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  • Trump Bans CDC From Using These Seven Words

    Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly banned the Center for Disease Control from using seven words and phrases, including “science-based” and “transgender,” in documents it is working on for next year’s budget. (more…)

  • PROBLEM AUNTY | My bf’s dad was feeling me up last Christmas

    The B*tchiest Agony Aunt is back… and ready to help with your Christmasy issues.

    *She doesn’t really care

    Dear Aunty,

    Since writing to you last Christmas for advice, about meeting my boyfriend’s parents for the first time, I find myself in an even more desperate situation and in need of your help again.

    Last December 25th I was sat around my boyfriend’s parents’ table about to start our turkey dinner when, what I thought was my bf’s hand stroking my inner thigh, turned out to be his dad’s hand.

    Last December 25th I was sat around my boyfriend’s parents’ table about to start our turkey dinner when, what I thought was my bf’s hand stroking my inner thigh, turned out to be his dad’s hand. I was startled and didn’t know what to do, so I picked up my phone pretending I had a call and made an excuse to leave straight away. I didn’t say anything to my boyfriend as I didn’t want to upset him. This year we’ve been invited back again… Should I tell my boyfriend about what happened last year, or should I make excuses and avoid going?

    Thanks, Gary – Hull

    Dearest Gary,

    I’m sorry to hear you have a “problem”. Now, I say “problem” like this as I’m actually struggling to find what the “problem” is with having someone show you some unexpected attention. I’ve always found it a compliment. When I was a young glamorous star, at an Old Victorian Theatre, I always found XXXXXX XXXXX would often make me feel XXXXXX XXXXXX whilst sucking on a XXXX and his lemon sherbets.

    Of course, I was glad, as it was a great opportunity to meet the others who’d come over from Hollywood that night. There was  XXXXXXX, XXXX, XXXXXXX, oh and XXXXX. What a night that was. There was XXXXXX everywhere!

    So, what am I trying to say? As a young chap, you should be grabbing all experiences in life. Sit, eat be merry and let the games commence. After all, no-one plays Scrabble anymore. It’s all Happy Families and you never know, your boyfriend may well be a seasoned game player and just trying to bring you into the festivities. Cheers, you lucky thing.

    XXXX = (Edited for legal reasons)

    Aunts

    Aunty is an unlicensed, unqualified, drunken lush, who wants to hear from you, and you shouldn’t take any of her advice… Ever. 

  • Man told he and his husband “not welcome” in homophobic attack in London

    A man and his husband were told they were “not welcome” as they walked together just weeks before another gay man was violently attacked in Walthamstow, east London.

    Police say a man and his husband were homophobically attacked and told they were “not welcome”, just weeks before another violent attack on a gay man in the Walthamstow area of London.

    The second attack in early November left a 31-year-old victim with a black eye, cuts and bruises.

    In the first incident, the married couple were approached by a man who asked them if he could take a picture of them, and then asked if they were gay. When the couple started to walk away, the suspect then grabbed hold of the victim and said “you are not welcome” and grappled with him.

    The first incident happened on Walthamstow High Street.

    The victim was then pulled away by his husband before they walked away and called the police. The victim was not injured in this incident.

    Second attack

    The second incident took place, on Hoe Street very close to the High Street

    In the second incident on Saturday, 4 November, the victim, a 31-year-old man, was walking along Hoe Street, E17 with two friends.

    They were approached by three men who were unknown to them. One of them punched the victim in the face and shouted homophobic abuse at him. The punch caused the victim to fall to the floor, and the attacker made off.

    The victim suffered a black eye and cuts and bruises – he did not require hospital treatment

    The victims, who were both left extremely shaken after the incidents, provided detailed descriptions of the attacker from which the two e-fits were produced.

    A spokesperson for the Metropolitan police said, “Based on these descriptions and the locations where the assaults happened, officers have not ruled out the possibility that the attacks may well have been carried out by the same man.

    “Any witnesses or anyone with any information is asked to call Waltham Forest police on 101 or contact via Twitter @MetCC.

    “To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org”.

     

  • Tory MPs blasts questionnaire asking pupils if they’re happy with their gender

    Tory MPs blasts questionnaire asking pupils if they’re happy with their gender

    Asking a child what they feel about their gender described as “deeply destabilising” by straight, cis Conservative MPs.

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    Two Conservative MPs have blasted a move by the NHS in Lancashire, in which a non-mandatory questionnaire was sent to year six pupils asking what they felt about their gender.

    MP Tim Loughton, who was the Children’s Minister until 2012, blasted the questionnaire saying that questioning children’s thoughts on their own gender identity was “unsettling” and “deeply destabilising”.

    In the survey, pupils were asked if “feel the same inside” as the gender they were assigned a birth – and then asked whether they considered themselves a boy, girl or other options.

    Loughton, according to TheyWorkForYou.com has a long history in voting against LGBT+ equality ranging back to 1998.

    Speaking to the Daily Telegraph about the survey, Loughton said,

    “At a time when children are growing up and having to deal with all sorts of challenges of the modern world, now they are being asked to confront their gender, which for many will be unsettling.

    “Forcing children to question whether they are the right gender so early on can be deeply destabilising.”

    Children not forced to answer optional questionnaire

    THEGAYUK.com reached out to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust to asked whether the questionnaire in question was forced onto children. A spokesperson responded, “The questionnaire was given out to as part of the Universal School Health Needs programme to assess the health and wellbeing needs of children and young people. Questionnaires are provided at Reception / Year 1, Year 6 and Year 9, and are developed according to reflect the needs of children within these age ranges. Completion of this questionnaire is optional”.

    Fellow Conservative MP, Jacob Rees Mogg also criticised the survey saying,

    “It is quite intrusive – these are private matters in a family. The problem with this approach is not just with the question but with the intrusive survey that invades people’s privacy and assumes the state has a role in a matter that actually belongs within the family.

    “These questions are not likely to be helpful. The child is too young – if they have these sorts of issues, the parents are the right ones to discuss it with, not a state survey.”

    Gender question removed?

    Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed to THEGAYUK.com that the gender question is under review for future surveys. In a statement they said,

    “We are constantly reviewing how to capture sensitive information in relation to the needs of children and young people both through universal screening and more targeted approaches. All questions are in the process of being reviewed as we are moving towards a digital platform instead of the current paper based system.

    “We are working with our commissioners, Lancashire County Council, to develop this and there is agreement that more consultation is needed on questions about gender and other sensitive health issues in the assessment.”

  • Andrea Leadsom says she would be “happy” to see gay marriage in Church

    Despite abstaining from the same-sex marriage vote, Andrea Leadsom said that she’d be “happy” to see same-sex couples getting married in Churches.

    Cabinet Minister, Andrea Leadsom, who ran an unsuccessful bid to become the UK’s Prime Minister in 2016 has said that she would be “happy” to see gay marriage in Churches, despite previously saying that same-sex marriage “harms” Christians.

    At a recent event, she addressed her poor voting record on LGBT+ rights, specifically, the Marriage (same-sex couples) Bill in 2013.

    Speaking to PinkNews, she said, “My decision [to abstain on the 2013 Marriage (same-sex couples) Bill] related specifically to the legislation around registry offices and churches, and the way in which the Christian faith recognises marriage.

    “I have always been clear that I believe the love of same-sex couples is just as important, and indeed equal, as the love of heterosexual couples.

    “I would be very happy to see same-sex couples married in a church, but that is a matter for the Church of England.

    “I am proud to live in a country that recognises equality for all.”

  • 12 things you need to know before you date a guy with a Christmas Birthday

    One gift for Christmas and Birthday will not do.

    1) We’ve never enjoyed a birthday that’s just a day for us…

    Our birthdays have always been lumped in with other activities – Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve… We’re kind of used to that, but it’d be nice for people just to remember that somewhere in amongst all the other important days, it’s ours too.

    2) We never had that handing out birthday sweets at school thing

    Whilst everyone became king or queen for the day at school when they handed out their birthday sweets or cake, if our birthday falls outside terms times, we’ve never had that experience of being uber popular for a day because we had goodies to give out.

    3) One combined gift just won’t do

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    Why do you do this. We have taken notes.

    4) A combined Christmas, Office, NYE, birthday party might be cool

    Actually, we don’t mind this too much – combine the office party or the New Year’s Eve party* with our birthday, just means more people will turn up! Yay us! *See next point.

    5) A New Year’s Eve birthday can totally suck

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    Trying to organise or hold a birthday/NYE party is almost impossible because people don’t want to RSVP until the very last minute, just in case something better comes along. Listen, people, every NYE party is going to be expensive, drunken and impossible to travel to and from. Just let us know so we can organise drinks and cheesy nibbles.

    6) Actually New Year’s Day birthdays actually totally suck

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    Nothing is open. People are skint. Noone wants to party on New Year’s Day… So if you try and hold a New Year’s Eve Party – see the previous point.

    7) Don’t pity us…

    It happens every year. We get it. Sharing a birthday with someone infinitely more famous than us, like Father Christmas, sucks.

    8) Do not send a joint Christmas/birthday card

    Go on, splash out. Buy two cards. We promise we’ll treasure and display both.

    9) We’re used the Christmas/birthday wrapping paper thing

    Yes, we’ve all had birthday presents wrapped up in Christmas paper. It’s okay. TBH we’re just happy you remembered it was our birthday as well.

    10) New Year’s birthdays are literally the worst

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    Everyone’s hungover. Everyone’s poor. Everywhere is closed. A birthday bonk is usually out of the question because we’re usually too drunk and found with our head in a toilet bowl.

    11) Christmas Day birthdays are actually the worst

    Everyone gets presents – so what’s the fricking point. And a Birthday bonk is out of the question – we’re usually just too full of roast potatoes and turkey.

    12) Everything ends when Christmas ends

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    So everything is so depressing when the decorations come down, later birthdays – especially around the New Year’s period, feel totally depressing when the decs come down.

  • London Man punched repeatedly in a ‘homophobic attack’

    The Metropolitan Police has reported that a man in central London was the subject of a homophobic attack.

    Detectives in London are seeking the public’s help after a man in his 50s was allegedly subjected to an assault in central London in what police are calling a, “suspected homophobic attack”.

    The victim, a man in his 50s, was standing at a bus stop outside Charing Cross rail station on Saturday, 18 November at about 21:30hrs.

    The location of the reported attack is just a few hundred meters away from one of London’s most popular LGBT+ hotspots, the Heaven / G-A-Y nightclub.

    Two men approached the victim and began to shout homophobic abuse at him before punching him several times. He sustained head injuries, but he was not hospitalised.

    After the alleged attack the two men, described as white and in their 20s were seen running towards Trafalgar Square.

    The two men, who were both described as white, aged in their 20s and wearing dark jackets, ran away towards Trafalgar Square.

    Trafalgar Square is particularly important to the LGBT+ community in London as it is where Pride In London has been held for many years.

    There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

    Witnesses or anyone with information about this incident are asked to contact Westminster Community Safety Unit via 101 or Tweet @MetCC.

    Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously via 0800 555 111 or crimestoppers-uk.org.

  • Max Emerson gives us bulge goals

    Max Emerson just lays it all out for us… thank you.

    Sexy actor and model, Max Emerson knows how to please the crowd and he’s not afraid to flash a bit of flesh for his thirsty fans.

    The 29-year-old left some of his followers on Instagram speechless after releasing a photo from an underwear shoot in which he wasn’t wearing much but was sporting a rather large bulge.

    Posting to his 850,000 plus fans he joked that he just “woke up like this” – which gives a whole new meaning to morning glory.

    The star is not adverse to showing off his nekkid body either – he recently surprised his followers with this rather cheeky view.

     

    @25hourshotels said they’d comp my stay if I feature the room on insta. So there you go. Thanks guys!

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  • Did scientists just discover a gay gene?

    Could there be a genetic link to sexuality?

    Due to licensing this article must be read on our website

    A new study in a major journal has found a weak association between several genes and sexual orientation. However, that doesn’t mean that science has identified a “gay gene” or anything like it—and some scientists have cautioned against overinterpreting the findings. (more…)

  • Bryan Singer Denies Sexually Assaulting 17-Year-Old Boy

    CREDIT: ©-S-Buckley-Depositphoto

    Bryan Singer on Thursday responded to sexual assault allegations filed against him by Cesar Sanchez-Guzman, who claimed the director allegedly raped and forced oral sex.

  • Were the male models on last night’s Apprentice “Sexually Harassed?”

    If you tuned into the BBC’s Apprentice last night, you would have spotted how two contestants treated male models.

    Twitter users are not happy with the “inappropriate” way the male models were treated last night during a task on The Apprentice, where the candidates had to choose a model for a front cover of a magazine.

    During the task, candidates, Elizabeth McKenna and Michaela Wain called the models to walk one by one and asked if they had abs under their shirts and asked them to reveal them.

    The “cringey” scene was criticised by some fans of the show calling the interaction, “sexual harassment” and having “double standards”.

    THEGAYUK.com’s editor and chief, Jake Hook said, “It was totally unsuitable for Elizabeth to touch the male model or measure his inside leg in the way she did. Both candidates acted inappropriately in the casting and what resulted was an entirely cringey TV moment. As a company who have created dozens of magazine covers, we have never measured a model’s inside leg. It was disappointing to see this being broadcast as a potential insight into how a magazine cover is created. I wonder how Elizabeth and Michaela react if they had been treated in this way”.