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  • Rylan Thinks Tom’s Coming Out Was ‘Over Done’

    Well well well… We never, Rylan thought that Tom Daley’s coming out video and response was a little OTT!

    In an interview with The Sun the former X Factor star reportedly said:

    “I’m just upset that in 2013 someone coming out is still such big news.

    “Not to take anything away from Tom, it is still hard to come out, but I haven’t come out as gay yet I don’t think.

    “What about people like Alan Carr, Gok Wan, Graham Norton and me – people who are on TV who have never hidden their sexuality? What do we get? We don’t get recognition.

    “Good luck to Tom. I hope he is happy but I just think it’s a bit over-done.”

    Okay Mr Clark, out you come then!

  • Louis Walsh to launch a new boyband

    Louis Walsh – the ever present X Factor Judge has revealed that he is to launch a new boyband for 2014. But what to expect?

    Louis Walsh, the X Factor mentor, who is currently holidaying in Miami, US, announced to the Mirror that he was planning to launch a boyband in 2014.

    Will the boys be any cop?

    Walsh’s current stable of acts includes Union J, former Westlife member Shane Filan and Mum’s favourite Ronan Keatng.

    So does the music industry need another boyband?

  • Gay icon Joan Rivers to tour UK in October 2014

    Gay Icon Joan Rivers is coming to the UK in 2014

    She’s back and this time it could be the last! Or so says her promotional material. The ‘Before They Close The Lid’ tour comes to the UK in October 2014 –

    WED 8 OXFORD NEW THEATRE
    THU 9 SOUTHEND CLIFFS PAVILION
    FRI 10 BRIGHTON CENTRE
    SAT 11 BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
    SUN 12 BRISTOL COLSTON HALL
    MON 13 CARDIFF St. DAVIDS HALL
    TUE 14 BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL
    WED 15 LONDON ROYAL ALBERT HALL
    SAT 18 LIVERPOOL ECHO AUDITORIUM {Two Performances}
    SUN 19 MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
    MON 20 NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL
    TUE 21 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL
    WED 22 GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL

  • Who Wore It Better: Tom Daley Vs. Ben Cohen Gay Icon Apron

    Well well, stocks of the ‘Gay Icon’ apron maker must have skyrocketed after Gay Ally Ben Cohen and newly out Tom Daley both showed off their ‘Gay Icon’ Apron.

    So guys who do you think wore it better? Tom or Ben?

     

  • Tom Daley’s ‘Gay Icon’ Christmas

    Diving champion and Olympic medalist Tom Daley has had a festive Christmas – judging by his Instagram account.

    Rainbows were apparently the theme for the newly out Diver, Tom Daley as he shared his Christmas day on Instagram with his fans and followers.

    Pictures included his brand new rainbow socks and a pressie wrapped with a rainbow – but most revealingly of all – Tom posed in nothing by a ‘gay icon’ apron.

    Apparently the turkey was shocked.

  • Steps star Ian “H” Watkins gets public apology from E!

    Steps’ Star Ian ‘H’ Watkins has received an apology from E! Entertainment after it mistakenly used his picture instead of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.

    Steps’ lead man Ian ‘H’ Watkins received a barrage of abuse after his photo was posted by Entertainment website E! Online, to illustrate a story about disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.

    Ian H Watkins had been receiving abuse from online trolls, who had mistaken the Steps’ singer for the Lostprophets’. The singer quit Twitter a number of weeks ago.

    The entertainment company’s solicitor acknowledged the ‘distress and damage’ that the use of H’s photo had caused the star.

    Ian H Watkins released a statement today saying:

    ‘In Court this morning E! have publically apologised to me and a statement has been read in court to make the position clear.

    ‘This was not something that I did lightly but it was important to me that a public statement was made so that there is no confusion going forward.

    ‘I am really pleased that it has been resolved so quickly so that me and my family can try and move on from what has been an extremely distressing time.’

    Ian Watkins was sentenced to 35 years for 13 child sex offences.

  • Petition Goes Live Calling For The Sacking Of Ivan Okhlobystin After Homophobic Rant

    A Russian actor who stars in the Russian version of Scrubs and The Snow Queen called for “faggots” to be stripped of their human rights and burnt alive.

    A Petition has gone live calling for the sacking of Russian actor Ivan Okhlobysti after he said that he would strip all LGBT people of their human rights and burn them in an oven.

    ‘I’d put them all alive in the oven…it’s a living danger to my children,’ Okhlobystin said, according to RIA Novosti.

    Okhlobystin voices the main character in the movie The Snow Queen, due for a US DVD release on January 28, 2014. Vertical Entertainment is the US DVD distributor of the film.

    In an open letter to Wizart Animation, the makers of The Snow Queen, Derek William creator of the petition said:
    ‘Such inflammatory rhetoric should alarm anyone with a conscience and awareness of recent history, because it is redolent of the rise of the Far Right in Nazi Germany that led to the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews perished, alongside another 6 million of other minorities, including homosexuals.

    ‘Okhlobystin’s call to massacre homosexuals by a genocide of immolation has absolutely no place in the free world, and he is not a fit and proper person to be involved with the public face of children’s entertainment.

    ‘I call upon you to dissociate yourselves and your company publicly and in no uncertain terms from this outrageous rhetoric, and to end your dealings with Mr Okhlobystin forthwith, stating this as the reason.’

     

  • Boy George clashes with One Direction’s Liam Payne

    Ah celebrity feuds – usually they’re dull, but when Boy George chooses his victim – he doesn’t do it by halves.

    Boy George, who is currently pushing his new album This Is What I Do and tour, has rebooted a Twitter feud between himself and the One Direction camp.

    He made the comments during One Direction’s appearance on X Factor over the weekend (15th December 2013)

    “Liam looked quite….messy!!” the 52-year-old tweeted, then added: ‘Harry looked like a young Keith Richards!’

    Later Liam Payne responded by asking ‘Who Is boy George?’

    Boy George couldn’t leave it there, by taking a swipe at Directioners (which is never a good idea) by adding:
    ‘Directioner’s are mostly the dullest creatures on earth! Add salt!’

    To which about a billion Directioners began a Twitter assault on the Culture Club singer. (that’s a lie, there aren’t a billion Directioners… only 999,999,999 of them.)

    Earlier in the year Boy George had suggested that at the odds were at least one of One Direction had to be gay.

  • Britney puts her foot in it – Gays: ‘They’re Somewhat Girls…’

    It seems as though Britney has landed herself into some troubles by calling her gay fans “Somewhat girls.”

    The Work Bitch singer has garnered some negative attention after saying, “They’re somewhat girls” about her gay fans.

    In an interview with PrideSource, she was talking about how her gay fans inspire her music, as she talked about her brand new album ‘Britney Jean’.

    ‘I get inspiration from them on almost all of my songs,’ Spears says. ‘They’re somewhat girls, so it’s so inspiring to do stuff that they like to hear, like the cool “in” stuff. Whatever I do for each record is definitely inspired by them.’

    However ,there’s been quite a bit of backlash from the gay community.

    As Queerty points out, Britney was criticised when she likened her gay beauty team to puppies, calling them “adorable and hilarious”, in an interview with San Fran’s 99.7 NOW FM.

    What do you think, was she wrong to say that gay people are like girls?

  • Gay Stars Come Out In Support Of Tom Daley

    Since the announcement from Tom Daley about his relationship with another man, Gay stars have sent messages of support.

    This morning Tom Daley used YouTube to reveal that he is in a relationship with another man, which has caused him to be trending on Twitter worldwide.
    Celebrities such as Boy George and Lucy Spraggan have tweeted their support.

    Boy George Tweeted:

    “Good for you @TomDaley1994 and let that be the end of it!”

    Lucy Spraggan, who recently had a Twitter battle with James Arthur over his homophobic comments, shared her love of his decision to come out and his Olympic body!: “Insane amount of love for @TomDaley1994 today, the only man I’ve ever googled imaged to admire the beauty of!”

    Russell Brand also voiced his love, tweeting:

    ‘@TomDaley1994 Well done sunshine, dive into love.’

    And Troye Sivan, who came out earlier this year wrote:

    Super duper proud and happy for @TomDaley1994! Life’s infinitely better on this side of the closet.

  • Tom Daley In Relationship With Another Guy

    Tom Daley is in a relationship – with a man, he revealed in a video this morning.

    Hold the presses… Tom has something to say…

    The Olympic diver has announced that he is happy in his new relationship – with a man – although he still ‘fancies’ girls.

    Tom’s emotional video can be watched here.

    The transcript of the video is here:

    Hi guys, so most of you are probably wondering why I’m doing this video.

    My life’s been a bit of a rollercoaster, to say the least, over the last couple of years. Losing my dad to cancer in 2011 was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with in my life. Then winning an Olympic medal last year in 2012 in front of a home crowd, finishing my A Levels this year.. it’s been hectic.

    One thing I consider to be pretty important is to have some form of private life and you’re probably thinking ‘well why did you do a book and why did you do a documentary and stuff’ but I’ve only ever talked about things I feel comfortable talking about.

    When I was younger I didn’t like talking about a bullying situation at school, I didn’t like talking about my dad because obviously at the time it was a sensitive subject.

    It’s one of those things where in an ideal world I shouldn’t be doing this video because it shouldn’t matter but recently I was misquoted in an interview and it made me feel really angry and frustrated. You know, emotions that I’ve never felt before when reading quotes about myself.

    Honesty, for me is something I really do believe in. And I’ve always been honest. I may have been vague in some of my answers, but one thing I’ve never felt that comfortable talking about are my relationships, because it is what I get asked even if I’m doing sporting interviews ‘do you have a girlfriend, who are you seeing’ all that kind of stuff.

    I mean, I’ve been dating girls and I’ve never really had a serious relationship to talk about. Now I kind of feel ready to talk about relationships. Come Spring this year, my life changed, massively, when I met someone and they make me feel so happy, so safe and everything just feels great.

    Well that someone is a guy. And it did take me by surprise a little bit. It was always in the back of my head that something like that could happen. But it wasn’t until spring this year that something just clicked, it felt right. And I was like: OK.

    Like I said, my whole world just changed right there and then. Of course, I still fancy girls, but right now I’m dating a guy and I couldn’t be happier. It feels safe and it just feels right.

    People are going to have their own opinions and people are going to make a deal of this. Is it a big deal? I don’t think so. People are going to call me a liar, it’s going to be big, but I wanted to say something and right now I’m ready and I wanted to do it.

    People will think: ‘what would your dad say?’ Well he always said: ‘if you’re happy, I’m happy’ and right now I couldn’t be happier. My mum’s been so supportive as well, I can count the number of people on my hand that I’ve told, but all my friends and family that I have told have been so supportive, which has been great.

    But I told the rest of my family today and let’s just say they had mixed opinions, lots of them didn’t believe it, lots of them wanted me to keep it quiet. Some said why don’t you just do a statement, why don’t you do a magazine cover, why don’t you do a TV interview? But I didn’t want to get my words twisted, I wanted to put an end to all the rumours and just say it, to tell you guys. Because it’s what I want to do.

    My friends and family are always there to support me and I hope you guys can be too. I mean I’m still Tom, I still want to win a gold medal for Great Britain in Rio in 2016. I’m still as motivated as ever to do that, and it would be great to have you guys on that journey too.

    I just wanted to make sure that I got to tell you guys before I head off to Houston for a training camp I’ve got up until Christmas. I’m glad that I’ve got it off my chest.

    And I hope you can join me on my journey to Rio 2016, too.