Piers Morgan has been cleared by Ofcom after nearly 1000 complaints were made against him over his views on gender identity.
The two-spirit penguin, also known as Piers Morgan, who presents ITV’s morning show, Good Morning Britain was ruled to have behaved within guidelines, with the communication’s regulator saying that his remarks about identifying as a penguin “did not raise issues warranting investigation”.
It added that he had the right to express his strongly held beliefs.
The regulator did allow, in its initial investigation that some viewers of the early morning show, could be offended by his comments, but that the regular audience of the ITV show would have “clear expectations around his provocative position on the issue”.
His co-host was singled out for complaint
His co-host Susanna Reid was criticised by Ofcom for not challenging Piers enough on his views.
A gleeful Piers said, “The only person singled out for complaint is actually not me… it’s Susanna.”
Susanna replied, “He gets exonerated and I get criticised!”
Watch Piers and Susanna discuss the ruling here.
Following nearly 1000 complaints against @piersmorgan for his opinions on gender identities, he has been cleared by Ofcom with the regulator saying he 'has a right to express his views.'
As the nights draw in a brand new Cuffing Season is upon us, but what exactly is “Cuffing Season”.
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Seventy Thirty‘s team looked at today’s dating terms and let us know what cuffing is and who’s doing it.
Cuffing season; refers to the winter months, when people who are usually happily single start to seek a committed relationship.
With the days getting shorter and the nights longer, the temperature dropping and the trees becoming bare, it’s the perfect time for cosy nights in with your loved one, building a relationship. It is the optimal time of year for past partners to creep up on you, too.
If an ex-partner is single, they might try to come back you to spend these cosy nights in with you.
Clinical psychologist Seth Meyers explains that “our energy levels are lower during the colder weather and we are moodier’” so we have less motivation to organise interesting dates.
This, coupled with poor winter weather, means we have fewer places to go and things to do. This makes us seek out an easier option, such as a past partner.
You know how it usually goes in gay porn. There’s a kiss, then there’s a lot of oral, then a little rimming, then the ass pounding and then the cum shot. It’s pretty standard stuff, but porn studio Himeros, is changing the industry one video at a time.
In one of their latest videos, Worship Me, the filmmakers focus on taking time to take the man worshipping to another level.
In one of the most emotional and sensitive porn videos we’ve ever seen – actually, make that the only emotional and sensitive porn videos we’ve ever seen, actor Wesley Woods has a tear in his eyes as he’s told by scene partner Chris Harder how amazing he is and how much he deserves love.
The idea of the scene is to remind us all to truly worship our partners. Not just physically but with our words.
Speaking about shooting the scene, Himeros creator Davey Wavey spoke about how powerful the video was to make, he said “This video is about treating your partner as a god…
“I think out of everything we’ve filmed this is the most powerful and authentic thing we’ve captured”.
Taking to social media Wesley Wood, revealed that the scene meant so much to him to film, after he had been attacked by three men in West Hollywood, in which he described “loosing so much of himself”.
He wrote, “This was truly such a powerful scene for me to force myself into – to sit quietly with complete eye contact while receiving praise, love and admiration from another gay man.
If that hot guy you hooked up with isn’t getting back to you, chances are you’ve been ghosted.
First of all, what does being ghosted mean?
The process of being ghosted means that a person that you’ve gotten to know well, perhaps over the course of a few weeks or months, suddenly and inexplicably disappears.
They cease all communications with you.
They don’t even seem to have checked their messages.
You can be ghosted in a real-life relationship and in an online relationship. basically they’ve turned into a ghost.
Now sometimes there could be a very good reason why they’ve become ghosts and some may even have a legitimate reason for the disappearing act – perhaps, maybe they actually did die! There’s no way of knowing whether they did, particularly if your relationship was solely online via a private app like Grindr.
And perhaps they already had a partner who found out about the affairs and has ground their partner’s phone into a fine dust – unfortunately, you’ll probably never know.
So how often does ghosting happen on dating apps?
We ran a quick poll on our social media and it turns out is very very common. Around 83% who answered the poll said that being ghosted “happened a lot” and that it happened to them in the past.
So to answer the question, yes, ghosting does happen a lot of dating ups.
Police in Manchesterhave released an image of a man they wish to question in connection to an alleged homophobic hate crime on the outskirts of Manchester earlier in October.
According to police reports, a man in his 20s was attacked by another man in what they are calling “an unprovoked attack”
The assault, the police say, took place close to the entrance of Clayton Vale Park on Ten Acres Lane on Sunday 6 October 2019 just after mid-day at 12:30 PM
The victim, who has not yet been named, was left with serious facial injuries and needed medical treatment.
“There’s no reason you need to have a fucking pill so you can just fuck whoever you wanna fuck,” she said.
According to Queerty, and a copy of the Instagram Story on Twitter, she continued,
“The boys are still getting HIV.
“The girls are getting fucking renal failure. They’re getting liver fucking failure, they’re getting anal warts, they’re getting anal cancer, OK? That’s a fucking death trap.”
However Banks failed to present any evidence for her claims.
She then took aim at out singer Frank Ocean, who recently opened a club night called, PrEP saying,
“And for that dumbass n*gga Frank Ocean to sit up there and f*cking promote that to y’all gays like that’s something that y’all need? It’s evil. And he’s probably getting paid, by some white gay corporation to f*cking do this sh*t”
“Y’all stay off that f*cking PrEP.”
She also suggested that people taking PrEP could have a sex addiction and should seek the help of a therapist.
“They trying to spark a new AIDS epidemic?”
Further on in her rant, Banks delved into a wild conspiracy theory suggesting that there could be a new AIDS epidemic from the wide usage of unprotected sex brought on by people using PrEP.
She said, “I don’t know what new epidemic they trying to spark. They trying to spark a new AIDS epedemic?”
“Stop sniffing poppers!! When you sniff poppers there’s is [the] possibility for your pain threshold to be heightened – which means you will not feel yourself being harmed until after the fact. No more poppers and fleets!!! Embrace that boochie baby.”
“Just be patient with yourself. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes to get inside a boochie and THAT IS OKAY. Don’t speed up the process by using poppers to accommodate a forceful top. Say “I HAVE THE BUSSY… I MAKE THE RULES!”
It could be lethal. So here’s what you need to know.
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One doctor told THEGAYUK.com, that taking a Viagra and poppers together, could cause “…a significant drop in the blood pressure that can lead to collapse and death”
Those are the words of a doctor who is warning users that mixing Viagra and poppers together could cause some real damage to health after a new study revealed that over half (55 per cent) of people who use Viagra have also used poppers alongside them. Over half of those said they had no idea of the dangers of mixing.
In the survey by AssuredPharmacy over 1400 people were questioned about their popper usage, 80 per cent admitted to using poppers and over half admitted to using poppers regularly.
Aside from a headache, potential skin burns and fainting, poppers are known to cause a drop in blood pressure, and mixing with Viagra according to one doctor, could be very dangerous.
Speaking to THEGAYUK.com Dr Roisin McHugh BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, DGM, DPD said,
“Alkyl nitrites, commonly known as poppers, if taken in combination with sildenafil (Viagra) can have a dangerous effect. The combination will cause a drop in blood pressure, this can be a significant drop in the blood pressure that can lead to collapse and death”
Are poppers safe?
Many gay and bisexual men use poppers and don’t suffer any issues, however, their usage does come with warnings. For instance, they can cause death if swallowed. Also, people who have heart problems should stay away from using them – especially when combined with other medications, such as Viagra. They can cause a person’s blood pressure to drop incredibly low.
Don’t forget the skin burns!
Doctor McHugh also warned about skin burns, saying, “Poppers cause chemical burns if you get the liquid on your skin and don’t wash it off with water quickly enough. In rare cases, there are also some reports that poppers can cause impaired vision or sight loss, although this may be reversible if you stop using them. If you abuse them heavily you can experience crusty yellow facial skin lesions around the lips, nose and mouth”.
In 2014 optometrists warned about vision loss in those who habitually use poppers. There have been reports of temporary and permanent vision loss. It is referred to as “poppers maculopathy”.
If you experience any issues with your eyesight you should seek medical advice.
On the 19th October, there will be a march against a no-deal Brexit, as organisers of the LGBT+ for People’s Vote believe that the Brexit plans currently offered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “poses risks to the LGBT+ community”. The LGBT+ for PV rally is in conjunction with the People’s Vote campaign.
A spokesperson for the LGBT+ for PV said, “LGBT+ people need to join the march because LGBT+ people are one of the communities that will be most impacted by Boris’ Brexit.
“The voting records and views towards the LGBT+ community from Johnson and his cabinet give no reassurance that Brexit will protect the LGBT+ community.
“That’s why it’s important to support a People’s Vote and make your voice heard tomorrow.” Lauren Pemberton-Nelson, Campaign Manager, LGBT+ for a People’s Vote.
Tomorrow from 10:30 AM
The LGBT+ rally, which will set off from in front of the Bomber Command Memorial in London, 10:30 AM, is due to take place just 12 days before Brexit is set to happen.
According to the group around 72 percent of LGBT+ people back a people’s vote.
THEGAYUK‘s own research from 2016 revealed that 82 per cent of its readers believed the UK to be better off remaining in the EU.
The government’s plan to block porn UK users who hadn’t signed up to an age verifying database has been scrapped.
According to the Digital Secretary, Nicky Morgan, the controversial policy will not be commencing.
The confirmation comes after the policy had been blocked a number of times.
The original policy would have required users to register on porn sites with official documents such as a driver’s license, passport or an age verification card.
The policy had raised concerned by privacy activists who warned that any database that contained personal information or that tracked people’s browsing online could be hacked or used by the government to track people’s most private moments.
Advocates of the policy said that it would protect children from accessing porn online.
In a written statement to parliament, Morgan said that the government would heighten its focus on its new “online harms” regulation to address issues caused by minors accessing porn sites.
She wrote, “The government’s commitment to protecting children online is unwavering. Adult content is too easily accessed online and more needs to be done to protect children from harm”.
If you think that future generations of people might be the answer to the inequalities faced by the LGBT+ community, statistics from Galop‘s latest research is sober reading.
According to Galop, the UK’s leading charity against violence towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, found that 1 in four people aged 18-24 said that being LGBT+ was “immoral or against their beliefs”.
That statistic becomes more concerning when you consider that, 41 per cent of the age group said that they strongly agreed (12%), agreed (16%) or were ambivalent (13%) with the idea gay or trans went against their beliefs or that being LGBT+ was in some way immoral.
Just over half of the respondents aged 18 to 24, said that they disagreed with the statement “Being LGBT+ is immoral or against my beliefs”.
What about the next age group up?
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The age group 25 to 35 didn’t fair much better with 40 per cent saying that strongly agreed (9%), agreed (12%) or were ambivalent (19%) with the idea that being LGBT+ was against their belief.
This is in stark contrast to the widely quoted statistic from a YouGov survey that found 49 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds, when asked to plot their sexuality on a scale said that they were not 100 per cent heterosexual.
Nik Noone, Galop’s Chief Executive said, Recorded anti-LGBT+ hate crime has doubled in the last three years. This is reflected in the escalating scale, severity and complexity of hate crime cases we are supporting at Galop.
Our ambition is that this report gives insight into the scale of prejudice still faced by our community. More importantly, we hope its findings and recommendations will act as a springboard for action.
The Birdcage is one of the most famous gay movies in history and one of Robin William’s most successful, but where can you stream it?
The Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane is unfortunately no longer available to stream on Netflix UK. It was removed from the service in Feb 2019.
The film was originally released in 1996 and has become one of the highest-grossing LGBT+ films in history. Find out about where the cast is now.
The film is about a nightclub owner (Robin Williams) and his long-term partner (Nathan Lane) who is the club’s drag queen star. When their son, Val, announces he is to wed the daughter of a conservative senator, who deplores liberal values and gay rights, they scramble to make their home, lives and partnership suitable for homophobes. Although it doesn’t all exactly go to plan.
