I am so touched by the generosity and kindness you’ve shown this extraordinary young man. I have no doubt that he will do great things in life and make a difference one day. Lastly, I also want to mention that while we are all rallying around Nick, we shouldn’t forget love and tolerance for those who haven’t shown it to Nick. Responding to this with hatred or bad thoughts for Nick’s parents won’t help this situation. Thank you again for your offers to help. Either Nick, Steve or I will be in touch in response to these offers. Love y’all so much! #lovewillalwayswin”

    Nick also posted a video update to Vimeo and thanked people for their support:

    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]

  • Josh Hutcherson Talks “Hunger Games” Threesome Fantasy and Sexuality

    Heads up, Hunger Games fans–Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta Mellark and love interest of Katniss Everdeen, has a solution for the love triangle between his character, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth): a threesome. Hutcherson talked about The Hunger Games and his own sexuality in an issue of Out vmagazine.

    “I know Peeta would be into it, for sure,” Hutcherson said during an interview with Out, a magazine that covers gay fashion and entertainment. “He’s very sensitive, in touch with his emotions. I think it really might solve a lot of their problems.”

    While Hutcherson was joking about that happening (at least to an extent), The Hunger Games star told Out magazine that he might try to sell the idea. “You know what? I’m going to pitch that idea,” he said. “Let’s make it a–what’s it called when three people are in a relationship together? A triad? That’ll go over well with Middle America.”

    To steal George Takei’s catchphrase, “Oh, my.”

    Hutcherson is appearing on the November 2013 cover of Out, and while the threesome comment seems to be the thing that is getting most of the attention right now, that’s hardly the real story in the interview. Hutcherson, who works with the Straight But Not Narrow organization to promote gay rights, opened up about his own sexuality (not just Peeta’s) during the interview.

    While Hutcherson says he identifies mostly as straight, he isn’t closed to the possibility of a same-sex relationship. “Maybe I could say right now I’m 100% straight,” he says. “But who knows? In a f***** year, I could meet a guy and be like, ‘Whoa, I’m attracted to this person.’”

    The Catching Fire star hasn’t had such a moment yet, but he says that ruling out the possibility would be close-minded. “I’ve never been, like, ‘Oh, I want to kiss that guy.’ I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.”

    The 20-year-old actor does a lot of LGBT awareness and his main inspiration for his work with Straight But Not Narrow is the memory of his two gay uncles, both of whom died of AIDS complications.

    “Our main goal is to just show people that you can be yourself,” Hutcherson said during a halftime ceremony at a celebrity basketball game in August, where he presented openly gay NBA player Jason Collins with the Straight But Not Narrow Advocate of the Year Award. It “is something that some of us take for granted, I think.”

    Watch Josh Hutcherson when the second Hunger Games installment, Catching Fire, hits theaters on November 22.

    Main image via YouTube; Magazine cover image via Out

  • Frank Ocean: Twitter Wants to Know Who He’s Singing About

    Frank Ocean (aka Christopher Breaux), the 24 year-old R&B singer/songwriter who is quickly making a name for himself in the industry, recently revealed on his blog that he’s gay. As a result, a number of high-profile music types have leapt to the young man’s defense, including Def Jam founder Russell Simmons. Also showing their support were Solange Knowles, RuPaul, Rita Ora, and Flea, the bass player from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although his revelation may slightly alter the perspective of his tunes, the song ultimately remains the same: love is love is love, regardless of who you give your heart to.

    “The courage he displayed in his beautiful and eloquent letter was touching on many levels. Frank broke down a wall that should never have been built,” Def Jam president Joie Manda said. “The overwhelming show of support from his peers was awesome and inspiring. Island Def Jam is so proud to stand beside Frank Ocean — the artist and man — now and always.”

    In addition to dropping videos for both “Novacane” and “Thinkin Bout You”, Ocean self-released his debut mixtape, “nostalgia, ULTRA”, last year. His first proper album is currently scheduled for release on July 17th. If you think his talent ends there, think again: Ocean also penned songs for such best-selling artists as Beyonce, Justin Bieber, John Legend, and Brandy. In other words, the guy has talent to spare, and he’s not afraid to pass it around.

    Although most people have been kind to Ocean following the announcement — you’re always going to run into those who aren’t nice about anything — most people on Twitter seem to have one question on their minds: Who in the hell is Frank Ocean singing to in his songs? Is it a man? Is it a woman? Their curiosity has sparked some interesting posts as of late. You can find a selection of to thoughts and comments about Ocean below.

  • Wade Davis, NFL Player, Says He’s Gay: Twitter Reacts

    Wade Davis, NFL player, has come out as gay. In a recent interview with OutSports.com, the former professional footballer admitted that coming out during his time spent in the league was impossible. According to Wade, telling the truth about his sexuality may have hurt his career. However, now that his NFL days are behind him, Wade feels that discussing the issue may help those players who are struggling to cope with living a double life.

    “I can remember going out that night, going to a strip club, spending probably $1,500 just to make sure — if they even had a glimmer of thought that I was gay, that I wasn’t. I was willing to make it rain just like the rest of them were,” Davis explained in the interview.

    Although Davis’ time in the NFL didn’t exactly pan out — he did spend some time with Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, and Seattle Seahawks — he’s hoping that coming out of the closet will help others understand they’re not alone.

    “I think subconsciously, I understood that being gay — the way I was raised — was wrong,” Davis state in an interview with Amy K. Nelson of SB Nation. “And there was no way that my family, at least, in my mind, would accept me. And also that my football family would accept me. Just because of the perception of being gay meant that you were less masculine.”

    Now that Davis has retired from the NFL, he’s turning his attention to more important matters. At present, Davis is helping at-risk gay youth, in addition to campaigning for Barack Obama.

    “You just want to be one of the guys, and you don’t want to lose that sense of family,” Davis said of his decision to keep his sexuality a secret. “Your biggest fear is that you’ll lose that camaraderie and family. I think about how close I was with Jevon and Samari. It’s not like they’d like me less, it’s that they have to protect their own brand.”

    How are fans reacting to the news? Have a look at the Twitter reactions below.

    (image) Florida Soldier
    @gwill111     Former NFL player Wade Davis: I went to strip club to hide being gay. Want to be brave? Come out BFORE you retire. http://t.co/lzzt8Xx5
    20 minutes ago via CBS News iPhone · powered by @socialditto
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    (image) ? Queen B ?
    @Totes__Magotes     Wade Davis is gay!!! Yay for him being able to come out and be happy for who he is!!!
    37 minutes ago via web · powered by @socialditto
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    (image) 2 Pumps___Ward
    @Did_It_Best     So Wade Davis comes out the closet ….smh If u ever met fool your gaydar wld go off the charts. I told Samari Rolle Wade Davis is gay!!!
    2 hours ago via Echofon · powered by @socialditto
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    (image) Lindsey ?
    @XxGLAMnESPNxX     Wade Davis is gay. never knew.
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    (image) Unknown Comic
    @UnknownComicLV     Former NFL Star Wade Davis Speaks Out About Being Gay For First Time http://t.co/StoxCM1o >> now Jerry Rice needs to fess up
    1 hour ago via Seesmic · powered by @socialditto
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