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  • Gay soldier James Wharton “Shut down gay saunas”

    Openly gay ex soldier James Wharton says that gay saunas should be shut down, if the gay community wants to be taken seriously.

    Writing in Winq, the former soldier said:

    “Sex saunas need to be history. The time has come to close them down.”

    “If we don’t, we feed the haters and we hand the bigots who remain a vocal minority ammunition with which to attack us,” he said

    “For me as a gay man, the notion that there exist within our communities a series of places that actively promote the convening of gay men for participation in sex of shades various and in groups of all sizes rather revolts me – and I‘ve been round the block a few times, believe me. I’m no prude, not even close, but the days when we gathered in clandestine fashion for the want of a network or a sexual outlet are surely long gone,”

    CLOSURE WON’T CHANGE HOMOPHOBIA

    Health and gay rights campaigners have said that closing saunas would probably have no effect on homophobia.

    The independent reports that Matthew Hodson from GMFA said:

    ‘If someone says that they don’t like gays because we have sex with lots of partners, they’re probably just searching for an excuse to justify their prejudice. Most people with homophobic attitudes will be uncomfortable with gay men in long-term monogamous relationships too,’

    Whilst Jason Warriner, clinical director for Terrence Higgins trust said:

    ‘It would make it more difficult for organisations like Terrence Higgins Trust to provide safer sex information, supply condoms and deliver HIV testing services among groups at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV.’

  • ANALYSIS: The Oscars 2014

    In case you miss the SKY MOVIES TELECAST of the OSCAR CEREMONY here are some of the really gay highlights, many of which you can already catch on YOUTUBE.

    ELLEN DEGENERES was back to host again after a 7-year break and kicked in to top gear from the word go with her hilarious monologue by referring to LIZA MINELLI as being represented by a female impersonator. Flash to Miss Minnelli sitting with her half sister LORNA LUFT and you can see that they do unmistakably look like a couple of Drag Queens!

    The sisters were there as part of the celebration for their mother’s classic movie THE WIZARD OF OZ that was introduced by WHOOPI GOLDBERG complete with striped stockings and red Dorothy shoes. And then came PINK, looking shockingly feminine in her sparkly red dress, who simply blew the audience away with her spine-tingling version of SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, which bought the whole House to its feet.

    There had been an earlier standing ovation for DARLENE LOVE who had been on stage to help accept the well-deserved BEST DOCUMENTARY OSCAR for ‘TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM’, the compelling story of all the Back Up singers who stayed out of the spotlight. Instead of a speech, Ms Love simply sang her thanks in her own inimitable style

    Kudos to JARED LETO for his stirring tribute to his mother when he won his BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR for playing a transgender character in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, and for the very moving dedication of his Award to all the people that had died from AIDS. A similar and equally touching gesture was made by ADRUITHA LEE & ROBIN MATHEWS who won OSCARS for HAIR & MAKE UP for the same movie.

    Most excited winner was young Kenyan actress LUPITA NYONG’O who picked up BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR for her part in 12 YEARS A STAGE proving that well-deserved unknown actors can still break through. Her exuberance was matched by her British Director STEVE MCQUEEN when the movie beat the favourite (GRAVITY) to pick up the BEST PICTURE OSCAR and as the closing credits of the Telecast roll he is literally jumping up and down on the stage with sheer joy like a kid.

    Most heartfelt and genuine speech was from CATE BLANCHETT when she picked up her BEST ACTRESS OSCAR, and for my money, her elegant beaded GIORGIO ARMANI DRESS was the best of the bunch too.

    A no-thrills BETTE MIDLER making her very first singing appearance at the OSCARS followed the IN MEMORIUM TRIBUTE to all the Hollywood greats who have gone to the movie theatre in the sky this year, with her anthem WIND BENEATH MY WINGS that ensured there were not many dry eyes in the audience.

    In was an fun albeit overly long evening with none of the usual big production numbers and had ELLEN mixing in with the star –studied audience a great deal … the popularity of hilarious ‘selfie’ she shot on her phone with MERYL STREEP and other front row stars actually managed ti bring TWITTER to a grinding halt. The whole night was just like the running gag had about JONAH HILL literally exposing himself in a scene in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET that Ellen declared was something she had not seen in a very long time.

  • Jared Leto wins Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club

    Jared Leto has won an Oscar for best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

    Jared Leto, who played trans character Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club has won an actor for the role. The movie which THEGAYUK gave five stars, follows the actions of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) after he learns that he has AIDS.

    He befriends Rayon, played by Jared Leto in order to grow his client base for his Buyers Club.

    Leto’s Oscar win means that he is added to hall of fame for actors who have bagged an Oscar or a nomination for portraying an LGBT character.

  • March 2014

    March 2014

    Issue 2

    Inside Issue 2

    Mr Gay UK says ‘ello, Cleo Rocos, Tara McDonald, Lisa Stansfield, Cheryl Baker and much more… PLUS: 50 things to do before you die, the BEST running shoes, news, reviews, lifestyle and advice. TheGayUK’s second outing. Relive the ride today. Enjoy.

  • Uganda’s President: Gays ‘Are Disgusting’ and ‘Abnormal’

    The Ugandan government has signed into law a bill that will see gay people serving lengthy jail sentences for gay sex.

    In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Zain Verjee, Ugandan President Museveni stated that he found homosexuality ‘disgusting’ and ‘abnormal’.

    Museveni told Verjee that his message to human rights groups and US President Obama was that they should ‘respect African societies and their values, just the way we don’t interfere with yours. If you don’t agree you just keep quiet. Let us manage our society if we are wrong we will find out by ourselves, just the way we don’t interfere with yours.’
    When asked if he personally disliked homosexuals, he commented that ’they are disgusting. What sort of people are they?’ He added: ‘I never knew what they were doing I was told recently. It’s terrible, disgusting but I was ready to ignore that if there was proof that that’s he’s been born abnormal but now the proof is not there.’

    Last week US President, Obama Barack, warned Uganda about their ‘odious’ views and that international relations could be strained if they signed the law into power.

    The new law proposes that anyone engaging in homosexual acts could face life imprisonment and that anyone who does not report the crime would also fall foul of the law. Even talking about homosexuality without condemning would be a crime under the new bill.

    For the first time the new bill also covers lesbian relationships.

  • UK’s Deputy Prime Minister: Uganda Anti-Gay Law ‘abhorrent’

    The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister has said that the new Ugandan anti-gay law is an ‘abhorrent backwards step’.

    The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is joining the number of world leaders that are openly speaking out against Uganda’s newly signed law which could see gay people jailed.

    The new law proposes that anyone engaging in homosexual acts could face life imprisonment and that anyone who does not report the crime would also fall foul of the law. Even talking about homosexuality without condemning would be a crime under the new bill.

    For the first time the new bill also covers lesbian relationships.

    Taking to Twitter the Liberal Democrat leader said:

    ‘The Ugandan anti-gay law is an abhorrent backwards step for human rights. It should never be a crime to be LGBT.’

    In an interview with CNN Uganda’s President said that gay people were ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Abnormal’

  • RAY QUINN Drops A Whopping 2 Stone, Now Looks Amazing

    ‘I don’t even have milk in my tea now’ Dancing On Ice star Ray Quinn tells how he lost a whopping two stone in eight weeks through a Carb tapering Caveman diet and five work outs a week. (more…)

  • XTINA praises Miley’s Dirrty chaps

    Christina, tweets her support for Miley’s Chap Wearing on the Bangerz Tour.

    Christina Aguilera, who famously wore a pair of chaps for her 2002 music video of Dirrty has tweeted her support of Miley who wore them for part of her Bangerz tour.

    As the still from Xtina’s smash hit Dirrty below shows, the blonde songstress was styling out chaps when Miley was just 10!

    She tweeted:

    ‘Cheers from one dirrty girl to the next @MileyCyrus…wear em’ loud & proud, girl- yes!!’

  • F1’s Bernie Ecclestone Backs Anti-Gay Stance In Russia

    In an interview with CNN’s Ben Wyatt F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone revealed he agrees on President Putin’s stance on homosexuality.

    CNN are reporting that F1 Racing Boss Bernie Ecclestone, 83, ‘completely agrees’ with President Putin’s anti-gay stance, stating that he even admires the President.

    He said in the interview with Ben Wyatt:

    “He [Putin] hasn’t said he doesn’t agree [with homosexuality] just that he doesn’t want these things publicized to an audience under the age of 18. I completely agree with those sentiments and if you took a world census you’d find 90% of the world agree with it as well.”

    The businessman who was born in Bungay is reported to be worth $3.8 BILLION. He is the President and CEO of Formula One Management and has been married 3 times.

    He went on to say: “I’ve great admiration for him and his courage to say what he says…[It] may upset a few people but that’s how the world is. It’s how he sees [the world] and I think he’s completely right.”

  • Captain Patrick Stewart Is Not Gay

    The actor, which we like to refer to as golden voice Sir Patrick Stewart has laughed off being mistakenly OUTED after congratulating Ellen Page after she came out.

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  • Actor, Rib Hillis, Really Wants You To Watch His Movie Being Naked

    Audiences in the UK might not know Rib Hillis, but they will after he posted of a naughty pic of himself to promote his new movie Birthday Cake.

    In a move which could threaten to be his ruin or his making Rib Hillis has posted a picture of his rather hot body to promote his new movie Birthday Cake, which urges people to demand the film on Netflix and Redbox – which is DVD rental service in the US.

    Rib with his clothes on…

    In a statement to Queerty, the actor said:

    ‘We made this movie specifically to show that gay families are just like any other family in America: they bicker with each other, they love each other and they get stressed out trying to plan the perfect child’s birthday party. We hope Redbox will consider carrying the film. The company received a lot of backlash earlier this year for carrying Bridegroom and we hope the gay community will support us and continue to support Redbox by demanding good films involving gay stories.’

    Rib Hillis made his name as Jeds in Baywatch Nights and Dr Jake Marshak in Port Charles