THEGAYUK

Day: 24 May 2018

  • Guess who trended for porn site searches during the royal wedding

    it seems that even a royal wedding can get people off…

    Although traffic for one of the world’s leading porn sites, PornHub, decreased by a whopping 21 percent in the UK, it seemed as though some people had only one thing on their minds during Prince Harry and Megan’s nuptials.

    David Beckham.

    That’s right, searches for a naked David Beckham boomed by 3440 percent during the royal wedding. However, it was his wife that won this particular Beckham popularity contest, Victoria Beckham searches soared by 4213 percent.

    According to PornHub, across the United Kingdom, traffic during the ceremony was down -21% in England, -19% in Wales, -15% in Scotland and -14% in Northern Ireland. Traffic remained below average throughout the rest of the day, with a further drop of -17% in England around 5pm.

    They were also surprised to see that France was the country with the biggest traffic drop of -23% during the ceremony. Traffic in Chile was down -20%, -19% in Italy and -18% in New Zealand, The Netherlands and Turkey. Commonwealth countries Australia and Canada were down -17% and -16% respectively.

    So there you have it, who knew that weddings could be a wankfest.

  • Is it okay to call gay men Queer?

    Is it okay to call gay men Queer?

    There’s a growing section of the LGBT+ community that is calling themselves Queer, but don’t assume that all people in the community want to be called that word.

    THEGAYUK.com has polled readers numerous time on whether the term queer is an acceptable term to describe themselves and each time the majority has rejected the term.

    In July 2017 we asked over 200 people whether they thought queer as an umbrella term for the LGBT+ community was acceptable and sixty percent did not. Some commented that the word was “triggering” and “deeply offensive”, particularly to men who identified as gay.

    Is okay to call gay men queer?
    rawpixel.com at Pexels

    The word queer is still used as a slur against many people in the community, particularly gay and bisexual men, and although some may refer to themselves in this way, it’s probably best not to use language that causes offence to others.

    Only seven percent of men surveyed thought that the term queer was acceptable.

    NEXT >>> What does THEGAYUK suggest?

    Pages: 1 2 3

  • TheGayUK says goodbye to its APP

    So long, fair well…

    THEGAYUK.com will switch off its bar finder and news app from today at 11.59PM. When the app was first launched it was one of the only venue finders for the LGBT+ community – however, Google now makes finding your nearest gay club so easy the need to have a dedicated app is pretty redundant.

    THEGAYUK’s editor, Jake Hook said, “When we first started working with our developers back in 2013, it was sold as an app that could also be used as a chat app – despite repeated calls for the developers to reinstate and upgrade that feature, it never materialised. In order for us ensure a good return on the development and administration time spent on getting the app ready, we decided to press ahead and despite over 40,000 people downloading and using the app since 2013, it’s not a good or effective use of our resources.”

    THEGAYUK, however, is more widely available than ever before. News is available on the global news app, Apple News and we’re working to bring it to Android. We’ll also be announcing further development of sources for our news throughout 2018.

    At the end of last year, THEGAYUK launched its LGBT+ podcast on Apple, TuneIn and Soundcloud. Each episode features a well-known celeb or VIP and they talk to our editor and chief, Jake Hook, about their life and time.