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The 26 Eurovision 2012 Finalists
Here they are in all their glory. 26 nations will compete on Saturday the 26th.
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Gay Movies On iTunes
Although the number of LGBT films available on the UK’s main digital retailer iTunes isn’t large, we have managed to find a few greats. Here’s our list of the best available gay films via iTunes.
1) Milk
Starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and James Franco, from the writer: Dustin Lance Black. Available for rent or purchase, HD or normal. Read TheGayUK’s review here
2) Latter Days
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Steve Sandvoss
Summary: A young and promiscuous gay man sets his sights on seducing his Mormon missionary neighbor. The resulting affair changes both their lives.3)
3) Were The World Mine
Summary: A gay high school musical fantasy inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
4) Philadelphia
Starring: Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Denzel Washington
Summary: Tom Hanks won his first Oscar playing a gay lawyer who comes down with AIDS and then takes his former law firm to court for firing him.
5 ) My Own Private Idaho
Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves
Summary: Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
6) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Richard O’Brien
Summary: The cult musical about a mad transvestite scientist and his dumb, beefy, gold hot pants wearing monster. Susan Sarandon plays “Janet.”
7) In And Out
Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack Matt Dillon
Summary: Greenleaf teacher Howard is outed infront of an audience of millions during an Oscar’s telecast.
8) The Craft
Starring Neve Campbell
Summary: Lesbian undertones in this witchcraft fantasy film. 4 girls discover they have “The Craft” and they are going to use it.
9) Another Gay Movie
Starring Graham Norton
Summary: Camp, candy coloured film. Raunchy and un-PC. 4 lads looking to lose their virginity at the end of high school.
10) Adam and Steve
Starring Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan
Summary: Adam and Steve is all about making love work – whatever the odds.
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Is it any cop? Eurovision 2012 UK Entry
Waiting with breath held, nervously cracking my knuckles, it’s a tense time at THEGAYUK gin palace. Until we heard that the Hump was going to be representing us in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Okay… here’s a quick quiz what links the following Eurovision entries with Engelbert Humperdinck.
Scooch, Gemini, Jade, Blue? Their combined ages equal the Humps. That aside, the song is a simple, timeless love song, with key-change. It could stand us in good stead. The last time the UK got anywhere near the top was with Jade’s simple, timeless love song — ‘It’s My Time’ — and both Andrew Lloyd Webber and Engelbert Humperdinck share the same face. It’s an omen. Gay science. So we could be in with a winner here
Jade’s song was a cracker and we loved the fact that she nearly took out one of the violinists during the live show, so we’re hoping that The Hump will go a step further a wipe out the entire orchestra.
Bitching aside (it is Gay Christmas after all) Engelbert is in good voice and with over 150m records sold the crooner certainly isn’t short of a few fans worldwide.
Currently standing 3rd in the overall betting odds to win it looks as thought the UK might be in with a chance of getting into the TOP 10 this year!
Go Hump… Go Hump… (that’s a battle cry, not a mating call)
The unveiling of the Eurovision song for the UK is a special time in my life.
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#KylieTimeBomb explodes on twitter
The singer takes control of Twitter as her hashtag beats all records.
Kylie Minogue has broken all previous records on the social networking site Twitter when her fanbase achieves over 25,000 tweets about her brand new comeback single Timebomb in just 43 minutes.
Kylie promised to unveil the brand new single on her official website if 25,000 tweets with the hashtag #KylieTimeBomb was achieved, a feat completed in just 43 minutes, making her a #1 trending topic worldwide in just 4 minutes.
Minogue told her fans: “You did it!!! I wanna wanna whoop.”
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Betting Odds Eurovision Special
It’s that time of year, where you want to sensibly “invest” money in music. Hurrah for the Eurovision. We’ve checked with one of the UK’s leading betting shops for the top 5 entries for winning Eurovision 2012
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Eurovision Contestant Social Media Battle
With social networking becoming ever increasingly important in the battle of popularity, we investigate and do the number crunching!
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Who Are The MPs Against Equality?
It’s pretty scary reading when you look at the list of supporters for homophobic and discriminatory marriage petition from the Coalition for Marriage (C4M).
Even more shocking when you discover that topping the list is a number of public paid positions such as MPs and those more revered in society like Earls and Lords. Yes, those icons of political society, we as enabled voters have chosen to represent us.
As news surfaces of some rather contentious campaigning policies (as reported by Pinknews and The Guardian & here) which include obtaining the signatures of students as young as 11 to sign this anti-equality petition, questionable “grassroots” beginnings and unaccountable spikes in signature numbers, we’re left asking what right-minded, forward-thinking, representative of people in the UK, in 2012, still want their name attached to the campaign.
World leaders, including Barrack Obama and David Cameron, have had their views ‘evolved’ on the issue of marriage equality. Now is the time for our community to step up and be heard. The coalition for marriage’s stance is:
“I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it.”
This is a purely legal issue, not a religious debate. Therefore those who are signed up below are actively working against legal equality for the LGBT community in the UK.
Below we’ve listed those MPs who have signed the petition and linked to their personal or parliamentary pages so you can send them an email or phone them with your concerns and ask that they consider removing their name from a rather embarrassing homophobic and discriminatory lobby.
We’re also starting a twitter campaign #MPsAgainstEquality Please forward this articles on Facebook and Twitter, using that Hashtag. Those people who are actively seeking to discriminate against the LGBT community should be named and shamed.
The list below was found at http://c4m.org.uk/
Baroness O’Cathain OBE, Conservative 020 7219 0662
Fiona Bruce MP, Conservative 020 7219 0742 MP for Congleton
David Burrowes MP, Conservative 020 7219 8144 MP for Enfield Southgate
Jim Dobbin MP, Labour 020 7219 4530 MP for Heywood and Middleton
Joe Benton MP, Labour 020 7219 6973 MP for Bootle
Edward Leigh MP, Conservative 020 7219 6480 MP for Gainsbourgh
Lord Curry of Kirkharle, Crossbench
David Nuttall MP, Conservative 020 7219 7030 MP for Bury North
Stewart Jackson MP, Conservative 020 7219 8286 MP for Peterbourgh
Bob Blackman MP, Conservative 020 219 7082 MP for Harrow East
Nigel Dodds MP, DUP 0207 219 8419 MP for Belfast North
Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP, DUP 0207 219 3407 MP for Lagan Valley
Sammy Wilson MP MLA, DUP 020 7219 8523 MP for East Antrim
David Simpson MP, DUP 020 7219 8533 MP for Upper Barn
Jim Shannon MP, DUP 020 7219 7160 MP for Strangford
Ian Paisley MP, DUP 020 7219 7716 MP for North Antrim
Sir Roger Gale MP, Conservative 020 7219 4087 MP for North Thanet
Julian Brazier TD MP, Conservative 020 7219 3000 MP for Canterbury
Peter Bone MP and Mrs Jennie Bone, Conservative 020 7219 8496 MP for Wellingborough
Jeremy Lefroy MP, Conservative 020 7219 7154 MP for Stafford
Craig Whittaker MP, Conservative 020 7219 7031 MP for Calder Valley
Richard Drax MP, Conservative 020 7219 7051 MP for South Dorset
Robert Alexander Stewart MP, Conservative
Lord Brennan QC, Labour 020 7219 5353
Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Independent Labour Peer 020 7219 5402
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, UUP 020 7219 8189
Earl of Shrewsbury & Talbot, Conservative
TheGayUK takes no responsibility for the use of external links. If at any point any of the above signatories decides to leave the petition we will amend this list accordingly. -
Amusing Site Of The Day Love Gods Way Gay Bands
Sometimes when trawling through the internet I take a detour into the rather pathetic minds of the bigots out in the world… That’s why I’ve decided to create Amusing Site Of The Day.
Today’s Funny Site Of The Day award goes to:
http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands
This hilarious site, (no actually it’s hilarious) warns parents about the dangers of listening to GAY music from artists such as:
P!NK
COLDPLAY
MICHAEL JACKSON
JASON MRAZ
QUEEN
and BOY GEORGE
They recommend that you burn your kids CDs if they have any of the music on the “gay list” otherwise “the next thing you know you have a homosexual for a child”
Dammit gays! Stop making our children gay through your MUSIC. Which is very strange because most of the list aren’t even gay, lesbian, bi or trans. There is, however, an explanation for this:
“There are multiple levels of Gay Music. Some bands are what we like to call GATEWAY BANDS…”
No, wait it gets better….
“They lure children in with Pop Grooves and Salacious Melodies leaving them wanting more…”
This is actual science. You can’t argue with these kinds of facts… You can’t make this kind of thing up.
Congratulations http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands for create a amusing site.
If you’re afraid that music might be turning you gay – feel free to email them:
lovegodsway.org@gmail.com tell them the TheGayUK sends love and gayness.
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REVIEW: You F’Coffee? Up and Up The Rise of Pam Ann
Sitting in Business Class aboard this PAM ANN service to camp heaven, I was concerned that my inflight entertainment system (Caroline Reid) wouldn’t be able to deliver the high-quality broadcast I’m used to, however, I was every bit enchanted with PAM since the first time she tried to strip me…
As I arrived at the theatre to watch Pam Ann’s ‘You F’Coffee,’ I thought I was in the wrong building. The late great Astoria came to mind as hundreds of London’s gay glitterati swanned around, clinking champagne glasses and wearing t-shirts far too tight. Actually, the theatre was serving Champagne in Plastic, I know, the horror. The only thing missing from the old G-A-Y days was the smell of poppers and that feet-sticking-to-the-floor-ohmigod-what-is-that-I’m-stepping-in feeling.
Once seated and prepared for takeoff Pam enters the stage and certainly gives the audience what they want. She actually glows, radiance is my word du jour for Pam. Participation, crude and lewd language and anal jokes from wall to wall. It’s all rather marvellous stuff. I gave up counting the word c**t (and I mean that in an endearing way) after around 150 of the blighters projectiled out from the stage – mostly aimed at the second row of hoof clad British Airway’s hostesses.
It’s testament to Pam’s awareness and captivation of her audience that this act, which should be very limited in its subject matter has been doing the rounds since 1996 and yet there seems to be no faltering in the love for Ms Ann. Especially as she leaps from the stage and rub her bountiful bosom in an unsuspecting, expectant bear’s face. They love it of course. Any chance to be touched, groped or lushed upon by Ms. Ann is any gay’s dream, which I was to realize personally a few years back, when unannounced and quite early in the evening on an empty dance floor at Scala’s now-defunct Popstarz night in King’s Cross, Caroline, accosted, nay, molested me and began to strip me in the middle of the club. Now of course I’m far too much of a gentleman to go all the way – or she hadn’t ‘slipped enough E into my drink’ but the love affair had started. No woman has touched me like that. Before or since. Subtle and clever marketing, touching the lives of gay men around the world.
At times, the show felt as though it was nearly out of control with Reid, racing ahead of her own jokes, but ultimately, the overwhelming feeling is that she absolutely loves what she does and the audience loves her for it. I wouldn’t have minded if Reid had fluffed and f**ked up, because it’s in the unplanned and spontaneous that Pam Ann’s true genius shines through.
Pam Ann is a true gay icon. A f**cking class act (I know I’m swearing… even in Business Class) One dimensional – but fascinating, uncomplicatedly simple – but sublimely camp and after 16 years of Boeing 747 series 400 with… wingtips (thank you gays…) is keeping her audience quite literally lubricated.