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  • Tim Farron: I Joined Liberals Because Of My Gay Friends

    Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has revealed that one of the reasons he joined the party was because of the way his gay and lesbian friends were being treated and bullied.

    Speaking to GQ, Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats revealed that one of the reasons he joined the party was because of the way he saw his gay and lesbian friends being treated.

    He said,

    One of the reasons I joined the liberals was because of lesbian and gay rights. Friends of mine were gay and I saw how they were treated and bullied. I want a society where people are valued for who they are.”

    Farron has repeatedly had his stance on gay relationships questioned after abstaining on the UK’s same-sex marriage vote in 2013.

    During a Channel 4 interview last year Farron was asked no less than 3 times if gay sex was a sin.

    In 2007 Tim Farron voted against the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations in 2007, a law which protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services.

    When asked by GQ if gay sex was a sin, Farron answered,

    “I’m not a religious leader; I’m a political leader. I think that everybody is utterly equal. People should be free to love who they want and marry who they want. But I don’t go making theological pronouncements…

     

  • Adele Refuses Trump

    Adele has said that Donald Trump is not allowed to use her music for his Presidential campaign.

    Adele has told The Independent that President hopeful Donald Trump is not allowed to use her music during his campaign. The news came hours after Trump said he would “consider” reversing the same-sex marriage law in the US if he became President.

    In the past Sarah Palin has used Rolling In The Deep at a rally for Trump and  Adele’s number one hit Skyfall, was played at an event in Ohio.

    A representative for Adele said,

    “Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning..”

     

    Class. Pure class. That’s our Adele.

     

     

     

  • Teen Brutally Beaten In Homophobic And Racist Attack In York

    A teenager in North Yorkshire is recovering after being brutally attacked in an apparent homophobic and racist beating.

    A 19-year-old man is recovering after being beaten in an apparent racist and homophobic attack in Yorkshire on the 28th January. The man was attacked by two men who approached him after he alighted the 1C bus on Knaresborough Road, Harrogate.

    As he walked passed the men, the victim was grabbed by one who held his arms behind his back whilst being punched and kicked in the head.

    Police in North Yorkshire report that racial and homophobic slurs were hurled at the victim during the assault and police are treating the attack as a hate crime.

    According to a statement from North Yorkshire police,

    “One of the suspects is described as white and in his mid to late 40s. He had very short, shaved hair, was a chunky or fat build and had neatly-shaven sideburns. He is described as having excess skin on his neck, like a “turkey neck”.

    He was dressed in workwear including a navy blue outdoor coat, dirty blue jeans and tan or sand-coloured Timberland-style workers’ boots, with construction-type dirt on them.

    He is said to have spoken with a local accent and wore a plain gold wedding band on his wedding ring finger.

    The second suspect is described as a chunky or fat white man who is also in his mid to late 40s. He had short, thinning hair and a bit of stubble. He wore a black leather bomber jacket, jeans, brown workers’ boots and had a blue tattoo on one of his wrists.

    A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “We’d urge anyone who witnessed this incident, or has any information, to contact police immediately on 101. Please ask for Rebecca Wood and quote incident number NYP-28012016-0193.”

    You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

  • Darren Day Walks The Run Way

    Darren Day is showing off his skills… in Gemma’s heels.

    A brave Darren Day donned a pair of Gem’s expensive Essex heels and paraded around the Celebrity Big Brother house after gaining some valuable tips from housemate John Partridge.

    Looking every inch a diva, Darren was joined by ex-EastEnder Danniella Westbrook, who also showed Daz how to walk the walk.

    Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9PM  on Channel 5

  • An Insight Into LGBT Parliamentary Life In The UK

    The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is holding an event which it is hoping will offer an insight into parliamentary life and LGBT matters. (more…)

  • Darren Day Topless Underwear Workout

    Darren Day has given us a glimpse into his work out routine… and does it in his undies…

    A ripped looking Darren Day, 47, is looking super hot after his work out in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

    Giving his triceps and abs a good work out the CBB star worked out in the bathroom in just his undies. Watch the full video over at Channel 5.

    Thank you Big Bro, thank you.

     

  • Peter Tatchell Has Changed His Mind On Gay Cake Ruling

    Peter Tatchell has said that he was “wrong” about the gay cake row and that he has changed his mind.

    In 2014 a bakery in Northern Ireland refused to make a cake with the inscription “support gay marriage” citing the owner’s religious beliefs. The cake was order by an gay right’s activist called Gareth Lee, who subsequently took Ashers Bakery to court. The court found that the owners acted “unlawfully” in denying service to Lee.

    At the time the judge said,

    “Whilst defendants have right to religious beliefs they are limited as to how they manifest them.”

    Writing in the Guardian today leading human rights advocate Peter Tatchell said that he was “wrong” in supporting Lee’s legal claim and has said that the law “should not require bakers to promote gay marriage”.

    Two days before the Asher’s is considered by the Appeal court Tatchell has changed his mind saying that he wants to “defend freedom of conscience, expression and religion” as well as defend the rights of the gay community.

     

    Speaking about his U-turn Tatchell said,

    “I profoundly disagree with Asher’s opposition to same-sex love and marriage, and support protests against them. They claim to be Christians and followers of Jesus. Yet he never once condemned homosexuality. Moreover, discrimination is not a Christian value…

    “Nevertheless, on reflection, the court was wrong to penalise Ashers and I was wrong to endorse its decision…

    “For sure, the law suit against the bakery was well intended. It sought to challenge homophobia. But it was a step too far. ..

    “The judge concluded that service providers are required to facilitate any “lawful” message, even if they have a conscientious objection. This raises the question: should Muslim printers be obliged to publish cartoons of Mohammed? Or Jewish ones publish the words of a Holocaust denier? Or gay bakers accept orders for cakes with homophobic slurs? If the Ashers verdict stands it could, for example, encourage far-right extremists to demand that bakeries and other service providers facilitate the promotion of anti-migrant and anti-Muslim opinions. It would leave businesses unable to refuse to decorate cakes or print posters with bigoted messages.

    “In my view, it is an infringement of freedom to require businesses to aid the promotion of ideas to which they conscientiously object. Discrimination against people should be unlawful, but not against ideas.”

  • Trump Would “Consider” Reversing Same-Sex Marriage In US

    Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has told Fox News that he would “strongly consider” the reversal of same-sex marriage in the US.

    If made President of the USA, Donald Trump said he would “strongly consider” reversing the landmark ruling which extends marriage to same-sex couples across all fifty states of the US, despite saying last year that the issue was a “dead issue”.

    He was being interviewed by Chris Wallace on the Fox News Sunday programme.

    When asked whether he would appoint new justices to overturn the ruling Trump replied,

    “I would strongly consider that, yes.”

     

     

    Last summer when questioned about whether he would pass an amendment to the law, Trump said that he would not oppose the  law, saying,

    “Some people have hopes of passing amendments, but it’s not going to happen… Anybody that’s making that an issue is doing it for political reasons. The Supreme Court ruled on it”

    Up until this point Trump was the only Republican candidate who did not oppose same-sex marriage.

     

     

     

  • Calvin Klein’s New Justin Bieber Ad Is Everything

    Justin Bieber is giving us some serious feels with his new Calvin campaign.

    Justin Bieber is currently fronting the Calvin Klein underwear ad and is looking on form in the three pictures released by the fashion label in which he “glows”, “flaunts” and “dreams”.

    The pictures forms part of a larger photo campaign by Tyrone Lebon.

  • All Girl Band Stooshe In Prison

    Okay not really… but have you seen Stooshe’s latest music video?

    The ladies have gone all Orange Is New Black, having shot their latest single Lockdown in a real life high-security prison. Speaking exclusively to THEGAYUK all girl group Stooshe said that it was a “surreal” experience to be locked up…

    “It was an amazing video to shoot,

    “It was really surreal to be in it ’cause you have to just think, people have lived here. I think it was a high security as well. Serious serious convicts. It was really surreal to see it ourselves. It had only been closed four years. It was pretty fresh in there.”

    When we asked what their one luxury item would be if they ended up in prison themselves they answered:

    Vaseline, hot pepper sauce and mayonnaise.

    Read the full interview with Stooshe in the next issue of THEGAYUK out late Feb

     

  • Dolce And Gabbana Release Same Sex Family Products

    Dolce And Gabanna have showcased a new line of t-shirts and hand bags which feature gay couples with children.

    Taking to Instagram Stefano Gabbana showcased two new designs that show same-sex couples holding children along with the hashtag dgfamily
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    #dgfamily ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️#dgfamily ???

    A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on


    Last year the D&G brand came under intense criticism after Domenico Dolce said that they “opposed gay adoptions” and described children born to same-sex couples by IVF as “synthetic children”.

    The comment resulted in Elton John leading a boycott against the fashion brand and a Twitter storm and trending topic that lasted days.

    In September’s issue of Vogue, Dolce had a U-turn saying,

    ‘I’ve done some soul-searching, I’ve talked to Stefano a lot about this. I’ve realised that my words were inappropriate, and I apologise.”