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  • Are there LGBT sports clubs in Hull?

    Are there LGBT sports clubs in Hull?

    Hull is home to a friendly LGBT+ scene in the North-east of England and there are sports clubs for you to join.

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    If you like rugby there is the Hull Roundheads RUFC. They are a team of over 35 players and are an inclusive club where men of any gender, sexuality and race can come together for the love of the sport and get into rugby

    Find out more by visiting their website

    We’d like to expand this list. If you run or manage an LGBT+ sports club and would like to be listed here, please leave a comment below and we’ll be in touch.

  • Amazon slashes the price of the amazing Echo Spot and Show

    Amazon slashes the price of the amazing Echo Spot and Show

    The amazing Echo Show and Spot are on offer at Amazon, but you’ll have to act quick to benefit!

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    Amazon has slashed the price of quite a few of its Echo devices meaning you can now get an Echo Spot (3rd Generation) for under £100 while you can get an Echo Show for £189.99 – that’s an incredible saving of £40.00.

    The Echo Dot’s price remains at £49.99 and isn’t available until March – as the massive retailer catches up with back orders.

    You could even get the Echo Smart speaker in Charcoal Fabric with £20.00 off – meaning you can snap it up for £69.99 and get with free delivery.

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    The Echo devices are Amazon’s popular voice-controlled speakers or TV screens, with improved sound and audio detection over the previous versions of the device. They allow you to stream music, tv shows and even call, for free, anyone else with another Echo device. 

    You can even use the clever Echo system to turn on and off lights,adjust thermostats, lock doors, find TV shows, and more with compatible connected devices.

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    Unfortunately the Echo Spot won’t be available until March, with the earliest shipping date slated for the 16th March. However you can order it now and benefit from the lower price.

     

     

     

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  • Stonewall affirms its support of No Outsiders

    Stonewall affirms its support of No Outsiders

    The UK’s largest LGBT+ charity Stonewall says it is pleased that Parkfield Community School has reaffirmed its approached to LGBT+ acceptance.

    Stonewall UK, the UK’s largest LGBT+ charity has stood by Parkfield Community Primary and its “No Outsiders” campaign saying that it is vital that children “learn about and celebrate diversity at all ages”, but added that it was essential for the school to work with the parents and the wider community to resolved their concerns.

    The statement was released on the 6th March by Mo Wiltshire, the Director of Education for Stonewall.

    Today hundreds of parents protested outside the primary school in Birmingham and demanded that the “No Outsiders” classes be abolished and called for the resignation of its creator, Andrew Moffat.

    The school has been planning to deliver around five lessons to its pupils during the year.

    “This approach also teaches children the invaluable lesson of acceptance, reducing the likelihood of bullying in the long run”

    Wiltshire continued, “Schools that strive to create inclusive environments do so because they know the benefits this has for the whole school community. Not only do children feel able to talk about who they are and who their families are, but this approach also teaches children the invaluable lesson of acceptance, reducing the likelihood of bullying in the long run.

    “We work closely with many faith schools and faith communities around the country to help them deliver LGBT-inclusive education to children and young people.

    “We’re pleased Parkfield Community School has reaffirmed its commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all its pupils and we’re also pleased that it’s planning more conversations with parents and the wider community to resolve concerns, because the support of the community is essential in creating this inclusive approach.’

     

  • Man stabbed in Soho dies from his injuries

    Man stabbed in Soho dies from his injuries

    Police in London have launched a murder investigation after a man who was stabbed in the heart of Soho dies.

    A man who was stabbed in Soho, London has died from his injuries. Although police have said that they don’t believe the vicious attack to be a hate or homophobic crime, the stabbing happened in the centre of London’s LGBT+ scene.

    On Sunday, 3 March just after 6:00 AM  police were called to Romily Street, in W1.

    Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service and found the 37-year-old man suffering stab injuries. He was taken to hospital with critical injuries and he was pronounced dead at 19:42 hours on Wednesday, 6 March.

    His family are aware of the victim’s death. Formal identification awaits.

    A post mortem examination is due to be held in due course.

    A murder investigation has now commenced which is being led by Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin.

    A 34-year-old man was charged on Monday, 4 March with two counts of attempted murder, in relation to this incident along with another stabbing on the same day, of a teenager which occurred in University Street, WC1.

    The charge for attempted murder will be subject to a review by the CPS.

    A 41-year-old woman who was arrested remains released under investigation.

  • Parents at Parkfield School say they’ll protest every Thursday until No Outsiders is cancelled

    Protesting parents outside Parkfield Primary school in Birmingham have said that they protest every Thursday until the pro-LGBT+ equality lessons provided by the school are cancelled permanently.

    Parents of children at the Parkfield Primary School in Birmingham have said that they will protest outside the school grounds every Thursday until equality lessons, called No Outsiders, dealing with LGBT+ issues are cancelled permanently.

    The school is due to provide just five of its No Outsider lessons for its students over the course of the year.

    Last week around 600 children were removed by their parents in protest to the planned lessons. The school has said that it will continue with the lessons next term.

    A crowd of parents and their children gathered outside the school this morning from around 8:20 AM with at least three speakers present, including one from an American Christian organisation, who congratulated the parents on their protest. The protests have taken places for around four weeks.

    There was also a large media presence and police presence at the demonstration.

    The protest was filmed and streamed on Facebook live.

    Parents at the school have suggested that the lessons are “not age appropriate” and that they infringe of their children’s belief as well as their own religious beliefs and suggesting that the lessons were a “safeguarding issue”.

  • Noxious substance thrown in the face of two men in ‘homophobic assault’

    Noxious substance thrown in the face of two men in ‘homophobic assault’

    Police in London are looking to speak with victims of a suspected homophobic assault where a corrosive substance was thrown in the faces of the victims.

    Police were called to McDonald’s on Brixton Road, SW9 at 04:00hrs on Saturday, 19 January following reports of an unknown substance being sprayed in the face of two men.

    Officers attended and found two 22-year-old men who said they had been attacked at a bus stop.

    Police report that the men advised they had been sprayed in the face with a noxious substance, believed to be pepper spray, by a man in a hate crime attack.

    The men were treated at the scene by paramedics and did not require hospital treatment.

    Two other men were allegedly attacked in a similar assault 20 minutes earlier.

    Detectives investigating the assault have identified that two other men may have been the victims of a similar assault in a nearby KFC 20 minutes earlier on the same night.

    “Unprovoked Attack”

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    Detective Constable Amy Cross, of Lambeth CID, said, “This was a completely unprovoked and targeted assault on at least two members of the public, with a possible further two victims not yet in contact with police.

    “Both the attack and the homophobic motivation of this assault are abhorrent and I appeal to anyone with any information that could assist the investigation to come forward.’

    Anyone with information is asked to contact Lambeth CID by dialling 101 and quoting reference CAD 1206/19JAN19, Tweet @MetCC or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

  • Nurse Jackie star gets engaged to his partner

    Nurse Jackie star gets engaged to his partner

    Actor Stephen Wallem who played Thor Lundgren in the hit show Nurse Jackie just got engaged to his boyfriend.

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    Stephen Wallem and partner, theatre director Tony Humrichouser, are officially engaged.

    The Nurse Jackie star took to social media today to announced the engagement with a simple photo of their two hands plus engagement rings and the caption, “He said yes”.

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    Stephen is probably best known for his role as Thor on the Showtime hit dramedy, Nurse Jackie, which ran from 2009 until 2015.

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    The engagement has been a long time in the planning, with Stephen revealing that they had talked about marriage back in 2011, but same-sex marriage was still illegal in their home state of New York.

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    The couple recently celebrated their 10th year together. To celebrate Stephen published the very first time the pair were photographed together, saying, “The first photo we ever took together. Ten years ago. My everything. Happy Anniversary”

     

    Congrats guys!

  • Straight dudes touch another man’s junk for the first time “beautiful experience”

    Straight dudes touch another man’s junk for the first time “beautiful experience”

    YouTubers, BriaAndChrissy decided to get some self-identifying straight guys to touch another man’s penis and the results may surprise you.

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    The video, which was posted a few years ago now was an experiment to see what self-identifying straight guys felt when they touched another man’s penis.

    One of the guys even went as far as to say it was a “beautiful experience”. Another, whose identity remained secret (his bosses threatened him with the sack if his face appeared in the video), said that it “didn’t turn him on”, but “didn’t turn him off either”.

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    Aleks happens to be that man who’s penis gets all the attention…and it appears as though he’s got a sizeable asset! Check out the comments in the video.

    Don’t forget to leave your comments in the box below.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Piers Morgan offered £1 million to get off Twitter

    Piers Morgan offered £1 million to get off Twitter

    The controversial Good Morning Britain presenter has been offered £1 million to leave Twitter for a year.

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    The founder of HushHush.com, an online marketplace dubbed “Amazon for millionaires”, is offering Piers Morgan £1m to quit posting on Twitter.

    This is following Piers’ resolution earlier this year to continue annoying as many members of the public as possible. After analysing his Twitter profile for social sentiment, HushHush.com found that only 10% of interactions with Piers Morgan were positive.

    The official offer can be seen on the HushHush.com website with the Terms and Conditions here: https://www.hushhush.com/million-pound-question/

    Piers Morgan is notorious for his prolific Twitter posts and getting into public spats with celebrities and members of the public. As well as the content of his tweets, he’s also known for the frequency of them, and it’s not uncommon for him to post more than 22 tweets in a 24-hour timeframe.

    However, the presenter has already poo-pooed the offer saying it would cost at least £10 million to make him think about the offer.

    Aaron Harpin, founder and CEO of HushHush.com said, “They say that money can’t buy happiness, but this offer comes pretty close. At HushHush.com, we make people’s dreams come true with luxurious products and experiences, but none sound better than this. Imagine 365 days of Piers-free bliss online! This isn’t being stretched to Piers’ TV appearances but at least it’s easier to turn the TV off than to avoid him online!

    “Personally, I just cannot understand how someone can be so opinionated all the time. My only fear is that he could come back worse than before, but it’ll be a nice break. I hope if he accepts it will go towards making Twitter a more pleasant social media platform.”

  • Parents are planning another mass protest outside Birmingham school over LGBT+ classes

    Parents from Parkfield Community school are planning a protest outside the school on Thursday over LGBT+ equality classes.

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    Parkfield Community Primary school in Birmingham is to become a protest ground for parents who are against the school’s plans to hold No Outsiders classes – a campaign where the ethos is to promote LGBT+ equality, inclusivity and to question transphobia and homophobia in primary schools.

    In an interview on Facebook live on the ArunRock community page, one community leader said that there was to be a mass protest outside the school on Thursday and told viewers to attend whether they were parents of children at the school or not.

    On Friday last week, around 600 children were removed by their parents from the school in protest of the No Outsiders lesson.

    The school have said that there are no plans to hold these lesson this term – as it focuses on religious studies for the rest of the term.

    A statement from the group reads,

    “The majority of parents at Parkfield are extremely unhappy with the fact that no consultation has taken place on the age appropriateness of the material used to teach their children.

    “As a result of this most parents have signed a letter to the governors calling for the immediate abolition of the “No Outsiders” programme.

    “As parents we have a right over our children & want to make sure we are consulted what is being taught.”

  • So much emoji diversity is coming your way

    So much emoji diversity is coming your way

    Interracial couples are now going to get the inclusion they deserve.

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    This autumn, interracial couples will be included in an emoji update which sees all different types of races of couples included, and will be available on all smartphones. The new emojis feature same-sex couples as well as opposite couples and has 12 different permutations.

    Behind this great news is one of the world’s biggest dating apps, Tinder, which told THEGAYUK, “Tinder advocates for the freedom of people to live how they want to live and love who they want to love,” said Jenny Campbell, CMO, Tinder.

    “The success of our Interracial Couple Emoji campaign shows how powerful the voices are of the more than 50,000 people who joined our cause by signing our petition; together, we effected change and ensured visual representation for interracial couples around the world. I couldn’t be more proud of this incredibly positive outcome.”