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Lost LGBT Scene | Spats Club

We’re creating an online memory board for some of London’s lost venues. Since the turn of the century, London’s gay scene has lost over 100 venues.

We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of London’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

Adams Club

A gay club on London’s famous Oxford Street.

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30th January 2019
Lost LGBT Scene | Adams Club

We’re creating an online memory board for some of London’s lost venues. Since the turn of the century, London’s gay scene has lost over 100 venues.

We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of London’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

Adams Club

A gay club in London’s Leicester Square.

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30th January 2019
Lost LGBT Scene | Catacombs, Earl’s Court

We’re creating an online memory board for some of the UK’s lost venues.

We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

Catacombs

A gay bar in London’s Earl’s Court region. According to reader George, it never sold alcohol, but played the best music.

Memory from Peter:

Catacombs as I remember never sold alcohol but they did sell softer drinks and toasted cheese sandwiches which I never quite understood.

Very late night club but the best music in town and was like an old large cellar in the basement.

Memory from Paul

Vivid memories of The Catacombs…..

At the tender age of 18, new to London, very green and exceedingly shy and discovering freedom!! Soon discovered Gay News and the gay scene at Earls Court. Must have been incredibly brave to go on my own. Saturday nights. There were bouncers on the door, and the club used to provide square gold coloured metal keyring fobs with raised lettering CATA top line COMBS bottom line to help ID. There was a steepish narrow flight of steps down to the dance floor and a bar on the right I think.

I THINK they did sell beer, but I only ever drank Coke, so might be mistaken.

The dance floor was always dark, illuminated with numerous flashing disco spotlights. I vividly remember the packed floor and the heads bouncing to Motown, Stevie Wonder-Superstition, Temptations-The Law of the Land, Timmy Thomas-Why cant we live together. I hear those on the radio sometimes, shut my eyes and Im back there in 1971/2 such was the huge impression. Around the dance floor which was circular or multi-sided such as Octagonal was a series of arches which led on to a corridor around the dancefloor.

There was a series of arches into open rooms around the outside of this corridor, each room with tables and seating around. There was always a row of stationary figures around the wall just watching the dancefloor and a similar row around the corridor, all awaiting the next pickup. I dont remember where the toilets were, very shy and maybe didnt use them, nor the disco, nor if there were any emergency exits and looking back, I always think the place could have been an inferno if the worst happened, but oh! such happy memories.

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30th January 2019
Lost LGBT Scene | Chaguramas Club, Neal Street

We’re creating an online memory board for some of the UK’s lost venues.

We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

Chaguramas Club, Neal Street, London

According to one of our lovely readers George, the club in 1970 and was the first club he ever visited.

Memory from George:

Chaguramas club in 41 Neal St had a small look out opening in the front door and if they didn’t like the look of you or thought you were police you wouldn’t get in! After the club closed for the night or should I say morning quite a few people used to go to the pubs in Covent Garden just up the road where the pubs were open very early in the morning for the traders in the market. Very different from today’s C.Gdn being dressed up from the all night club we had to be discreet amongst the traders! but dodging the filthy streets there, rats and hookers and pimps…all exciting though.

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30th January 2019
Scores of people were outside the Russian Consulate to protest the persecution of gay people in Chechnya
A demonstration, led by Peter Tatchell, All Out and Queer Tours of London were outside the Russian Embassy over the weekend to protest the “gay purge” in Chechnya.

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As the “gay purge” continues in Chechnya, a protest group gathered outside the Russian Embassy in London to demand “never again ever”. The protest was timed to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day.

The protest organisers had four demands,
1. We call on Theresa May to publicly condemn these atrocities;
2. We ask all Governments to give shelter to those fleeing from Chechnya;
3. We call for a United Nations Independent Investigation on Russia with a specific mandate on the human rights violations in the Chechen Republic
4. We urge Russian authorities to bring those responsible for these atrocities to justice and, failing that, for the international community to intervene and arraign the perpetrators before the ICJ
Speaking about the protest, Peter Tatchell said,

“The heart-breaking reports of renewed state torture and murder of LGBT+ people are a damning indictment of the tyrannical Chechen regime and of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has refused to use his powers to stop the homophobic terror campaign and to bring perpetrators to justice. We deplore all human rights abuses in Chechnya – including detention without trial, torture and arbitrary killings. At this protest, we stand in solidarity with Chechen LGBTs and all persecuted Chechen people.”

Matt Beard, Executive Director of All Out, added:
“A new wave of brutal state-sponsored attacks against LGBT+ people is taking place in Chechnya right now. Silence is complicity. World leaders must condemn these atrocities and ask Russian authorities to bring those responsible to justice.”

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30th January 2019
LGBT Travel blog wins silver at the NATJA Awards

The owner of LGBT Travel blog, Travels of Adam is celebrating after winning silver at the NATJA travel journalism awards.

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Adam Groffman is celebrating after his independent travel blog Travels of Adam won the silver place in the 2018 NATJA Awards Competition in the “Best Independent Travel Blog” category.

This awards competition, now in its 27th year, honours the best of the best in travel journalism, photography and destination marketing that cover all aspects of the travel industry.

Submissions for the competition are worldwide and reflect major publications, renowned journalists, and influential bloggers. “The winners are a microcosm of the talent, creativity and journalistic excellence that encapsulates our industry-leading members,” said Helen Hernandez, CEO, NATJA. “As our membership continues to grow so do the submissions of the accomplished pool of those who work in the travel industry—raising the competitiveness and prestige of the annual NATJA Awards.”

This is Adam Groffman’s second win from the NATJA awards, and follows a silver Lowell Thomas award last year from the Society of American Travel Writers, also for “best travel blog.”

“The inaugural awards dinner will feature the entrants whose work stood out amongst the hundreds of superb submissions competing for a NATJA Award,” said NATJA Advisory Board Chair Kathryn Farrington. “The NATJA board, staff and members would like to thank the judges for their time and expertise in evaluating this year’s submissions and identifying the best of the best from each category.”

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30th January 2019
The Government want to end new HIV transmission in England by 2030

The Government says it is committed to seeing the end of new HIV Infections in England by 2030.

The UK’s government will today say it is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by the year 2030. Speaking at the HIV/AIDS Summit in London, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, Matt Hancock MP is expected to say, “So today we’re setting a new goal: eradicating HIV transmission in England by 2030. No new infections within the next decade. Becoming one of the first countries to reach the UN zero infections target by 2030.”

The Department for Health & Social Care has confirmed that an expert group will now be established to develop an action plan over the course of this year. They have said that prevention will be at the heart of this commitment, alongside measurable action points for each group who are at risk of infection, including gay and bisexual men, Black African and minority ethnic (BAME) groups and for all other heterosexuals, and extensive monitoring of progress.

This news follows the UK meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in November 2018, ahead of the 2020 deadline, with 92% of people living with HIV diagnosed; 98% of those on treatment; and 97% of those have an undetectable viral load, which means they can’t pass on HIV.

“Government has shown decisive leadership on HIV”

Ian Green, Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust said, “Today’s commitment is a seminal moment in the fight to end new HIV transmissions in England. In becoming one of the first nations to make such a commitment, the Government has shown decisive leadership on HIV and we applaud them for making this pledge.

“We now have the tools to end HIV transmissions. Through regular HIV testing, condom use, access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), prevention information and advice, and effective treatment which means people living with HIV cannot pass on the virus, we can stop HIV in its tracks. That’s why Terrence Higgins Trust has been vocal in our call for this ambitious but achievable commitment.

“For England to reach zero new HIV transmissions, the Department for Health & Social Care, Public Health England, alongside local authorities, must now urgently work in collaboration to address some of the most pressing HIV issues. These include stepping up HIV testing to ensure the 8,000 people who remain undiagnosed can get onto treatment, immediately adding more places to the PrEP trial and ensuring sexual health services are properly funded. Without these actions, this commitment simply won’t be achievable.

“The clock has now started ticking towards the end of HIV transmissions in England. Today’s commitment demonstrates that the Government has listened to our demand for a bold vision on HIV. Now it must act upon our call to ensure services and interventions are urgently put in place to ensure that by 2030 this pledge is made a reality.

30th January 2019
Is it normal to have darkened skin around your anus?

But the guys in porn have “perfect” unblemished butts…

(C) BIGSTOCK

In this day and age, where people are airbrushing everything into a smooth paste aren’t we forgetting that natural is beautiful?

One of the problems with watching porn is that it can give you unrealistic expectations of your own body. Some guys in the porn industry have their bum holes bleached, which is an option if the brown skin around your anus is really bothering you. Also, don’t forget that bright lights can also help even out uneven skin tones.

Also, there’s a case where some people maybe be embarrassed by the colour of their holes that they don’t actually take the plunge and appear in porn.

It is completely normal for the skin around your asshole and in the perineum area to be darker, it doesn’t mean that the area isn’t clean and shouldn’t be thought of as shitty or dirty.

In fact, many guys will find that their scrotum is a slightly different colour to the other parts of their body, it can be darker, lighter or redder than the skin around that area.

Again this is completely normal.

So what can you do about it?

Well, firstly you don’t need to do anything about it. It’s natural… But if it’s really bothering you there a number of options. You can go down the root of anal bleaching.

There are “at home” offerings although people but also there are saloons and beauty clinics that offer skin bleaching.

29th January 2019
Milo just revealed what he does after his husband “f**ks” him

Is this normal? Is this what you guys do?

Apparently after a sesh, Milo Yiannopoulos and his husband, only known as “John” apparently go for a bite to eat, but not just any old food. But apparently, Milo takes him to Red Lobster.

It’s so specific!

Writing in an Instagram Story, the controversial journalist said that after his husband “fuck me good – I take his ass to Red Lobster”. Along with the sexy revelation, Milo posted a quick video of him holding his husband’s hand which was showcasing a very expensive looking wedding ring.

Of course, he could also be referring to the lyrics in Beyoncé’s Lemonade, where the line is actually from.

The couple got married in late 2017.

So the next time you see Milo and John in a Red Lobster, you know what just happened back at their place.

Milo reached out to THEGAYUK to say, “Do you not know that’s a Beyoncé lyric? Isn’t she supposed to be your queen? I guess you lost interest when she got too scary-black for you in Formation. FAKE FANS. TERRIBLE BOTTOMS. Hang your heads in shame”.

*This article was updated to state that the quote was from a Beyoncé song and to add Milo’s response.

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29th January 2019
Lloyd Daniels reveals his celebrity crushes

In an ask me anything session the X Factor star revealed who he had a celebrity crush on.

Speaking to his 41,000 fans on Instagram, the X Factor star, Lloyd Daniels revealed who is celebrity crushes are and we gotta say, he’s got taste.

Answering one fan’s question on celebrity crushes, Lloyd, who recently revealed that he and his BF had spent the perfect Christmas together, revealed that he has two crushes – Fantastic Four‘s Jessica Alba and Deadpool star, Ryan Reynolds.

He remarked, “I have a few so I’ll just leave you with those”.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br2rnIPhqqO/

The former X Factor recently posted a selfie picture with his BF Jack. The pair, who have been together for over a year shared the Christmasy snap on Instagram.

In the picture, Lloyd wrote, “I hope your Christmas was as good as mine..”

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29th January 2019
Jason Gardiner reunites feud with Gemma Collins after liking “Karma” tweets

Jason Gardiner is in danger of reunited the feud between him and Dancing On Ice contestant Gemma Collins after liking a slew of negative tweets aimed at the TOWIE star.

During last weekend’s episode, an audience of millions watched as Gemma Collins hit the decks during her performance in Dancing On Ice. The feud was first started when Jason launched a tirade against the TOWIE fave and seemed to call her “mediocre”.

Gemma then swiped back during a live show, in which she said that he had been selling stories about her. Jason then allegedly threatened to sue the reality star.

However, after her fall on the last show, things between the two had seemed to simmer down. With Gemma racking up a respectable 16.5 points from the judges.

However, now, Jason has liked a number of comments which describe Gemma as “Vile” and that the fall had been a result of “karma”.

One read: “Oh @officialJasonG how we all laughed. That’s what ya call karma. Just cannot believe shes still there!!! I no im [sic] evil.”

Another said: “Keep going as u are, the likes of Gemma Collins makes me sick. She shouldn’t be In the show. Vile. Your [sic] a brilliant judge and know what your [sic] taking about (sic).”

“Sometimes KARMA is there just staring at you straight in the face. When you fall on it. #honestjudge #myhonestopinion,” somebody else commented.

Dancing On Ice is on ITV, Sunday at 6 pm

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29th January 2019