QueerClicks: January 11 | Shawn Mendes Tops gay Porn Site’s Most Searched Terms, Adult Film Star Sean Ford Wants to Make Intimacy Sexy Again, and Other Clicks

Shawn Mendes Tops gay Porn Site’s Most Searched Terms

Pop star Shawn Mendes has been the subject of affection for many. Maybe it’s his hair, or his voice, or IDK, whatever … but whatever the reason, the girls love him! And the gays, well the gays like to say he’s gay. Out

Adult Film Star Sean Ford Wants to Make Intimacy Sexy Again

For many, the word intimacy may have close ties to the erotic, but in mainstream representations of queer sex, intimacy—and the deep familiarity it engenders—is largely absent. For Sean Ford, a 23 year-old gay porn star and New York transplant from Little Rock, Arkansas, intimacy is about eroticism, love, and openness. Interview

The British Army, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy formally ended a ban on LGB service members on January 12, 2000, and the military is marking the occasion with weekend-long celebrations, Forces Network reports. Metro Weekly

Commercial Featuring gay Couple Home for the Holidays Sparks Praise in China

While the depiction isn’t exactly an all-out ringing endorsement, a new commercial for Tmall, a large e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba, is garnering attention and support from China’s gay community for its inclusion of a same-sex couple. New Now Next