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  • LGBT+ Rainbow Flag: What does the legendary flag mean and do the colours matter?

    LGBT+ Rainbow Flag: What does the legendary flag mean and do the colours matter?

    Ah Pride Month and suddenly there’s a sea of rainbow flags… everywhere. It seems that every corporate entity remembers that LGBT+ consumers exist and start waving rainbow flags, more often than not, making no effort to actually support LGBT+ charities, causes or prides.

    Up until 2020, the standard, 6-stripe rainbow flag was the widely recognised worldwide symbol of the LGBT+ community. In 2020 it was co-opted by the Tory government to represent the NHS – during the COVID pandemic, despite the NHS, already having its own colour – a sort of cobalt blue.

    Now, there are numerous flags which people can choose to wave, the original Gilbert Baker 8-stripe flag, the standard 6 stripes, the 8 stripes “Philly flag, which was introduced in 2017, and the 11 stripes “progress flag”, which includes colours for the transgender community and a black and brown stripe for the QTIPOC (Queer Trans and Intersex people of colour) community and memorialising those who have died as a result of hate crime and from the HIV/AIDS crisis that rocked the gay community in the 80s and 90s.

    Which LGBT+ rainbow flag is the best flag to fly?

    Which LGBT+ Rainbow Flag is the best flag to fly for Pride Month?
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    Of course, this is a hotly debated subject in some circles of the LGBT+ community. Some feel that the only way to go is with the original 8-stripe Gilbert Baker flag, while others feel that the new “progress” flag is the way to go because it recognises and centres people of colour and the transgender community, who have often been sidelined in LGBT+ history. Some however feel that even though it’s seen as progressive it can actually be more exclusionary than Gilbert Baker’s original design, which was created to replace the Nazi’s Pink Triangle, which at the time was the only other recognised symbol for the gay community.

    Speaking about the design of the original rainbow flag, Gilbert Baker said, “There was no other international symbol for [the LGBT+ community] than the pink triangle which the Nazis used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps…. Even though the pink triangle was and still is a very powerful symbol, it was very much forced upon us”.

    Each of the flags represents something slightly different and whichever you decide to fly is the right choice for you.

    Do the colours of the LGBT+ Rainbow Flag mean anything?

    What do the colours in the Rainbow Flag mean?

    Yes, they do. When the flag was first unveiled, the artist Gilbert Baker created the flag with each colour representing a different area of life. Over the years the meanings of these colours have faded. The iconic symbol for the LGBT community made its debut in San Franciso in 1978. It was displayed at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day parade in 1978.

    It has since gone on to be recognised worldwide as the symbol for LGBT spaces, venues and pride.

    Pink: Sexuality

    Red: Life

    Orange: Healing

    Yellow: Sunlight

    Green: Nature

    Cyan: Art

    Blue: Serenity/ Harmony

    Purple: Spirit

    Where can I buy the Rainbow Flag?

    There are tonnes of places to buy the Rainbow flag, but we’d also suggest buying it from a store that actually supports the LGBT+ community and for extra marks buy directly from LGBT+-run and operated shops rather than auction sites or huge internet-based corporations. Stores like The Pride Shop have their very own Pride Fund which actively seeks to support local prides through a donation from each sale and the Gay Pride Shop which supports LGBT+ charities from some of their profits.

  • What is Pride Month and when is it in the UK?

    What is Pride Month and when is it in the UK?

    As 2021 looks to be a more successful year for Pride across the UK, this is when it’s officially Pride Month in the UK.

    When is Pride Month in the UK?

    After Pride season was all but wiped out in 2020 due to Coronavirus, here’s hoping 2021 will be a little more successful for local prides around the UK.

    Many prides decided to postpone their events until 2021, so many will have the same theme or indeed entertainment acts and speakers that were planned for their 2020 festivals. Even now, many prides including Brighton Pride and Warwickshire, both are usually in August, have decided to cancel their events until 2022 at the earliest.

    Officially Pride Month is in June in 2021 to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

    Where did Pride Month originate?

    Pride Month stemmed from the US, which has been adopted more widely across the world, but in reality, there are many Pride months across the globe. For instance, Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia’s biggest pride takes place in February (although they do have a Pride festival in June) and here in the UK, there isn’t such thing as one month for Pride.

    In the US most prides happen in the month of June to coincide with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, in the UK however things are a little more spread out with more and more county, city and town prides becoming available.

    There are over 150 pride events in the UK alone and they start in Feb with the last (outside Winter Pride) in September. So Pride month in the UK is better described as Pride Half Year!

    When is Pride Month in the UK
    In 2019 the town of Llanelli in South Wales celebrated it’s first pride.

    Want to know more about prides, see our entire collection of Pride articles here. Want to shop for Pride Merchandise, visit our partner retailer, THE PRIDE SHOP.

    You can find out what pride events are going ahead in 2021, by visiting The Pride Shop’s Pride Calendar for 2021.

  • What happened to the Buzzfeed Thirsty Thursday newsletter?

    Time was that Buzzfeed would send hot men to your inbox, once a week, every Thursday. Alas, they’ve stopped. In fact, it’s been a long while since they sent a hot man to anyone’s email. The last email sent by our reckoning was in June 2020.

    So why did they stop sending the newsletter? Buzzfeed has been going through a lot of editorial changes in the last few years. Last year it closed its UK and Australian operations and laid off numerous staff members across the globe as it looks to make and save money during the COVID era. Newsletters might just be one of the areas that it looked to downsize.

    However the site does offer numerous other newsletters in fact, we counted 25 of them.

    This was the email header. Buzzfeed sent a once-weekly mailing list that featured stories about sexy celebs and hot men.

    It also attracted a fair amount of criticism on the site when it advertised the newsletter. People were complaining of double standards – that it was preaching body positivity and sharing horrendous stories about the everyday sexism that exists for women – while at the same time, providing an email that showcased hot men to ogle.

    Is there another Hot Men newsletter available?

    However, if you’re looking for a mailing list that still sends hot men to your mailbox then may we humbly suggest our very own DOTD – Dude Of The Day mailing list. It’s an email that we send out up to 3 times a week. It’s free (obvs) and you can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up here.

  • Gopsall Wharf Car Park

    Small car park next to the canal down a single lane road. Loads of cover, most guys walk along the towpath to the next woods and have fun there. The second bridge you can see from the car park. Walk down to this then just the other side and in the woods is where most of the action takes place although you usually see a willing guy waiting on the bridge just give him the nod if you’re interested.

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  • A6006 Layby

    Not a big place and pretty bleak in the winter but summer is best for when it’s overgrown. Wait for brake lights or hazards. The road is very close and there is a field opposite for horse riders and a house at the top of the field.

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  • Brough Layby

    Sit in the car. Lorry drivers tend to get out and stand at the side of their lorries and get their cocks out. Mainly truck drivers, workmen, suits.

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  • A616 Ollerton Road Layby

    Two laybys nearly opposite each other on the A616 at the Newark end on the road to and from Ollerton. The first layby on the left (Newark to Ollerton side) is slightly higher than the road but no cover to speak of. There is a big grassy section between layby and the road. The second layby on the right (Ollerton to Newark) is slightly lower than the road with a small wooded area to go into, there are also fields behind. The cover is very good during the summer months put poor in the winter.  The Ollerton to Newark side is the best side as it provides better cover, the layby is a little rough due to potholes so take care.

    Park up and you can go into the little wooded area, it’s quite deep at the back. You can also go into the field behind but not recommended during daylight hours as it’s very open. Although you get the odd visitor stopping by it’s best to prearrange a meet on here.

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  • Stapleford Woods

    Heavily wooded area with limited parking, a walk in the woods can prove to be beneficial. Cruisiest Spot: There are many places to pull in along the road, the places that were best have now been closed off but you can still manage to use the large car park in the middle stretch off the road just after/before the bend or the long lane opposite the house has a large pull-in area or 2 smaller ones if you travel up the track. Be careful of a tight turning circle at the top.

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  • Spalford Layby

    Good coverage in summer at end of layby as set back from the road with a small wooded area between road and layby. Also, public footpath leads into fields. Afternoons are usually reps and truckers taking a rest, may get some action going on. Evening and after dark is truckers pulled in for the night. Flash lights and interior light. The best place is the Small wooded area is ok in the summer, as is behind the hedges in the field. In the winter area quite exposed so be discreet.

     

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  • A614 Ollerton Proteus Layby

    Very large layby with a wooded edge plenty of places for parking. Loads of lorry reps. Have a drive through the layby first to see what’s going off, look out for lorries with their curtains open and lights on! Police do drive past this layby but don’t often come in it.

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  • Wooddale Road Grange Park

    The forest past the dog walking tracks. In and around the trees near the benches. The trees in the far corner past the benches have logs to sit on. A great place to get blow jobs. 8 am until 2 pm seem to be the best time now it’s getting darker seems to be busy early morning.

    Sit on the benches or walk around.

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