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  • Want to know what’s on Milo Yiannopoulos’ tour rider?

    Want to know what’s on Milo Yiannopoulos’ tour rider?

    So if you’re planning to book Milo Yiannopoulos for conservative chat you’d better be ready to go on a shopping expedition in order to get him in the mood to perform.

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    CREDIT: Milo Yiannopoulos / Instagram

    The Tab revealed what’s on the journalist and the Internet’s super villain’s rider.

    So it starts off pretty legit. Bottles of champagne, trainer approved snacks and fruit, a full-length mirror, cough drops and humidifier, WiFi and then it gets weird. Really weird.

    He wants his peaches defuzzed, an 8×10 framed signed photo of himself, non-fair trade coffee, a bowl and a half of green M&Ms (approx 1400) and a fruit platter prepared to form an M shape. Oh and he also wants a snow cone machine.

    But then things get a little outrageous…

    He doesn’t want gingers – but he does want four topless Abercrombie models and his preference is black models. Anyone who identifies as lesbian must remain 100 feet away from him. They are not permitted to wear khakis, flannel, Birkenstocks, or plaid. All female staff are required to wear brassieres or other supportive undergarments.

    And if you get things wrong expect huge fines.

    He doesn’t want phone calls in his dressing room – any disturbance will find a venue being fined $5000 and he hears Adele playing the venue will be fined $7,500.

    And for on stage? He requests a fog machine and bear spray.

    Milo confirmed to The Tab that the rider was authentic.

    Last week Milo had a scheduled talk at his old school, The Langton Grammar School for Boys, cancelled amid security concerns. Activists were planning a protest outside the school, which caused the Department for Education’s counter extremism unit to reach out to the school.

    Read the full rider below:

    1. DRESSING ROOM

    6 x Bottles San Pellegrino, chilled

    2 x Laurent-Perrier Brut NV Methuselah

    3 dozen poppy bagels, seeds removed

    5 x good quality Sancerre

    6 packs Newport shorts

    Trainer-approved snack, fruits

    Fresh fruit platter, prepared in shape of capital ‘M’

    4 x Japanese square watermelon

    Snow cone machine

    2 buckets KFC Extra Crispy thighs should be ready upon arrival; skin removed & set aside in third bucket

    Bacon

    Hot and cold meal options – Gordon Ramsay recipes.

    Preferred meats: Veal, suckling pig

    • Use only French fleur-du-sel, Northwest coast preferred source

    8 dozen double-stuff Oreos, halved & spliced together to make 4 dozen double-double stuff Oreos

    Cave-aged Gruyere

    A bowl and a half of green M&M’s (approx 1400)

    2 x tin petrossian royal ossetra caviar

    30 x peaches, defuzzed

    Advil/Tylenol

    Hot water (filtered), fresh honey and lemon

    Coffee: Hawaiian, grown in volcanic foothills; or any non-fair-trade source/country

    Cough drops

    Humidifier

    WiFi (2 dedicated networks, high-speed)

    Central air-conditioning

    Full-length mirror

    Working outlets/ power strips, extension cords

    2 dozen white roses, de-thorned, cut to 8-9 inches

    3 pack x Scented markers

    Framed,signed 8×10 photo of artist, next to roses;

    NB: attendant rotate frame hourly to maintain sun aspect

    Room with east & west views

    Framed 8×10 portrait of Daddy; frame must be gilded/gold-leaf; placed adjacent to artist’s

    Hand lotion; any South Korean brand containing horse oil banned in the USA & EU

    On-call registered nurse for B-12 injections

    3 Siberian Husky puppies

    4 topless Abercrombie models, BLACK PREFERRED — NO gingers

    Tahitian Vanilla candles, minimum 12 hour burning time

    10 ‘torchiere-style’ floor lamps

    Assorted ceramic tableware

    Hot & cold towels (Ralph Lauren)

    Framed 8×10 black-and-white photo of Princess Di, placed on windowsill

    Tiara

    Johnson’s baby oil (slightly heated)

    Star Wars Top Trumps

    Assistant to read my speech on repeat to artist

    Selection of minimum 12 world capital major newspapers, ironed

    20 x international phone lines

    75 x $1 bills

    Registered on-call acupuncturist

    Strictly Non-Smoking Rooms

    Carpet & upholstery deodorized

    Framed 8×10 of Mariah Carey, always placed facing the doorway, set next to the white roses

    Framed 5×7 photo of J.Lo  (ideally Jenny From the Block era)

    20 Sudoku & crossword puzzles, 90-95% correctly completed

    Mariah back catalogue, including B-sides, looping upon entry

    2 dozen limited-availability McRib sandwiches, and a vegan to watch me eat them

    • Room must be fitted with a mihrab, 4 hookahs – berry flavors only –  and 2 humidifiers

    • Decor: ABSOLUTELY NO BUSY PATTERNS, NO CHEVRONS

    • Room temperature: 25.5-26.2 degrees Celsius

    • Any fridge doors should be glass/transparent Perspex

    • NO PHONE CALLS IN DRESSING ROOM. $5,000 fine for venues per unwarranted intrusion

    • Venue must install fresh toilet seat for artist use only

    • ABSOLUTELY NO PLAYBACK OF ANY MEDIA BY ADELE; $7,500 fine to venue per infringement

    • Metal detectors at all doors

    • Venue transportation must be a late-model black Maybach; 26-inch rims

    • Police escort during moderate-to-heavy traffic to avoid delays

    • Chauffeur All personnel must wear 100% cotton clothes. No man-made fibers

    • Security personnel should be dressed neatly and tidily. NO T-SHIRTS.

    • Venue personnel should refrain from applying perfume/cologne

    • Venue personnel must apply deodorant/antiperspirant hourly; to be checked by tour manager

    • Lesbian maintenance personnel must remain 100 feet away at all times and may not wear khakis, flannel, Birkenstocks, or plaid

    • Female staff must wear brassieres or other supportive undergarments

    2. STAGE

    Freestanding iPad stand

    Freestanding music/notes stand

    2 x San Pellegrino chilled, small bottles

    Cough candies

    2 x Printed copy of speech, stapled

    Assorted pens

    Spectacles (2 pairs)

    Assistant for meet & greet

    Headshots for signing

    3 x Silver paint pens  (Brand: Molotow)

    Bear Spray (see lesbians, above)

    Fog machine

    Personal taser

    Hand sanitizer/wet wipes

    Mace

    Velvet-roped waiting queue

    Dedicated gift drop-off table

    Cattle prod

    50 white doves to be released upon entry

    PROMOTER/PRODUCTION REP: PLEASE PROVIDE PROMOTER AND PRODUCTION REPRESENTATIVE TO CO-ORDINATE LOCAL ELEMENTS

  • Are you guilty of doing any of these disgusting things on a plane?

    Are you guilty of doing any of these disgusting things on a plane?

    Passenger shaming Instagram feed reveals some of the most disgusting things that some air passengers do on an aircraft.

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    ©-kodda-Depositphotos

    Check out some of the worst sins at the official Passenger Shaming Instagram. So are you guilty of a naked feet walk to the bathroom or a mid-flight fiddle with your tackle? Here’s some of the worst offenders.

     

    Guy opens door on the taxiway

     

    Get some Scholl for Christ sake…

     

    Get a shizing scrunchie

     

    Who pisses in a bathroom sink?

     

    Using the juice

     

    Feetie boo!

     

    Legs in the air Larry

     

    Feeding time at the Zoo

     

    What’s a bin?

     

    Stretch out babe…

     

    Nuts anyone?

     

    Stick together

     

  • X Factor pair cure the thirst with their ab-tastic selfie

    X Factor pair cure the thirst with their ab-tastic selfie

    X Factor stars, Bratavio have caused a stir… with fans even suggesting that the stir is in Bradley’s pants!

    Bradley Hunt
    CREDIT: Bradley Hunt /Instagram

     

    They may have been the first to leave the X Factor competition (yes even before Honey G) but the Bratavio pair, Bradley and Ottavio still know how to get the conversation going by uploading a picture like this to their Insta feeds.

    Together, the pair published this hair-raising, pant-tastic selfie revealing that they both have amazing bodies. Who knew. Well, we sort of did, when Bradley posted this rather thirst quenching picture last month.

    Just take a moment to take in Ottavio’s hair and question… just how did he do that?

    The hot shot got some of their fans hot under the collar, which some even suggesting that Bradley had a “boner”. However, on further surveillance, we can reveal it’s just the shadows.

    Although we do have to ask the question – why on earth the pair is posing for this photo?

    The mind boggles. It really does.

     

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  • Michelle Visage reveals how many seasons there will be of Drag Race

    Michelle Visage has hinted how long she reckons RuPaul’s Drag Race will continue for…

    CREDIT: Mathu Anderson

    In an exclusive interview with THEGAYUK.com RuPaul’s Drag Race judge, Michelle Visage revealed that there’s no end in sight for the ever popular show. Joking she revealed that she’d even go on to judge with a zimmer frame – as long as it’s covered in jewels and glitter.

    Michelle, who will be in the UK next month for her tour, Christmas Queens, told us,

    “Season 50… Sign Me Up!

    “There’s no end in sight. There’s no reason I can’t be sitting there with a fabulous glittered walker. I could be 90-years-old and still judging drag queens. I’ll still be fierce and so will they. There’s just no end in sight.

    She also revealed that the show’s last season was the most watched in its history and the highest rating show the Channel had ever received.

    “The bigger the show gets, the more attention it gets… Season 8 and then All Stars, (was) the biggest season we’ve ever had. Drag Race was the highest rating local TV has ever had in the history of the channel.”

     

    So would you be up for watching series 50 of RuPaul’s Drag Race?

    You can read the full Michelle Visage interview in the latest issue of THEGAYUK, completely free by subscribing here.

     

     

  • Jeremy Clarkson: James May and Richard Hammond are married!

    Jeremy Clarkson: James May and Richard Hammond are married!

    Jeremy Clarkson has joked that his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond are married and that he was a guest at their wedding party and even joined them on their honeymoon.

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    CREDIT: Amazon
    • Bored Jeremy Clarkson tells ultimate fib after getting bored at press junkets.

    • He told one journalist that his co-hosts were married.

    • He said that he joined them on their honeymoon.

    Okay, just so you know James May and Richard Hammond, the co-host of Amazon’s Grand Tour along with Jeremy Clarkson aren’t married, but that’s what Jeremy has claimed after he got bored with endless questions from journalists about the brand new flagship show for Amazon.

    According to the Daily Star, to try and combat the tedium of press junkets Jeremy started to embellish his answers and even told on New York journo a whopping fib.

    At one press conference in New York he alleges he was asked why he was in NY… Always the joker, Jeremy told him:

    “I was a guest at James and Richard’s honeymoon.

    According to Jeremy the journalist duly wrote that down as fact in his notebook.

    Of course, in real life James May is in a relationship with Sarah Frater who he’s been dating since 2000 and Richard Hammond has been married to Amanda Etheridge since 2002. Neither of them identify as gay or bisexual.

     

    ON THE PROMOTIONAL TRAIL

    Complaining about his promotional obligations for the Amazon show Jeremy revealed,

    “I’ve spent the past month on the promotional trail.

    “It’s a brutal cocktail of complicated hotel rooms, shouty airport security staff and indigestion from gobbled dinners, all topped off with a never-ending array of mostly idiotic interviews.”

     

    Well Jez, those are the breaks…

     

  • Jennifer Saunders calls time on AB FAB

    Jennifer Saunders calls time on AB FAB

    Oh no Sweetie. Jennifer Saunders says Ab Fab has run its course…

    Jennifer Saunders
    CREDIT: bigstock

    Say it isn’t so. Jennifer Saunders, 58, says she’s not planning to write any more of the hit comedy series that made her a gay icon to a legion of fans. The show, which has run for five seasons and enjoyed a box office hit, which racked up £30 million, this summer, will be laid to rest after Jennifer said that she wants to spend more time with her family. The star spoke about how she is done with the show and has no plans to do any more episodes. The first programme was broadcast on the BBC in 1992 and there have been numerous specials and feature-length episodes, including The Last Shout and Boyfriend, which starred Whoopi Goldberg.

    She explained to Event Magazine,

    “I’m not doing anything more with Ab Fab. That. Is. It. “I can’t see the point of doing anything else with [Ab Fab]

    However fans of Jennifer may have a glimmer of hope as the comedian has said that there’s other things she’d like to try post AbFab. She said,

    “‘It just takes so long. There’s lots of other stuff I’d like to do. Plus, I’d like to spend time with my grandchildren.”

    Will you miss Ab Fab?

  • December 2016

    December 2016

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    Inside Issue 24, December 2016

     

    In this edition of the THEGAYUK we had interviews with Michelle Visage, Danyl Johnson, Chris Steed (Gogglebox) and Big Brother’s Sam Giffen.

  • People are being triggered by Rainbow Laces which are trying to eradicate homophobia in sports

    People are being triggered by Rainbow Laces which are trying to eradicate homophobia in sports

    Highlighting the problems of homophobia in sport has never been so clear, as today the Premier League used Rainbow Laces to show solidarity with the LGBT+ community – making some people very very very angry.

    Rainbow laces
    CREDIT: TheGayUK

    A number of football clubs have decided to use rainbow laces to shed light on homophobia in sports. It is a Stonewall and Premier League collaboration and it’s seemingly triggered some fans spectacularly. Homophobic fans have been showing off their inability to be accepting left, right and centre.

    One of the worst threads on social media was from Manchester United’s Twitter and Facebook feeds. The club, which is supporting the campaign, tweeted that they were proud to show their support of the rainbow laces campaign and said that sport was for everyone.

    They also changed their Facebook profile picture to include the rainbow laces and it made over 8,600 people use the angry emoji. Thankfully 177,000 people managed to find their “like” button.

    Some fans on Twitter and Facebook were having none of it with at least one suggesting that all gay should be killed.

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  • People are extremely angry with Loose Women’s “casual homophobia”

    People are extremely angry with Loose Women’s “casual homophobia”

    Fans of the Loose Women show have blasted the programme after it asked its audience “Should every woman have a gay best friend”.

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    ITV

    A question posed by the Loose Women on their Facebook page blew up into a full-on homophobia row after they asked whether women should have a gay best friend.

    The post outlined that a new study had found that becoming friends with gay men may be a key part of women’s ‘mating strategies’ by making them less threatening to other women – and more appealing to straight men.

    They then posed the question which some called “offensive”.

    “Do you think every woman should have a male gay best friend? Why do you think a friendship between a woman and a gay man is so special?”

    The post received a total of 887 comments and many on social media slammed the question as evidence of “casual homophobia”.

    David from Birmingham wrote,

    “Always love a good bit of casual homophobia from you lot. Belive it or not we are people and not just an “accessory” Absolute fools.  How would you like it if it was “a menopausal best friend”Absolute jokes.”

    Nigel replied,

    “I’d love a gay best friend to add to my collection. Obviously I already have “man human friend” and “woman human friend”, but I’ve also got, and I don’t mean to show off, “black friend” and “disabled friend” and even a “foreign friend” would you believe?! I like to keep them on a shelf next to my Sylvanian families and thimbles I’ve collected from different counties.”

    Steph added,

    “Is this some kind of joke? Is a black friend an accessory too? You just collecting other minorities to use for your advantage. This is so offensive. And a new low. Disgusting.”

    GayTime columnist and Pride In London show producer Tom Knight hit out at the show to say,

    “Dear – Replace the word “gay” with any of following; Muslim, Jewish, Trans, Black… Then ask, how does that question sound?

    What do you think? Homophobic or a sensible question – use the comments below

  • Guess how much Gogglebox stars get paid!

    Guess how much Gogglebox stars get paid!

    Ever wondered how much the stars of Gogglebox get paid? You’ll be surprised.

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    CREDIT: Channel 4

    So The Sun has been doing some digging around and they’ve found out how much the stars of Gogglebox get paid.

    It turns out that each family unit gets paid a monthly allowance of £1500 plus expenses to help pay for takeaways to help them through their filming sessions. They are able to split that £1500 in any way they wish.

    According to the “Gogglebox insider” the stars are expected to commit to 12 hours of filming in two massive six-hour shifts. So Scarlett Moffatt, who is currently starring in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here has to share £1500 with her two parents, meaning she gets £500 per month if they decide to split the sum equally.

    If she’s required to watch 12 hours per week (48 hours per month) that means she’s paid £10.41 per hour.

    Of course, stars are able to make money from endorsement deals, book deals, fitness DVDs and starring in other programmes thanks to the fame created by starring on the hit Channel 4 show.

    Recently Stephen and Chris, dubbed fondly, the Gogglebox gays, have released their first book, We Need To Talk. We spoke to Chris in the latest issue of THEGAYUK. Subscribe now to read the magazine for free.

  • There are now 48 organisations that have full access to your ENTIRE online browsing history

    It almost passed without notice, but the Investigatory Powers Bill, also known as the Snooper’s charter, was passed by the House Of Lords last week and now 48 organisations will have access to your entire browsing history, even if you’ve deleted it.

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    • 48 Departments will be able to view your entire internet history if the bill passes Royal Assent to become law.

    • Deleting your history doesn’t mean your history has been deleted.

    • Internet providers (ISP) have to keep your records for one year.

    A staggering 48 Governmental departments will now have access to your online browsing data according to a list published by a blogger who wanted to know who exactly would have access to our Internet history.

    Thanks to blogger Chris Yui we are able to bring you a list of 48 departments that will be able to snoop on your every online move now that the Investigatory Powers Bill, AKA the Snooper’s Charter has passed through the House Of Lords. The bill has been described as “the most extreme surveillance law in our history”, according to advocacy group, Don’t Spy On Us.

    Snoopers will be able to see your entire history regardless of whether you’ve cleared your internet history or not as ISP will now legally have to keep records for one year and will have to hand over those records regardless of permission granted.

    The charter has been criticised by technology companies, academics and civil liberties groups, however, the Government has said that it believes the charter is necessary to combat terrorism and organised crime.

    The Governmental departments that will have access are set on in Schedule 4 of the act and include GCHQ, the Metropolitan police force and even the tax man.

    Worryingly departments which seem to have no connection to terror detection such as the Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health will have unfettered access according to Mr Yui’s list.

    • Metropolitan police force
    • City of London police force
    • Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
    • Police Service of Scotland
    • Police Service of Northern Ireland
    • British Transport Police
    • Ministry of Defence Police
    • Royal Navy Police
    • Royal Military Police
    • Royal Air Force Police
    • Security Service
    • Secret Intelligence Service
    • GCHQ
    • Ministry of Defence
    • Department of Health
    • Home Office
    • Ministry of Justice
    • National Crime Agency
    • HM Revenue & Customs
    • Department for Transport
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
    • Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
    • Competition and Markets Authority
    • Criminal Cases Review Commission
    • Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
    • Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
    • Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    • Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
    • Food Standards Agency
    • Food Standards Scotland
    • Gambling Commission
    • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
    • Health and Safety Executive
    • Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
    • Information Commissioner
    • NHS Business Services Authority
    • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
    • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
    • Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation
    • Office of Communications
    • Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
    • Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
    • Scottish Ambulance Service Board
    • Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
    • Serious Fraud Office
    • Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust

    Mr Yiu noted at the end of his list,

    “I always wondered what it would feel like to be suffocated by the sort of state intrusion that citizens are subjected to in places like China, Russia and Iran. I guess we’re all about to find out.”

    In July Lord Paddick gave a stark warning that the bill could have dire consequences for the LGBT community. He said,

    “Homophobia has been encountered in the police service, as has unauthorised disclosure of confidential information. ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’ is not the same as ‘If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

    “Even if the police were to be trusted completely, massive pools — oceans — of data in the custody of private companies such as TalkTalk, one of the internet service providers that will be asked to store such data, would be sitting ducks for hackers, criminals, blackmailers and hostile foreign powers.