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Day: 22 November 2019

  • Those Naked Rugby players have returned with more even more nakedness for their 2020 calendar

    Those Naked Rugby players have returned with more even more nakedness for their 2020 calendar

    A whopping total of 85 rugby players got completely nude in the 3rd annual #NakedRugby calendar, celebrating body positivity, highlighting fitness and male cancer awareness.

    Awarded as one of the Top 5 Charity calendars in the UK at The Callies Awards last year, The world-famous Naked Rugby Players’ calendar returns for their third year with more nakedness than ever.  
    Six inclusive rugby clubs around Britain stripped off earlier this year to raise awareness for both LGBT+ inclusive rugby and the importance for guys to check their tackle for lumps and bumps, in partnership with the Balls To Cancer charity.

    From Cardiff to Northampton, Leeds to Bristol, 85 rugby players bravely derobed for this year’s colourful 2020 calendar.  Since the release of the first edition in 2018, the calendar has raised thousands of pounds and awareness for inclusive rugby and the male cancer charity, Balls To Cancer.

    Speaking about the 2020 calendar, Creative Director Jake Hook said, “The 2020 #NakedRugby calendar was so wonderful to create and design.  We’re so lucky to work with all these amazing teams, who are willing to try new ideas and go with us on an artistic journey. 
    “This year we’ve made the calendar a little darker, but full of colour. I think the pictures have a real depth to them and really shows some of bonds that are created between the players.

    “Again we’re privileged to team up with Balls To Cancer, as this amazing charity provides much-needed awareness, support and respite for men and their families who are living with male cancer”.

    This calendar will make you feel “Much Betta”

    Even some Celebrities and Royalty are supporting the Calendar;

    “Thank you for The Naked Rugby Players charity calendar. It was most generous of you and is much appreciated” – HRH Prince Harry

    “Buy this calendar and you’ll feel, Much Betta” – Baga Chipz  (Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK – Season 1)

    200,000 men are diagnosed with cancer every year. 80,000 of those will die from their cancer.

    One in two men will suffer cancer in the UK during their lifetimes. Cancers which are detected early, such as testicular cancer, are beatable – but only if the message gets through that men should check their equipment regularly, which is why the Calendar features a cheeky monthly reminder. 

    As with the first two calendars money raised through the sale of the calendar go to Balls To Cancer Charity and to the inclusive rugby clubs involved. 

    SHOP FOR THE CALENDAR on their website or on Amazon

  • Gay and over 30? You need to pick a sub-class

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    So are you a “Mental health blogger” gay or a “dog” gay?

    A light-hearted Tweet has gone viral after it suggested that if you were gay and over the age of 30 you would have to pick a subclass.

    Gay guys over the age of thirty were given the choice of

    – mental health bloggers

    – lgbt charity activists / speakers / photoshoot models

    – fitness and 10k runs gays

    – pokemon and/or lara croft gays

    – stans

    – books/film gays

    – STEM and PhDs

    – dog gays

    https://twitter.com/gonzwitter/status/1197539192953298945

    The tweet grew a large audience and quickly went viral with many people commenting about how true to life the Tweet felt, with at least one exclaiming “Oh my goodness – how accurate this observation is” while another admitted, “I feel like I fit excellently into many of these categories”

    Although it did leave one or two questioning about what happens to gay who hit 40/50/60.

    So many other types of gay

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    Of many people started to add their own thought about what subclasses should be added to the list including, travel gays and theatre gays and one asked, “Wait what about the farmers market / bake sourdough bread and give it to all your friends / raise chickens and sheep outside city limits gay”.

    The tweet has over 20,000 likes, nearly 3,000 retweets and over 500 comments.

  • GHOSTING: These guys share what it feels like when a Grindr guy suddenly goes quiet on them

    GHOSTING: These guys share what it feels like when a Grindr guy suddenly goes quiet on them

    If you spend any length of time on Grindr, you’ll probably have experienced the ghosting of Grindr.

    It can be entirely frustrating especially if you’ve arranged a meet after spending hours on a conversation – and then nothing, nada, zilch. You’ve been blocked. Welcome to the world of ghosting.

    These guys on Reddit spill the beans after one poster wrote about how much it “sucked” when someone he had been conversing with blocked him with no reason.

    He wrote, “Boy does it suck when you vibe with someone on Grindr, and then a couple of hours later you looked back at the chat only to realize you were blocked. What similar story have you experienced

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    The responses came thick and fast – as you might expect.

    Not out

    what is ghosting, why do guys ghost on grindr
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    One user revealed, “Met this boy and we really vibed. Had a great time together and spoke about meeting soon again. A couple of days later he blocks me on everything (had him on WhatsApp, snap etc). He just totally ghosted me. It really sucked because I liked him a lot.

    “Couple months later I get this message from him how he is sorry and that he just didn’t know how to handle something like this. He wasn’t out yet and he didn’t know how to handle the feeling of liking someone genuinely”.

    Playing games?

    is ghosting common on grindr
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    Another victim of ghosting shared, “I matched with a guy on Tinder a while back. It was quite a nice surprise because it had reached that point where I had swiped all the available people and the app was stagnating.

    He messaged me first (which is rare) so I thought there was genuine interest. We really hit it off and we were having a rather nice, meaningful conversation. Lo and behold, two hours later he unmatched me.

    I feel like people are just playing games on these apps. You have to take everything they say with a grain of salt. It’s better for me now just being off the dating apps altogether.

    Often

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    Another shared how he’d be blocked, a lot saying “About 16 times to be exact in the last week… ??‍♂️” – Now that’s a lot of ghosting.

    Catfishing?

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    Another explained how you might be better off being blocked, “Boys are scared. Trolls are asshats. Just be thankful u didn’t have to waste any more time on them. Probs a catfish anyhow.”

    Missing a date with destiny?

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    One user shared how he also missed out on meeting the love of his life because of ghosting saying, “I think it’s just being scared of what it could be. I had almost flaked on my now fiancé. We matched tinder. At that point I was beyond done with dating apps.

    “I had just been swiping for fun and was about to delete it and then I came across his profile. I was intrigued but didn’t think we would click but ultimately just said “wth” and swiped right and we matched and started chatting (which surprised me cos hardly anyone really chatted back even though you’ve matched). We chatted for a week and then decided to meet up. On my way to meet up I was so nervous that I almost flaked but so glad I didn’t.

    “He’s the best guy ever! I love him to pieces. we clicked instantly and now I can’t wait to marry him”.

    Explanation?

    As a way of explaining why this might be happening, one commentor suggested that it could be a touch of narcissism, he wrote,

    “I am ashamed to say I have done this in the past and I really do regret my actions, I am just one of those people who don’t know how to properly decline someone.

    “the feeling that they are not the unwanted piece of crap they believe they are) I don’t know.

    “In the past I have been on there, vibed with guys and realised I have bitten off way more than I can chew and told them I wasn’t interested in the first place maybe a little bit too late (you know, I was the type to say just making conversation in the bio, but if the right guy comes along type), and then blanked them when they repeatedly message me. I have never made promises. But I know some people will have done so and chicken out realising that it wasn’t really what they wanted and without telling the other person.

    “Is it good? Hell no. But when you feel like you have let someone down the last thing you want to do is to confront the issue, at least for me it is anyway, and at the end of the day, both sides lose. But because it’s on the internet, with strangers, the moral burden really doesn’t sink in as much, which sucks because they don’t know who they could have upset.

    “Either way I’m sorry you had to go through something like this, either you encountered a narcissist or just someone with cold feet. I wish you luck on your hunt though”.

  • Drag Race the most successful show for BBC Three since going online

    Drag Race the most successful show for BBC Three since going online

    When will Drag Race UK season 2 start?

    It’s official The Gays (TM) are good for business.

    BBC Three has announced that Drag Race UK is officially the most popular show for the channel since it controversially went online back in 2016.

    Last night the UK tuned in to watch the crowning of the first season’s queen.

    10 Million Requests

    A comment by the BBC press centre revealed, “The first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been a huge success for BBC Three with nearly 10 million requests on iPlayer and two-thirds of the audience 16-34.

    “It is the most popular BBC Three entertainment programme since the channel moved online in 2016, has won critical acclaim, generated massive conversation online, become event television on BBC iPlayer and delivered a top ten single for The Frock Destroyers.

    Green Lit for a second season

    (C) BBC / World of Wonder – Photographer: Guy Levy

    Earlier this month the BBC Three and World of Wonder confirmed that a second series of the UK version of the award-winning global hit RuPaul’s Drag Race will air in 2020.

    Having brought RuPaul’s Drag Race UK to British screens for the first time to critical acclaim, BBC Three has opened applications to find another set of sickening queens to compete in the Olympics of drag.

  • History made as Drag Race UK crowns its first Queen

    History made as Drag Race UK crowns its first Queen

    So who was crowned the UK’s Drag Race superstar?

    (C) BBC – Photographer: Leigh Keily

    Silence! RuPaul has made her decision, The Vivienne, 29, from Liverpool, has taken the title of the UK’s first RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar.

    Having been crowned she said: “I’m made up, I’ve just won the first-ever season of Drag Race UK this is nuts. That crown is going to look gorgeous, I can see me there washing the dishes in it.”

    (C) BBC – Photographer: Leigh Keily

    All three of the final queens (Divina De Campo, Baga Chipz and The Vivienne) went into the final with three RuPeter badges each, so it was a level playing field.

    At the beginning of the episode, The Vivienne said: “If you think I’ve gone through all these challenges to go home without a crown you can piss right off.”

    (C) BBC / World of Wonder – Photographer: Guy Levy

    The first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been a huge success for BBC Three with nearly 10 million requests on iPlayer and two-thirds of the audience 16-34. It is the most popular BBC Three entertainment programme since the channel moved online in 2016, has won critical acclaim, generated massive conversation online, become event television on BBC iPlayer and delivered a top ten single for The Frock Destroyers.