Panto season’s over? “Oh No It Isn’t”! Following on from last year’s hugely successful run of Sleeping Beauty, Bournemouth’s first ever alternative panto, the cast are at it again only this time they’re getting to grips with Jack’s Stalk.
Jack ‘N His Big Stalk
The wonderful Bourne Free (Bournemouth Pride) team in association with Over The Rainbow charity, who help with all sexual health issues, are pleased to see the return of some of their beloved stars from last year, including: Lucinda Lashes (Ben), Paul Lawrence Thomas (Cosmic), Cassie (Lea Martin), Cassidy Connors (Wesley Sebastian), Richard Facer and Jason Burch.
It seems the stalk is not the only thing getting bigger though down in Bournemouth as two new stars, Sheila Tackya (Xchange Club Hostess) and Vielida Moppe (UK Drag Idol winner 2016), will be joining the panto family who, due to popular demand last year, will be offering a much longer run.
We advise you BOOK NOW as tickets will sell out fast for this guaranteed night of hilarity and innuendo! Over 16’s recommended.
The show runs from the 18th – 22nd January 2017 at the Shelley Theatre, Bournemouth. Tickets can be purchased from shelleytheatre.admit-one.eu
Bourne Free Pride takes place the weekend of 30th June – 2nd July 2017.
The paper , which was published last month, points out that school toilets are one of the first places where children learn that “disabled and queer bodies are out of place”.
The research is now complete and they managed to find some interesting ways of ensuring that people don’t feel left out or marginalised when using public facilities. The 7000-word report outlines how some respondents thought that changing the male/female icon with a description of the room’s content could be more helpful.
Education and Disability Studies researcher Dr Jenny Slater wrote,
” A suggestion from participants was to write on the toilet door the contents of the toilet cubicle, e.g. toilets with urinals, toilets without urinals, larger toilet with grab bars.
“Participants thought it was important for others to not judge people’s choice of toilet, but to allow people to use whichever space was accessible for them (‘accessible’ being used in the broadest sense of the word).
“This would mean critically considering the signage on toilet doors in order to understand how toilets do not just illustrate categorisation by gender, disability (and historically, race), but also actively produce such categories.”
Journalists at The Sun feel that they have the right to quiz George Michael’s partner, Fadi Fawaz, with EIGHT personal questions about his relationship with the singer.
The Sun has launched an investigation into the private lives of Fadi Fawaz and George Michael, following the shocking death of the superstar on Christmas day. Fadi has self-identified as George’s boyfriend at the time of his death.
The paper has demanded that Fadi answers five (but it’s actually 8) questions including whether the photographer was in a relationship with George Michael at the time of his death.
Journalists Stephen Moyes and Nick Pisa insist in their article that they have “Five questions Fadi should answer” they include:
Did you know George was taking drugs up to his death? Who provided the drugs?
Did you really sleep in your car on the wintry night he died, and why?
Who hacked your Twitter account, and have you reported the problem?
Were you in a relationship with George when he died?
Why do friends of George accuse you of acting like a ‘leech’?
According to the article, Fadi refused to answer these questions.
The article suggests that these questions were posed by “pals of George”, but the paper doesn’t reveal the identity of these friends.
FADI FOUND GEORGE AND INCONCLUSIVE AUTOPSY
Fadi is reported to have found George on Christmas morning dead in his bed. It was reported that he was lying peacefully. A post-mortem examination on the body of George Michael was “inconclusive”. More tests will be carried out to determine the singer’s cause of death. His death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
The star was found in his Oxfordshire home by his partner. He was found lying, “peacefully in bed”.
Fadi told The Daily Telegraph: “I went round there to wake him up and he was just gone. We don’t know what happened yet.”
THE SUN CRITICISED FOR ITS JOURNALISM
The Sun’s own readers criticised the publication over the line of questioning, with one saying,
“He doesn’t owe the sun or their ghoulish readership any answers.”
Another blasted the two writers of the piece saying,
“Stephen Moyes and Nick Pisa – Incredible!
With just one quickly vomited text you once and again prove for the world to see The Sun as the unique SCUM TOILET RAG that it truly is. And its garbage workers who should never dare to misappropriate the word ‘journos’ as an excuse for the vile human beings that you descended into.”
Thanks to our analytics we’ve managed to pinpoint the day which we received the most traffic for guys looking to download new dating apps.
So which day was it?
Sunday the 16th October was apparently the horniest or loneliest day of 2016 (depending on how you look at it) with scores of people looking for new dating apps to try out.
Most people landed on our gay dating app review page at 9 AM (9.73%) in the morning followed by another search surge at 6 PM (7.9%).
Interestingly every Sunday THEGAYUK.com sees a surge for dating app reviews or news. Searches for our gay app review page peaked in the Summer (June) but the lowest search was the first week of April.
THEGAYUK’s editor Jake Hook said,
“It’s clear that app dating is here to stay for a while longer yet. We saw a brief dip in online searches during November, but by December searches had climbed another 6 percent.
“People are obviously searching for love on the internet and we’ve found that early Sunday mornings and again in the evening are key times to search for and create new accounts on dating apps.”
Since the article went live in February, the growth of the page has soared by 22 per cent, showing online dating is here to stay for the forseeable. Don’t forget you can sign up to our very own free gay chat page and start chatting with guys across the UK.
Lord Michael Cashman has spoken out about the decision to give an MP a Knighthood and placed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in his sights.
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Taking to Twitter, Lord Cashman blasted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on New Year’s Eve, over his nomination of an MP for a New Year’s honour. The MP in question has voted against LGBT equality at almost every vote.
Tweeting directly to Jeremy, the Lord and former actor, asked,
“Why @jeremycorbyn have you given knighthood to Lab MP who voted against repealing Section 28, against gay adoption & against equal marriage?”
The MP in question is David Crausby who is the Labour MP for Bolton North East. The MP has an abysmal voting record on matters involving gay rights. He has voted against equalities for gay people numerous times including laws pertaining to adoption, marriage and Section 28. He did vote to allow Civil Partnerships in 2004 and for the age of consent to be aligned with heterosexual partnerships in 1998.
He has been the MP for Bolton North East since the 1997 election.
When asked by social media users why Lord Cashman was blaming Jeremy Corbyn he answered that recommendations for Knighthoods came “from the leader’s office, signed off by the leader.”
After his Tweet Lord Cashman was accused of “weaponising LGBT+ issues” by one social media user who suggested that he was having a ” factional dig” at Corbyn.
The former EastEnder’s actor replied,
“Give me a break! Weaponising! Holding one’s party leader accountable for giving someone with an appalling LGBT voting record a knighthood.”
THEGAYUK.com is running its own New Years Recognition for those individuals and organisations which have made a positive impact on LGBT+ live in the UK. You can still vote, click here
The Chicago Review of Books has said it will not review any products published by publisher Simon & Schuster in 2017.
The publisher Simon & Schuster is facing a huge backlash after it was revealed that it was publishing a book by the controversial conservative figurehead, Milo Yiannopoulos. Taking to Twitter,The Chicago Review of Books, an “independent literary review dedicated to cultivating awareness”, said that it’s decision to boycott the publisher was in response to the “disgusting validation of hate”. They said they would not cover a single book of the publisher in 2017.
The book, Dangerous, is being released by an imprint, Threshold Editions, owned by one of the world’s biggest publishers. The book deal offered to Milo is reported to be worth $250,000 and has told critics,”withhold judgment until they have had a chance to read” the book.
Within a day Milo had cracked the top 100 Amazon best seller list ahead of The Princess Diaries by Carrie Fisher.
The book reviewer reviewed 15 books by the publisher last year and that it would in 2017 review 15 books from independent and small publishers.
Another of London’s iconic gay bars is to close revealing that unsustainable rent hikes are the cause.
Popular gay bar in South London closing due to rent hikes
Clapham in south London is to see the closure of one of its two gay bars thanks to unsustainable rent increases. Kazbar, which opened its doors in 1995, will have its last day of business on the 1st of January. The Two Brewers, which is local to the Kazbar, will remain open.
A statement released via its Facebook page said that after 20 years the bar would be shuttered from the 1st of January after its annual New Year’s Eve party.
The post reads,
“After 20 years of being the iconic gay bar of South London, we regret to inform you that we will be closing down this year.
“We will hold our last “New Year’s Eve” party until 6 am as usual. But we would love you to join us for the last goodbye drinks of the 1st January until our normal closing time.
The autopsy performed on George Michael has yielded no answers to the cause of the singer’s death as police label it “inconclusive”.
Police have said that a post-mortem examination on the body of George Michael, who died on Christmas day, was “inconclusive”. The star who died on Christmas day morning, at the age of 53, was found in his Oxfordshire home by his partner, Fadi Fawaz. He was found lying, “peacefully in bed”. Fadi told The Daily Telegraph: “I went round there to wake him up and he was just gone. We don’t know what happened yet.”
More tests will be carried out to determine the singer’s cause of death. His death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
Details surrounding the autopsy to take place on the body of the iconic singer, George Michael, have emerged after he died on Christmas day. The singer was just 53 at the time of his death.
Authorities in Oxfordshire, where the “Careless Whisper” singer had a home, have confirmed that the “cause of death is not immediately apparent” and that a post-mortem is due to take place in “due course”.
In a statement, the office said,
“The death of Mr George Michael has been reported to the Oxfordshire Coroner’s Office.
“As with all deaths where the cause of death is not immediately apparent, a post-mortem examination is to be undertaken in due course in order to confirm the cause of death.
“This information is required before the coroner can decide whether there is a need for an inquest. If a natural cause of death is confirmed, there will be no need for an inquest.
“All of this is in accordance with normal procedures and does not imply that there is currently any reason to believe the cause of death is in any way suspicious.”
The singer, who was born with the name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was reportedly found dead in his bed by his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz on the morning of Christmas day.
Statements released by the singer’s publicist and management noted that the singer died “peacefully” and of “heart failure”. Police said at the time of the initial reports that his death was unexplained but not suspicious.
George Michael was one of the most successful British solo artists with a career spanning several decades and selling over 100 million records. Some of his biggest solo hits included, Careless Whisper, Outside and Faith. He found fame in a band he started with Andrew Ridgeley called, Wham!, their hits included Last Christmas and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.
US actress, Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84, just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher died.
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It has been confirmed that acting icon and Oscar-winning actor, Debbie Reynolds has died following a suspected stroke a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher passed away. She was 84-years-old. Her son, Todd Fisher said that the stress of her daughter dying had been “too much” for her. He is reported to have said that her last words were that she wanted to be with Carrie.
One of the first celebs to react to her passing was gay icon Bette Midler who said that the news was just, “to hard to comprehend” before adding that the actress, who was most famous for her role in Singin’ In The Rain, was “beautiful, talented, devoted to her craft”.
Debbie was active on social media hours before her death. On Facebook yesterday she thanked fans and well-wishers after the death her daughter for their “thoughts and prayers”.
She wrote,
“Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter,” Reynolds wrote. “I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop. Love Carries Mother”
Debra Messing added that her on-screen mother in Will And Grace was,
“The epitome of clean-cut American optimism, dancing with Gene Kelly as an equal, a warrior woman who never stopped working.”
Speaking to her surviving son, Todd said she, “was with Carrie”.
Debbie Reynolds told The Telegraph in 2014 that every man she dated was gay, except Robert Wagner. She spoke about how Hollywood’s men during the ‘golden age’ of film had to hide their sexuality or they “wouldn’t get hired”.
“Over the years many of the boys that have worked for me as dancers have been gay. The creative people were all gay people, from producers to writers. To me, they were just family.
“I have a gay boy that takes care of me and lives with me. He’s an angel. He cooks for me and works in my dance school. I have had this dance school for 25 years to teach young people how to dance. They want to learn hip-hop, not tap dancing, these days. It is not my favourite thing but it is fun to watch.”
It is being reported that a gay couple and their two friends, in North Yorkshire, were beaten by a group of up to 15 in a homophobic incident.
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A gay couple and their two friends were left needing medical attention, after an attack by “group of about 15” outside a pub in Thornaby, North Yorkshire by what they call a “homophobic gang”.
Jayson Homer and his partner, 21, and two friends, Marc Vasey and a female friend, allege that the incident started at around 8:30 PM inside the pub, where they were enjoying a festive drink. Jayson’s partner, who wished to remain anonymous, says that he was questioned about his religion by another group at the pub. The debate escalated to verbal abuse when he said that the group started calling him homophobic slurs.
Speaking to the Gazette Live the anonymous victim said,
“At first a girl in the group started taking the mick out of me for being Jewish. Then another lad from the group came over saying being Jewish was a race.
“I was disagreeing with him and it was just a little debate really at first. But then the girl started shouting ‘queer’ at me. Every time I went to the toilet someone said it while I was walking past.”
Eventually, the couple and their two friends decided to leave the pub at 11.15 PM, when they say they were set upon and physically attacked by “a group of about 15” on Thornaby Road.
Jayson said that he was bottled in the face and had to have a CT scan at the hospital to check for brain damage. His partner suffered bruising and a black eye.
Jayson said that the attack has left him feeling suicidal and petrified to leave his own home.
He said,
“To tell the truth it left me feeling suicidal. I was petrified to go out of my front door but I’m not going to let it stop me living my life.”
According to Gazette Live this is the second homophobic attack in less than a week in Thornaby. On Wednesday 21st December a 30-year-old cyclist was assaulted, following a homophobic verbal attack by two men. His attackers were travelling in a white Mercedes, when they pulled over, shouted homophobic abuse at him, got out of their car and attacked him.
