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  • Allies And LGBT Icons Who Died In 2015

    There have been a number of sad losses for the LGBT community in 2015. Here are some of those who will be sadly missed for their great contribution to the community.

    Jackie Collins

    Author

    19th September 2015

    Jackie Collins lost her battle with stage 4 breast cancer on the 19th September. Her sister Joan Collins is said to be “devastated” by the loss. Jackie Collins had written 32 books in her lifetime and had included a gay character from the very beginning. She lost a very close childhood friend to suicide, Peter, who was gay. His suicide prompted her to say to Out Magazine,

    “One day he committed suicide. And that made me think really deeply about the problems that some poor guys go through when they want to come out.

    “I’ll never forget Peter,” she says. “He was so good-looking; he had curly hair, and he was tall and lovely. He just couldn’t come out, and then he killed himself. He must have been about 17, maybe.”

    Charl van den Berg

    Mr Gay World 2010
    6th August 2015

    The 33-year-old South African activist and model died after being diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. He was Mr Gay South Africa in 2009 and became Mr Gay World in 2010. With his win, Mr. Van den Berg said he wanted to,

    “break down stereotypes and differing mindsets in the global community and promote oneness and equality for all people by bridging the gap between those mindsets.

    “It is my understanding that people are people before we are different.”

    Cilla Black

    Singer, Performer, Entertainer
    1st August 2015

    Legendary performer and entertainer Cilla Black died after a fall, following a stroke at her Spanish home. Her musical career spawned two number hits, Anyone Who Had A Heart and You’re My World and a slew of top 10s including Aflie.

     

    Beau Biden

    Son of Vice President Joe Biden and Trans / Equality advocate
    30th May 2015

    The 46-year-old son of Joe Biden died from brain cancer. Beau Biden was the eldest son of Joe Biden. He was described as an “outspoken supporter of LGBT rights” by Advocate magazine. He had been battling brain cancer for several years.

     

    Martin Fisher

    Leading HIV Specialist
    23rd April 2015

    Martin Fisher was a leading HIV Specialist instrumental in field of HIV medicine and research over two decades. He was found by police at his home.

     

    Richard Glazter

    Film Director
    10th March 2015

    The writer and co-director of Still Alice after a battle with ALS. His partner British born partner for 20 years issued the following statement:

    ‘I am devastated. Rich was my soul mate, my collaborator, my best friend and my life. Seeing him battle ALS for four years with such grace and courage inspired me and all who knew him.

    In this dark time, I take some consolation in the fact that he got to see Still Alice go out into the world. He put his heart and soul into that film, and the fact that it touched so many people was a constant joy to him.

    Sam Simon

    Co creator of The Simpsons
    8th March 2015

    Sam Simon was instrumental in helping TheGayUK save Benjy the gay bull from slaughter. He was just 59 when he died from colon cancer. He was an animal lover and donated £5000 to our campaign to save Benjy.

    Dirk Shafer

    Former Playgirl Centrefold
    5th March 2015

    Shafer first came to public attention when he appeared at age 27 in a photo spread in Playgirl Magazines ‘Holiday 1990’ issue, and was chosen as their Man Of The Year in 1992. He documented all the process and pressures he was under from all sides to pose as straight into the 1995 movie he directed and starred in. He died on the 8th March 2015.

    Albert Maysle

    Director of Grey Gardens
    5th March 2015

    Albert died at the age of 88… Albert has continued to make films the latest of which is ‘Iris’ a profile of 93 year iconic fashion maven Iris Apfel which was profile in TheGayUK

     

    Leslie Gore

    It’s My Party singer
    16th Feb 2015

    Lesley Gore composed songs for the 1980 movie Fame for which she received an Academy Award Nomination, and she recorded her last album in 2005 entitled Ever Since. An out lesbian, who had been with her partner Lpis Sasson a jeweller designer for 33 years, Ms. Gore also hosted the PBS TV series In The Life which focused ion LGBT matters in 2004

  • New Calculator Works Out How Many Calories You Burn During Sex

    Oh those clever bods at Superdrug have worked out how many calories you can burn during sex, if of course, you’re having sex.

    Let’s say you and your boyfriend or FWB (friend with benefits) are 12 stone and do 10 minutes of doggie, 12 minutes of legs in the air, 8 minutes of reverse cowboy and end with a spectacular 3 minutes of holding your partner up, you could have burned off 142 calories for your 33 minutes of activity, not bad eh?

    Want some advice on how to spice up some of your positions, check out these bad boys (NSFW)

    That’s the equivalent of running 1.24 miles, 25 minutes of dancing or 37 minutes of yoga. I think we all know what we’d prefer doing.According to the website,

    “Superdrug Online Doctors commissioned (Fractl) to investigate how people can use sex as a form of exercise. To determine the extensive list of positions – including their unconventional names and respective calorie counts for both partners – we reviewed “The Position of the Day Playbook” from Nerve.com. To add to its methodology, which lacked any reference to the duration of activity or weight of the individuals, we did further research on positions and calories burned.”

    Now in our quick survey of the calories burned, it turns out that the receptive partner or the bottom actually usually burns less calories. So to keep up the calorie count, bottoms, prepare to go 2.0 Power-bottom and do more energetic positions like squatting, the cowboy and a bit of a lap dance.

     

  • RIP Jackie Collins, Dies From Breast Cancer Aged 77

    The author Jackie Collins has died at the age of 77 from breast cancer in Los Angeles.

    The family of Jackie Collins have confirmed that best selling author Jackie Collins has died from breast cancer at the age of 77.

    A statement released by the family said,

    “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one-of-a-kind mother,”

    “She was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words,”

    In her lifetime Collins is credited with selling over 500 million books. At the time of her death Collins had penned 32 novels and had largely defined the “bonkbuster” genre.

    Her sister, Joan Collins told People Magazine in the US that she was devastated by the news.

    “She was my best friend. I admire how she handled this. She was a wonderful, brave and a beautiful person and I love her,”

    Jackie Collins has long been a strong advocate for the LGBT community. In an interview with Out magazine she revealed that as a teenager she had crush on a boy called Peter, who later committed suicide. She said,

    “When I was 15 and thrown out of school, I went to a drama school, a preparatory academy in England, and there was this lovely guy there called Peter,” she says. “He was my first gay crush, really, and we got along like a house on fire — and one day he committed suicide. And that made me think really deeply about the problems that some poor guys go through when they want to come out.

    “I’ll never forget Peter,” she says. “He was so good-looking; he had curly hair, and he was tall and lovely. He just couldn’t come out, and then he killed himself. He must have been about 17, maybe.

    Right from the beginning of her writing career Collins had introduced gay characters. She said,

    “I’ve written 29 books, and I’ve always had gay characters, right from the very beginning

    “Sometimes they might be a little clichéd, and sometimes not.”

    She leaves behind three children.

     

  • TODAY IN GAY HISTORY | Paris Hilton: Gay Guys: Most Of Them Have AIDS

    TODAY IN GAY HISTORY | Paris Hilton: Gay Guys: Most Of Them Have AIDS

    TODAY IN GAY HISTORY: Celebrity Paris Hilton was caught on tape saying, “They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS.” about men on Grindr.

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    During a Taxi ride with a male friend, Paris is talking with a male friend about what Grindr is. The male friend explains,

    “Say I log into Grindr, someone that’s on Grindr can be in that building and it tells you all the locations of where they are and you can be like, ‘Yo, you wanna f**k?’ and he might be on like, the sixth floor,”

    Paris is then heard saying,

    “Ewww. Eww. To get f**ked? Gay guys are the horniest people in the world,”

    “They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS.”

    The conversation was recorded by the taxi’s driver, who said,

    “I couldn’t believe what was coming out of Paris’ mouth and the way she was talking about gay men.”

    RadarOnline who broke the story reached out to Paris’s publicist for comment, they replied,

    “Paris Hilton’s comments were to express that it is dangerous for anyone to have unprotected sex that could lead to a life threatening disease. The conversation became heated, after a close gay friend told her in a cab ride, a story about a gay man who has AIDS and is knowingly having unprotected sex.”

    Paris apologised the next day saying,

    “I am so sorry and so upset that I caused pain to my gay friends, fans and their families,

    “Gay people are the strongest and most inspiring people I know.”

  • Collabro Jamie: X FACTOR Paraded “Gay Married Couples Around Like Animals In A Zoo”

    Jamie Lambert, from the Britain’s, Got Talent band Collabro has criticised X FACTOR for “parading” a gay married couple in last night’s show like “animals in a zoo.”

    Married couple Chris and Gabriel from Milton Keynes managed to gain four votes from the judging panel after they sung Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do. The pair received a positive response from the arena audience as well as the judging panel.

    Grimshaw, who is currently part of the judging panel said,

    “It felt like you meant it and there was so much sincerity in it and I think that’s why everyone liked it in here. I could feel the love coming off you.”

    “You are a prime example to our generation and I am so glad gay marriage was legalised in this country,”

    However, it seems as Jamie Lambert is less than impressed and tweeted that he felt that the X FACTOR producers were “parading gay married couples around like animals in a zoo”.

    A number of his followers on Twitter seemed to agree with Jamie, with one saying, “Completely agree! It was sweet but they really weren’t that good….x”
    Lambert revealed that he was gay, in an interview with The Sun, after Collabro won the 2014 series of BGT.

  • 10 Things You Did Not Know About Craig Revel Horwood

    Mr Harsh but fair Craig Revel Horwood is quite the character, much loved by audiences but often loathed by contestants.

    Here are 11 things you probably didn’t know about the Strictly Come Dancing judge.

    1) Craig Revel Horwood was born in Australia in 1965, making him 50. He was born in Ballarat in Victoria,

    2) One of his first paid jobs was as a drag queen in bars and clubs. His drag name was Lavish.

    3) At one time Craig identified as bisexual before coming out as gay. He told a reporter from OK magazine that after his wife (Jane) left him for another man he “fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since.”

    4) He rarely gives the perfect 10 on Strictly. It is a highly prized honour.

    5) He’s had two cosmetic surgeries including a nose job and male breast reduction. He had his “moobs” reduced in 2010 and it cost a whopping £3000.

    6) He still does drag. Craig is still known to glam up or dress up as a dame. He’s often a dame in Panto or more recently as Miss Hannigan in Annie.

    7) He’s currently dating Britain’s Got Talent runner up Damon Scott. They live together in Hampshire and have been dating since 2013.

    8) He moved from Oz to the UK in 1989. In 2011 he officially became a British Citizen.

    9) In his tell-all book he talks about giving sexual favours to an anonymous showbiz “sugar daddy”. He said,

    “I have to refer to him as ‘Mr X’ for legal reasons. Basically I got favours from him for sexual favours, so I likened that to being a rent boy, only because I didn’t feel anything for this character.

    “But he paid for my dance tuition which was brilliant as it got me out of my hometown and to Melbourne where I trained.

    10) He was once anorexic. As a child he was very overweight and became ill with at one point eating just lettuce for two weeks.

    Craig Revel Horwood is currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing on BBC one

  • X FACTOR Ollie Marland Sent Best Mate To A Gay Bar As A Joke

    X FACTOR hopeful Ollie Marland sent his friend to a gay bar, it seems as a practical joke.

    Sonny Jay, took to Twitter in February to show his followers that he had been sent to a gay bar by his mate Olly Marland, who is appearing in tonight’s episode of X FACTOR.

    Sonny tweeted a picture of himself looking embarrassed and covering his face in a text message he shared on Twitter, saying,

    “Dude you sent me to gay bar”

    and then pointing out an individual in the corner continued,

    “That’s a man”

    It transpires that Sonny had asked his mate Ollie for a good place to visit whilst in Manchester and Ollie sent him to a bar on Canal Street.

     

    Ollie, from Stoke-On-Trent, has already come under some criticism after he was exposed not to be a “newcomer” to the music scene having already toured with McBusted and has over 91,000 followers on Twitter and over 311,000 followers on Facebook.

  • Cute Gay Couple Could Make X FACTOR History

    Chris Kennedy and his partner Gabriel Cabrera could make X FACTOR history tonight if they make it through to the judges’ houses.

    The pair, who met on a karaoke website, auditioned in front a 3000 strong audience and of course the 4 judges in a bid to make it through to boot camp and the judges’ houses. The couple go by the name The Shures.

    The married couple, Chris, 28 and Gabriel, 32 who both live in Milton Keynes sang Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do, to an audience that was clearly loving the love in.

    Openly gay judge, Nick Grimshaw commented,

    “It felt like you meant it and there was so much sincerity in it and I think that’s why everyone liked it in here. I could feel the love coming off you.”

    “You are a prime example to our generation and I am so glad gay marriage was legalised in this country,”

    “Gabriel you are the better singer in my opinion and I guess your voices do work well together but I think that when he took the lead, the song was much, much better.”

    The X Factor continues tonight at 8pm on ITV1.

  • Austin Evicts Farrah From Big Brother

    Farrah Abraham has been evicted from the Big Brother house after being chosen to get the boot by fellow housemate, Austin Armacost.

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  • Austin And James Get Naked In Celebrity Big Brother

    Hot naked alert as Austin Armacost and James Hill get Nekkid for Sherrie’s Birthday…

    There’s no need to introduce these pictures, just look and enjoy. Needless to say Mr Armacost and James Hill got starkers for Sherrie and Stevi’s birthday in tonight’s birthday.

    Continues tonight, Friday 18 September at 9 pm on Channel 5

  • ELTON AND PUTIN: It Was A Prank. Hear The Audio Here

    It had looked as though life for the LGBT community was about to be acknowledged in a meaningful way when Sir Elton John announced that President Putin was ready to talk about gay rights in Russia, however it turned out to be a hoax.

    It had seemed that the Rocket Man singer had managed the impossible when he told the media that he had in fact spoken to Putin and been invited to Moscow to talk about gay rights in Russia. It soon emerged that Sir Elton had been talking with a prankster.

    Here we have the audio of the English part of a prank phone call between Elton John and Vovan and Lexus the Russian comedians who pretended to be President Putin.

    Prank Putin – Elton John Phone Call (English Only)

    Last night in an interview on Russia Today Vovan and Lexus revealed it was actually them saying,

    “We gave Elton what he wanted”.

    The phone call itself did not outwardly mock Sir Elton, though towards the end did invite the popstar to Gay Pride in Moscow which has been banned in the country for years.

    The Russian President was responsible for signing in an anti-gay law that forbids the “propaganda” of non-traditional relationships to anyone under the age of 18. Same-sex relationships are considered non-traditional in Russia.

    Speaking to Russian news agency TASS, Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary said,

    “We are aware [of John’s intention to have a meeting] from media reports, but we haven’t received any signals directly from Sir Elton John.

    “Given that there have been many insinuations in the media lately, we are treating information of that kind carefully.”