If you’re a pube shaver you could be putting yourself at risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
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Some medical professionals in California, US, have discovered that people who shave their pubes regularly stand a higher chance of catching an STD because of small cuts or tears in the skin, that are caused by the grooming process. They also found that people who regularly trim their bushes are more sexually active too.
The research is from the rather catchily titled, Sexually Transmitted Infections – a specialist BMJ journal and it makes for some sobering reading, the BBC reports.
Doctors suggest that the link between grooming your pubes and getting an infection was closely linked to cuts and abrasions caused by the grooming process rather than by sharing grooming equipment, like shavers or scissors. Waxing, shaving and even plucking hair can cause small cuts and tears in the skin.
Those who groom are more likely to engage in riskier sexual activities and findings have shown that they have more sexual partners.
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So what do men use to shave their man bushes?
The electric razor is the most common tool for men to groom but one in five men uses scissors to give that man jungle a cutback.
The findings found that ‘extreme groomers’ (17%), those who shave it all off at least once a month, are three or four times more likely to catch an STI. Doctors point out that a skin to skin STI was more common for these people, leaving them susceptible to getting an STI like herpes.
So what advice can be given to those who shave regularly?
Doctors suggest holding off until your skin has completely healed before having sex or skin to skin contact and of course, always use condoms if you’re thinking about doing penetration.
Any good news?
It’s not all bad news, though. Groomers who shave off their pubes are less likely to get pubic lice. So that’s always a boon!
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US reality star Caleb Reynolds looks like he’s the latest victim of an online hack of his private pictures!
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Caleb Reynolds, it seems, has become the latest male victim of an online leak of his sex pictures. According to OMG Blog the reality contestant made a bit of a splash when he entered the US BB house in season 16. He apparently entered the house in a haze of controversy because he allegedly used some offensive language on his social media accounts.
An Instagram post surfaced where he voiced his disapproval of the US President Barack Obama.
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The 29-year-old placed fourth in the 2014 series of Big Bro and he also appeared on the 32nd season of Survivor.
A man has been thrown to his death and then stoned in the streets of Aleppo after ISIS (Islamic State) accused him and found him guilty on charges of homosexuality. ISIS follow an interpretation of Sharia law, which forbids homosexuality and finds that it is a crime with a death penalty. ISIS hand out harsh sentences for men who are found guilty of having same-sex relationships and often throw them to their deaths from tall buildings in front of huge crowds.
Photos released by the terrorist organisation show a man, dressed in black, blindfolded being thrown off a tall building in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It’s not known whether the man survived the fall, but pictures show that the man was then stoned by members of the crowd that witnessed the execution.
Hundreds of people stood and watched as the man plunged to the street below. A number of the crowd are then seen to hurling rocks at the lifeless body of the man.
In the past, we have reported that ISIS have killed another of men accused of homosexuality, but this is the first reported execution of man in Aleppo.
The relationship is so secret not even the judges have been aware of the alleged relationship.
According to the Daily Star, there is a secret gay couple in X Factor and they both got through to the live shows. They’ve somehow managed to keep their relationship secret from the world. According to that “close source,are” the pair became chummy at judges houses, suggesting that the pair could be in the same category.
“But they only got together when they made it to the live shows.
“Their families and friends know they are an item but they’ve kept it a secret from viewers and that’s the way they want it for now.
“Their fans have no idea they are a couple.
“Both get a lot of tweets from girls but they aren’t interested.
“They are flattered by the attention but they are smitten with one another.
The singer who had a rocky start in her time with the juggernaut show said that she feared an anti-gay backlash and felt forced to live a lie after getting engaged to her girlfriend in the summer. She revealed that she and her girlfriend, Meri were the first gay female couple to come out in Finland.
She said that she used to take selfies, but cut out Meri of the picture because she was afraid of the public’s reaction. She said,
“It was so stupid. I was taking selfies and always pretending I was by myself when of course I had my girlfriend next to me.
“It was my 28th birthday when I decided, ‘I’ve had enough’. I’d been hiding it for a year and couldn’t do it anymore.”
She finally came out by posting a post on Facebook, in an interview she said that she was so nervous that she actually got her girlfriend to press the “Post” button.
“I decided I was old enough to do something about it and come out. I was so scared. I couldn’t press the button to publish the post on Facebook. I got my fiancée to do it. We were so nervous. But it was good.”
Joe Crilly from Bookmaker William Hill said, ”
Saara has come from nowhere to head the betting at this late stage but the way this year’s show has gone, anything could happen this week”.
Odds for Saara to win the X Factor are 8/13, whilst Matt Terry is 2/1 and Five After Midnight are lagging behind at 11/2.
While December is a time for frantic shopping, making space in the freezer for a turkey and singing about Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, to me there is a day when I think about another Rudolf who just so happened to be one of the greatest engineer and car designers in the world. To me, he is anyway.
Rudolf Hruska (2 July 1915 – 4 December 1995) was an Austrian engineer and responsible for the design and production of one the greatest cars to come from Italy. The Alfasud.
The Alfasud was not only a departure for Alfa Romeo, it also helped kick start employment in the southern region of Italy. An area in need of something major due to high levels of unemployment. This, however, would be one of the many Achilles heels that the Alfasud would suffer in its 18-year production run.
Rudolf Hruska was entrusted in the development of the factory in Pomigliano d’Arco. No mean feat really, the brief was quite simple. Starting from scratch, build a factory, design and develop a car and see to it that 20’000 people employed could build it. There were problems along the way with typical strike action here and there. Not to be perturbed by this, Rudolf carried on and the factory was up and running some 2-3 months later than set out.
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He single handedly changed the Alfa Romeo tradition of front engine, rear wheel drive. He didn’t even have to use an Alfa Romeo engine that was available at the time. Having been involved with Porsche and VW (then KDF) and knowing his way around the layout, he designed a compact flat 4 cylinder engine for the new car. Different in many ways to the German flat four but still with the added benefits of compactness and this time water cooled.
His body concept for a light compact car weighing in total no more that 800 to 900kg was clothed in a design by Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Ital design studio who also designed the pretty Sprint coupe.
He was not only responsible for the Alfasud. There were many other cars he was involved in too. To have a man responsible for the development of another 2 favourites of mine. Working alongside fellow Austrian, Ferdinand Porsche, he blessed us with skills on the Volkswagen Beetle before the second world war and was also involved in the Fiat 128. That, in turn, gave us mechanical components for the Fiat X1/9. Hruska also developed good links with Nuccio Bertone who was the father of the X1/9. He was a connected man.
It seemed there was nothing Rudolf couldn’t do. Develop a tank? Yes, he did. The Tiger 1 of 1943. Developed racing cars for Cisitalia, other projects for Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Simca
In 1980 at the age of 65, Hruska retired. He carried on working through his retirement for I.DE.A (Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering) I.DE.A were also responsible for the 1990 Fiat Tempra. Another car close to my heart and in my fleet.
And London pipped Sydney to the title of the world hangover capital.
Time Out London’s Editor-in-Chief, Caroline McGinn said,
“We surveyed 20,000 urbanites in 18 cities across the world to find out two things. First: where are the most dynamic, gastronomic, culturally unbeatable urban hotspots right now?
“And second: what are we up to and how is that changing? We found out some fun stuff along the way.
“Looking for sex? Better heard to Plumstead or Paris. Food and culture? Chicago and NYC are buzzing.
“Lisbon is the place to fall in love. As for London, we’ve got plenty going on in this amazing and culturally vibrant city, but many are feeling a bit lonely and hungover right now.”
The Time Out City Index shows Melbourne is the second most fun city in the world, as it has a great quality of life, and ranks highly for its bars and restaurants.
Six in 10 people find Melbourne an easy place to live and three-quarters of residents love living there.
Lisbon takes third place and is ranked as the world’s most sociable and least lonely city.
New York was fourth, praised for its arts, nightlife and music – although it has the toughest dating scene of them all.
Fifth place went to clubbing capital Madrid, where people go out 19 times a year compared to just six times in Melbourne.
Madrid also has the lowest working hours of all 18 countries, as people only work 39 hours a week.
Tokyo and Paris are the most cultured cities, with the highest number of residents regularly going to theatres or museums.
People in Mexico City have the most affairs and are the least stressed, Miami emerged as the capital of threesomes and Barcelona is the home of the boozy lunch.
Despite other cities being more affordable, easier for making friends and offering a better work-life balance, 66 percent claim there are always new things to do.
Londoners go to theatres and museums up to 25 times a year, they enjoy 4.7 nights out a month and two-thirds say the capital has a great restaurant scene.
The ‘Big Smoke’ is also vying with Sydney for the title of hangover capital and one-night stand hotspot – 64 per cent versus 65 per cent.
Londoners have sex 1.2 times a week – compared to Parisians who have sex an average of 1.6 times a week, more than in any other city.
Caroline McGinn for Time Out London added.
“If there’s one thing that Time Out really knows and loves, its cities.
“We’ve been dedicated to discovering their best bits for many years. Now we thought it was about time to document urban life. Because cities are important. They’re fun. But they’re also crucibles for new opportunities, new ideas, and new ways of living.”
Other highlights discovered in the Time Out City Index include New York residents go out the most (6.4 times a month), Toyko city dwellers love sharing their food pictures on Instagram and Dubai are stuck in the office the longest.
People are most likely to have a friendly chat with strangers in Chicago, and in contrast, those in Singapore are least sociable, choosing to keep themselves to themselves.
1. Chicago
2. Melbourne
3. Lisbon
4. New York
5. Madrid
6. Mexico City
7. Sao Paolo
8. Los Angeles
9. Barcelona
10. London
11. Hong Kong
12. Miami
13. Tokyo
14. Singapore (homosexuality not legal)
15. Paris
16. Sydney
17. Dubai (homosexuality not legal)
18. Kuala Lumpur (homosexuality not legal)
Singer Mykki Blanco has had his latest music video, “Loner” removed (and reinstated) after he called their decision to censor his video as a “homophobic double standard”.
By Imnotcmjames (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsThe musician slammed the video platform for what he called a “homophobic double standard” when his video for “Loner” was apparently removed and then reinstated, but censored with users having to sign in to confirm their age, after YouTube said the video breached their community guidelines.
The star took to Twitter to slam the Google-owned platform,
The problem seemed to lie in the fact that someone at YouTube thought the video contained a real life man’s scrotum, which was actually a man’s knee. Heaven forbid!
The video was later reinstated by YouTube, but now viewers must sign in to view the video. Speaking to MIC Mykko said that as an artist he’s experienced homophobia in the entertainment industry.
“It is exhausting that as a queer artist not only do I experience homophobia in the entertainment industry but also censorship for the unapologetically queer imagery I promote,” Blanco told Mic, noting that “topless women with bare buttocks is acceptable, [yet] suggestive queer imagery is banned.”
YouTube has allowed videos with much more sexually suggestive imagery without censorship. Videos such as Eric Prydz’s “Call On Me” and Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” are not blocked.
The star had no probs whipping down his trousers to get the brand new tattoo inked on to his thighs and he’s opted for a beautiful design, with petals… It looks like a Protea flower, which is the national flower of South Africa and its name actually has a really beautiful meaning, “Change and Hope”.
Taking a few pictures for Instagram, he managed to get his fans hot under the collar, with nearly 1000 likes in just a few hours.
However, he’s of course not the only celeb with an epic thigh tattoo, Michelle Visage recently shared the story behind her thigh tattoo with THEGAYUK.com, which got a lot of fans talking when she was photoed with Rylan Clark recently.
Speaking exclusively in Issue 24 of THEGAYUK, Michelle revealed that the tattoo was to honour her two daughters, Lola and Lilly. She got them done in San Antonio, Texas, after both her daughters were born.
She said,
“My daughters are both Pisces and I wanted to get some kind of commemorative tattoo. I didn’t want two sh so close to my vagina so I turned it into two mermaids.
“It’s called a water colour tattoo. This guy Michael Russo did it. A really great job, really great work.”
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Okay, we’re starting to like this Mannequin Challenge malarky. Especially after this super hot rugby team stripped off for theirs.
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This university rugby team have decided to bare all in their rather naughty / nice Mannequin Challenge. The Sheffield Hallam University’s men’s rugby team decide to get completely starkers to show off exactly how still they could be.
You may recall that this past season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars was a bit of a train crash for some contestants. Well, super judge, Michelle Visage has suggested that you should only go on the show if you’re “stable” and willing to take the risk.
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Speaking exclusively to THEGAYUK.com RuPaul’s Drag Race super judge, Michelle Visage has suggested that the All-Star version of the show is tough going and only the most “stable” should apply; and it can be a bad idea if you don’t think you can handle pressure. Answering concerns that doing an All-Star version could cause you to damage your brand, Michelle said that there was always the risk of the audience falling out of love with you and that they could end up hating you.
In fact, you should just stay clear if you’re worried about destroying all the good work you’ve done in creating your brand.
She told us,
“There’s always that risk because if you were loved first time around and you f*** up the second time around, there is the risk that people are going to hate you.
“It can be a bad idea if you’re not sure that you can handle it. If you’re not sure you can handle it, you shouldn’t do it.”
But it’s not all bad if you’re up for the challenge. Doing All-Stars could help further your career, she told us,
“I think that if you’re stable and you know which way you’re going to play the game and you feel con dent, then it can be a really good thing.
“Here’s the bottom line, it’s a TV show. Somebody goes home every week and this is the best of the best.”
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