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'Drag Race' star Kim Chi is 'sad for humanity.' Here's how she's coping (exclusive)

The RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 runner-up tells The Advocate about "giving back to the community" under Donald Trump's regime through her new cannabis campaign, Kim Chi Over Flowers.

Hoax: Was Heisman Runner-up's Girlfriend Actually a Man?

The revelations about college football star Manti Te'o's fabricated girlfriend indicate a male friend was behind the hoax, and some observers wonder if the girlfriend was a cover story for Te'o being gay.

Amazing Race's Gay Runner Up Gets a New Gig

Chippendales dancer and Race runner up Jaymes Vaughan is a virgin. Of sorts.

Clay Aiken is Runner-Up on Celebrity Apprentice

Aiken wins hundreds of thousands for a children's charity.

Clay Aiken’s Next Act

The runner-up in both American Idol and a U.S. House of Representatives campaign is facing accusations that he’s been using his donors for a TV stunt.

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A snubbed winner, verbal sparring: The sour ending to this year's Miss International Queen

The annual beauty pageant for transgender women closed with the winner, Midori Monet, being ignored by fellow contestants and accusations of mistreatment from the year's runner-up.

American Idol Finalist 'Doesn't Agree' With the Gay 'Lifestyle'

La'Porsha Ranae, a Mississippi native and the runner-up on Idol's last season, is feeling the heat after taking digs at LGB people. 

Courtney Act: Why Boys Like 'Boys Like Me'

The glamorous RuPaul's Drag Race runner-up teases an encore NYC engagement of her solo show about sexual encounters that sometimes transcend gender.

And the winner of Miss Continental 2026 is…

Meet the newly-crowned Miss Continental 2026 winner, as well as the top 12 contestants who were also competing on this year's pageant.

Clay Aiken Tells People Magazine: 'I'm Gay'

American Idol runner-up and Broadway actor Clay Aiken announces he is gay on the cover of People magazine's next issue, out Friday. Aiken, 29, recently became a father to a baby boy with friend and record producer Jaymes Foster, whom he met while performing on the show that launched his career.

WIN: Two Tickets to See Barbra Streisand Live in Concert

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The Stunning 'Blade Runner: Origins Vol. 1' Explores Trans Identity

This graphic novel showcases queer characters within the world of Replicants and those hunting them down in a futuristic Los Angeles.