3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (924+ words) By John Riley on August 22, 2026 @JRileyMW DataLounge, an online forum and gossip site aimed at gay men, has shut down after more than three decades. The website consisted of threads and message boards where largely anonymous posters shared news, gossip,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (755+ words) By John Riley on August 20, 2026 @JRileyMW Derek Chadwick, co-founder of the gay dating app Goose, has left the company, saying its direction no longer aligns with his original vision. Launched in June, Goose marketed itself as a rival to Grindr,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (655+ words) By John Riley on August 20, 2026 @JRileyMW Bishop O’Dowd High School, a 75-year-old Catholic college-preparatory school in East Oakland, California, has adopted a new rainbow logo after the Diocese of Oakland forced it to remove LGBTQ Pride flags from classrooms before…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (929+ words) By John Riley on August 18, 2026 @JRileyMW Vandals targeted Corner Drug, a family-owned pharmacy in Woodland, California, on August 17, smashing a window displaying several pro-LGBTQ signs and spray-painting an anti-gay threat on another. Corner Drug disclosed the vandalism in a Facebook…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (706+ words) By John Riley on August 18, 2026 @JRileyMW Long Beach police arrested a man accused of making violent threats in the comments of a social media post promoting the Big Gay Flotilla, an annual informal gay beach party and meet-up where attendees…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (602+ words) By John Riley on August 17, 2026 @JRileyMW Lilly Wachowski is trying to get her latest project, The Hunted, into production. But the acclaimed filmmaker says no one in Hollywood wants to finance the film because of its all-trans cast. “People like…...