We’ve searched high and low for the campest Christmas songs…
So here you go, 31 songs from LGBT artists, allies and icons provide you with the perfect soundtrack for a truly camp Christmas. So there’s newcomer Saara Aalto, a bit of Kylie and some RuPaul to make up the perfect soundtrack.
Playlist: All I Want For Christmas – Mariah Carey Last Christmas – Wham! At Christmas – Kylie One More Sleep – Leona Lewis Merry Christmas, Mary – RuPaul My Only Wish (This Year) -Britney Baby It’s Christmas – Bananaramma Heartbeat – Steps 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls Mistletoe and Wine – Cliff Richard All Alone On Christmas – Darlene Love Once Upon A Christmas Song – Peter Kay Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt Showbiz Christmas – Mr Showbiz Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Bette Midler Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Dolly Parton Baby, It’s Cold Out – Glee Cast Do They Know It’s Christmas? Band Aid Merry Christmas – Bette Midler Guiding You – FourNurses Step Into Christmas – Elton John Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Mariah Carey Dear Santa – Girls’ Generation Christmas Tree – Lady Gaga Santa Baby – Madonna Underneath The Tree – Kelly Clarkson Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Sam Smith Let It Go – Idina Menzel Sleigh Ride – Clay Aiken O Holy Night – Saara Aalto Christmas Conga – Cyndi Lauper
The reality star recently revealed in an article with website, guyslikeu that he was date raped in Chicago nearly 10-years-ago. He was so crippled by fear over his sexual health that he was unable to attend the GUM clinic to pick up his STI test results.
He lived in fear for 9 years.
Austin said,
“As a result of the unwanted assault, I was terrified of sex for years following that experience. It haunted me every day.
“It also contributed a large part to my drug and alcohol abuse in my twenties.”
Austin finally took the test recently and faced his fears. On finding out he was negative he said,
“I had lived my life scared of a disease that has been so monumentally stigmatised for so long, yet a five-minute test all those years ago could have helped me avoid the years of fear and panic I went through.”
So the 16th December marks 20 years since the iconic Spice Girls ballad “2 Become 1” became a Christmas number 1. Well, now musician K Anderson has re-imagined the song as a love song between two men and used a condom as the drums.
To celebrate this anniversary, singer-songwriter K Anderson has recorded an acoustic cover, changing the song’s lyrics to ‘boys and boys feel good together’.
The singer said,
“I always wanted to be in a girl band, and there is no finer than the Spice Girls! And, since one of the song’s messages is about the importance of safe sex, I thought it would be fun to use condoms as my percussion in the track (and they weren’t getting much use in my bedside drawer)”.
“I’ve been reading a lot of speculation online as to whether I’m, straight, gay or bi. It’s all these labels and it’s a little bit old-fashioned and this is why I’m not going to label it myself, I’ve had girlfriends that I’ve loved, in amazing periods of my life, but I’ve also had boyfriends.”
Rayvon Owen February
Rayvon came out as part of social media post by Shane Bitney Crone who announced he was in a relationship with the American Idol star. The pair starred in Rayvon’s music video for “Can’t Fight It”.
American singer Ryan Beatty came out as a “raging homosexual” in June. The popular 20-year-old singer came out in an instagram post saying, “Proud to be a raging homosexual. it’s taken 20 years of suffocating in the closet for me to become comfortable enough to say it, but now I can finally breathe. i did it!”
Robin Lord Taylor
Although he technically wasn’t in Gotham actor Robin took to social media to let his fans know he had been in a relationship with a man for five years.
Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense the boardroom process actually is for the candidates.
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Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense it is in the boardroom. When asked if the Apprentice boardroom was a bit like a strict school room, the magazine art director revealed exclusively to THEGAYUK.com, “Yeah, totally. It’s a really tense atmosphere, and it’s really, really serious.”
And if it looks as though the process from waiting room to boardroom is seamless, Dillon revealed that the candidates are actually kept waiting in complete silence for ages to build the tension and possibly to psyche each other out before they’re allowed to enter the board room. He told us,
“The thing is, what people don’t realise is, you’re kind of outside for ages, and you’re waiting for a long time. I don’t know whether that’s so that you psyche each other out, or whether it’s to give you time to think.We’re kept in complete silence outside for quite a bit longer than you realise”.
So, once inside the boardroom and the candidate meet the 69-year-old billionaire Lord Sugar for the first time, what do they make of him?
“Every time he makes a joke, everybody laughs regardless of if it’s funny or not because it’s so tense in there,
“He’s quite a serious guy. He just likes straight up. I wouldn’t call him the most patient man in the world. He kind of wants you to get to the point quickly before you’ve even started a sentence. He likes things fast, he likes thing straight talking, and he doesn’t like anybody kind of beating around the bush. You will get called out for that pretty fast anyway, so you learn pretty quickly not to do that.”
The former X Factor finalist, Bradley (one-half of the “chickengate” Bratavio) is serving up some naked realness on his Instagram account. We’ve already seen that Bradley has an incredible bod, but now he’s getting a little more naked with his pictures. Well giving the illusion anyway.
Bradley recently sparked concern for his well-being after announcing that he was having a “breakdown” earlier in November when he arrived for a filming date in London looking tired and complaining that he was “on less than top form”.
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To clarify a spokesperson for the star told the Daily Star Online: “The paparazzi asked him how he was and he jokingly replied he was having a breakdown – he is absolutely fine.”
So some YouTubers, BriaAndChrissy decided to get some self-identifying straight guys to touch another man’s penis and the results may surprise you.
CREDIT: BriaAndChrissy / YouTube
The video, which was posted earlier this year was an experiment to see what self-identifying straight guys felt when they touched another man’s penis. One of the guys even went as far as to say it was a “beautiful experience”. Another, whose identity remained secret, said that it “didn’t turn him on”, but “didn’t turn him off either”.
CREDIT: BriaAndChrissy / YouTube
Aleks happens to be that man who’s penis gets all the attention…and it appears as though he’s got a sizeable asset! Check out the comments in the video.
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It’s a gesture that many heterosexual couples take for granted, but many same-sex couples still hide their relationship by not holding their partner’s hand. We want to know, would you hold your boyfriend’s hand in the local supermarket?
Below are three questions. If you have held your partner’s hand in a local supermarket please answer question 1 and 2, if you haven’t, please answer 1 and 3.
Would you hold your boyfriend’s hand in the local supermarket?
A study of 2000 Brits has revealed that the UK has a bit of a love affair with some very conservative politicians, including Thatcher, Trump, Putin and Palin.
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The research conducted by CamRate, found that Brits found Margaret Thatcher to be the most popular female politician followed by Theresa May. The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon was voted in third place, while Germany’s Angela Merkel came fourth. Angela Merkel is against same-sex marriage equality, having already outlined that she regards marriage as “marriage is the coexistence between a man and a woman”.
Margaret Thatcher, who died in 2013, led the Conservatives from 1979 to 1990 and was instrumental in enforcing Section 28 in schools.
Worryingly Brits seemed to love Republican Sarah Palin (9), whose stance on LGBT rights is horrifying. Former PM hopeful Andrea Leadsom, Priti Patel, and Nicky Morgan also appear in the top 20 all of whom have a less than perfect score when it comes to gay equality votes.
Brits also voted Vladamir Putin in 14th place ahead of Nick Clegg (15) and Tony Blair (16). Tony Blair’s government played a key part in the introduction of Civil Partnerships for gay people in 2004.
It wasn’t all bad news from an LGBT perspective when it came to nation’s favourite politicians, Barack Obama won the vote, with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn taking second and third place.
CREDIT: By Michael Vadon [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsUS President-Elect Donald Trump came fourth, ahead of ex-UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
Here are the top 20 male politicians
1. Barack Obama
2. Boris Johnson
3. Jeremy Corbyn
4. Donald Trump
5. David Cameron
6. Sadiq Khan
7. Bernie Sanders
8. Bill Clinton
9. Gordon Brown
10. Alex Salmond
11. Andy Burnham
12. Ian Duncan Smith
13. Ed Miliband
14. Vladimir Putin
15. Nick Clegg
16. Tony Blair
17. Chuka Umunna
18. Mitt Romney
19. Paul Ryan
20. Zac Goldsmith And the top 20 female politicians.
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Theresa May
3. Nicola Sturgeon
4. Angela Merkel
5. Caroline Lucas
6. Hilary Clinton
7. Ruth Davidson
8. Harriet Harman
9. Sarah Palin
10. Mhairi Black
11. Angela Eagle
12. Priti Patel
13. Andrea Leadsom
14. Diane Abbott
15. Justine Greening
16. Natalie Bennett
17. Theresa Villers
18. Nicky Morgan
19. Amber Rudd
20. Elizabeth Truss
Interestingly, those who were polled preferred their male candidates to be of a Liberal persuasion, with 12 politicians affiliated with liberal or left-wing parties, to eight who are either Republican or Conservative. Voters showed that they preferred the exact opposite with female politicians, with 12 being of a right-wing or Conservative ideology, with eight being part of liberal or left-wing parties.
There are mutterings that Lauren Harries could be set to star in the next series of Celebrity Big Brother… Let the havoc commence.
CREDIT: Lauren Harries / Twitter
So there are all types of rumours flying around about who is going into the Celebrity Big Brother house for the new series which starts in January, one of those rumours is Lauren Harries.
If you don’t remember who she is, she appeared in series 12 and caused mayhem and laughter in equal measure and she’s been lined up along with a long list of potentials to join the new series on Channel 5 as part of their “old stars, new stars” theme. They’re planning to bring back some of the show’s most controversial stars as well as chucking in a few newer ones.
She placed third in that series.
So who else is rumoured to be entering Britain’s most famous house? Katie Hopkins is among the rumoured entries as well as Jedward.
Lauren was recently spotted with Big Brother’s Bit On The Side presenter Rylan. They both shared a selfie, which Lauren shared on her social media saying,
“Having a selfie with #Rylanclark at his dressing room at Elstree it’s been too long Rylan we should have a good old natter after so long,”
Anyway, THEGAYUK.com reached out to Lauren to ask her about whether she’s was going into the house she replied,
“Looking forward to seeing some interesting people at Elstree on the 2nd of January”
Now whether she’ll be in the audience or in the house we have no idea!
The new series starts on the 3rd January, we’ve cancelled all plans!
Been invited to a wedding? A posh do? Or just having a fancy night on the town?
Then start the evening right with a hand-tied bow tie. It’s easier than you may think and there’s a number of classic and more outrageous designs out there to suit your personality. Though please remember, just because you dress like Bond, it doesn’t guarantee to pull the guys, win big at the tables or get entry to that billionaire’s club… though it could just help.
1) LAY the tie around your neck leaving the right end longer.
2) CROSS the longer end over the shorter and pull up through the centre loop.
3) FOLD the shorter end across to form one side of the bow tie and let the longer end fall over the middle of the bow.
4) PINCH the end of the longer piece and push through the loop.
5) JUST pull both ends to tighten the bow.
1. Black Ribbed Tie | TiesPlanet.com £19.99
2. Soham Ivy Wool | NeckWearShop.co.uk £23.66
3. Eton Silva Polka Dot | Dobell.co.uk £49.99
4. Bammy Herringbone plaid | TieRoom.co.uk £19.00
5.Jacquard Dark Green | NeckWearShop.co.uk £21.76
POCKET SQUARE
To finish off the look you’ll need a top pocket decoration.
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