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11 totally gay moments from James Franco’s newest film GOAT

So the trailer is out for GOAT, James Franco and Nick Jonas’s brand new hazing movie – and well judging by the trailer it’s going to be pretty homoerotic.

Just from the trailer, we’ve managed to determine at least eleven totally gay moments

Enjoy

Cold shower anyone?

Being whipped by tight white T-shirts, seemed pretty homoerotic to us

Lots of shouting topless men… gay

Doing the jerk off motion…

Then James Franco strips off and demands that some student hits him in the stomach…

He gets totally into it.

No really.

That’s actually spit. We need say no more.

FFS there’s a dude locked in a cage there.

Pretty sure we’ve seen this in an Andrew Christian video.

9th September 2016
The best gay innuendos from Great British Bake Off

So GBBO is cooking on full steam and the innuendos are coming in thick and fast. We take a look at our favourite slightly camp, very gay double entrendres.

It’s all good clean fun. That is until you add a glass of white and cackling brood of gay guys and then all bets are off.

“Some of them have got a good forking”

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“Your crack is nice and most”

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“Right bakers time to reveal your cracks”

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“Oh no, you have some irregular-shaped balls”

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“Now let’s turnover and see what’s happening at the back”

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“It’s all in the wrist action”

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“It’s about half the size it was when it went in”

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“I’ll eat a bit of carpet”

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“I like the flavour of a cox”

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“He loves his buns”

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“Go on Mary, give it a good slapping”

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“Get those lady fingers soggy”

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“Fill your horns right to the bottom so you can enjoy it to the last the mouthful”

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“Put your purple ring where I can see it.”

Great British Bake Off is on BBC One on the 11th September

9th September 2016
Muriel’s Wedding To Be Made Into Stage Show

That’s right folks, “You can’t stop progress” as Muriel’s Wedding is to be made into a new musical stage show adapted to stage by, “What a coincidence”, it’s the original film’s writer and director PJ Hogan.

© Sydney Theatre Company / Global Creatures

The show will feature all those much loved ABBA numbers whilst both the script and Muriel herself will be re-set in 2017. Will marriage be easier to find in this new world of social media and app dating?

Speaking to AussieTheatre.com.au PJ Hogan said, “I’ve been asked many times to put Muriel’s Wedding on stage and I’ve always said no – mainly because the film seemed to do what I wanted it to do, and has somehow resisted the obscurity that time and changing fashions are apt to visit upon everything and everyone. So why tempt fate and invite Muriel (and a singing Muriel, at that) to cavort in 2017?

“Back in 1994 Muriel had a problem that seemed peculiar to her… how do you become famous (that is loved/admired/envied by all) when you have no discernible talent, no achievements, and when no one believes in you except you? The new millennium has provided the tools for dreamers afflicted by obscurity: Twitter, FaceBook, Instagram, You Tube, not to mention that Hogwarts for the irrelevant, Reality TV.

“Muriel was born to be a Millennial. So a Millennial she has become. Who sings.”

Sadly the tickets prices may be a little ‘sky-high’ for us Brits as the world premier takes place at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, Australia. Though fingers are crossed for a speedy export to the UK.

If you are travelling out there next year from the 20th Nov – 30th Dec 2017, then you can pre-book tickets at: SydneyTheatre.com.au

8th September 2016
Gay bar in Indianapolis is to close

The ever popular 501 Eagle bar in Indianapolis is to close.
CREDIT: Google Maps 2016

The owners of one of Indianapolis’s busiest gay bars, 501 Eagle has released a statement revealing their plans to close the popular bar in October.

The owners have told patrons that after twenty-two years of running the venue they’ve made the decision to “retire”.

“It’s time for my wife, Margie, and I to retire. The 501 Eagle (Tavern) will close forever Oct 15, 2016. Until then we will be open 7 days a week doing blue lite specials on all drinks. It’s been a great 22 year run. Thanks for all your business. Tom n Margie”

The venue which is focused on serving the bear, leather and pups community of Indianapolis will be closing permanently on the 15th October.

It is not known whether another owner will take on the bar and continue running the venue as an LGBT establishment.

ALSO READ: Gay bars that have closed since 2000 in London

Fans of the bar have shared their sorrow for the closure of the venue but wished Tom and Margie well, adding that the couple had been “a shining light in the Indianapolis gay community”and that they would be sorely missed.

8th September 2016
FILM REVIEW | Mechanic Resurrection

MECHANIC RESURRECTION – The sexiest man alive is back in the sequel to his 2011 actioner which itself came from the 1972 original- testosterone level turned up to 11.

Nutshell – Jason Statham returns to one of his many movie franchises. Retired and in hiding (so far so Jason Bourne) he is forced to travel the world to commit three impossible assassinations to rescue the love of his life (shame it is not a guy – surely this guy must be in the closet). From Rio to Thailand to Sydney and beyond mayhem and incredible stunts is the the ultimate outcome.

Running Time – 98 minutes; Certificate – 15.

Tagline – “Four Continents, Three Kills; They Hired Him, They Betrayed Him, They Will Pay”.

The Gay UK Factor – The Stath gets his shirt off in all his films but here he goes mad. Basically there are very few scenes here where he actually has his clothes on so not so much a movie for your wank bank as a movie that will entirely destroy your right arm. Jason turns up as a prisoner, security guard, repairman, soldier, in a suit, swimming trunks etc etc in a 2016 version of the Village People with added chest hair.

Cast – Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh and a endless line of muscle hunks to get sweaty with in mano et mano action for the whole duration.

Key Player – These movies are star vehicles, basically if Jason wasn’t in it then it would simply not be made and here he has one of his biggest budgets ever in a film which is wholly tailored to his strengths – number one of which is his huge schlong – clearly visible on the beach and in the underwater scenes – then of course there are the gratuitous lingering ass shots.

Budget – $40 Million, These films never make their money back at cinemas but from DVD and TV and this bigger production than normal will be no different.

Best Bit – 0.20 mins; Where you get the start of 15 straight minutes of the Sath’s nipples on a Phuket beach.

Worst Bit – 1.32 mins; The big surprise twist or reveal at the end is pretty pathetic and a real let down – let’s just say this is no Usual Suspects or Sixth Sense knock out blow – he should have got his prick out instead now that would have been a closer.

Little Secret – If you are ever in LA, Jason works out quietly and sweats like mad at the Gold’s Gym right by LAX airport so make sure you make that your gym of choice for your trip and join the queue to see him naked and soaped up in the open showers.

Movie Mistake – The watch which is so key to the story is missing from Jason’s wrists in thousands of scenes throughout the film – very strange for such an important macguffin. Hey Ho this is his application for the part of Bond with two sequences even filmed in former Bond famous locations.

Further Viewing – Seeing as Jason holds the world record for the most number of Movie franchises ever with eight you are spoiled for choice. Try Spy, The Transporter 2, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Expendables 3, Crank 2 and Fast & Furious 7 or any film with a number in it.

Any Good – As Formulaic as ever with the only new thing here being the huge globetrotting going on (the location scout deserves a pay rise) and of course the increased Statham flesh count. A movie for straight guys to live out and hide their gay fantasies and for gay guys to freeze frame for years to come.

Rating – 74%

7th September 2016
Jehovah’s Witnesses distribute leaflet telling gay people to “control their urges”

A leaflet has been distributed in Devon calling on gay people to “control their urges”

CREDIT: Jehovah-s-Witnesses photo.ua

A leaflet distributed by Jehovah’s Witnesses has caused widespread offence after suggesting that gay people should “control their urges.”

The leaflet which is entitled “How to harness your habits” has been described as “anti-gay” after a section of the text told readers that the bible condemns ‘homosexual acts’. The LGBT charity Stonewall called the leaflet “damaging vitriol”.

The leaflet has been examined by the Devon and Cornwall police who considered that the material did not meet “the threshold to be considered a crime”.

The leaflet seemingly compares gay people to animals by suggesting that “unlike animals, they can choose not to act on their impulses”.

Passages highlighted by the religious group also quoted,

“A person who has homosexual leanings can control what he allows his mind to dwell on, just as he would control any other wrong desire, including leanings towards anger, adultery or greed.”

ALSO READ: This video released by Jehovah’s Witnesses suggests that gay people can be changed

In the leaflet Jehovah’s Witnesses distributed to people in North Devon claim that the,

“Bible tells Christians to be respectful of all kinds of people. (1 Peter 2:17) But that does not mean that Christians must accept all kinds of conduct.

“Consider a comparison: Suppose you view smoking as harmful and even repugnant. What if you have a workmate who is a smoker? Would you be considered narrow-minded just because your view of smoking differs from his?

Would the fact that he smokes and you do not smoke automatically mean that you are prejudiced against him?

If your workmate were to demand that you change your view of smoking, would that not make him narrow-minded and intolerant?

The leaflet explained that whilst Jehovah’s Witnesses choose to live by a moral code set forth in the bible and do not approve of actions not set out by the bible as ‘moral’ they will not “mock nor mistreat” people who don’t follow that code.

5th September 2016
THEATRE REVIEW | Unfathful at Found 111

★★★★ | Unfaithful at Found 111

What happens when your once passionate relationship starts to become stale and sexless? In the case of Tom and Joan, you sleep with a stranger, tell your wife about it and then wait for the explosions of bitterness, venom and rage. Oh…and the retaliation.

Found 111 is a pop up theatre on Charing Cross Road in an old college building. It’s hosted critically acclaimed hits including ‘The Dazzle” with Sherlock’s Andrew Scott and “Bug” with the luscious James Norton. It’s a tiny space and in the case of issues about sex, for once, small is good. This play works well in a cramped environment. It’s a hilarious and excruciating 75-minute trawl through moments in the lives of two couples as they lurch around a bed on the stage. This is a voyeuristic and intimate experience that is as painfully uncomfortable as it’s intriguing. Thankfully, it’s very funny too which helps.

Niamh Cussack (of the Cussack acting dynasty) shows her pedigree and is monumental as the wronged wife. She’s a delicious mixture of seething, uncontained anger contrasted with insecurity and hurt. She’s magnetic and is almost impossible to draw your gaze away from. She’s more than ably accompanied by Sean Campion as her feckless and beaten-down by life husband. They have the best lines in the play and Joan and Tom are well rounded and fascinating in their ordinariness.

Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter’s Neville Longbottom all grown up and buff) and Ruta Gedmintas play less instantly credible characters. They eventually flesh out (as well as getting flesh out) and in spite of a slightly creaky plot, become almost plausible. Lewis plays a well-hung male hooker with a heart and Gedmintas plays his lost-soul girlfriend, so bored with her life that hooking up with middle aged men in bars seems a diverting pastime.

Owen McCafferty’s script is tight and engaging with no slack moments and the characters are mostly resonant and sympathetic. This isn’t a Whitehall farce or a night at the musicals but there’s something thrillingly earthy about the whole experience. Theatre in microcosm with a stellar central performance like Cussack’s is a rare opportunity and one to be embraced.

Unfaithful plays at Found111 until 8th October

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2nd September 2016
So how did Calvin Harris wish his Manager Happy Birthday … nearly naked of course

You know sometimes a simple Happy Birthday card and some limp petrol station forecourt flowers just won’t do. So the next best thing is to strip off…

CREDIT: Instagram / Calvin Harris

Which is exactly what Calvin Harris did for his manager. Calvin has been reminding his fan base that he’s got an extremely ripped bod, but this time, it was in a rather odd Happy Birthday message to his manager in nothing but his birthday suit.

Yep. I mean that’s how we always wish our managers best wishes on their various anniversaries.

Birthday’s get you an undie shout out.

Wedding anniversaries gets you a saucy french maid outfit

Passing your driving test gets you a full monty.

WANNA SEE THE PICTURE – go on you know you want to…

31st August 2016
MP calls for Police to reopen 80’s homophobic murder investigation

Jake Berry MP has called upon the Met police to reopen the murder investigation of a talented gay actor and playwright, Drew Griffiths, calling the initial investigation “scandalous”.

Mr X Production Photo

Mr. Griffith was the victim of a vicious homophobic murder in the summer of 1984. Despite an initial investigation nobody was ever found guilty of his murder. The MP for Rossendale and Darwen said that because the case was not properly investigated, someone has “got away with murder”.

Jake Berry MP said,

“It is an absolute scandal that this case was not properly investigated, there is someone out there who has literally got away with murder.

‘There are allegations that this case was not properly investigated by the police at the time because of Drew’s sexuality and his work as an activist. Drew’s friends quite rightly want assurances that all potential avenues to solve this murder are pursued.”

The Metropolitan Police have advised that they are examining the original case files from the 1980’s but have yet to confirm whether the investigation will be formally reopened.”

Drew’s friend, Glynn Kelly, who brought the case to Mr Berry’s attention said,

“Drew was lively, witty, intelligent – and great company; He was a dynamic and positive life force. However, at the time of his murder he was dealing with some mental health issues and was very vulnerable.”

31st August 2016
Trans activists block Manchester Pride parade

Trans activists used today’s Manchester Pride parade to protest in solidarity with trans prisoners.

CREDIT: Provided by Direct Action for Trans Health , No Prisons Manchester, and the IWW Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee

A number of trans and ally activists used Manchester’s Pride parade to protest trans prisoner conditions.

The group which was led by trans campaign group Direct Action for Trans Health, supported by No Prisons Manchester and the IWW Incarcerated Workers Committee surrounded the Greater Manchester Police float during the parade, bringing the entire procession to a standstill for a few minutes.

The group used their bodies to sit in front of the float preventing the parade from moving for a few moments before the parade was able to start again.

A statement released by the group is arguing that trans people sentenced to jail are often sent to prisons of the wrong gender, citing the high profile cases of Tara Hudson, Vicky Thompson, and Joannne Latham – female prisoners who were sent to male prisons.

The statement said,

“Trans people within the prison population are often housed within prison facilities of the wrong gender. Recently we have seen the cases of Tara Hudson, Vicky Thompson, and Joannne Latham, trans women incarcerated within male prisons, in the news. Thankfully Tara Hudson has now been released but sadly Vicky Thompson and Joanne Latham died as a direct result of the institutional transphobia within the prison system. We believe that police officers, regardless of their own sexuality or gender identity, are complicit in the prison system’s degradation of human lives and the oppression of LGBTQ people.

“Whilst research on sexuality and gender identity within prisons is scarce, we know that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) people are disproportionately policed and disproportionately represented in the prison population.

Whilst in prison, LGBTQ people often face severe discrimination, including increased risk of sexual assault, with many being forced to hide their sexuality or gender identity for their own safety”

Jess Bradley, a participant in the action, said,

“It’s outrageous that police officers, who collude in the oppression of LGBTQ people within prisons, are allowed to march at Manchester Pride. Today we have taken action in solidarity with trans and queer prisoners and against the building of a new US-style prison in Manchester. We call upon the government to implement a nationwide ban on prison expansion and an urgent review into the conditions within prisons for LGBTQ prisoners”.

TheGayUK reached out to both Manchester Police and Manchester Pride for comment.

27th August 2016
Gay man’s ear BITTEN off in horrific homophobic attack

A gay man had his ear BITTEN off after his neighbour attacked him in a violence homophobic assault, which left him fearing for his life.
Ryan Kilgariff jailed for brutal homophobic attack | Kent Police

Kent man, Ryan Kilgariff, 21, has been handed a 12 year jail sentence for a violence homophobic attack which left his neighbour Colin Duncan brutalised and needing serious medical care in Folkestone.

Ex-prisoner Kilgariff pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent after Mr. Duncan tried to befriend him after Kilgariff’s release from prison.

Mr. Duncan had invited Mr. Kilgariff for a drink – where the pair consumed copious amounts of alcohol. When Mr. Duncan said he was going to bed, Mr. Kilgariff launched a violent attack on Mr. Duncan using his fists, feet and a bottle. He bit off the victim’s ear. The attack was so brutal Mr. Duncan feared for his life.

Mr Duncan required 20 stitches and doctors were able to reattach a part of Mr. Duncan’s ear.

During the “sustained” attack Mr. Duncan was called “queer” and “gay”.

Mr Duncan told the police,

“All I was trying to do was be kind and neighbourly to a man who had just been released from prison. I thought I was going to be murdered.”

ALSO READ: Anti-gay leaflets distributed to households in margate days before Kent Pride

When Judge Adele Williams handed down the punishment she told Kilgariff,

“I have seen the photographs of the injuries – they are quite shocking. This was a grave offence.”

He was sentenced to 9 years in jail and another three to be served on license.

Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Cara Ferguson said,

“This was a particularly violent attack that has had a significant effect on the victim.

“It was treated as a hate crime and the significant sentence received by Kilgariff reflects the seriousness with which the court regarded his conduct.

“Kent Police remains committed to stamping out all crime motivated by hate and prejudice.

“Our message is simple; have the trust and confidence to report hate crimes and incidents to the police.”

HT KentOnline

26th August 2016