The actor has famously shed her former glossy brunette locks, but why?
Rose McGowan answers the question of shaving her head in her autobiography, Brave. The Scream actor, who shaved her hair in November 2015, says she shaved off her hair because she no longer wanted to look like a “fantasy f**k toy”.
She wrote in the book, “The ideal version of a woman that is sold to you by every actress in every hair commercial telling you, ‘this the secret to being beguiling, the secret to getting a man to want you.’ Long, glossy Kardashian-esque hair that says, “f*** me, big boy,
“‘As if that’s all we are and all we can be. Hair.”
McGowan’s long hair and the way in which she was styled at the beginning of her career made her feel like a “blow-up sex doll”
“Sex Target”
McGowan also wrote that her long hair “always made her uncomfortable” and that she was wearing, “a plant on my head and a sex target on my back”.
She continues, “I thought I looked more like a blow-up sex doll, the kind with the hole for the mouth. And it didn’t feel good”.
McGowan also revealed that she thinks that Hollywood has unspoken rules about women’s hair.
She revealed, “if you’re a Jennifer Lawrence America’s sweetheart type, you have simple blonde hair, if you’re the vixen, it is long, dark and big. Those are the rules, do not deviate.”
Rose McGowan has revealed an incredible tip to tackle bullying.
The actor, Rose McGowan, has shared with THEGAYUK.com one incredible and powerful tip for people facing harassment, bullying or being victimised, saying it is important to “act brave” in the face of adversity.
The Charmed actor said in an exclusive interview with Vic Gerami, “Act as if you are brave and you will become brave”.
McGowan continued, “It doesn’t mean you won’t be scared, it just means you do it anyway”.
Rose McGowan was one of the first actors to bring sexual abuse accusations against Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein.
The 12th of November is the start of anti-bullying week in and we’ve come up with 14 ways to combat bullying, which can take place at school, in your workplace or in public. It can happen to young and older people, male, female or transgender.
The X Factor has become a mainstay of British weekend television and has given us fourteen winning acts. But have any of them identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender?
First off, there has never been an openly transgender winner of X Factor, there also has never been an openly lesbian or bisexual winner. There has been just one openly gay man to win the biggest talent competition in the UK – and he wasn’t even out when he took part in the competition.
Joe McElderry is the only gay person to win the show. He won the competition in 2009 – however, he wasn’t openly gay during the competition and denied rumours surrounding his sexuality. He came out after the show in an exclusive interview with The Mirror newspaper – which called his decision to come out as “brave”.
More worryingly the X Factor has produced more winners who have been revealed to have been homophobic or tweeted anti-gay comments than actual LGBT winners.
Danny Tetley has opened up about his sexuality and revealed his dad’s surprising response when he found out.
Danny has been out to his family since 2001, but it’s only now that his sexuality has become wider public knowledge. Speaking to The Sun, about how he came out to his Dad, Danny said, “I always had my questions over the years but Dad was never open about it.
It turns out that the pair came out to each other whilst on holiday in the LA and were comparing which guys they both found attractive.
Danny revealed, “In LA we’d gone into a bar and then realised it was a gay bar.
“The drinks flowed and we started talking about the men in there who were handsome.
“That led to a conversation back at the hotel and we were honest with each other for the first time.
“It was quite a strange moment — there aren’t many fathers and sons who are gay.”
“It must have been tough for my dad growing up in the era he did and not being able to be himself”.
He revealed that his parents split when the singer was just six-years-old, Danny was quick to add, however, that his father did love his mum.
The X Factor singer realised that he was gay when he was just four years old. Speaking about how people react when they find out that he is gay he says that they’re often surprised, “When I did come out it was always a bit of a shock because I was in the rugby and football teams. People say I am not your typical gay man, but who is?”
So is Danny single?
According to the singer, he is focussing on the competition at the moment and doesn’t have time for dating, but joked that since he’s been on the show that his social media has blown up with male attention. He said, “I’ve had plenty of men hitting on me through social media, saying they fancy me, but I have no time at the minute and I’m liking my own space.”
This week is anti-bullying week. We’ve compiled some tips to combat bullying.
Bullying takes many forms: name-calling, making negative comments on your work, making someone feel worthless, physical abuse are just some examples.
So we’ve put some tips together to help anyone out there who might be being bullied. It doesn’t matter if you’re being bullied at school, college, university, work or home.
Remember if you are being bullied remember it’s not your fault.
Write Everything Down
Keep a log of every incident; write down the date, time, location, what happened, what they said and any witnesses that were around.
Tell Someone
Tell someone in authority and ask them what they intend to do about it. Tell them any fears you have about reprisals from the bully.
Someone you trust, like a family member or a friend, can also be useful. It means that you’re not dealing with the problem on your own; a problem shared is a problem halved.
Get Support
Don’t try to deal with it and your feelings about it all on your own. Get some support. Consider counselling for some additional support around your feelings.
Strictly star Joe Sugg is getting fans hot under the collar and they’re wondering if he’s dating anyone and if that person is male or female.
(C) BBCJoe Sugg is best known as a YouTuber, racking up over a billion views but he’s also Zoe Sugg’s younger brother. If you’re scratching your head and wondering who Zoe Sugg is, you might know her by her Vlogging name, Zoella. On YouTube, his channel is better known as ThatcherJoe. His channel currently has 8.2 million subscribers. He started his channel in 2011.
His channel features pranks, impressions and challenges.
Joe was the fourth celebrity to be confirmed by the BBC for this year’s show.
Does Joe Sugg have a boyfriend or a girlfriend?
The 26-year-old YouTuber is not gay or bisexual or at least has not identified that way publicly. He is apparently currently single. In the past, Joe has been accused of gay-baiting his fellow vlogger Casper Lee.
Where is Joe Sugg from?
Joe hails from Wiltshire in England, although he moved to London and lives with fellow video maker Casper Lee.
Speaking about joining the show Sugg said, “I’m honestly so chuffed to be involved in the show this year!
“Not going to lie, I’m very nervous about it, it’s totally out of my comfort zone and I know it will be a huge challenge but that’s what life is all about I guess.”
Health experts call on the government to offer ‘catch-up’ HPV vaccination to boys up to age 18 to protect them against fatal diseases
16 leading experts in the field of HPV and the diseases it can cause have written to the public health minister Steve Brine MP urging him to offer HPV vaccination to boys aged up to 18 as a catch-up programme. This would run alongside the vaccination programme for 12/13 year old boys which the government intends to roll out from September 2019.
The experts have also called on the minister to make a firm commitment to starting boys’ vaccination next year rather than just saying he intends to do so.
The letter’s signatories include: Mick Armstrong, chair of the British Dental Association; Professor Michael Escudier, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal Collage of Surgeons; Hisham Mehanna, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Birmingham; Ian Mills, Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK); Professor Chris Nutting, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital; and Dr Olwen Williams, President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.
Ministers have so far rejected the case for a catch-up programme for boys on the grounds that boys are partly protected by the vaccination of girls. The experts point out, however, that the government’s own vaccination advisory committee (JCVI) recommended HPV vaccination for boys precisely because vaccinating girls offers boys inadequate protection. Moreover, men who have sex with men are completely unprotected by the girls’ programme. The experts also state that when the girls’ programme was introduced in 2008, they benefited from a catch-up programme and boys should be entitled to the same on the grounds of fairness.
The announcement of the decision to vaccinate boys was long overdue. It was originally promised in 2015 but took three more years to become policy. In that time, around one million boys missed out on HPV vaccination and they are therefore at risk. The experts argue that the opportunity must be seized to vaccinate as many boys as possible while they are still at school and therefore easier to reach.
Commenting on the letter, HPV Action’s Campaign Director Peter Baker said: ‘The government must not ignore the views of 16 leading experts in the HPV field. It must reconsider its short-sighted decision not to offer boys a catch-up programme and it must also make an unequivocal commitment to start vaccinating boys from next September. Boys can no longer be left at risk of developing potentially fatal cancers and other diseases caused by HPV.’
Fringe! returns for its eighth year with a diverse, provocative and outrightly political programme of film screenings alongside workshops, panels and parties, transforming venues across East London over six days.
Founded in 2011 as a community-led response to cuts to arts funding and the detrimental impact on LGBT+ art and cultural production, the festival is committed to celebrating the best in queer filmmaking, from the DIY to the high budget. Fringe! remains entirely volunteer-run and not-for-profit, whilst having become a landmark cultural event in London’s queer calendar.
Highlights:
Fringe! 2018 opens with powerful and effervescent documentary When the Beat Drops, which charts the development of ‘bucking’, an energetic and competitive form of dance, through the ambitions of a group of black gay men in Atlanta.
In what can sometimes feel like dark political times, Fringe! burns bright with a focus on activism in film. Criminal Queersis an astute comedy, taking aim at the prison industrial complex in the USA with a tongue in cheek charm, complete with cameos from prison activists Angela Davis and CeCe McDonald. In Obscuro Barroco, we meet an icon of Brazil’s queer subculture, Luana Muniz, who guides us through a contrasting world of protest and beauty.
A decidedly literary theme runs throughout this year’s programme. Closing night film Wild Nights with Emily offers a comic reimagining of Emily Dickinson’s rumoured sapphic encounters, with Molly Shannon playing the famously reclusive poet and cameos from the likes of Genevieve Turner. The UK Premiere of The Rest I Make Up revisits the life of Maria Irene Fornes, arguably one of the most influential and yet least known playwrights of the 20th century as well as being Susan Sontag’s lover.
In a new partnership, Fringe! has worked with Hackney based LGBT+ youth support group, Project Indigo, to curate a free shorts programme which will be screened at festival hub, Hackney House. Over the course of four months, a group of 13 to 25-year-olds worked collaboratively with Fringe! to create a selection of eleven shorts from over400 submissions.
Other highlights include a screening of 1978’s The Wizwhich takes the festival’s regular late-night singalong slot celebrating campy classics from the cinematic past. This often overlooked cult gem is at turns mesmerising and downright strange, offering a magical urban reimagining of the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With a notably entirely African-American cast, The Wiz stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor among others, and is screened in partnership with BlackOut UK.
As ever, Fringe! boasts a broad array of free events from zinemaking workshops to performance nights, live podcasts (including from female-focused film podcast Broad Appeal) and queer pottery! All this in addition to eleven free short-film programmes ranging from the experimental to the sexy, and more!
For more information and schedule, please click here;
I’m 35 years old (how many years is that in gay years?)
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I’m single and I have been for quite some time. Most people my age have settled down. Some met a long time partner, a husband or a wife. Many already have kids.
As I get older, I find it more and more difficult to avoid questions such as: When are you going to get married? How come that you don’t have a partner? Do you never think about having kids? Countless times I used excuses such as: I’m too focused on my career right now. I’m too busy for a relationship.
I want to travel first before I settle down. All those are true, but in all honesty, the main reason why I didn’t settle down is very simple: I just haven’t found the right guy yet. Yes, I do have high standards, and I wouldn’t settle for less.
Why is his not an issue?
While we live in a society that makes us feel as though being single is something to be concerned about, it really isn’t how I perceive it. I was n a couple of serious relationships. Was I happier then? No!
I think it is a common mistake to assume that we need someone to make us happy.
In my opinion, that couldn’t be further from the truth. My happiness doesn’t depend on anyone but me.
I wouldn’t put the key to my own happiness in someone else’s pocket.
Imagine what a responsibility it would be for the other person!
Also, let’s not forget about the many advantages of being single: I can focus on my career, I can travel on a whim, I have more time to pursue my hobbies, I can have the full bed for myself…
Basically, I can do whatever I want whenever I feel like it. And I am so much more relaxed emotionally!
Being single allowed me to get in touch with myself and to (re-)discover the true beauty of the little things that we often take for granted: seeing a beautiful sunset, stargazing, eating my favourite meal, listening to my favourite song, dancing like there is nobody watching, falling asleep while the rain gently beats against my window, swimming naked, making someone smile.
Does this mean that I would like to be single forever? Absolutely not!
It would be great to find someone special to share all these things with. I am definitely open to that possibility.
My point is: That it doesn’t define my happiness. I would so pleased if people would stop asking me why I’m still single.
Instead, ask me if I’m happy.
Miguel Martins – Mister Senior Netherlands 3rd Runner-Up (www.facebook.com/MyOwnFado)
In the latest issue of i-D, global pop star, Harry Styles interviewed the star of last year’s breakout gay movie, Call Me By Your Name, Timothée Chalamet. One thing on his mind, evidently, was that now famous peach scene.
If you don’t know about the peach scene, spoiler alert, in the movie, the sexually frustrated teen that Chalamet plays ends up having sex with the peach. It’s a bit iconic and definitely one of the sexy sex movies we suggest you try at home.
In the interview, Styles asks, “Can you still eat peaches?”
Laughing Chalamet replied, “Umm I can, but not without thinking about it…”
Styles confessed, “I’ve had a hard time…”
Chalamet continued, “That’s the most awkward scene to see with your parents in the whole world. My poor father…”
“I’m sure he’s done it too,”
Uhhh? Suddenly the interview turns down the path of a fruit f**king father. Weird, just weird.
Researchers who polled 2,000 adults aged 21-38 found many would struggle to get by if they were to find themselves out of work suddenly.
According to the data a whopping 41 per cent of their income is spent on rent or mortgage and bills, while another £160.71 goes on food and groceries every month.
That means overall £1,928.52 a year goes out of their bank account on living costs.
Despite this eight in 10 young Brits believe they are ‘good’ with money.
The study was carried out by Perkbox to launch its new card-linking technology.
Ashish Sampat of Perkbox said, “Despite the negative stereotypes about ‘broke millennials’ many do try their best to save.
“The reality is that they have bigger problems to face compared to previous generations.
“They shoulder more student loan debt and face house prices that are far higher than their parents did at the same age.
“It’s no surprise then, that they inevitably struggle more with savings.”
On average, those polled will spend £55.41 down the pub each month, £39.86 will go on clubbing and £42.65 will be spent on gambling.
They will also pay out £43.08 to watch streaming services, £47.87 on gadgets or tech and £48.97 on dining out.
Appearances are also important as they shell out £65.18 on clothes and £43.11 on keeping fit.
It also emerged most of these young adults – seven in 10 – pay for their items using cards rather than cash.
They also shop around for good deals – typically spending 25 minutes looking for bargains before making a purchase.
Their financial savviness doesn’t end here either, with 70 per cent owning a loyalty card – typically five of them.
But the research, carried out by OnePoll, also found half of millennials would like to see retailers introduce loyalty cards which are connected to their smartphone.
It also emerged that when it comes to privacy, a whopping 68 per cent per cent trust that their data is secure when buying online.
In addition to this, 30 per cent of those polled would prefer discounts from local business in their area, rather than those from high street chains.
Ashish Sampat added: “An attractive bargain must go beyond just making offers available to users.
“Millennials expect highly-personalised, easy to find, on-demand experiences and furthermore, authenticity is a huge thing for them, hence their value for local businesses.
“Spending an average of 25 minutes looking for a bargain is way too excessive.
“That’s why we’re so excited about introducing card-linking technology to our platform.
“It will enable us to connect employees with their favourite local businesses and get access to thousands of perks with just a swipe of the linked payment card at the point of sale.”
For more information on how card-linking tech works and why millennials will love it, click here [https://www.perkbox.com/uk/resources/blog/why-millennials-will-love-cardlink].
MILLENNIAL MONTHLY SPENDS:
Drinks in the pub – £55.41
Clubbing – £39.86
Clothes – £65.18
Supermarket – £160.71
Gadgets/tech – £47.87
Streaming services – £43.08
Fitness including gym membership and equipment – £43.11
Travel – £87.71
Gambling – £42.65
