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  • David Bowie’s $100 Million Estate Divided Amongst Family

    The late legendary David Bowie has had his $100 million estate divided amongst his wife and two children.

    David Bowie’s estimated $100 million estate has been divided amongst his wife, Iman and his two children Duncan Jones and Alexandria Zahra Jones.

     

    In his will, Bowie dictated that 50 per cent be left to Iman and the rest be divided equally between Duncan and Alexandria.

    Bowie’s personal assistant Corinne Schwab was left $2 million and his daughter’s nanny Marion Skene received $1 million.

    David Bowie passed away earlier this month after an 18-month battle with cancer.

    He was 69 at the time of his death.

    David Bowie also stipulated in his will that his ashes be scattered in a “buddhist ritual in Bali.”

     

  • Sniff Your Poppers And Watch This

    If you’re in need of a zone out for just a moment, watch this brand new art video by J.B. Ghuman, Jr.

    According to the openly gay director the video is not supposed to mean anything. Rather, it is intended to make viewers feel something.

    He goes on to say, “The video depicts how the positive and negative elements of life equate to the same thing and the key to life exists somewhere in the middle.

    His aim with “+Singularity =Of= The Soul-” is not to teach or lecture, but to activate minds and hearts into considering the power of empathy. And with such a golden perspective activated, how one can use the vibrational frequency of love to travel through any emotional black hole they may encounter and ascend to a higher self.

    Quite. We like the pretty colours.

  • Matthew Mitcham Quits Diving

    Out Aussie hunk Mathew Mitcham has decided to retire from diving.

    Diving star Matthew Mitcham has decided to call time on his diving career deciding to spend more time on his media and entertainment career.

    The star who came out as gay just before appearing in the 2008 Bejing Olympics said he was “grateful” for all his career’s “ups and downs” – the “wins and the bombs”.


    Taking to Instagram he said,

    “So, it’s Peace Out to my diving career and a big Heeeeeeey to the rest of my media and entertainment and everything else career!”.

  • 11 Things You Only Know If You Have Worked In A Gay Bar

    Ah the gay bar. Home of drag, porn on the TV and hen nights.

    If you’ve ever worked in a gay bar you will have seen it all – the fights, the make ups, the ridiculously sticky floor the back pages of Boyz magazine.

    They put up with your aftershave, your drunken “banter” and they get paid less than the go-go boys.

    So next time you’re in your local give a thought to the cutie between the bar.

    1) The more pert your pecs the bigger the tips

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    ©-artofphoto-Depositphotos

    Yep. Basically gay bars are the homo version of hooters. The more pert you are the bigger your tips will be.

    2) The champagne wankers

    You, yes you drinking the cheapest Champagne on the menu thinking you’re the best thing since Brad Pitt’s sliced bread. You might be fooling yourself, but that ain’t Vivienne Westwood you’re wearing and you’re definitely not a 30 inch waist.

    The more obtuse you become the longer I’ll make you wait.

    3) The Smells

    Ahhh there’s nothing like the smell of D10, Jean Paul Gaultier and poppers in the morning.

    4) Those bastard safer sex packs

    Who the eff thinks it’s funny to blow up the safe sex pack of condoms and use them as beach balls across the dance floor. At the end of the night the floor is literally filled with dirty, used looking deflated extra strong condoms.

    5) Those bastard free bar magazines

    Spilled your drink? Don’t worry use one of the free rags. We honestly don’t mind picking those sodden tattered rags up at the end of evening. Honestly. Bastards.

    6) The fights

     It’s not always the boys… Girls calm down…

    7) Kylie and Madonna on repeat

    Just because we’re gay and Madge and Kyles are both gay icons they don’t need to be on repeat constantly – and the live version of Madonna’s “Vogue” is crap. Play the real version dammit.

    8) The drag queens

    Drinking your way through the profits. Don’t think we don’t see what you’re doing. Bravo.

    9) Being made to go flier

    here’s literally nothing worse than being made to go flier out in the cold. The shame if my ex-boyfriend sees me.

    10) Bumping into your ex.

    Of all the gay bars in all the world, you have to turn up in my place of work with the turnip you call your new boyfriend.

    11) Hen parties are literally the worst.

    When you walk in. All I’m thinking is F**K OFF

  • Ben Haenow Dropped By Syco Is Louisa Next

    Odds aren’t looking for Simon Cowell’s roster at Syco as Ben Haenow gets the chop and Louisa’s future hangs in the balance.

    Plummenting viewing viewers and even poorer record sales Simon Cowell’s winners aren’t doing well.

    Ben Haenow who won the X Factor in 2014 has been dropped from Simon’s Sony imprint Syco following in the footsteps of Steve Brookstein, James Arthur and Leon Jackson.

    William Hill is offering odds of 5/1 that 2015’s winner Louisa Johnson is dropped before the end of 2016.

    “There has been a growing voice suggesting that the X Factor should at the very least be given a rest,” said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly. “The fact that the winner from just 12 months ago has already been dropped is only going to add fuel to that fire.”

     

  • Hottest Calvin Klein Underwear Models

    Okay, it’s not qute naked, but we love a good CK campaign, here we look at some of our favourites. Clearly this was a difficult job, so we’re taking this very seriously. (more…)

  • January 2016

    January 2016

    Issue 18 TheGayUK January 2016

    Inside Issue 18

    Start the New Year with Kelly Mantle, Margaret Cho, Sister Sledge and Jahméne Douglas… Plus: Party Canapé Recipes, Amazing Suits and what we’ve learnt from Sir Ian McKellen. Oh and all your usual tips and advice including our Legal and Sex clinics, Garden and Motoring and a rather opinionated Aunty!

  • Christopher Maloney The Fifth Housemate To Be Evicted

    Over the weekend, Big Brother gave housemates the opportunity to win immunity from tonight’s eviction in a series of tasks in the Forgotten Theatre.

    Gemma, Stephanie and Darren were all successful, meaning that Scotty T, Danniella, Jeremy, Christopher, John and Tiffany had to face eviction. The public has since being voting to save. During tonight’s 9pm Channel 5 programme, Emma Willis announced live to the house that the fifth person to leave would be Christopher.

    Following the announcement, Christopher had 30 seconds to say his goodbyes and left the house to cheers from the crowd; then was greeted by Emma.

    Asked how he felt about leaving the house, Christopher told Emma, “I’m so glad to be out of there to be honest with you.”

    Emma asked him how he thinks Danniella feels about his departure. He told her, “she’s going through an emotional rollercoaster at the moment. She’s getting a little bit upset and I’ve been there for her and stuff. She’s a great girl, good luck to her. She’s doing really well in there.”

    Emma then goes on to ask how it was on the first night when Christopher and Danniella saw each other for the first time following a period of not speaking. He said, “I was sh*tting myself. What did she say to me? We’ll have words, we’ll speak later. But we sorted it; you know it’s been great. I’m glad we sorted it because it wasn’t even anything to do with us, it was other people that were trying to stir sh*t.”

    Quizzed about his relationship with Gemma in the house, Christopher told Emma “I’ve got to say, I didn’t really get her at the beginning and I’d rather please her than upset her. But since we had that conversation the other day, I got her. I got who she was and what kind of a person she is. I found her intimidating a little bit, I found her a bit overpowering. She’s a great housemate and she’s doing really well.”

    Emma asked Christopher who he wants to win and he told her Danniella and Darren.

    Tonight, viewers also saw holistic food & lifestyle guru, Gillian McKeith, pay an unexpected visit to the Big Brother house. In the Diary Room, Big Brother informed her that there are high levels of toxicity in the house; she said “absolutely, could not agree with you more. I’m definitely the best person for the job. Bring it on, somebodies got to sort out the mayhem in this place. Shenanigans no more.”

    Gillian then entered the house and had to pick who she believed to be the four most toxic housemates to take part in her detox clinic. She chose Stephanie, Scotty T, John and Tiffany.

    Celebrity Big Brother returns tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 5. Emma will be back on Friday at 9pm for the next eviction.

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  • Gillian McKeith is to enter the Big Brother house

    Celebrity Big Brother producers have announced that holistic food & lifestyle guru Gillian McKeith will enter the Big Brother house in tonight’s live show.

    As part of this week’s task, tonight Gillian will be asked by Big Brother to select the four housemates whom she believes to be the ‘most toxic’.

    During her time in the house Gillian will not be treated like a housemate and will not be up for nomination or eviction.

  • Rainbow Lanyards Promotes Pro LGBT Environment in NHS

    A scheme which allows LGBT workers and their allies at a London NHS trust to wear rainbow lanyards has been hailed as a success.

    Last year Central and North West London Trust launched a scheme that introduced rainbow-coloured NHS lanyards for staff to reinforce the Trust’s values and promote an environment of openness in all the Trust’s services.

    Over a thousand staff members at the CNWL trust now wear the lanyards including 500 straight allies.

    Alison Devlin, CN WL’s Equalities and Diversity Manager, said,

    “The initiative has been a phenomenal success. Once a few people started wearing the lanyards then they quickly spread across our sites and services.

    “The lanyards are completely optional – Staff can choose to wear the rainbow version instead of the standard NHS blue ones to highlight their support for LGBT colleagues, patients and the public and to get people talking about LGBT topics in a more confident and open way.”

    Mrs Devlin first came up with the initiative after a Patient Experience Survey, carried out by The Advocacy Project (an independent advocacy organisation) on nine of the Trust’s inpatient mental health wards found that some patients preferred not to be open about their sexuality for fear of judgement from staff and other patients.

    Mrs Devlin continues:

    “This report really highlighted the importance of creating a more open environment and a better experience for LGBT patients. As a result of the findings we rolled out LGBT awareness training sessions for inpatient staff which, together with the lanyard scheme, has helped to encourage openness on the wards and transform the patient experience. They give a powerful message to people at a time when they might be feeling at their most vulnerable.”

    Lanyards are distributed with an information booklet that explains the scheme and includes signposting information to a variety of local, London-wide and national LGBT organisations. Staff are also automatically signed up to receive Straight Allies bulletins and educational links to further educate them about LGBT equality issues.

    Claire Murdoch, CNWL Chief Executive, said:

    “This was a really good initiative that raised issues in an unusual but everyday way and quite colourfully. We’re a diverse Trust and these small reminders add to a positive atmosphere.”

    The lanyards were rolled out in February 2015 during LGBT History Month and are promoted to staff continuously throughout the year.