Jake Andraka: "I Was Screaming Round The Lab..."

In June, we introduced you to 16 year-old Jack Andraka, the gay teenager who invented an award-winning, affordable test that detects pancreatic cancer in its earliest and most treatable stages. On this week’s 60 Minutes, Morley Safer sat down with Andraka to talk about his test and what it’s like to be one of the most influential teenagers on the planet...

Although the 60 Minutes piece never addressed Andraka’s sexuality, the teenage whiz has not shied away from discussing it elsewhere. Four months ago, when an interviewer from the London Evening Standard asked whether he was into girls and drinking, Andraka replied, “I’m gay, so no. And I wouldn’t know where to find alcohol."

Queerty.

Wonderful.

Eminem Vs Anderson Cooper: Whatever

Eminem was gentled prodded by Anderson Cooper on US show 60 Minutes last night.
Mr Mathers was thrown slightly on the defensive due to the current shitstorm following the spate of gay teen suicides over there.
"That word was thrown around so much, you know? 'Faggot' was, like, it was thrown around constantly, to each other, like in battling, you know what I mean?"... I don't have any problem with nobody, you know what I mean. Like, I'm just whatever."
Whatever.
The poor diddums also tried to paint himself as the victim, part of a persecuted majority.
"I felt like I was being attacked. Is it because of the colour of my skin? Is it because of that you are paying more attention? Because there are certain rappers that do and say the same thing that I'm saying and you don't hear anyone saying anything about that. I didn't just invent saying offensive things."
You can watch it thanks to Towleroad.