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  • Tom Daley says tape of him stripping is out there

    It looks as though Tom Daley could be the latest victim of an online leak after he admitted to The Sun that he had cyber sex with another man.

    The Olympic hero Tom Daley has admitted that he sent compromising pictures for an online “romp” with another man according to The Sun, after a video emerged of Tom stripping off. Tom told The Sun that it, “will never happen again” after he rekindled his romance with his fiancé, Dustin Lance Black.

    According to reports, Tom had chatted with a guy from Liverpool, who has not be named, during a seven-month secret split from his fiance, Dustin Lance Black. The duo are now back together and have set a date for their wedding.

    Fans of the loved-up pair had no idea that the couple had even split. It’s now become apparent that they split for a period of time previous to Tom’s Olympic appearance in Rio 2016 and during the production of Dustin’s latest TV project, When We Rise. Despite the split, Tom’s social media was full of pictures of the two looking happy, leading fans to believe that they were still together.

    He told The Sun,

    “It was the two biggest years of our lives work-wise — it was my Olympic year and Lance was filming his mini-series for ABC called When We Rise, and distance can be hard sometimes.

    Tom said that he had confessed the online romp to Dustin and insists that he never physically met anyone in real life and that it was all online.

    Speaking to The Sun he said,

    “I’m 22 years old, and if you talk to someone through social media it is what it is. It was nothing more than that. We never physically met.

    “But in the modern world this is what can happen — things are more accessible online, and distributed, and they spread like wildfire.”

    The couple is now back on track and preparing for their wedding.

    The person who leaked the pictures could find themselves in criminal trouble after then culture minister Ed Vaizey said image owners of leaked social media would be able to sue anyone who released pictures without the consent of the image owner.

    We spoke with lawyer, Phil Gorski at Blacks Solicitors last year who told us,

    “Last year there was a new piece of legislation introduced, which actually set out the specific crime of revenge porn. There is a specific charge that can be brought and so the option is there and should probably be taken if the information has been distributed to a large number of people.

    “What the legislation says is that where you’ve got photographs and the phrasing is, “… of a private or sexual nature …” That doesn’t mean you have to be showing intimate body parts or anything like that. It can be in a sort of context that’s perceived to be sexual.

    “If they are disclosed and it’s done without consent and the purpose of disclosing them was to cause distress or embarrassment, which when you think about it, it would be very difficult to not be the case. Then, there’s a potential crime that’s taken place.”

     

  • Will Donald Trump dance with Caitlyn Jenner at his inaugural ball?

    Apparently Donald Trump is being urged to dance with Caitlyn Jenner at his inaugural ball…

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    UNPOPULAR: The incoming president of the US, Donald Trump is very unpopular with the LGBT community. Will a dance with Caitlyn Jenner mend bridges?

    In a move some are suggesting might prove that he is “in touch” with the LGBT community, President-elect Donald Trump is apparently being urged to dance with trans star Caitlyn Jenner.

    Many LGBT advocates are fearful of the backward steps a Trump administration might mean for the LGBT community in the US over the next four years, with some fearing that gay marriage could be repealed once he comes into power. Trump has said that same-sex marriage is “fine” with him.

    The Daily Mail is reporting that his advisors believe that a dance with one of America’s most visible trans stars could build bridges with the community.

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    REPUBLICAN BEAU: Caitlyn Jenner was a supporter of the Republican party before she transitioned. She is reportedly attending the inaugural ball, but not as an official invite by the President Elect.

    Speaking to pagesix.com a member of the incoming administration said that image of Donald dancing with Caitlyn was a “brilliant idea”. 

    Richard Johnson reports that the Republican aide said,

    “The image of Trump dancing with Caitlyn would send a strong message that he supports gay rights and trans rights,” the Republican said. “A picture is worth a thousand tweets.”

    Caitlyn’s publicists hasn’t confirmed whether the star would be up for a dance… saying,

    “Can’t deal in hypotheticals. We’ll just have to wait and see.”

     

  • Alleged Chris Mears’ naked selfies leak online

    British Olympian Chris Mears has become, it seems, the latest victim of an online hack of naked pictures.

    Pictures that purport to be of the Olympic diver, Chris Mears, have leaked online. Since the alleged nude pictures of him leaked the sportsman started trending on Twitter. He’s become just one of many celebs who had their naked images hacked or leaked online last year including, Sam Callahan, Ben Cohen, Shayne Ward and Jake Quickenden.

    The diver has yet to speak out about the leak.

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    Last year it transpired that the athlete was planning a leave from Diving to concentrate on his music career setting his sights on dominating the charts. Speaking to The Sun a source said,

    “Chris is obviously heavily invested in diving but music is his passion.

    “He released a single in Latin America last year but now he is targeting mainstream success in the UK.

    “He saw the way Tom Daley used his success at London 2012 to create a massive media profile for himself and wants to replicate that formula.

    THEGAYUK.com spoke to a leading solicitor about revenge porn and what you should do if you’re ever a victim of hacked or leaked private photos.

    He told us,

    “The sort of easy thing to say but rather difficult thing to do is, where these images are taken consensually then you need to be thinking very carefully about whether you actually want to do it or not. Not putting yourself in the position where there are images around in the first place is the easy fix but not necessarily something that someone will always want to do.”

    The stars who have had their pictures leaked have reacted differently to the leaks. Ben Cohen has said that he was “devastated by the leak” and has passed the matter on to his lawyers, Shayne Ward was embarrassed and spoke of his disbelief. Sam Callahan apologised for the leak.

     

     

     

  • Fans wreck George Michael’s car with tributes

    Fans wreck George Michael’s car with tributes

    Hundreds of distraught fans, some who have travelled from as far as Argentina, have transformed the late pop star George Michael’s car into a shrine.

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    TRIBUTE: A large amount of flowers, tributes and mourners line the pavement and the Land Rover outside the home of George Michael in Highgate, North London, almost a month after the pop star died.

    The tragic Wham! singer, 53, was found dead at his home in Goring, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day.

    Flowers, balloons, cards and chocolate bars cover the grey Range Rover outside Michael’s £8 million Highgate mansion – with some fans writing messages directly onto the car bonnet.

    The shrine has steadily grown over the three weeks since the Careless Whisper singer’s death.

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    LOVED: Fans have scribbled their thoughts and prayers on to the singer’s car.

     

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    MISSED: Tributes continue to pour in from all over the world.

    One framed letter nestled on top of flowers read: “Dear George, I have no words to express my pain.

    “Since you’ve gone I feel so sad and empty.

    “You’ve gone too soon… I love you and miss you. Cecilia Vazquez from Argentina.”

    A poster in the hedge beside the pop star’s driveway said, “Words cannot express how much we feel about you.”

    Messages written directly on the bonnet of the vehicle include “RIP George“, “Love you George” and “Thank you George“.

    The star sold more than 100 million albums throughout a career spanning almost four decades.

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    At the end of December a post-mortem examination was carried out and Thames Valley Police said,

    “The cause of death is inconclusive and further tests will now be carried out. The results of these tests are unlikely to be known for several weeks. Thames Valley Police will prepare a file for the Oxfordshire Coroner. Mr Michael’s death is still being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.”

  • Big Brother star “think once, twice, three, four five” times before you transition

    Big Brother star “think once, twice, three, four five” times before you transition

    In a teary, emotional late night video, Rebekah Shelton shared her confusion over her transition with her fans.

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    Rebekah Shelton, who fans of Big Brother may remember as Rodrigo Lopez, shared an emotional video on Twitter over her confusion and upset over her transition. Speaking via Twitter, in Tweets that she’s now deleted, she spoke of her journey, since embarking on a series of operations to fulfil her transition. She spoke of her loneliness and the discrimination she’s faced since beginning her physical transition.

    She was left questioning whether the transition was worth it.

    The videos were uploaded after she managed to log into her old Rodrigo Facebook account and left the star feeling emotional. She said,

    “I went on, after five years, I was trying to find the Facebook account, as Rodrigo, you know, from the past. I was shocked, it’s hard to go through everything I’ve been through – having all these surgeries and things. It’s crazy when you look at yourself and the way you used to be, and it makes you wonder, what have I done?”

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    After she logged on to the Facebook account she Tweeted a picture of herself entering the BB house as Rodrigo,

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    “I used to be a handsome boy. What have I done to myself? I’m lonely. I’m lost. It wasn’t worth it”

     

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    She finished her video by saying,

    “If you are following me and you want to transition, think. Think, once, twice, three times, four times, five times, because it’s not easy. You have more opportunities in your birth gender because there is still discrimination. There is still discrimination, you know so just think.”

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    Dr Dannii Cohen, who writes for THEGAYUK said,

    “This is something the new transgender community would rather not talk about, understandable: they are getting their voice out at last and do not want people to doubt their validity.

    “But it is important, especially right now and should not be silenced.

    “Trans identity is wonderful – IF it is how you truly feel, but think about it long and hard for months, years and then discuss it with psychologists at least five times. If you do it simply because you are seduced by others on the internet and think it could fill a hole inside yourself or because you think you simply aren’t good enough the way you are I’m not.”

    Read the full article from Dr Cohen here.

     

  • Wanna feel old? Guess what turns 10 this year

    Wanna feel old? Guess what turns 10 this year

    I mean where has the time gone?

    By Chris Cunningham (Email (transferred from the English Wikipedia)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
    Chris Crocker‘s epic Leave Britney Alone rant, which turned him into a viral sensation almost overnight, is going to be 10 years old this year. That means Britney’s epic public breakdown is also turning 10 this year. His video was in response to Britney Spears’ percieved public meltdown, which ended up with her shaving her head in public.

    So what has Chris been up to since that video, which amassed millions of hits and countless memes and parodies, well, he’s apparently signed TV deals, appeared in gay porn and even released an EP.

    The 29-year-old star is from Bristol, Tennessee.

    The video was one of YouTube top 100 videos and had attracted over 200 million views before Chris deleted his account in 2015.

     

  • Trans star Rebekah Shelton blasts Stacy Francis over “fake body” jibes

    Trans star Rebekah Shelton blasts Stacy Francis over “fake body” jibes

    Rebekah Shelton who starred in series 10 of Big Brother has slammed CBB star Stacy Francis in a series of Tweets after the US singer blasted Jasmine Waltz for having a fake face.

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    In a sweary series of Tweets, Rebekah Shelton blasted Stacy Francis‘s takedown of people who have fake faces and bodies. The former Big Brother star, who has undergone a series of body changing operations said,

    “My face is fake too, my whole body is fake!”

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    Rebekah Shelton talks about transition on Judge Rinder
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    The BB star started her transition 5 years ago and has had a number of operations. During a recent appearance on Robert Rinder’s ITV daytime show, Judge Rinder, she went into detail about the various operations she had including, facial feminisation surgery, having her Adam’s apple shaved, a nose and boob job.

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    “I should be calling out people with their fake faces and fake personalities! She has a fake face! There are fake b*tches in here though!”

    Later in the programme, Stacy apologised to Jasmine for her words saying,

    “I just want to apologise for the things I said at the table…the reason I was most upset is that I admire you.”

  • Who is Austin Armacost’s new boyfriend?

    Who is Austin Armacost’s new boyfriend?

    Austin’s been talking about his new boyfriend but who is he?

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    Austin’s got a new boyfriend since his relationship with his husband Jake Lees was called off in July last year. He’s been dating NHS worker Darren Banks according to the Daily Star. The pair has been dating for several months. They were first spotted together back in October last year when the duo went to get an IV infusion and booster shot at the REVIV clinic in Leeds.

    Already the loved-up pair has travelled around the world with visits to Iceland, Hong Kong and Switzerland.

    During his time in the BB house, Austin has complained that he misses Darren a lot, even admitting that he may quit the house in order to be back with his partner.

     

     

  • Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong are not a gay couple

    The co-hosts of the BBC’s Pointless aren’t together as a gay couple despite fans of the shows insisting that they act like they’re in a relationship together.

    (C) Remarkable, part of Endemol Shine Group – Photographer: Mark Yeoman

    It seems fans of Pointless cannot get enough of the bants between Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong. Fans absolutely love the relationship so much they’re reading it like the duo are a gay couple.

    However, speaking Radio Times, Richard Osman said, “We’re not lovers. Try as I might, it has just never happened.”

    So it looks as though the pair are just living a bromance.

    (C) Remarkable, part of Endemol Shine Group – Photographer: Mark Yeoman

    Richard has, in the past, written about the joking between the presenters and that it added to the “Brokeback Mountain-style sexual frisson of the show”.

    Both presenters identify as straight and recently, Richard was said to be dating radio DJ and deputy editor of InStyle magazine, Emily Dean. He split with the mother of his two children a number of years ago.

    (C) Remarkable, part of Endemol Shine Group – Photographer: Mark Yeoman

    Alexander is married to Hannah Bronwen Snow, an events organiser; and together they have four sons.

     

    Pointless is on daily on BBC 1 at 5.15PM.

     

  • WILLIAM BAKER | Turning 40 I felt invisible over night

    WILLIAM BAKER | Turning 40 I felt invisible over night

    William Baker has had one of life’s dream jobs. He’s the celebrated artistic director to the stars and can call Kylie his BFF but in a revealing interview, he speaks about how he felt invisible when he turned 40.

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    William Baker has revealed that turning 40 was a difficult moment for him because he felt he turned invisible almost overnight, despite being in one of the most enviable positions any gay man could be in. After all, he has Kylie on speed dial.

    Speaking to THEGAYUK.com about his new project Book of Igor, a picture book of beautiful, thoughtful photos of a 20-year-old man called Igor, whom he found on Instagram. The conversation turned to age and ageism.

    “Such a big part of doing the book was how I felt. I can say this now, from a distance about how I felt as a gay man at 40. It’s so funny that you literally just become invisible overnight.

    “Probably to the wrong people…”

    The book, which was released in December, explores the beauty of youth through a series of candid shots of William’s muse, Igor. William followed Igor, who identifies as heterosexual, for over a year, forming a strong friendship with the 20-year-old, but also found an even stronger love from behind the lens.

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    SUBJECT IN SIGHT: The book, which is William’s fourth,  features 115 glossy pages, with images of Igor, whom William spent 18 months photographing.

    Speaking about his love life, William revealed,

    “I’m single. I haven’t found a kind of life-partner or whatever. When you walk down on Compton Street you kind of turn heads at a certain age. Even on those apps. You become invisible.

    “That’s why everyone lies about their age, isn’t it?”

    Together, William and Igor travelled from Ilford in Essex to Los Angeles to Fire Island to create images for the book. It is available to purchase from William’s shop.

    The full interview will be released late January.

  • So which Celebrity Big Brother star just had their sex tape leaked (again)

    Well, that didn’t take long did it? A video which purports to show Celebrity Big Brother star Calum Best naked has leaked onto the web.

    Yesterday we were really quite taken with some pictures that Calum Best had uploaded to a site that is popular with gay guys, today, entirely more x rated footage has been unearthed and republished on the web.

    It looks as though he might be the latest male celebrity to be a victim of an online hack or leak. Following the leaks of Sam Callahan, Jake Quickenden and Shayne Ward.

    The images allege to be those of Calum Best and it shows him to be fully erect… and actually massive.

    He’s not the only Celebrity Big Brother celeb to have a Skype sex session leaked onto the internet whilst in the house. In 2014 Lee Ryan became a victim of a hack.

    We recently spoke to Phil Gorski at Blacks Solicitors about what steps you can take to protect your data and your private pictures if you become a victim of hacked data or revenge porn. Read his tips here but number one is to not TRUST anyone over the internet and don’t get naked in front of a camera attached to the internet.