Day: 25 May 2017

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Catch Me, Underbelly, London

    ★★★★★ |  Catch Me, Underbelly, London It’s a sure sign that summer is here when the Underbelly opens on London’s Southbank. If you haven’t seen it before on its travels, it’s an upside down giant purple cow that acts as a big top for international circus acts. This year they’re showcasing more Canadians with Quebec’s […]

  • University of Leicester academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton

    University of Leicester academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton The new National Justice Museum launches its first crowdfunding campaign for exhibition exploring role of crime in Joe Orton’s life and work The National Justice Museum has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to celebrate the work of Leicester playwright, Joe Orton. The museum is hoping […]

  • ADVICE | I’m going to have sex with someone who has a vagina… like me, how can I stay safe?

    This week our medical expert answers a sexual health question on lesbian, bisexual women and people who have vaginas. Dr Nitin Shori is Medical Director of Pharmacy2U.co.uk, which provides NHS repeat prescription and Online Doctor services, answers,  Dear Doctor, I’m planning to have sex with someone else who has a vagina (like me) and I want […]

  • THEGAYUK moves to make website more secure with encrypted connection

    THEGAYUK has become the first LGBT+ outlet in the UK to move its entire website to a secure and encrypted connection. Following in the footsteps of some of the UK’s largest news outlets THEGAYUK has followed “best practice” by moving its entire site from an HTTP to an HTTPS connection. This means that content served on […]

  • How gay friendly is Paul Nuttall’s UKIP manifesto?

    UKIP has just released its GE2017 manifesto, so we’re delved into the paperwork to find out what UKIP have promised and pledged to the LGBT+ community of the United Kingdom. In the manifesto, the term LGBT was mentioned once, in which Flo Lewis, the party’s LGBT chair, said, “Those of us who identify as lesbian, […]

  • Our travel editor unveils epic unpacking hack

    So our Travel Ed, Nick Baker, just knocked it out of the park with his unpacking GAME. We hate packing, but we also hate unpacking too. In one way it’s nice to fill a new wardrobe with your bits and pieces – so you can see them clearly, but it’s the repacking malarky that really […]

  • Mariah Carey just did the most amazing thing for Martyn Hett

    Mariah Carey has done something truly incredible for Martyn. It’s fair to say that Martyn was a huge Mariah Carey fan, even on his profile he wrote that his “life peaked” when he met Mariah Carey. Well, the songstress has paid tribute to him in a loving Instagram post. The “Hero” singer said that she […]

  • Martyn Hett lights up the internet after friends and family pay tribute

    Martyn Hett “would be f**king loving this”. he would, I think it's safe to say, be fucking loving this. pic.twitter.com/s7ffAWBTPj — dan hett (@danhett) May 24, 2017 This is the simple emotional Tweet sent by Martyn’s brother, Dan Hett and it says it all. All day Martyn Hett’s name trended on Twitter after it was revealed […]

  • 20 #BritishThreatLevels tweets every gay man needs to see

    20 #BritishThreatLevels tweets every gay man needs to see

    In the wake of the attack in Manchester, the UK’s threat level has been raised from severe to critical – the first time this has happened since June 2007.   But the nation doesn’t seem to be bothered, instead, getting into the spirit of the times by pointing out just what constitutes an actual threat […]