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  • Katie Hopkins thinks the Girl Guides is imploding thanks to trans rights

    Katie Hopkins thinks the Girl Guides is imploding thanks to trans rights

    “Your organisation is imploding”

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    Katie Hopkins thinks the Girlguiding organisation is “imploding” after it ruled, in keeping with the Equality Act 2010, that trans girls are allowed to join its ranks. The organisation recently made a statement clarifying that children who identify as female could join.

    In a statement, Girlguiding wrote, “Girlguiding is for all girls, and that includes trans girls. We are working in line with the Equality Act 2010 and review our policy and practice regularly in line with the new guidance and best practice as it emerges.”

    Hopkins Hits Out

    Writing directly to the CEO of Girlguiding Hopkins wrote, “Please can I politely request a chat. I identify as a trans-pescatarian on Fridays and prefer to be referred to by my non-binary nickname Uber-Twat. Breaking news – Your organisation is imploding.”

    Dear @ruthbmarvel @Girlguiding

    Please can I politely request a chat.

    I identify as a trans-pescatarian on Fridays and prefer to be referred to by my non-binary nickname Uber-Twat.

    Breaking news – Your organisation is imploding.

    — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) September 27, 2018

    The right-wing commentator who then urged her considerable Twitter following to “get your daughters” out after The Times ran a story which suggested that trans girls would be sharing showers with biological females.

    Get your daughters out of there. And fast. Say no to mandatory madness. pic.twitter.com/4KbeqhY52o

    — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) September 27, 2018

    Hopkins warned, “Get your daughters out of there. And fast. Say no to mandatory madness”.

    When the West Yorkshire Police dept said it was “great to see” Girlguiding “standing up for trans rights” Hopkins couldn’t hold back her fury tweeting, “What about the rights of our daughters to shower and sleep safety with other little girls? Why are the police so willing to throw our children under the bus to climb aboard with trans-rights?”

    What about the rights of our daughters to shower and sleep safety with other little girls? Why are the police so willing to throw our children under the bus to climb aboard with trans-rights? pic.twitter.com/EptaGr2lgA

    — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) September 27, 2018

     

    Girlguiding has around 500,000 members in the UK and was founded in 1910 by Robert Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell.

  • Is Joe Sugg from Strictly gay or dating anyone?

    Is Joe Sugg from Strictly gay or dating anyone?

    Joe Sugg is currently appearing in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, but what is he originally famous for?

    (C) BBC

    Joe 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.

    NEXT: Is Joe Sugg gay?

  • Moonpig has requested you stop doing this one thing on their service

    No Dick Pics Pls

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    It’s not Grindr you know!

    Apparently, people have been sending gifting company Moonpig pictures of their genitals. It’s such a common occurrence the company have had to ask their customers to stop uploading pictures of their junk to put on the front of greetings cards.

    Groov e Selfie Stick

    Taking to Twitter, Moonpig wrote, “please stop uploading pics of your genitals to our cards it is against our ts and cs”.

    The request almost immediately made the company trend on Twitter as thousands of people interacted with the request. It was liked by nearly 25,000 people in just a few hours.

     

    They don’t want the pictures… but we’ll happily take them.

  • Keiynan Lonsdale’s trouser snake breaks the Internet

    Keiynan Lonsdale’s trouser snake breaks the Internet

    Out star, Keiynan Lonsdale has uploaded a rather bulgey Instagram post – not that we’re complaining of course.

    Keiynan Lonsdale knows how to give the public what they want. The actor who was in this year’s hit LGBT film, Love Simon, has already posed starkers on Instagram, but this time Keiynan went one step further, filming a sort of underwearless front twerking.

    Basically, there was windmilling, with shorts on.

     

     

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    Happy Sunday

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    The star’s video appeared to be pre-recorded on a laptop.

    The actor recently rejected male pronouns saying that tree* wanted to be referred to as “tree” rather than he, him or his saying, “OK, this might sound stupid, but I don’t care. I don’t think this is offensive… but, I don’t want to go by “he” anymore, I just want to go by ‘tree.’ I want people to call me ‘tree’ because we all come from trees, so it doesn’t matter if you’re a he or a she or they or them. At the end of the day, everyone’s a tree.”

    Keiynan was dancing without a top, wearing what looks like ski goggles. The clip was devoured by fans and was viewed nearly half a million times and received over 5000 comments.

  • COMMENT | Dame Judi’s comments are a breath of fresh air

    Let he or she who hath not sinned cast the first stone

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    What a refreshing breath of fresh air are the comments made by Dame Judi Dench at a Spanish Film Festival in relation to Kevin Spacey. It’s about time common sense prevailed and it is a shame it takes an old lady of theatre now 83, to show some realism.

    We seem to be in an age of pious self-righteousness. I have long been sick of the hashtag MeToo# or however it appears. Don’t do twitter!

    Kevin Spacey, the same as many others with a tarnished reputation, has worked on and contributed to our entertainment a vast amount of work, in all of which they play characters and not themselves.

    What would I like to see? Those convicted lose the right to repeat fees. The fees should be signed over for a period or forever depending on the severity and number of crimes to a charity engaged in work in the treatment of their victims or others of similar crimes. In that way the general public can still enjoy the characters they have created with a clear conscience in the knowledge repeat fees are going to help others.

    There has been a trend of outing big names. Always worrying when so many of those who come forward seem to derive publicity they would otherwise be unable to muster, in the absence of allegation.

    In writing this I have come to realise what I thought at the outset of allegations last year was a good thing may have been exploited by some who are wannabe victims for their own end.

    In many ways, it is the path of the predator to have trust, authority or image that is coveted by the vulnerable. It is a minority who are swayed by their own desire to abuse and hopefully it is a similar or lesser number of the vulnerable who exploit easy targets.

    Whether gay or straight or any other designation there will always be predators and victims. It may not always be clear which is which. What I could do better is not to judge from my armchair.

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Rebus: Long Shadows

    THEATRE REVIEW | Rebus: Long Shadows

    ★★★☆☆ | Rebus: Long Shadows

    Ian Rankin’s novel series came alive on stage via the adaptation of Rona Munro. It was an atmospheric and sombre affair.

    Rankin’s novels first featured the character of John Rebus in Knots & Crosses where he was merely 40 years old, and he grew older, bitter and more cynical as his life progressed in the subsequent novels, Black and Blue, Exit Music, In A House Of Lies, etc. Putting Rebus on stage was not Ian’s original conception but a fan of his books, producer Daniel Schumann’s. Ian chose Rona as he wanted her take on this robust and clout-packed character.

    Not an adaptation of any of the 19 novels, Rebus – Long Shadows is a unique story bringing together the three protagonists of his series: Rebus (Charles Lawson), Clarke (Cathy Tyson) and Cafferty (John Stahl). The promise was to excite the book fans while giving the newbies a real taste of whodunnit. Centred around two murders that happened ten years apart, but a vivid haunt for Rebus, physical ghosts, and on the ground too, make for an unsettling mystery.

    Charles Lawson, who most will know as Jim McDonald in Coronation Street (ITV) really embodied Rebus in a sombre, tired portrayal, but with spouts of energy in a man who had decades of unfinished business. I never read the books, but Charles portrayal is the image I would have had in my mind. His multi-faceted performance created powerful moments as the murder mystery unravelled. In some parts, Lawson was like Lear of the murder realm.

    Cathy Tyson did a good job as Siobhan Clarke, but as a whole it was not a totally captivating performance. Her portrayal of Clarke was not a secure one, and I am not sure her decades’ bond with Rebus was consistently convincing. John Stahl was exactly what Cafferty was described as, and it was very enjoyable watching his dangerous and playfully performance.

    Neil McKinven played everyone else, but most importantly, murderer Mordaunt, and Andy. It was a very energetic multi-role play, and Neil used comedy very well. However, sometimes it was hard to distinguish between characters, and I think it was due to costume changes that didn’t change much and how quick he was back on stage. The murdered ghosts of Angela and Maggie by Dani Heron and Eleanor House respectively was a well synchronised vocal and physical performance adding more mystery to the narrative.

    The set was fairly simple. The furniture for Rebus’ home was always seen in other scenes which took away from the illusion. However, there was a really nice moment with purple lights shining against the wall of Cafferty’s home making his apartment look very ostentatious, very different from Rebus’.

    Charles portrayal of Rebus is well worth the visit of die-hard fans, but perhaps you had to read the books to be fully immersed.

    Rebus: Long Shadows is on at Birmingham Rep until the 6th October 2018

  • Is Frank Brooks from the Apprentice gay?

    Is Frank Brooks from the Apprentice gay?

    The brand new cast of The Apprentice 2018 has been unveiled and Frank Brooks is of the hopefuls aiming his sights at winning.

    (C) BBC

    Frank Brooks is one of 16 contestants hoping to win over Sir Alan Sugar in the fourteenth series of the BBC hit reality show, The Apprentice. Brooks who is London based, is 27 years old and openly gay.

    The hopeful is a senior marketing manager at Thomson Reuters.

    Speaking about his chances in the programme, Brooks said, “There’s no need to watch your back when I’m already two steps in front”. He also said in his audition for the show that he would be a “T-REX” if he was a dinosaur.

    He also thinks that to be good in business was like being good at Karaoke, saying you need to be “confident, command the attention of the room and roll over failure”. He also revealed that his favourite karaoke song was the Take That hit ‘Relight My Life’.

    During Pride in London this year, Brooks was “one of the faces” of Thomson Reuters marching in the famous parade.

    The show returns to BBC on the 3rd October.

  • Charity wins Patient Information Award for LGBT inclusion

    A London-based charity has won an award at this year’s Patient Information Awards.

    Compassion in dying was selected as the winner of the BMA equality, diversity and inclusion special award for the resource they produced in collaboration with LGBT charity for the older people, Opening Doors London, and Stonewall. The awards were hosted by the British Medical Association yesterday (Tuesday 25 September) at BMA House in Tavistock Square, London.

    ‘Your treatment and care: Planning ahead for the LGBT community’ is the first ever resource designed specifically for the LGBT community on end-of-life care planning. It was based on extensive research which found that those in the LGBT community can face specific and significant barriers stopping them from getting the end-of-life care they want. This can include healthcare professionals making assumptions about their preferences for care and a lack of understanding about what or who is important to them. This guide was therefore designed to set out the different ways in which LGBT people may plan ahead.

    Accepting the award, Natalie Koussa, Director of partnerships and services at Compassion in Dying, said, “We’re absolutely thrilled to win the diversity and inclusion award. ‘Planning ahead for the LGBT community’ was developed as the first resource of its kind in order to support people from LGBT communities with very specific decision-making processes that they experience towards the end of life, so we’re thrilled to be recognised for this work.”

    BMA representative body chair, Dr Anthea Mowat, said, “It is a privilege to be able to recognise the great work of Compassion in Dying as the first-ever winners of the BMA’s special award for equality, diversity and inclusion.

    “The LGBT community, particularly older people, can face specific and significant barriers to getting the end-of-life care they need and it’s a sign of progress that there’s now, for the first time, a resource specifically aimed to help gay, lesbian, trans and bisexual people plan ahead for their future treatment and care in case they become unable to communicate their decisions.

    “The resource, produced with help from Stonewall and Opening Doors London, will take the complexity out of a decision that’s quite hard to understand but a very important aspect of compassionate healthcare and highlights the diverse concerns of LGBT people.”

     

    Note to readers: This is a press release, published for record.

     

  • TV Star Ollie Locke announces his engagement to his boyfriend

    “On Saturday I said yes…”

    (C) INSTAGRAM / OLLIE LOCKE

    Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke has announced his forthcoming marriage on Twitter. The former Celebrity Big Brother star is getting married to his boyfriend, Gareth, who he has known for 10 years.

    However, the couple has not been going out for 10 years. According to Ollie, the pair has known each other for a decade but had never made their relationship romantic until earlier this year.

    The star took to Twitter to announce the good news.

    The announcement was made formal with a small advert in the paper.

    Ollie Locke
    CREDIT: Channel 5

    During his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house, Locke, then 29 identified as bisexual and said that he had never slept with a man. However the star became out as gay in 2016.

    Congratulations guys!

  • FILM REVIEW | Nureyev

    FILM REVIEW | Nureyev

    ★★★★☆ | Nureyev

    The most famous ballet dancer of all time is spotlighted in the new film Nureyev.

    Rudolf Nureyev was born during the cold, dark days of communist Russia. His talent for dancing was spotted at a young age, and lucky for him, his country wanted to show him off to the rest of the world. While never really hiding his homosexuality, Rudolf was able to travel the world with his ballet troupe, and Nureyez just seemed to lap up the stardom, fame, and money that came along with this success.

    But as we all know, Nureyev didn’t want to be a part of the Russian state, he felt that he, after travelling all over with the ballet company, that he wanted to be free, freedom to him was essential, so while in Paris on a tour, he defected. Yes, he thought about this long and hard, and he knows that when he defects, he would never be able to go back to Russia to see his family, but his decision was final. And thus, he was free, a free man to enjoy a new life in the West, and did he enjoy it.

    Nureyev goes on to show what a life he led; the acclaim, the wealth, and his too close for comfort relationship with Margot Fonteyn, a married British ballet superstar. As the documentary goes to show us, Nureyev and Fonteyn were inseparable. They spent lots of time together, not just on stage but off stage as well. But life had other plans for Nureyev. He was in his early 20s when gay and bisexual men around the world started developing AIDS, and Nureyev, who would die from AIDS-related complications in 1992 (at the age of 54), more than likely picked up the HIV virus in the 80s.

    The documentary filmmakers show us the last days of this superstar, dying and frail, and looking much much older than what he was.

    Nureyev the documentary elegantly, and beautifully incorporates modern dance scenes to play out some of Rudolf’s life events. Ballet dancers, atop a stage in the middle of a forest, play out scenes and events that are being told in the documentary. This storytelling adds to the beauty and dignity of Nureyev’s life. However, Nureyev, the documentary doesn’t even go into detail about any of his gay relationships. Him and arts student Robert Tracy had a two-and-a-half-year love affair, which is not mentioned in the film. Tracy later became Nureyev’s secretary and live-in companion for over 14-years in a long-term open relationship until his death. And there’s no mention of any other lovers nor the hedonistic times he spent dancing at Studio 54.

    Perhaps this is for another documentary. Nureyev, while not completely telling the whole story, is nonetheless a beautiful film about a very talented man who died before his time was up.

    NUREYEV HITS CINEMAS NATIONWIDE | FROM 25 SEPTEMBER 2018 | TICKETS ON SALE NOW: WWW.NUREYEVTHEFILM.COM

  • 10 things every single gay man just doesn’t want to hear

    10 things every single gay man just doesn’t want to hear

    To all the single ladies out there, a lot of what I’m about to have a moan about I’m hoping I can get an ‘amen’ for each one. And sorry all those in relationships, you’re lovely and we love you, but this is for us single girls.

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    Now, if you’ve been single for a period of time certain things start to get under your skin. Most people are just being nice and some are even genuinely trying to help but in almost all cases I’d rather attend the stage performance of ‘memoirs of Nigel Farage’ than hear any more about how single I am.

    With thanks to the lovely people from twitter I’ve collated the 10 things that every single man really just doesn’t want to hear while they are single so please stop, right now, or the pixie gets it…

    1 – “why are you single?”

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    I get it all the time and it drives me up the wall. I don’t know why I’m single, if I did I wouldn’t be single and I’d probably be the best love counsellor around and could make millions helping those that are single. But I’m not, therefore I could spend hours coming up with this reason or that reason why it’s dinner for one and wine for 3 most nights. Stop asking me that!!!

    2 – “your problem is you’re being too fussy!”

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    To that, I simply say p**s off. My standards are actually fairly practical. They have to be alive, have at least half a brain cell, can hold a conversation, can laugh, sociable (but that isn’t a must), come with an MOT and full-service history. You are trying to find love you know, dating anyone and everyone is just a fool’s errand so this nonsense that people are ‘too picky’, for most of us is utter tosh. Stop saying it unless you genuinely believe we are being too picky because our list of demands is as long as your arm. THEN, you are too fussy.

    3 – “you’d make a lovely husband for someone”

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    Thanks, just rub it in some more why don’t you… Who in their right mind thinks this is a nice thing to say to someone when they are single? Just remind me that I’m prime beef still sat on the shelf looking at all the shoppers go straight past to the value aisle. Non-single people, stop it! It’s not helpful and it’s not kind.

    4 – “someone will come along eventually”

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    Well so will the number 46 bus so that isn’t really helping the situation now is it?

    5 – “ooooh I have a friend who is gay. He’s lovely. You’ll love him!”

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    NO, STOP IT RIGHT NOW!! Blind dates are the work of the devil. And why is it often (but not always) straight women that do this? You can’t pair gays up like socks, just because they look sort of similar doesn’t mean they are a matching pair. That’s not how it works. I’d be interested to hear from anyone that has actually found love from a blind date arranged by a friend.  Genuinely I want to see if it works because my experience has just been car crash after car crash. (Maybe it’s me…?)

    6 – “oh it’s such a waste that you’re gay (from straight women)”

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    Sorry ladies your casual homophobia is not kind, sweet or necessary. Stop saying it!

    7 – “can you hurry up and get married, we want to attend a gay wedding”

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    Is that what I’m reduced to now, a source of entertainment and a reason to buy a flamboyant hat/fascinator because you want to attend a gay wedding? Well, Joan (or whatever their name is), maybe I don’t want to get married. Just because I want a boyfriend doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll get married. So ha! That’s screwed up your plans hasn’t it Joan??

    8 – “I find that if you stop looking, someone will appear”

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    What is this a ritual to summon Bloody Mary? If I don’t think about dating a date will appear. When has that ever been a successful strategy for anything in life? If I don’t think about the washing up, magically it’ll get done. If I don’t think about the promotion at work, magically they will just give it to me! I get where you are coming from, but strangely enough I don’t spend every waking moment thinking about dating, I have work to do, therefore I’m already doing that and nothing has changed.

    9 – “have you tried online dating”

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    Have you? Let’s be honest here the options for online dating aren’t good. Grindr is not for dating. Anyone that tries to look for dates on there is on a fool’s errand. It’s for one thing, booty calls. If someone comes off your booty call then great, but dates? No. As for the rest, well they are a little bit hit and miss. Some are good for online conversation and some just Grindr but a different app. I did, however, stumble across ‘hinge’ the other day. That’s not bad as a different kind of dating app. I would recommend. And did you know that Gaydar was still going? Who knew!

    10 – “If I was single, I’d date you”

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    While this is a nice thing to say, it really doesn’t help. That’s like turning up at a friends dinner party and declaring you’ve already eaten. It’s rude and now I feel like my indoor-outdoor BBQ and finger buffet has gone to waste.

    I don’t say all this a bitter, twisted and lonely old soul (plays small violin), but I say this so that maybe, just maybe, with a little more foresight we can stop these pointless sayings and enjoy life be that single, taken, unhappily taken, polyamorous or whatever.

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