The picture uploaded to his Instagram has already attracted nearly 21,000 likes and nearly 300 comments haven’t impressed his fans with some question WTF was he thinking.
Joey has been filming in the States up in a programme called Living The American Reem on ITV2 exploring the political divisions in the US.
Gay rights, such as same-sex marriage could be under threat now that Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. It all depends on who he chooses to appoint as a new Supreme Court Justice. There is currently one vacancy on the bench after the extremely conservative Antonin Scalia died in February.
The Supreme Court, which makes rulings on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion, has nine judges and they are appointed by the President. They are only replaced when they die, decide to retire or a impeached for wrong-doing.
As it stands the judges are balanced between liberal and conservative politics. However, two liberal judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 83, and Stephen Breyer, 78, may choose to retire soon which would leave Donald Trump able to replace those with more conservative judges meaning that the political skew of the Supreme Court would be conservative rather than liberal.
When same-sex marriage was legalised across all 50 states the vote was made 5 to 4. The four Justices who voted against the decision (Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito) were all conservative leaning judges.
Democrats do have the ability to block a judge’s appointment using a filibuster in the Senate.
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court judgement which ruled NHS England has the legal power to fund PrEP.
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NHS England claimed earlier this year that it does not have the power to commission PrEP but a judicial review brought by the National Aids Trust determined that NHS England could commission PrEP. NHS England appealed this ruling on Thursday 15 September 2016.
PrEP is a ‘game-changing’ pill that, when used alongside condoms, testing and treatment, could help bring the beginning of the end for HIV.
The Court of Appeal issued its ruling on their appeal today, in a judgment that confirms that NHS England can legally fund the HIV prevention drug PrEP.
Ian Green, Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust, said,
“PrEP is nothing short of a game-changer and, if used alongside condoms, regular testing and treatment, it could be the vital piece of the puzzle to help end the HIV epidemic for good.
“Two courts have now ruled that NHS England does in fact have the legal power to fund PrEP. It is time for NHS England to do the right thing and respect its legal duty to consider funding this highly effective treatment.
“The conduct of NHS England around the funding of this treatment has reminded us that, 30 years on, HIV is still stigmatised in a way that many other health conditions are not.
“Every day the NHS delays access to PrEP, 17 people are diagnosed with HIV – and the lifetime cost to the NHS for each diagnosis of HIV is £360,000. PrEP must be prioritised and made available now to those at risk.
“There is still a long way to go before people at risk have access to this groundbreaking pill that will protect them from HIV – but thanks to today’s decision, we are a step closer to a world without HIV transmissions.”
Cllr Kevin Davis, London Councils’ Executive member for health, said,
“We are pleased that the court has stood by the original judicial review decision that NHS England can be held responsible for funding the HIV prevention drug PrEP, which we have always said.
“Now the appeal has reached its conclusion, we urge NHS England to consider the results of its public consultation on PrEP and make a swift decision on how the drug will be made available.
“HIV is a big issue for London as nearly half of all people living with HIV in the UK live in the capital and 57 per cent of new HIV diagnoses are in London.
“Given these worrying statistics, it is crucial to use all available methods, including PrEP, to protect people at risk of contracting HIV and reduce rates of infection, particularly as the long term impact and cost of living with HIV are significantly greater than prevention.”
The world is still stunned by the dramatic results of the US Presidential election which saw Donald J Trump become President-elect of the USA. However, despite his win, only 25.5 percent of the votes cast were actually for Donald. Hillary actually managed to scrape an extra 0.1% of the vote. Which is just under 200,000 votes.
In the US voting system, candidates compete to obtain the most electoral votes rather than the popular vote. Each state has a number of electoral votes depending on its size. Some states like California have 55, while others like Alaska, despite its massive size, have just three. It depends on the state’s population.
Whoever gets the most votes in a state wins all the state’s electoral votes. We have something similar in the UK – and it’s called “First Past The Post”. A candidate must reach 270 electoral votes to win.
Just over half of all eligible voters took to the polls in the US elections.
According to the United States Election Project, 46.9 percent of around 231,556,622 eligible Americans (that’s 108,600,055 people) did not make it to the voting booth. The turnout was much lower than the two previous elections of 2008 and 2012.
By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America
And if you’re wondering how many votes were cast for each candidate:
25.6% voted for Clinton
25.5% voted for Trump
1.7% voted for Johnson
So people, remember when there’s an election get out and vote.
LGBT stars are expressing their dismay at the prospect of a Trump presidency.
A number of LGBT stars have taken to their social media to express their despair that Donald J Trump has been announced as the 45th President of the United States of America.
Many LGBT people are now concerned that LGBT rights will be overturned and the ground work made will undone.
Just what has Toblerone done with its tasty triangle goodness?
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People are outraged. Simply outraged with Toblerone bosses after they redesigned the iconic bar. Now it seems as though you’re getting just half a bar.
The airport staple has gone on a diet. The 450g bar now weighs 360g and the 170g bar now weighs in at 150g thanks to the larger spacing in between the triangle chunks.
The public vote on whether gay couples are able to marry has been stopped by the Australian senate in a move being celebrated by gay marriage supporters.
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Austraila’s government’s proposal to hold a public vote on making same-sex marriage legal has been defeated in the upper house of parliament. Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in any of Austrailia’s states. Civil partnership or registered relationships are available in most of Austrailia’s states. Those relationships, however, are not considered marriages under federal law.
Latest opinion polls show that most Australians support gay marriage.
Instead of a public vote, the upper house has suggested that parliament itself will make the decision. It’s a decision that looks to be shelved until the next term of parliament.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a supporter of same-sex marriage but is said to be “reluctant” to allow his Liberal party a free vote. The opposition, Labor party, announced that it would not support the bill, which will make passing a same-sex marriage law very difficult.
Portrait of a loving gay male couple on their wedding day.
According to the BBC Attorney-General George Brandis accused the Labor Party of “playing politics with gay people’s lives”. He said,
“A vote against this bill is a vote against marriage equality,”
“Those who claim to believe in marriage equality, but nevertheless, for their own cynical, game-playing reasons, are determined to vote against it, should hang their heads in shame.”
Same-sex marriage campaigners widely support this move, who would prefer the issue to be decided in parliament rather than leaving the decision to a public vote.
If you’re a fan of farce, then this genius gem will slap you round the head, crack your ribs from laughter and leave you with a weaken bladder.
The Mischief Theatre Company are changing the face of comedy in the West End. They already have The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery and now they’ve brought back their Christmas pudding, Peter Pan Goes Wrong. They’ve tapped into something that the West End has been missing for a long time. They’re giving us what we need. A laugh and lots of them.
In these politically trying times of neverending referendum headlines, a plummeting currency, a US Presidency election that makes even EastEnders look dull, and don’t even get us started with how Brexit is going to affect us in Eurovision, this theatre company is like a lit candle next to a flammable costume. On Fire.
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are about to put on their Panto (oh no it’s not) and they’re nearly ready, but the audience has arrived for the first night and the show must go on, regardless if all the necessary health and safety checks have been made. The set has been improved for 2016, thanks to a cast buy in of £40,000 and they’ve splashed out on a revolving stage. All is set to be an incredible, critically acclaimed am-dram performance of the evergreen favourite of Peter Pan… Or is it?
The theatre’s electrics are on the blink, the sound recording cues are all wrong, the revolving stage has gone haywire, lines have not been learned, but that’s no barrier to this well-meaning band of merry actors. It’s hilarious.
Christmas has never been so funny. Even that time Dad tried to play charades in a full body cast.
Usually, when we hear about the extravagant purchases of today’s celebrities they seem so selfish and utterly pointless especially when they don’t even use them, but BB’s Sam Giffen just melted our hearts with his most expensive purchase. We asked the reality star what the most expensive thing he had ever bought apart from cars and houses, but never used, and what he said surprised us…
He bought his Mum an all expenses paid holiday for her 50th Birthday this year, but because Sam was in the Big Bro house on his Mam’s birthday, he sent her on her way anyway – all the way to gay Paris! How lovely.
He told THEGAYUK.com
“I didn’t go on it. I paid for it but didn’t go on it. I sent her to Paris for her 50th birthday this year. I couldn’t go because obviously, I was in the (Big Brother) house.”
And it turns out that our Sam isn’t a big spender, he continued,
“I’m not a big spender at all. I’ve got no designer clothes. I’m a high street shopper. I’m not materialistic whatsoever.
“Over the years people have prejudged me from the way I come across on social media, the places I party, the people I go out with. The kinda scene I’m around – people think I love myself or that I’m up my own arse.”
Well, Sam’s Mum – we commend you, you’ve brought up a right gentleman!
X Factor fans think that Simon Cowell has just outed Louis Walsh.
Simon Cowell and his gay jokes… Whatever next? Some X Factor fans think that the music mogul outed Louis Walsh as gay on Saturday’s episode of the show.
During Louis’s criticism of show favourite Matt Terry, the ex-Jedward manager said that he found the performance of Wham!’s “I’m Your Man”, to be a little bit karaoke.
When it was Simon’s turn to make comment on the performance, he aimed his critique at Louis saying, “This is the first time Louis has said I don’t like I’m Your Man.”
Natch, Twitter went into overdrive with speculation sending thousands of people to THEGAYUK.com to search whether Louis Walsh was gay or now. In fact, searches for Louis Walsh surged 3029 per cent on Saturday night.
Louis Walsh has remained, famously, tight-lipped over the rumours of his sexuality. In 2013 in an interview with the Sunday Times, when asked whether he was gay or straight he replied, “I can’t… Don’t go there. I can’t. I think your private life is your private life…I’m happy. Happy as Larry!”
