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  • COLUMN | Boys will be boys even when they are men

    From cave man drawings to the selfie…

    Since man was a cave dweller and drawing on walls he has had a fascination with his penis and images of it.

    It is a route to pleasure unknown in childhood and stirs new and exciting emotions and experiences. It can be a source of pride and proof of manhood. Hardly a surprise then that men take pics of their dicks!

    One of the current extensions of this is self-promotion, using the image as a tool to attract praise, attention, and get some action. There is a problem. Once an image is shared, it is no longer under the control of the person who took the pic. It can subsequently be shared among a peer group or wider audience if the owner is a person of celebrity or later becomes one.

    An image can become a monster if it is used to manipulate, exploit, or expose someone.

    The only safe dick pic to share is a head and shoulders shot one a man called Richard, ie Richard Madeley of Richard and Judy fame. Sharing his image shouldn’t get you into trouble.

    It is not only the male and not only men who take these pics. Whether teenagers take these pics of their volition or not the images can still be used against them and are inappropriate.

    Should mobile phone manufacturers include a software app that has image recognition to prevent inappropriate images being sent or received as part of a parental control package? Such an app could, for instance, send a copy of the image to a parents phone for approval prior to dispatch or prior to the intended user being able to open it.

    A campaign could be mounted by some of those who are in the public eye and have fallen from grace because of either something they shared before they were known or from a momentary lapse in judgement.

    Sad to say but, sometimes we need protecting from ourselves. I dread to think what I trouble I would have got into if these options were available to me when I was a teenager!

     

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  • Adam Lambert just reminded us all that he was doing Gender Fluid waayyy before Piers Morgan was getting all angst about it

    8 years ago… Piers… Genderfluidity is not new.

    So another week another outrage about gender fluidity from Piers Morgan… It happens a lot on twitter.

    Well, our favourite American Idol legend, Adam Lambert reminded us that he was going gender fluid waayyyy before Piers was getting his knickers in a twist about it.

    Taking to Instagram, Adam shared two covers from his first ever album, For Your Entertainment, saying, “I was feelin my gender fluid (and fully photoshopped) glam rock fantasy.”

    The album, Adam’s first, was released 8 years ago.

    Giving some insight about his first release, Adam revealed that many retailers were actually “uncomfortable” with the initial cover and the record label cowed to them, providing a second image for the cover.

    He said, “The powers that be released a second cover for retailers who felt ‘uncomfortable’ w the original. (Even though I was still fully painted) Hahha seems so funny now…. but just 8 yrs ago it was a much different climate.”

    We’re not so sure Adam… that the climate is that different, judging by comments by Piers.

  • Brandon Myers leaves (actually nothing) to the imagination

    Mirror mirror on the wall who has the biggest of them all?

    (C) BRANDON MYERS / INSTAGRAM

    Damm those pesky adjacent mirrors at your spa. You think you’re covering yourself up… but it turns out you’re just giving the world an even bigger show. And by bigger, we of course me, eye-watering.

    The Bromans star was just hanging out… and although he’s usually quite open with his body, maybe this picture on Instagram just showed a little too much… or maybe, actually this wasn’t an accident at all.

    If you’re wondering where exactly you should be looking – it’s not actually any of his reflections.

    Either way, we’re all good with this.

     

     

  • Who is Amir Khan and what is he famous for?

    Amir Khan has just entered the Celebrity jungle with a whole host of other stars but what do we know about him and what is he famous for?

    Is Amir Khan gay?

    Khan, 30 is a world champion boxer having won 31 of his 35 fights – 19 of which won with a Knock Out (KO)

    Is Amir Khan gay or does he have a girlfriend?

    Nope, Amir Khan isn’t gay or bisexual as far as we know. He is, however, married to his wife, Faryal Makhdoom. They married in a lavish wedding in New York at the historic Waldorf Astoria. They married in 2013. Together they have a daughter.

    After his first ever trial in the jungle, some social media users wrote homophobic slurs directed towards Khan, because he was scared of snakes.

    How old is Amir Khan?

    Amir Khan was born in 1986. He turned 30 this year. Outside his boxing career Khan has also been a presenter for Channel 4. He fronted a TV programme called, Amir Khan’s Angry Young Men, which aimed to help troubled men by using the discipline of boxing to stay clear of crime.

    Where was Amir Khan born?

    Amir was born in Manchester, England.

  • Facebook Thinks You’re Gay Based on Three ‘Likes’

    Facebook advertisements take one swift look at a few of your “likes,” and make a decision about your sexual orientation, drug use history and more—whether you purposefully post it on your profile or not, according to a new study out of Big Data. (more…)

  • Is Louis Walsh gay?

    The king of X Factor judges, Louis Walsh is back in one of the most famous seats in Britain.

    One of the things that many of our readers ask about Louis Walsh is about his sexuality. Louis himself has remained elusive about who he’s had relationships with – despite being asked, by many publications. So here’s what we found out about Louis…

    1)  Is he gay? Scores of people visit THEGAYUK’s website each week during The X Factor looking to find out if Louis Walsh is gay. Well, he’s remained tight-lipped about his love life. He’s often deflected questions when asked about his romantic life.

    In 2013 in an interview with the Sunday Times, when asked whether he was gay or straight he replied, “I can’t… Don’t go there. I can’t. I think your private life is your private life…I’m happy. Happy as Larry!”

    He’s never been married and has never publicly acknowledged anyone as a partner, however, he was spotted by one of our showbiz insiders at the Balans restaurant in South Beach, Florida, accompanied by a lovely looking tall dark and handsome type a few years back.

     

    Has Louis Walsh had plastic surgery?

    Botox? Has his face been freshened up? Is Sharon the only judge on this year’s show not to have been freshened up? In 2015 he told the Daily Mail that he hadn’t had botox, but that he had had a hair transplant. However, in 2009 the Mirror reported that he had in fact gone under the knife. So which are we to believe. Well, he certainly looks fresher now than he did in 2007.

    How old is Louis Walsh?

    He’s the oldest judge on X Factor, he’s currently 65. Mrs O is a year young at 64. Then Simon at 57 and Nicole’s the baby at 39.

    What was Louis Walsh’s first job?

    The first job was pulling pints at an establishment called the Blues Inn. Although we really can’t see him as the next Peggy Mitchell can you?

    Who is Louis Walsh a fan of?

    Joan Rivers fan. Apparently, Louis Walsh was besotted with gay icon Joan Rivers. If he could have any three celebs over dinner he’d apparent pic Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Joan Rivers. Well, two out of three isn’t bad going.

  • List of gay app killings

    A number of murders have happened in recent years where the victim or victims were introduced to their attacker via a gay dating app.

     

    Stephen Port

    Victims: 

    Anthony Patrick Walgate, 23,

    Gabriel Kovari, 22,

    Daniel Whitworth, 21,

    Jack Taylor, 25

    Dates: from June 2014 to September 2015

    He was found guilty of the murders of Anthony Patrick Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21 and Jack Taylor, 25. Their bodies were dumped in or near a graveyard in Barking. The graveyard was 500 meters away from his flat in east London.

    Jason Marshall

    Victim: Peter Fasoli, 58

    Date: 7th January 2013

    Jason Marshall was found guilty on Wednesday, 9 August at the Old Bailey in London, for the murder of 58-year-old Peter Fasoli. He was also sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for arson, to run concurrently.

    The jury heard how Marshall set up a rendezvous via a gay dating site with Mr Fasoli at his Ealing home and tortured him for a prolonged period before suffocating him. He then committed arson in a bid to hide the evidence of the brutal murder and stole his victim’s credit card using it to flee by plane to Italy a few days after the murder.

     

    Ben Bamford

    Victim: Paul Jefferies, 52

    Date: 23rd February 2016

    Ben Bamford, 18, was found guilty of the murder of a 52-year-old man he met via the gay dating app, Grindr. Mr Bamford who was 17-years-old at the time of the murder unleashed a vicious attack on Paul Jefferies, reportedly a tax advisor to George Osbourne, who lived in East Sussex.

     

    Stefano Brizzi

    Victim: Gordon Semple, 59

    Date: 1st April 2016

    Stefano Brizzi killed a serving police officer he met on Grindr was found guilty of his murder and disposing of his body by dissolving it in acid and other horrific means.

    Stefano died in 2017 at the Belmarsh prison.

    Kelly Schneider

    Victim: Steven Nelson, 49

    Steven Nelson was robbed, brutally beaten, stripped and left for dead after he arranged to meet someone for sex online in Nampa, Idaho.

    Four men were charged with robbery and murder.  Three Nampa residents, Kelly Schneider, 22, Kevin Tracy, 21, Jayson Woods, 28, and Daniel Henkel, 23 were arraigned in Canyon County court.

     

    Peter James Lund (Attempted Murder)

    Victim: unnamed

    In December 2016, Lund travelled to Manchester to see a man he met on a dating app and spent the evening with him, after taking him to a Chinese takeaway in his silver Jaguar.

     

    Please use the comment section below if any of these need updating.

  • Freddie Mercury was unsure about his sexuality and revealed his worries to his girlfriend

    In an eye-opening interview with the iconic designer and creator of the heritage 60’s fashion label BIBA, Barbara Hulanicki talked about her friendship with the legend Freddie Mercury – and his love of her make up range.

    By FreddieMercurySinging21978.jpg: Carl Lenderderivative work: Lošmi – FreddieMercurySinging21978.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7798754

    Speaking to THEGAYUK in 2015 Barbara revealed, that in her company’s early days it “… attracted some very special customers too including Freddie Mercury who loved their make-up. Barbara reveals the iconic singer was dating her shop manager, Mary Austin. Mary Austin was known as the girlfriend of Freddie Mercury. She was left the majority of his estate when he died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1991.

    Barbara explains that one day she found Mary crying and that she admitted that Freddie had confided his worries about his sexuality.

    “However one day I came across a very distraught Mary crying her eyes out and when I asked what the matter was, she told me that Freddie didn’t know if he was going to be gay or straight.”

    Freddie Mercury died in Kensington, from Bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS in 1991.

    Freddie himself never publicly came out as gay or bisexual but did tell The NME in December 1974, “Let’s put it this way: there were times when I was young and green. It’s a thing schoolboys go through. I’ve had my share of schoolboy pranks. I’m not going to elaborate further.”

    Among other highlights, Barbara is also famed for giving Anna Wintour her start in fashion.

    TGUK: And did the future Grand Dame of Vogue Anna Wintour really start her career as your Saturday girl?

    BH: Yes.

    TGUK: So you taught her all she knows? (laughs) And do you think that Ms Wintour has this first job down on her resume?

    BH: No comment.

    TGUK: Well if you are going to be tactful about this, can you agree that she may have copied her signature habit of wearing oversized glasses from you?

    (Roars laughing)

    Read the full interview with Barbara Hulanicki in issue 9 of TheGayUK available on Apple And Android or click here

  • Jack Maynard apologises for tweets in highly edited Youtube video

    YouTuber and former I’m A Celebrity star, Jack Maynard has finally spoken up after homophobic and racist tweets were discovered on his Twitter timelines.

    It’s taken Jack Maynard nearly three days since leaving the jungle to issue his own statement surrounding the reasons why he left the Jungle on Tuesday.

     

    He posted a video on YouTube apologising for his language. He titled the video, “My Explanation”. However, the video, in which he said he was “really, really sorry”, was highly edited and Jack himself seemingly found it difficult to look directly at his audience throughout his throughout the four and a half-minute video.

    In the video, he said, “As you can already tell I’m back in London, I have left the jungle in Australia where I was before this. To be honest, I just want to start off with that I’m sorry, I’m just really, really sorry,” he said.

    “The least you deserved was for me to come home and sit down and talk to you and explain everything that has been going on.”

    “I’m sure most of you have seen that a lot of stuff have been written in the press over the last few days so I thought the least you deserved was for me to come home and just sit down and talk to you and explain everything that has been going on.

    “I’m so sorry to anyone that I offended, anyone I upset, anyone I made feel uncomfortable.”

    “I’ve messed up I’ve been really stupid in the past and tweeted some horrible things, some pretty disgusting things that I’m just ashamed of,”  he continued.

    “I was young, I was stupid, I was careless I just wasn’t thinking back when I’d just left school and I didn’t know what I was doing getting into arguments with people on Twitter before I knew I’d have any impact online.”

    “I’m just so embarrassed, we’ve had such an amazing year,” he said.

    “One of the reasons I went on the show was because I saw it as a huge achievement to see off the year and I feel like I completely messed it up.

    “All I can do is beg and encourage that you guys don’t make the same mistake as well.

    “Don’t put anything online you wouldn’t say to your mum.”

    Fall from grace

    Jack Maynard’s departure from ITV’s flagship show came after the Sun, unearthed numerous tweets from the YouTuber, the tweets included the use of the “n-word”, which were used to describe a friend and “faggots” which was used as a slur.

    The term “retard” was also used as an insult towards people.

    The tweets date back up to six years when he was a teenager at the time of publishing these tweets.

    The video, posted on Maynard’s official channel on YouTube has been watched nearly 1,000,000 times since it was published.

  • These guys get real about tasting their own climax

    Your Man Mayo… Do you taste or don’t you?

    Well, this was the subject recently discussed in this Reddit forum… A bunch of non-gay guys had a discussion on whether they had ever tasted their own spaff.

    Surprisingly, or maybe not, most of them got off on it!

    1) I don’t mind if we snowball or I eat out her creampie but I don’t swallow cum just for the sake of it. Different strokes for different folks. Via

    2) When my SO gave me a blow job she would clean off my cock with her mouth and then deep kiss me. So yeah, I’ve tasted and swallowed my sperm. I did the same for her when I’d eat her pussy. I thought it was hot as hell too. Via

    3) I f*cking love it, but I’m bisexual so there’s that. Nothing is hotter than swapping my cum with my girl after I came in her mouth Via

    4) I’m kinda late to the thread but I thought I would contribute. I pretty much swallow my cum every time I masturbate unless I’m in the shower. At first it was just out of curiosity but then it just became convenient. I just cum into the hand I’m not using or I cum directly into my mouth by putting my legs over my head. Via

    5) I usually don‘t swallow it. But I don‘t have a problem doing it, interestingly it‘s mostly tasteless anyway. Via

    6) I’ve only come out of lurking a couple times, and it was to ask virtually this same question. Personally, I eat my cum in most sexual encounters, solo or with my wife. When masturbating I feel like I’m wasting it if I don’t eat it. There isn’t any sexual gratification in it. With my wife it’s a different story. Eating my cum out of her is one of my favorite things. Snowballing is another fun trick. She hasn’t gotten comfortable enough to let me eat it after anal, but when the day comes… I get seriously turned on just thinking about it. Incidentally, this is why I dislike handjobs, you almost always lose all of it – I’m not about to lick it off the sheets! That said, I think it’s common for guys to have tried their cum, somewhat common for them to be cool with some contact with it post, and extremely unusual to have a real interest in it. Via

    7) Before I cum, yeah, I sometimes want to do that. But I’m of the common guy type whose libido kinda shuts down completely for a few minutes once he’s done. So basically, the only time when there’s any cum around is the time in which I want nothing to do with it. Via

    8) I was trying to do yoga plow and shoot in my mouth. I didn’t warm up and put my neck out, didn’t finish and had to go to the chiropractor. So yeah, warm up first before trying this. I swallow and enjoy licking off my SO. The taste seems really fine to me & it is a very clean way to deal with sploodge if someone eats it all up. Via

    9) It’s disgusting, and I don’t say that because “it’s gross, thats boy cum” but I’ve tried it multiple times and the taste is disguuuusting. It also seriously leaves my throat sore, far too basic. Via

     

    There you go… An insight… What do you do?

     

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  • LEGAL ADVICE | How do my partner and I dissolve our civil partnership, if one of us lives abroad?

    A reader asks our legal experts for advice on how to dissolve a civil partnership when one of them lives outside the UK. Megan Bennie, a solicitor at Grayfords Law looks into the case.

    How do I dissolve a civil partnership, if one of us lives abroad?
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    Dear Legal Clinic,

    Hello. I have me tried in many ways to obtain the necessary information with no success. I hope you can help. Both my ex-partner and I wish to dissolve our civil partnership.

    The issue is I live abroad in Greece and he is in London. We have no mutual assets. We’ve been using documents from the Internet and posting to the court. But there are no guidelines for this process with one of us being non-domicile. I cannot get any documentation or information as I am not UK resident.

    Do we need for lawyers to be involved?  Just need to know the system.

    Malcolm

     

    Dear Malcolm,

    Thank you for your questions.  We live in an increasingly international world and now it is by no means unusual for a couple to be different nationalities, to live or marry abroad…and even to divorce from abroad. So don’t worry, there is a way through.  Even if you are living abroad, you can petition for a dissolution of your civil partnership on the basis that you last lived as a partnered couple in England and Wales (if this is the case) and/or your civil partner lives in England and Wales. One hurdle you might find harder to overcome is that you MUST have either your original marriage certificate or a certified copy (and a translation if it is not in the English or Welsh language). You can order a copy from the General Register Office for about £10.  https://www.gro.gov.uk   

    If you’re abroad and still on fairly amicable terms with your ex, have you thought about him applying for the dissolution? Unfortunately, you can’t apply together, even if you both agree the partnership has come to an end. However, that’s not to say you can’t work together to agree the paperwork in advance and split the fee. If your ex-partner still has an address in the UK it is likelier to be far quicker and easier for him to deal with the paperwork and get things moving.

    Best of luck with moving the dissolution forward. The process usually takes 6-9 months so the sooner you start, the sooner you can reach the finish line and start your new legally separate lives. 

     Megan Bennie– Solicitor at Grayfords

     

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