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  • Overtones Take Over ITV With Sweet Soul Music

    Dapper Overtones are taking over ITV as they promo their new album Sweet Soul Music.

    The supergroup, of which 3 are of the man loving variety, are due to sing on This Morning. In a recent interview with THEGAYUK, the boys undertook a How Gay Is interview where we revealed that Lachie, would love to be Belle from Beauty And Beast, as he loves dancing with big hairy men. (Don’t we all)

    We also found out that Timmy Matley, the band’s loveable lead singer, doesn’t think Katie Hopkins is a gay icon.

    The Warner five-some recorded River Deep Mountain High with X Factor winner Sam Bailey, talking about the recording Darren Everest from Essex said, “She’s cool man, she’s a really cool girl. Really down to earth, loves a chat… We just sat there for two hours and we’re like, ‘we should probably do some singing now…’ It was really cool to see her and Lachie go in, they had a mic each when they were doing their leads. It was like one big sing off. It was really cool. She was heavily pregnant and we were a bit like, as she was hitting them high notes, ‘I hope she doesn’t pop…’”

  • There’s Only One Nigel Farage…

    Depending on your political stance, this may come as good news or bad… There is only one Nigel Farage listed on 192.com

    The UK’s leading online people directory has checked and it’s official, there really is only one Nigel Farage. However it appears your chances of running into a David Cameron are quite high with 192.com revealing there are over 300 of them appearing on the Open Electoral Register.

    Natalie Bennett and Leanne Woods also appear on the register quite frequently; and there is a shock for Nicola Sturgeon as her namesakes are more prevalent south of the border with over 85% of them being based in England.

    Whilst there is only one Nigel Farage on the register, 192.com discovered that Ed Miliband is also equally as unique, setting him apart from previous Labour leaders, such as Tony Blair who has 116 namesakes and Gordon Brown who shares his name with whopping 1,320 registered voters.

    Here are the full results:

    • David Cameron 380
    • Nick Clegg 40
    • Nigel Farage 1
    • Ed Miliband 1
    • Nicola Sturgeon 14
    • Natalie Bennett 178
    • Leanne Wood 132

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    Recently, the gay community in Wakefield, was shocked when one of its local boozers, The Harewood Arms, opened its doors to UKIP rallies and meetings.

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    Product Director Dominic Blackburn at 192.com commented: “After the Election debates these are the names on everyone’s lips, in addition to this being the closest fought election in decades it is also set to be the most diverse and we move further away from two party politics. Depending on your political persuasion you might be either thrilled or horrified to be sharing a street with a David Cameron, however you can always find out by visiting 192.com”

    Both Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband proved to be more unique that some famous literary figures, you are more likely to run in to one of the 439 James Bonds or even the 179 Harry Potters. 192.com is clear to point out that neither Nigel or Ed are secret agents or have magical powers their names are just rarer.

    192.com has also handily heat mapped the location of the political leaders doppelgängers so you can find out if your local area is Nicola Sturgeon rich or even filled with Nick Cleggs.

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  • Stereo Kicks To End Sell Out Tour In London

    X-Factor boy band Stereo Kicks finish their sold-out 10 date headline tour with a show at Islington Academy on Sunday night.

    The eight-piece band rose to fame through their time on X Factor 2014, where they were paired together by Louis Walsh and became one of the most tweeted about acts in the contests’ history.

    Their fanbase now numbers over 270,000 Twitter follows and almost a quarter of a million Facebook fans. The tour kicked off a week ago and has seen fans queuing around the block for hours.

  • Back Behind Bars… OITNB Is Back

    Your favourite inmates from Litchfield Correctional Institution are back for an all new season exclusively on Netflix beginning Friday, June 12th.

    Piper, Red, Crazy Eyes, Taystee, Poussey, Sophia, Nicky, Daya, Gloria, Big Boo, Pennsatucky and all of Litchfield’s ladies are back for more drama and laughter…as Alex makes her return and a new inmate, Stella (Ruby Rose) joins the gang.

    And there will be more! Netflix has announced a season four pick up for the series.

    Orange Is The New Black has garnered more than 20 awards including three Emmy Awards, two SAG Awards, two AFI honors, three Critic’s Choice Television Awards, one NAACP Image Award, one PGA Award, two GLAAD Media Awards, and is a recipient of a Peabody Award and a Television Critics’ Association (TCA) Award.

  • London “Gay Cure” Event Cancelled After 40,000 Say No Way

    An event that aimed to help gay people “Overcome” Their Sexuality by the Seventh Day Adventist Church has been cancelled after 40,000 people signed a petition to stop it.

    The Seventh Day Adventist Church had planned to bring a seminar to London that was aimed at people who have “struggled” with same-sex attraction. The petition against the move was signed by over 40,000 people.

    According to the advert, three people Mike Carducci, Wayne Blakely and Danielle Harrison have found “redemption, victory, healing and freedom from their lifestyle.” and want to talk to members of the public about their “struggles” with homosexuality.

    Kirsten Lundqvist the communications and media director of South England Conference of Seventh-day Adventist said, “A decision was taken on Monday, 13 April to cancel the ‘Holy Sexuality’ Conference originally planned for London, 21-25 April 2015.

    “Seventh-day Adventists are a people of peace who believe in hope and dialogue. However, it appeared that rather than drawing people together the conference had the potential to divide. The Adventist Church recognises that the individuals invited to speak at the Holy Sexuality Conference have compelling life stories to share but equally appreciate that there are those who take a different point of view.”

    “We are disappointed that in a society that values freedom of speech and divergence of opinion that there are those whose wish it is to silence individuals who hold a different point of view to their own.”

    Speaking to GSN one of organisers of the event Anamaria, had said, “These three people have overcome what many people are still struggling with, the people who felt so unloved. For them, they have moved out of this lifestyle and embraced Christianity,’ she said.

    “It’s like committing adultery. This conference will teach homosexuals how to overcome similar habits.”

  • Mariah Revisits Leggy Album Cover

    In a homage to her 1998 greatest hits release, #1s, Mariah’s is back with a new best of, and guess what the legs are back too!

    Along with a new Greatest Hits, Mariah has signed back to her original label, Sony, under the Epic brand. Mariah left the company in 2001 when she signed the world’s most expensive record contract with Virgin Records. Despite the huge signing, Virgin dropped her after one record after sales bombed dramatically – despite it actually being a good record **go Glitter**

    Speaking about the move back to Sony, Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid, Chairman and CEO, Epic Records said, I couldn’t be more thrilled to be back together again with Mariah,” said Mr. Reid. “There is really no one who comes close to Mariah as both a songwriter and a singer, and as the world knows, her vocal range is legendary and truly incomparable. Her music is indelibly etched into our culture, and she’s shattered so many chart records that she’s now firmly entrenched in the history books. With a fierce and loyal fan base that covers every corner of the globe, I have no doubt Mariah will do it again.”

     

  • Gay Bar Sent “Anthrax” Letter In The Post

    A gay bar in Iowa was sent a letter that purported to contain the lethal disease Anthrax.

    A bar in Des Monies called The Blazing Saddle was sent a homophobia letter, which contained a powder, which the sender reported was anthrax.

    The powder was revealed to be foot powder, however, the threat was taken very seriously by local law enforcement. A local man, Eric Reece Wiethorn, 49, has since been arrested for posting the letter and has been charged with first-degree harassment.

    The letter reads:

    “It’s time for all the faggots and dykes to die on Capital Pride night!

    “Your secret enemies are going to blow up your destination for going to hell tonight, and were going to eat roast faggot the following morning.

    “This is your punishment for sinning against God, and hopefully you’ll die from the anthrax on this letter!”

    Speaking to the Des Moines Register, co-owner of The Blazing Saddle said,

    “I opened the mail up thinking it was a thank you letter, it turned out to be a hate letter.

    “[It said] faggot this, faggot that… and a white powder popped out, so I thought ‘call the police now’, because you don’t know.

    “We were locked down until hazmat came and examined it, it turned out to be talcum powder.

    “It’s very childish, very hateful, and I though this city had grown up more than that.”

    He added: “We get hate mail like this every once in a while but never powder.”

    There have been a number of attacks using Anthrax in the past, one of the most notorious was the 2001 Anthrax attacks which targeted news media offices and two US Senators.

  • Hillary Clinton Runs For President

    It’s official at last. Hillary Clinton will run for president of the USA. The announcement came yesterday in a video released by her campaign that in typical Hillary style features a diverse group of people making changes in their lives, including a male couple about to be married. A female couple is also included in the video.

    Not only does Hillary Clinton support marriage equality, she’s spoken out on the other side of all those arguments. She really consolidated her standing among the LGBT community with a speech she gave before the United Nations in Geneva while Secretary of State in December 2011 in which she said to the world that “Being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.”

    Documents released this week by the National Archives at the Clinton Library show it was Hillary Clinton’s staff who pushed during her husband’s presidency for greater acceptance of LGBT people. For example, President Obama signed an executive order last year that went into effect last week banning discrimination in employment by federal contractors — something that Hillary Clinton’s staff pushed her husband to do back in August 2000.

    Her candidacy is in great contrast to the two senators who have declared that they are running to be the republican candidate for one of the most powerful jobs in the world. Paul Rand has said that same-sex couples shouldn’t get to use the word marriage because it “offends myself and a lot of people,” whilst the right-wing Ted Cruz went one step further when he publically declared he was against “the radical gay marriage agenda,” then went on to warn his supporters about the gay ‘jihad’ against religious freedom.

    Openly gay Robby Mook, a Democratic strategist who ran Terry McAuliffe’s successful 2013 campaign for Governor of Virginia, has been chosen to be Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign Manager.

  • Six Things We Learnt This Week: Divorce, Tories, Christians, Joey Essex and Sue

    The world is constantly changing and we’ve learned things about Joey Essex and Sue Perkins we never thought we would, and divorce is not what it used to be.

    1) Divorce Papers can now be served on Facebook, in New York (Daily Mail)

    2) The Tories have clocked up the most miles to get you to vote for them. David Cameron has flown, trained, bussed and been driven over 3000 miles to the four corners of the UK. Lib Dems have travelled 1,900 miles while Labour and UKIP have clocked up 1,400 miles. (read more BBC)

    3) A pol revealed that 80% of Christians don’t agree with Cameron that Gay Marriage was something to be proud of. (read more TheGayUK)

    4) Joey Essex called Nigel Farage Reem. (read more Huffington Post)

    5) Two guys from the US, who met on Instagram had the most romantic proposal… ever (TheGayUK)

    6) Sue Perkins, the loveable lesbian presenter is bookies favourite to take over from Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear (read more The Guardian)

  • Third Of Christians Will Not Vote Cameron Over Gay Friendly Stance

    A new survey has revealed that people who identify as Christian have condemned David Cameron’s statement that same-sex marriage was “among his proudest achievements in 2014”

    The poll by ComRes for Premier Christian Radio asked 2,000 potential voters what they thought about gay marriage and how it might affect their decision on voting Conservative in the next general election.

    More than thirty-three percent agreed with the statement, “I would have considered voting Conservative but gay marriage has put me off doing so”. The coalition government, led by David Cameron was instrumental in bringing forward same-sex marriage in his first term as prime minister.

    Same-sex marriage was legalised in England and Wales in 2014 in a landslide victory.

    80 per cent of those asked lambasted the Prime Minister’s statement that same-sex marriage was “among his proudest achievements in 2014”. The claim was made by  the Prime Minister during a Q&A in Wirral, when he said that same-sex marriage had a personal impact. He said, “I did get a lot of letters from men who said, because of the changes you made, I have been able to marry the person I love. That was great.”

  • Mental Health Charity For LGBT+ Youth Boosted By £120K

    Greenwich-based METRO has received nearly £120,000 from the City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust, to boost its London-wide mental health programme for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) young people.

    Established in 1984, METRO runs community and youth services and is one of London’s few specialist providers of emotional and mental health support to the LGBTQ community. It promotes health, wellbeing, equality and participation through one-to-one counselling, group therapy and assessment, and referral services.

    The charity faces increased demand for mental health services and its Youth Chances research found that 44 per cent of LGBTQ young people have contemplated suicide, while 52 per cent have self-harmed and 42 per cent sought treatment for anxiety or depression.

    Dr Greg Ussher, METRO Chief Executive said:

    METRO is delighted to receive this funding from the City Bridge Trust. The findings from our Youth Chances research and the demand on our existing mental health programme show just how vital this funding is to enable us to support so many more Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) young people across London. This investment from the City Bridge Trust gives LGBTQ young people direct access to the essential services when they need them and will save lives.”

    Jeremy Mayhew, Chairman of City Bridge Trust, said:

    Negative attitudes towards these young people make them more likely to experience higher levels of mental health distress than their heterosexual peers. Understanding their needs and providing accessible services during a difficult time in their lives, is vitally important. At City Bridge Trust, we are committed to supporting Metro Centre in breaking down barriers, removing stigma and improving mental health.”

    City Bridge Trust is the grant-making arm of Bridge House Estates, whose sole trustee is the City of London Corporation. It addresses disadvantage by supporting London charities, providing grants totalling around £15 million annually.