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  • LOOK AT ME | Stacey Solomon, Gayer Than Anyone Who Reads This Magazine….

    As we sit down to talk with Stacey Solomon, she blurts out, “I’m probably more gay than anyone who reads the magazine…” We can tell this is going to go very well indeed.

    TGUK: What’s the best thing about being Stacey Solomon?
    SS: The best thing about being me is getting to dress up and go to amazing things and do the job that I’ve always dreamed about doing.

    TGUK: Is this something you’re wearing later? (pointing at a dress even a Disney princess might have trouble pulling off.)
    SS: Yeah… (Laughs) It’s my Cinderella dress… Most people go for what is going to look cool and fashionable, because they’re gonna get pictured… I went for like, what is the most glittery, sequin-ey most Disney-ey dress I can get.

    TGUK: We’ve seen you’ve written a book and a GBF features prominently… What’s the best thing about a gay best friend?
    SS: The best thing about having a gay best friend is the brutal honesty that I can always count on. If I do look like absolute poo, then he’ll be like, “Oh my god babes, don’t go on…”

    TGUK: Marry snog and avoid… Elton John, Sam Smith and Boy George
    SS: I would marry Elton John, he seems like he’s got it altogether. You know, comfortable, I mean I can’t marry him… He’s already married… I’d quite like to snog Sam Smith… If the opportunity ever arose… I wouldn’t say no.

    TGUK: So you’re going to be avoiding Boy George?
    SS: Oh that means I’m going to have to avoid Boy George! Can’t there be a best friend option?

    TGUK: Do you know what Amyl Nitrate is?
    SS: I have no idea…

    TGUK: It’s poppers…
    SS: Oh yeah, you sniff them and like they make your bum bigger? Is that right?

    TGUK: It could do… Have you done it?
    SS: No… (laughs) I’ve never done anything like that… I’m such a geek.

    TGUK: Okay, so today we asked the internet how gay Stacey Solomon is and it answered, “It has come from reliable sources that she has been know to have the odd girl fling!”
    SS: Ohhh! Who’s the reliable source?
    TGUK: Answers.com
    SS:(Shrieks with laughter) I’ve never had a girl fling, I’m sorry to say, But I feel like I’m a gay man rather than a gay woman. I feel really camp. I’m like the campest person you’ve ever met trapped inside a woman’s body.

    TGUK: Do you know who else said that? Cheryl Baker!
    SS: Yeah well… me and her. Same person. (Laughs)

    TGUK: So champagne is…
    SS: A drink? A drink that tastes like fizzy wee if I’m honest. Yeah it’s not my favourite. For sure.

    TGUK: Who is your favourite Kardashian?
    SS: Humm, that’s a toughie. I think I like Courtney the best. For some reason… oh no, Chloe.. (manager agrees). Chloe’s got like the most, funnest personality, but I like Courtney’s dress sense. I think she’s got great fashion.

    TGUK: So your new single is about being Shy. You don’t come across as Shy…
    SS: Really?

    TGUK: You did once tell an arena of people you were going to poo yourself…
    SS: I’m quite happy and open to share my feelings with people, but when it comes to like intimate situations I get really shy.

    TGUK: So what’s the gayest thing about you?
    a) Losing the X Factor to Joe McElderry
    SS: Is that gay?
    For the purposes of this interview yes…
    b) The Iceland ads.
    c) Judging Top Dog Model SS: Top dog model. I got to be the campest presenter ever.

    TGUK: Do you have a dog?
    SS: I have a Chihuahua Pomeranian. Hashtag Gay.

    TGUK: In your house are we most likely to find a shrine to: Peter Andre, Kylie Minogue Or Simon Cowell?
    SS: Kylie. I’m obsessed with Dannii, I am in love with her.

    TGUK: So you’d use her as a conduit to Dannii?
    SS: I mean it’s my only connection to Dannii. She’s genuinely the loveliest lady ever in the whole entire world. She still keeps in contact with me six years later. Whenever I do something she texts, “Well done, I love this” I love her.

    TGUK: We do love a bit of Dannii if truth be told…
    SS: I’ve got all her albums.

    TGUK: We’ve had a lot of sex to those albums… (with ourselves…)
    SS: Me too. (laughs)

    TGUK: Tell us something wildly camp about Simon Cowell
    SS: Everything. (Laughs.) Really. He wears like the tightest trousers, he is so well pruned, he really looks after himself everything about him is camp.

    TGUK: Did you get to know anything about his dressing room activities?
    SS: No and I’m not upset about that. I’d rather not know.

    TGUK: What’s the best way to get back at a cheating lover?

    A) Bottle of Red, singing All By Myself out the window

    B)  Cutting up his silks,

    C)  Everything he owns in a box to the left?
    SS: Ermm. I think I’d be the one singing to the window. I’d probably be making my own rain. Just to add a bit of effect.

    TGUK: What do you feel about men in oneies?
    SS: I mean each to their own. They’re not attractive on anyone are they? But you know, comfort comes first.

    TGUK: What should Cher do next?
    SS: Come and see me. I love her. Cher if you’re listening. I’ve been waiting all my life to meet you. If you’re not busy.

    TGUK: What would you do if she actually came back to yours?
    SS: I don’t know. Probably sing her songs back to her.

    TGUK: We’re just imagining Cher’s face.
    SS: (laughs) She’d love it!

    TGUK: What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever read about yourself?
    SS: People always write about how I’m feeling. There’s always like a headline: “Stacey’s tired today…” I’m like ‘no I just didn’t wear make up”, “Stacey’s really upset or heart broken today”. I’m like no! Didn’t anyone wanna ask me.

    Sometimes people go on and randomly change my Wikipedia page. They add little things. It gets taken off the next day because it has to be confirmed, but it goes up for 24 hours. The other day someone wrote: “Stacey is currently dating Steve O who she thinks is a great person and she’s really excited to have met such a wonderful man…” I was like who took the time to write this nonsense.

    Once someone on there wrote my eldest son’s dad was gay. That was on there for 24 hours.

    TGUK: That gives you multiple points if that’s true…
    SS: It’s not. Maybe I should just roll with it… He may take me to court over it. But as long as I get points.. (Laughs)

    TGUK: Finish this gay mantra….
    Ladies with an attitude, fellas that were in the mood…
    SS: I didn’t hear a word you just said then!
    TGUK: (We repeat) Ladies with an attitude, fellas that were in the mood… finish… SS:(Looks blankly at us) Sing it to me…
    TGUK: We can’t it’s a rap.
    SS: (looks a little lost)
    TGUK: Ladies with an attitude, fellas that were in the mood, strike a pose there’s…
    SS: And?
    TGUK: There’s nothing… SS: To it?

    TGUK: Wow. Minus-five.
    SS: Sorry I was struggling..

    TGUK: Do you know who Madonna is?
    SS: Stop it!

    TGUK: Will you ever wear a cape?
    SS: Not now… She handled that so well.

    TGUK: Have you ever fallen on stage?
    SS: No. But ratio to the amount of times I’ve been on stage and Madonna’s been on stage…

    TGUK: You don’t do too much dancing do you?
    SS: Come on now, look at me. I’m not the dancing type am I. I’ve got two left feet and I’m like a stork. I trip over thin air. It’s best for me to sit still. Maybe a little walk to the right.

    TGUK: Do you know what Space Docking is?
    SS: No… by the smile on your face it does not sound good!

    TGUK: We learnt this one from The Overtones! Well it’s when two men “dock” with each other’s penises,with their foreskins…
    SS: (Looks astounded at us) Like a little hoody? Well the Jews wouldn’t like it would they! How they gonna do that? That’s not for everyone. That’s why I don’t know!

  • Naked Dancing Gets Aaron Booted From Big Brother House

    We revealed earlier that Aaron Frew has been removed for inappropriate behaviour, it turns out that he was flashing which upset Joel.

    According to a statement from the Big Brother producers, Housemate Aaron Frew, 24 from Northampton was in the bedroom with Joel, Nick, Jack, Harriet, Sarah and Danny.

    The statement reads:

    “Aaron seems drunk and is flashing Joel and being rowdy, often naked.

    Despite Joel’s continual requests for him to behave himself, Aaron continues to tease and flash to the amusement of some of the other Housemates.

    As a result of his actions, Aaron is ejected from the Big Brother House.”

    Earlier in the series, Joel did admit feelings for Aaron, saying that he could make out with Aaron. However, Joel, 19, has maintained that he is “proudly heterosexual.”

    The model and personal shopper took to twitter earlier today to thank Big Brother for his time in the house.

    Aaron managed to stay in the house for 16 days. Watch his eviction in tonight’s episode at 10PM

  • BREAKING: Gay Big Brother Housemate Removed From The Big Brother House

    Openly gay Big Brother contestant Aaron has been removed from the Big Brother for what producers are saying is “inappropriate behaviour”

    More to follow.

    Producers have confirmed that Aaron Frew, 24, from Northampton has been removed from the Big Brother house after “inappropriate behaviour”.

    The model and personal shopper lasted 16 days in the house. Details about his behaviour are due to follow shortly and his exit will be featured in tonight’s episode.

    Aaron tweeted from his official account this after saying: “@bbuk THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE GIVEN ME! WILL NEVER FORGET IT! #BBUK”

  • May 2015

    Inside Issue 11

    The boy who wants to be Katie Price, Gareth Thomas, Jermain Jackman, Iris Apfel, Studio 54 director Mark Christopher, Stacey Solomon PLUS all your favourites – Reviews, Fashion, Lifestyle, Advice and Listings.

  • And The Eurovision 2012 Winner Is…

    Well what an explosive night of Eurovision 2012.

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  • Harry Potter Actor Goes Off On Anti-Gay Internet Trolls

    An actor who starred in the Harry Potter franchise of films has unleashed her disgust at anti-gay social network trolls, telling them to un follow her if they don’t back gay rights.

    The Irish actor Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood blasted nasty, scathing and downright cruel’ users who left remarks on an Instagram post which outlaid her belief in marriage equality.

    Last week Ireland had a public referendum to change its constitution to allow same-sex marriage. An overwhelming 62% of the votes cast were in favour of the change.

    In her statement on Facebook, she said that she would block anyone ‘breeds hate or revulsion or shame’.

    Read the full letter below:

    I am making a special request to all of you today in light of an ugly instagram thread that is really bothering me. Simply, if you are someone who perceives homosexuality as ‘disgusting’ or ‘f**ked up’ or ‘unnatural’, will you do me a kindness and please unfollow me on all social media platforms. And then block me.

    If I was someone who wanted to devote her life to fighting this fight to expand people’s minds on the definition of marriage and to break down people’s prejudices towards homosexuality I would probably encourage this constant antagonistic debate and I would invite the radicals to do verbal morality battles with me.

    But this is not my life’s purpose, it’s just life as I see it, something I endorse and the nasty, scathing and downright cruel remarks just Wear. Me. Out. I believe in always promoting a positive message and I don’t want your poison all over my carefully curated wall of light and positivity heart emoticon And let me be very clear and say people’s ‘beliefs’ have nothing to do with this. It is your attitude and the way you choose to react. Please don’t for a second pin the intolerance and hatred you spread on ‘religion’ for no religion endorses the darkness you’re spreading. It is possible to not like the idea of homosexuality, to find it a wholly alien, uncomfortable concept and to NOT impose this view on the people it affects and above all to NOT shame people for the way they are.

    Coming from Ireland, I am friends with a lot of people who handle their oppressive views on other people this way. I admire the grace with which they struggle to reconcile their beliefs with this changing society, and their respect for other humans. I have so much respect for these people, even though I will always consider their views misguided. If you can’t handle this concept then kindly LEAVE my page. There are other fiercer, more articulate, more outspoken and more controversial figures who lead the LQBTQ+ community and will gladly engage in fiery debate with you, will be fueled and energised by your anger and vitriol even and I ask that you go to them to wrestle verbally with your conflicting beliefs. I cannot deal with this kind of venom, and more to the point it is wasted energy on your part to put it here.

    And on a not-unrelated note, why are you following me? I think it’s safe to assume that the majority of you on here clicked ‘like’ on account of my portrayal of the character ‘Luna Lovegood’ in the Harry Potter films (Mackenzie Price fans…gosh, I am sorry but you’re a bit off track here). The clue is in the name, people! Luna Lovegood’s love is a GOOD kind of love. It is not conditional or possessive or needy or demanding. It doesn’t fall apart the moment you expose a piece of yourself that is unconventional or even unbecoming. Luna is a character who accepts all people and creatures in all forms, loves them for exactly what they are and who is constantly in awe at the diversity, strangeness and newness of each being she encounters.

    Did you ever wonder why she stares openly, unblinkingly and for uncomfortable periods of time at people? It’s because she is literally falling in love with an odd shaped freckle on their nose, the quirky way they pronounce ‘asked’, the uncontainable awkwardness they can’t hide for a beat longer under such loving scrutiny. And lastly the only way Luna can be quintessentially Luna is because she loves and accepts herself fully.

    If Luna were to condemn and villify such an intrinsic human thing as our sexuality and see ANY colour of it as wrong she would not sit so comfortably within herself and she would not be who we know and love. Luna is someone who has always taught me to love myself and I don’t know what you are doing on my instagram, facebook or twitter helping others feel awful about the way they are. If you are one of the people who bred hate or revulsion or shame on my instagram post today then you clearly haven’t thought very deeply about what I or Luna Lovegood represent and it’s time for you to unfollow.

  • WHAT WE LEARNT | #AskBorisJohnson

    WHAT WE LEARNT | #AskBorisJohnson

    He’s consistently evaded answering whether he has leadership passions, but New York born Boris Johnson is some would argue, the most powerful Conservative politician in the land. He’s pro women, pro gay, pro-London but what else do we know about London’s gaffe prone, wild haired, Etonian.

    U.S. Embassy photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
    U.S. Embassy photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
    The three Rs… He’s pro reform, renegotiation and referendum. It’s the best way forward for the UK and Europe.

    Boris would be up for Clarkson’s job and he’s a “mega” petrol head fan – but maybe being PM would be the greater choice after David Cameron suggested BJ as leader, if the Tories reach a third term in power.

    He wants to crack down on illegal immigrants and wants to sort out welfare, but is also very concerned about the rise in Islamophobia. He suggests Muslim leaders need to be “clearer in denunciation of extremism”.

    London is a healthier place to live, lower Nox and CO2 and PM10s and they’ve planted 1000s of trees since he’s been in power. In fact 20,000 of them were planted in the Olympic park.

    Delays on London’s creaking overground network have been cut by 66%, whilst demand is up 4 times.

    He chooses Ulrika Jonsson as a dance partner and loves a boogie to Ministry of Sound.

    He’s all about the Living Wage. Twenty-four companies paid it when they began on the issue, now it’s 516. Major retailers you are next…

    Will the youth ever be able to buy a house in London? That’s the plan. 40,000 people have already been helped in this regard.

    This article was taken from Issue 11 of TheGayUK. Don’t miss another issue download our magazine app for FRE

  • Julian Clary To Rub His Ring For Panto

    Punters are you ready? King of Camp, drinker of Blue Nun and fister of politicians, Julian Clary is ready for Panto.

    Following last year’s record-breaking production of Jack and the Beanstalk, Birmingham Hippodrome has announced another all-star cast for this year’s action-packed pantomime Aladdin, which runs from Saturday 19 December 2015 until Sunday 31 January 2016.

    Julian, 56, who will play Spirit of the Ring, (insert ring jokes here) will be joined by MARTI PELLOW, LEE MEAD, MATT SLACK and ANDREW RYAN.

    Julian Clary has established himself as one of the country’s most recognisable and popular stage and television entertainers. He has turned his hand to comedy, acting, presenting, writing and in 2012 Julian won Celebrity Big Brother. As well as his autobiography, Julian has become an accomplished novelist with a number of best-sellers to his credit. He is a hugely- popular panto performer and has headlined some of the biggest pantomimes around the UK, including Dick Whittington at Birmingham Hippodrome opposite Joan Collins in 2010. Julian plays the Spirit of the Ring.

    Hurrah! Get Booking campers.

  • BIG BROTHER Aaron Shows How to Twerk Whilst Bottoming

    Openly gay Big Brother housemate Aaron Frew has given Chloe tips on how to Twerk whilst having sex.

    Aaron who admitted last week that he had sex with someone with a “10 incher” has shown Chloe how he likes to Twerk whilst having sex.

    Aaron, 24 romped on the bed infront of the Doncaster lass to demonstrate how he wiggled his butt whilst having sex. With his hips raised off the bed, Aaron proceeds to wiggle his bottom and gyrate his hips in front of a bemused Chloe.

    Top marks for poise and angle we say!

    Chloe, 25, was quick to show off her prowess got on all fours to show her stylings.

    Last week Joel, from Cardiff admitted that if he had to make out with a male housemate he could with Aaron.

    Just in case you needed to see more of Aaron’s moves – here you go…

     

  • The untold story of Bletchley Park And Alan Turing comes to Cast, Doncaster

    Following the recent 70th anniversary celebrations of VE Day, Idle Motion’s That Is All You Need To Know brings the untold story of Bletchley Park to Cast, Doncaster on Wednesday 17 June in a stunning piece of visual theatre.

    Total Theatre Award nominated Idle Motion takes the audience back to 1940s England and the melting pot of Britain’s greatest minds; to the eccentric country house whose grounds, filled with chess champions, Oxbridge graduates and young debutantes. Among these were the visionary Alan Turing (recently portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in Oscar nominated The Imitation Game), the exceptional Gordon Welchman, and the thousands of dynamic women whose work was the hidden heroism of the war.

    Idle Motion are one of the countries leading visual theatre companies who tour nationally and internationally to critical acclaim. They integrate playful stagecraft with innovative video projection to create highly visual theatre that places human stories at the heart of the work. Their humorous and sensitive past productions include the Edinburgh Fringe Sell-Out Borges and I, and The Seagull Effect exploring a couple’s crumbling relationship as Britain is hit by the unexpected 1987 storm.

    Alan Turing was prosecuted for his homosexuality in 1952, Idle Motion learned about his life and subsequent premature death (while researching chaos theory for The Seagull Effect) before he was posthumously pardoned in 2013. Fascinated by this British mathematician, cryptologist and co-author of the foundations of computer science, the Idle Motion team intended to base their next work on his life story.

    Following research into Turing’s incredible work during the Second World War at Bletchley Park and visits to the site itself, the Idle Motion team realised that Bletchley Park was full of astounding stories and people. What stood out most remarkably was that the thousands of people who worked there kept it all a secret throughout the war and for most of their lives, and this was the story the company wanted to tell.

    Artistic Director Paul Slater read Gordon Welchman’s ‘The Hut Six Story- Breaking the Enigma Codes’, first published in 1982 and written in the 1970s. This book was one of the earliest memoirs of life at the park to be published after the ‘secret’ history came out in 1974. The style of the writing in and the insights it gave to the life and work provided an ideal foundation to the wider story of the Park itself and the structure of That Is All You Need To Know.

    That Is All You Need to Know incorporates correspondence; including Turing’s 1952 “Yours in distress” letter to his friend and fellow mathematician Norman Routledge shortly before pleading guilty to gross indecency; and voice overs of interviews with veterans who worked there during the war from the Bletchley Park archives .

    Using personal testimony and multimedia on a stage busy with filing cabinets and typewriters; That is All You Need to Know is an insightful, innovative and immersive celebration of the remarkable men and women who cracked the Enigma code. The play is a celebration of humanities ability to solve the impossible, to crack the most complex of problems, and of the extraordinary people whose quiet work changed the course of our history.

    Tickets for That Is All You Need To Know on Wednesday 17 June at 7.30pm are £15 adults / £13 concessions* available from Cast’s Box Office on 01302 303 959 or castindoncaster.com.

  • IT’S TRUE: Men Vainer Than Women

    WHILE women are renowned for investing significant time and money into their appearance, new research has found that it is in fact men who are the vainer sex.

    The study by luxury men’s lifestyle etailer, avaj.co.uk, revealed men look at their reflection 23 times a day, whilst women did so 16 times per day.

    Men confessed to ‘mainly’ looking at their appearance to admire themselves and the body parts they like the most. This is in direct contrast to women, the majority of whom said they mainly looked at their appearance for reassurance that they look OK (for example, that their make-up is in place). Women also mainly focussed time spent in front of the mirror on looking at the body parts they are the most self-conscious about.

    On average men spent 10 minutes per day looking at their reflection which amounts to almost six and a half days per year. 11% of male respondents confessed to mirror gazing over 30 times a day.

    82% of men agreed that maintaining a good personal appearance was a key prerogative.

    Dominating the list of body parts men were most happy with was arms (76%), followed by legs (54%), smile (49%), eyes (43%), and hair (38%).

    Tracey Denison, managing director at avaj.co.uk, said “Surprisingly, unlike women, men are more likely to spend time in front of the mirror admiring the parts of themselves they are happy with – suggesting vanity is the real purpose behind the time spent looking at reflections. The trend for even those men who opt for a more rugged look ensuring they are well groomed – investing in beard care kits and the like – further reinforces this idea.

    “It’s also possible that the selfie trend is partially driving this rise in male vanity, as people become more used to celebrating their appearance. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to have seeped through to women as much, and they still seem to be the more self-conscious sex.”

    Two thirds of men (67%) revealed they had 3 or more cosmetic products, suggesting that men no longer wish to grow older gracefully.

    The survey also found a third of men (34%), had used a female friend or family member’s cosmetic products at least once, whilst one in 10 (9%) said they used cosmetic products targeted at women regularly.

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