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  • Where can I buy poppers in Nottingham?

    Where can I buy poppers in Nottingham?

    If you’re out and about and looking to buy poppers in Nottingham, you can buy from a number of outlets, here’s where.

    There are a number of places in Nottingham where you can purchase poppers.

    Firstly, you can buy poppers from Nottingham’s own Sauna, Wolf Spa. It sells a limited range of poppers for its clientele. You can find Wolf Spa at 1 Kilbourn Road, NG3 1BQ (this venue has now closed down)

    Secondly, Nottingham has its very own sex shop, called Private Shop (81-85 Upper Parliament St, Nottingham NG1 6LD) They have a range of seven different types of room odourisers and have multi-pack deals, which you can mix and match. They also sell on bulk – 20 Bottles for £60 which also can be milk and match.

    Thirdly you can always buy poppers online, THEGAYSHOP sells a huge range of room aromas to choose from.

    Are poppers legal in the UK?

    Which shops sell poppers in Nottingham
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    It is completely legal to consume and sell poppers in the UK. In 2017 there were fears that the Conservative government would outlaw their sale and usage, however, poppers were proven to not be a psychoactive substance and so the government made a U-turn and decided against making the liquid illegal.

    If you’re wondering whether poppers are safe to use, then read our advice on them here.

  • Here’s where you can watch Drag Race UK, if you live outside the UK

    Here’s where you can watch Drag Race UK, if you live outside the UK

    Where can I watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK?
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Leigh Keily

    The new series is upon us and here’s where you can watch Drag Race UK, if you live outside the UK or don’t have access to BBC’s iPlayer.

    In the UK, viewers are pretty much limited to watching the first-ever UK version of RuPaul’s Drag Race, on BBC 3, meaning that you must have a TV license to view the series, however, if you live outside the UK, there are a few options so you can keep up-to-date with the latest happenings.

    If you live in the US, the only place you can watch Drag Race UK is on WOW Presents Plus – the WOW Network’s very own streaming platform. Once a member you’ll be able to watch all of their programming on your iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Fire and Roku devices.

    It costs just $3.99 a month, after a 30 day free trial.

    In Canada, you can catch up with the British queens on Crave and OUTtv. Crave costs $9.99 a month, while a subscription to OUTtv costs just $3.99 a month.

    In Australia, WOW’s programming is available on Stan and again via WOW Presents Plus. Stan offers a 30 day free trial and then costs $10 (AUS) a month.

    For the rest of the world the brand new series is available to stream on the WOW Presents Plus.

  • Apprentice star Ryan-Mark jokes about being a Queen

    Apprentice star Ryan-Mark jokes about being a Queen

    Is Ryan from The Apprentice Gay?

    One of this year’s Apprentice stars, Ryan-Mark Parsons, has been getting a lot of attention on social media, not least because he’s the youngest ever contestants to take part in the BBC show.

    Ryan-Mark is making waves and has proved himself to be a real go-getter, not least because at the age of 19, he’s already worked for the likes of Gucci, The House Of Commons and the NHS – on top of that he’s the youngest ever contestant to take part in the Lord Sugar show.

    However it was one picture on his Instagram account that caught our attention. The women’s fashion expert has met Prince William and it almost looks as though the Prince was bowing to Ryan-Mark!

    In the post, Ryan-Mark quips, “The Prince meets The Queen” and shows the Prince holding out his hand to shake Ryan’s.

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    The Prince meets The Queen.

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    Ryan-Mark joins 15 other hopefuls to become Lord Sugar’s next business partner and win £250,000 to plow into their business venture.

    Speaking about his involvement in the show, Ryan-Mark wrote, “The secret is out. The Pig of Business is on The Apprentice fighting for Lord Sugar’s investment… Prepare for clashes, acrimony and tribulations”.

    The Apprentice continues on BBC 1 on Wednesday night at 9 PM.

  • TFL would have allowed Vinegar Strokes’ iconic Victoria Line costume

    TFL would have allowed Vinegar Strokes’ iconic Victoria Line costume

    In a twist worthy of Drag Race UK, Transport For London has confirmed to THEGAYUK that it was never approached about Vinegar Strokes’ costume.

    Yesterday we revealed that Drag Race UK‘s Vinegar Strokes said that she wasn’t permitted to use her planned costume – an EPIC dress which featured the entire Victoria Line, for the runway section, due to licensing, but TFL has confirmed to THEGAYUK that they were never approached for licensing and would have been ” more than happy to help make it happen”.

    In an Instagram post, the North London drag Queen uploaded a picture of the look she actually had wanted to wear saying, “THIS WAS WHAT I WAS PLANNING ON WEARING FOR MY HOMETOWN QUEEN RUNWAY!!!!! What’s more London then our glorious TFL Underground line. But due to licensing I wasn’t allowed to wear it”

    Unfortunately, due to whatever the reasons between Ms Strokes being unable to wear her planned costume, her last-minute compromise her runway look failed to excite the judges, leaving Michelle Visage, in particular, disappointed.

    She was placed in the bottom two and was forced to lip sync – in which she was victorious.

  • Drag Race UK’s Vinegar Strokes reveals why her real catwalk look for episode 1 was banned

    Drag Race UK’s Vinegar Strokes reveals why her real catwalk look for episode 1 was banned

    Drag Race UK‘s Vinegar Strokes, who has become one of the competition’s “one to watch” has revealed that her Thames-inspired catwalk costume in the first episode wasn’t what she actually wanted to to wear.

    During the first-ever catwalk for this year’s queens, Vinegar Stroke’s runway look failed to excite the judges, leaving Michelle Visage, in particular, disappointed, but apparently, according to Ms Stokes, it wasn’t what she was actually planning to wear.

    In fact, Vinegar Strokes had been planning to wear a stunning, outsized costume which featured an entire map of London underground’s Victoria line.

    The North-London drag queen said that due to licensing, she was unable to wear the dress that she had actually planned to wear, and what she walked down the catwalk in was a quick, last-minute compromise.

    She wrote, “Funny story! THIS WAS WHAT I WAS PLANNING ON WEARING FOR MY HOMETOWN QUEEN RUNWAY!!!!! What’s more London then our glorious TFL Underground line. But due to licensing I wasn’t allowed to wear it, hence the creation of THAMES, THAMES CROSS THE BOARD!! The Victoria line is my line! I jump on at Seven Sisters and I get off for work at Oxford Circus. But when I really wanna GET OFF I’ll pop down to Brixton for some Chicken Wings, Jamaican Patties and some real BBC

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    Funny story! THIS WAS WHAT I WAS PLANNING ON WEARING FOR MY HOMETOWN QUEEN RUNWAY!!!!! What’s more London then our glorious TFL Underground line. But due to licensing I wasn’t allowed to wear it, hence the creation of THAMES, THAMES CROSS THE BOARD!! The Victoria line is my line! I jump on at Seven Sisters and I get off for work at Oxford Circus. But when I really wanna GET OFF I’ll pop down to Brixton for some Chicken Wings, Jamaican Patties and some real BBC ? • • • • • #couldntwearit #camp #TFL #victorialine #londonqueen #london #londoner #instaqueen? #dragraceuk #rupaulsdragraceuk #rpdr #tubes #swag #comedyqueen #lookqueen #mua #hairqueen #lgbt Outfit by @kraken.countercouture Hair by @the_wig_room_training_academy Pic by @elliot_moody

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    Can we just say that look is EPIC! and should have won! However it did give us an opportunity to see Ms Strokes lip sync for her life – which she did.

  • Olly Alexander to lead the cast of Russell T Davies’ next TV drama

    Olly Alexander to lead the cast of Russell T Davies’ next TV drama

    The Years and Years singer is set to join a host of other stars for Russell T. Davies’ next TV drama.

    Olly will be joining Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West for a 5-part series charting the joy and heartbreak of four friends during a decade in which everything changed

    Casting has been announced on multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies’ (Queer As Folk, A Very English Scandal, Years and Years, Doctor Who) brand new 5-part drama for Channel 4, Boys (working title) which will be produced by RED Production Company (a STUDIOCANAL company).

    It’s 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin begin a new life in London. Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill, find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other’s adventures. But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined. As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they’re determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.

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    Olly Alexander, from the band Years & Years, plays 18-year-old Ritchie Tozer, the family’s golden boy, though he’s determined to keep his secrets from them.

    Newcomer Omari Douglas plays London-born 17-year-old Roscoe Babatunde, a wild, brittle party boy, always on the run.

    Newcomer Callum Scott Howells plays Colin Morris-Jones, a quiet, unassuming, boy from Wales, about to become an apprentice on Savile Row.

    Lydia West (Years and Years) plays Jill Baxter, Ritchie’s friend from college, straight-talking, funny, and the rock on which they rely.

    Nathaniel Curtis plays Ash, a faithful friend through thick and thin.

    The cast also includes Keeley Hawes (Honour, Bodyguard, The Durrells, Line of Duty), who plays Valerie, Ritchie’s mum, Shaun Dooley (Gentleman Jack, Broadchurch, Woman in Black) who plays Clive, his dad, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Gone Girl, A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Henry Coltrane, Stephen Fry (Wilde, Gosford Park, Bones) as MP Arthur Garrison, and Tracy Ann Oberman (Friday Night Dinner, Toast of London, After Life) as Carol Carter.

    Olly Alexander says, “I feel like the luckiest boy in the world to be a part of this project, I’ve been a fan of Russell T Davies ever since I watched Queer As Folk in secret at 14 years old. His work helped shape my identity as a gay person so I’m absolutely over the moon we’ll be working together. The script was amazing to read, I laughed and I cried a lot, it’s a privilege to be helping to tell this story and I’m so excited.”

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    Neil Patrick Harris says: “I’m so pleased, and incredibly proud, to be a part of Russell T Davies’ new series. This drama, Boys, is two things: it is an irresistible, funny, jubilant story of young people discovering their true identities and the unalloyed joy of living life to the fullest, it is also a deeply resonant exploration of a decade when so many of these lives were cut short by the devastating effects of the nascent AIDS pandemic. Russell’s scripts chart the highs and lows of this time so beautifully and deftly, it’s an honour to help tell this story.”

    Filming begins next week and the series will air on Channel 4 in 2020. The series is overseen at Channel 4 by Lee Mason, Commissioning Editor and Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama. The series will be produced by RED Production Company (a STUDIOCANAL company) and executive produced by Nicola Shindler (Years and Years, Safe, Happy Valley, Queer As Folk, Cucumber) and Russell T Davies (Years and Years, Queer As Folk, A Very English Scandal, Doctor Who, Cucumber). Phil Collinson (Gentleman Jack, Good Omens, Doctor Who) is the producer. The series is directed by Peter Hoar (Umbrella Academy, The Last Kingdom, Da Vinci’s Demons).

    Boys is the 10th collaboration between Russell T Davies and RED Production Company. The partnership is known for producing relevant, timely and emotionally charged dramas having previously created hit series including Queer As Folk, Casanova, Cucumber, Banana, Bob & Rose and The Second Coming.

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  • Drag Race UK fans have noticed this one HUGE difference between the US and the UK version

    Drag Race UK fans have noticed this one HUGE difference between the US and the UK version

    (C) BBC – Photographer: Leigh Keily

    Eagle-eyed fans spotted a huge difference between the UK and the US version and here’s why that is.

    Fans of the US version of RuPaul’s Drag Race are used to hearing the names of various sponsors during the show. However, the UK version was devoid of any sponsor names.

    When a contestant wins a challenge or the runway, a sponsor usually backs a gift or a cash prize, however, last night’s show was devoid of a sponsored-back prize.

    In fact, the main prize for the eventual winner of Drag Race UK isn’t even a cash-prize unlike the US version.

    (C) BBC/World of Wonder – Photographer: Guy Levy

    In the US, winners can look forward to a $100,000 payday, however, the winner of the UK version will star in their own “digital tv series” according to Ru, which will be filmed in Hollywood.

    One of the reasons why there are no sponsors mentioned on the show is because the broadcaster of this year’s series is BBC Three and as the BBC aren’t allowed to have sponsors or advertisers attached to their programming.

    Even the small prizes aren’t backed by a company – this week’s catwalk winner won a “RuPeter Badge” rather than a luxury or cash prize.

  • Christian Concern says homosexuality isn’t right

    Christian Concern says homosexuality isn’t right

    The organisation which runs a lobby, publisher, legal clinic and academy have used Twitter to “choose hate”.

    The organisation which runs a book publisher, legal centre and lobby has used twitter to attack the LGBT+ community.

    Christian Concern, the organisation which is currently supporting actor Seyi Omooba sue her former agency and a theatre after a backlash against a “homophobic” Facebook post she posted in 2014, took to their official Twitter to claim that “homosexuality is not right”.

    On the 30th September 2019 Christian Concern took to Twitter to write,

    “Homosexual practice is not right. Jesus is Lord. True love speaks. #MondayMotivation #TrueLoveSpeaks“

    The post was met with a swift reaction, with many joking that “practice makes perfect”.

    A user called, Becky, blasted the organisation for choosing hate.

    Another user questioned, “Why do so-called “Christians” get so hung up about gay sex? Seems an odd thing to focus on when there’s so much more bad stuff going in in the world (like mindless shootings, racism, xenophobia and the like) where people are actually getting hurt. Maybe sort your priorities?”

    And another added, “Nonsense. There’s no place in the future for silly people and idiotic dogma like this. Your ideas will die out. Thank god.”

    https://twitter.com/christopher_ch8/status/1178656863019245568

    The organisation which is funded, in part, by the charity Faith, Truth and Hope often uses social media to comment on LGBT+ legal issues, as well as abortion and legal issues surrounding Christianity.

  • Actor Seyi Omooba to sue theatre and agency after “homophobic” facebook post backlash

    Actor Seyi Omooba to sue theatre and agency after “homophobic” facebook post backlash

    The actor who was dropped from a production of The Color Purple after the discovery of a Facebook post, in which she said she didn’t think homosexuality was correct, is suing the theatre company and her agency.

    Seyi Omooba was dumped from the production of The Color Purple after a Facebook post from 2014 in which she said that she did “not believe homosexuality is right” and that she didn’t people were born gay.

    The Facebook post from 2014, went viral earlier this year when actor Aaron Lee shared a screenshot on Twitter saying Omooba owed an explanation to the gay community for her words.

    She refused to appologise for the post, in which she wrote, that she does not believe people “can be born gay”.

    She added, “I do not believe homosexuality is right, though the law of this land has made it legal doesn’t mean its [sic] right.”

    At the time, Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome released a statement saying that Omooba “will no longer be involved with the production” after admitting that the post had “caused significant and widely expressed concerns”.

    The actor is now suing the Curve Theatre in Leicester and her agency Global Artists saying that her career is in ruins after the backlash against her.

    Christian Concern released a video saying that Seyi had in a “cruel turn of events… found herself in uncharted waters”

    https://twitter.com/CConcern/status/1178214667992420353

    “Because of the backlash from her Facebook post, she was sacked and has been unable to find work.”

  • Sam Smith: “I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be”

    Sam Smith: “I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be”

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    “And more of a woman that you’ll ever get…”

    The singer has left a powerful message on Instagram for any detractors since Smith’s non-binary gender revelation earlier this month.

    Earlier in September, Smith “came out” as non-binary saying that being called “They” was beautiful.

    However Smith’s reveal attracted a certain amount of criticism.

    Taking to Instagram, the “How Do You Sleep” singer quoted, Rent writer and creator Jonathan Larson, saying, “I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be and more of a woman that you’ll ever get”.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B267CwVAXX1/

    The quote received quite a large reaction with over 1,200 comments with artist, Jeremy Kost saying, “Sam, you’re the star the world needs right now… Outrageously talented, loving yourself, and unafraid to be who you are.

    People need to all be less judgmental and if they don’t like something, move on without being an as*hole”

  • Mark Ronson rolls back on the Sapiosexual talk

    Mark Ronson rolls back on the Sapiosexual talk

    The musician and producer Mark Ronson has apologised for sapiosexual revelation.

    Speaking to the Rolling Stone, Mark Ronson said that he didn’t consider himself part of any “marginalised” community saying, “

    “I do not consider myself part of any marginalised community and I apologise if anybody misunderstood or took offence to it”.

    Mark Ronson made headlines earlier this week when, on a segment of Good Morning Britain he said that he identified as a sapiosexual.

    Sapiosexuality is a relatively new term and those who identify with it, might not neccessarily fall into the LGBT+ community.

    What is a sapiosexual?

    According to gender and sexuality support charity, My Umbrella, a sapiosexual is a “person who finds intelligence sexually attractive or arousing”.

    Meaning that a person’s intelligence is a turn on over physical or gender attributes.