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NHS Will Now Reconsider PrEP After Legal Threat From AIDs Charity
The NHS in England has said it will now reconsider its position on PrEP prescription for gay men and other high risk groups after a legal threat from leading AIDs charity, the National AIDS Trust (NAT).
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Actress Doris Roberts Dies At The Age Of 90
Television Actress Doris Roberts, star of Everybody Loves Raymond has died at the age of 90.
CREDIT: kathclick/Bigstock Doris Roberts who starred in the hit comedy, Everybody Loves Raymond as the meddling mother Marie Baron has died at the age of 90. Her death was confirmed by a spokesperson for her family.
The St. Louis born actress died in Los Angeles on Sunday night in her sleep.
During her time in Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran from 1996 to 2005, she won four Emmys
Speaking with Parade Magazine in 2014 she talked about how she was in favour of same-sex marriage and questioned why gay people shouldn’t be allowed to have the same rights as everybody else.
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When asked what she thought of gay marriage the veteran actress said,
“I’m in favor. If you fall in love with someone, why can’t you have what everybody else has? Why should you be segregated and denied? I have a lot of gay friends. I’m lucky. I go to parties celebrating their being together 25, 50 years. They’re together longer than any straight people that I know. I had two marriages, and I didn’t make it as long as they did.”
Writing on Twitter, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, said that she was “A wonderful, funny, indelible actress and friend.”
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Cirque Du Soleil Add Their Names To North Carolina Boycott
Internationally renowned entertainment group Cirque Du Soleil have announced plans to boycott North Carolina over its anti-LGBT laws.
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Bianca Del Rio Gives Jeremy Joseph His Drag Name
Drag legend Bianca Del Rio has helped G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph name his drag queen.
CREDIT: kathclick / Bigstock RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio has helped Jeremy Joseph name his drag queen. The G-A-Y owner revealed that Bianca had given him his drag name during his last trip to the US.
“Actually it’s funny… I was in L.A. at Christmas and (Bianca) and I went out to dinner and we were just taking the piss out of each other.
“We came up with my drag name.
“It’s Kosher Stains.
So with the London Marathon coming up, we asked Jeremy if he’d get his drag on and complete his marathon in a pair of high-heals.
“That was the temptation this year, to run it in drag. It’s kind of like when you have these ideas and then suddenly it’s just like, ‘It was great when you’re thinking about it, but when you actually get around to doing it, no’.
“The marathon’s stressful enough without having to tack on little bits.
“Last year, I remember us being overtaken by a bottle of beer and a banana. I just though, ‘My God, how do you do it?’
“My concentration is just finish it.”
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So far Jeremy has raised nearly £400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. His aim is to raise, £1 million for the charity.
Speaking about why he chose the Elton John AIDS Foundation Jeremy said,
“The reason why the Elton John AIDS Foundation is important, is because I decided several years ago that I wanted G-A-Y to focus on one charity.
“I chose the Elton John AIDS Foundation because they distribute money, rather than finance one thing.
“It means by raising money through Elton John Aids Foundation, you’re raising money for lots and lots of charities.
To sponsor Jeremy Joseph during the London Marathon visit his Virgin Money page.
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Britain’s Got Talent’s Young Dancer Speaks Of “Gay” Bullying
Britain’s Got Talent judges emotionally break down after Jack Higgins admits to being bullied and being called gay after his heartbreaking performance.
CREDIT: © ITV and Fremantle Media. Young dancer Jack Higgins, 14, won the hearts of the nation during last night’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent after he admitted that he had been bullied at school and has been called gay because of his ballet talent.
It was during his interview after his performance that Jack broke down with tears in his eyes to explain the torment he had received from bullies at school. He told the judges that he had even been called gay because of his dance abilities.
CREDIT: © ITV and Fremantle Media. Judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden were visibly emotional after Jack’s performance and after he revealed that he had been bullied.
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David Walliam called the dance a “real Billy Elliot moment”,
He continued,
“It was so moving. The passion and commitment… it was really powerful.”
But it was Simon Cowell who managed to put the bullies in their place saying,
“You know the one thing bullies don’t like?
“They don’t like it when you do well. I can see how hard you’ve worked and I congratulate you.”
CREDIT: © ITV and Fremantle Media. The teen danced a self choreographed performance to A Great Big World’s Say Something which left many audience members in tears and resulted in a standing ovation for the teen.
The 14-year-old dancer looked visibly moved by the audience’s and judge’s reaction.
Jack had the last laugh those as all four judges gave him a resounding four yeses, which means that Jack is now through to the next round.
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The LGBT Twitter Powerlist – The Top 25 Most Popular LGBTs On Twitter
Between them, the top 25 gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans celebrities we could find on Twitter have access to the eyes of up to 132,000,000 people.
They range from a news anchor to YouTube stars, singers to actors. The average age of these stars is 46 years old, YouTuber Troye Sivan being the youngest at 20 and George Takei being the oldest at 78. Some have made their celebrity status through reality TV, like Adam Lambert (American Idol) and some have played the long fame game, like singer Ricky Martin and actor Neil Patrick Harris.
To make it on to this list celebrities needed to have at least one million followers. Trans stars are vastly under represented in the media and therefore may contribute to the fact that only one trans person had enough followers to qualify.
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25) Zachary Quinto, Actor, 1.12 million @ZacharyQuinto
Zachary Quinto came to fame during the Heroes TV show created by Tim Kring. He’s since gone on to star as Spock in the latest series of Star Trek films.
24) Rylan Clark-Neal, Presenter, 1.34 Million @Rylan
CREDIT: Channel 5 Rylan made his name during X Factor UK – and quickly became a reality TV favourite after he was snapped up by Celebrity Big Brother producers who put him to the house. Despite only becoming recently famous at that point he won that series of CBB. He now presents Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.
23) Ellen Page, Actor, 1.39 million, @EllenPage
CREDIT S Buckley / Deposit / THEGAYUKEllen Page is a Canadian actor who came out in February 2014 during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time To Thrive conference. She stars in the X Men series of films.
22) Samantha Ronson, DJ and Producer, 1.51 million, @SamanthaRonson
> 21) Suze Orman, TV Host, 1.6 million, @SuzeOrmanShow
>21 Gok Wan, Designer / Presenter 1.6million @GokWan
Gok Wan is a well known presenter in the UK his Channel 4 show, How To Look Good Naked made him an instant success.
20) Colton Haynes, Actor, 1.76 million @ColtonLHaynes
Colton Haynes made headlines in 2016 when he came out by acknowledging that he wasn’t secretly gay.
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UK’s Odd Of Winning Eurovision Are Now 50 to 1
The UK’s entry for Eurovision 2016 have seemingly terrible odds.
CREDIT: BBCJoe and Jake may be cute, but their song isn’t doing it for the bookies as William Hill puts the duo’s odds of winning at 50 to 1. To make matters worse the book maker is giving odds of 8 to 1 to come last.
CREDIT: BBCWilliam Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said,
“Things are not looking good for the duo chances and we think they are unlikely to feel like having a selfie at the end of the competition,
“They could well get humiliated again.”
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The UK hasn’t won the Eurovision Song Contest since 1997, when Katrina And The Waves were triumphant with the anthemic Love Shine A Light.
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Students Are Being Offered Amazon Vouchers For Their Sperm
Male students at one of the UK’s top universities are being offered £75 worth of Amazon voucher for their sperm.
Fliers are being handed out around a campus asking for cash strapped male volunteers to make their self-made donations as part of a trial run by the University of Sheffield – and are being rewarded with vouchers for the popular online retailer.
The study needs male volunteers aged between 18-30 who are available for 12 weeks between April and July to consume lycopene, the red pigment found in tomatoes and other red fruits, whilst donating semen samples.
Trial researchers hope to discover whether lycopene has a positive effect on participants’ sperm.
CREDIT: SWNS Scientists say a nutrient found in the “tomato pill” could supercharge sperm by up to 70 per cent and offer new hope to childless couples.
In other studies, lycopene has been suggested as a possible treatment for male infertility.
This is because the antioxidant properties of lycopene counteract the damage inflicted on sperm caused by oxidative stress.
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CREDIT: SWNS Professor Allan Pacey of the University of Sheffield, one of Britain’s leading experts on male factor infertility, is recruiting 60 healthy male students and university staff to take part in the three-month study.
He said,
“There is enough evidence out there to indicate this study is worth doing and I am cautiously optimistic. If it works in the volunteers we would then consider testing it in infertile patients.
“Production of sperm takes three months. This study will tell us if lycopene improves the quality of sperm already in development by reducing DNA damage, and whether it produces an overall increase in the number of mature sperm produced overall.”
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CAR REVIEW | Citroen C3 Exclusive PureTech 110
Bettered with Time Like Wine
★★★★
Citroen came to me and said “take your pick of our current range of motor vehicles” so l opted for the C3. For a start, the C3 has been with us for 14 years and l wondered if during that time the C3 as l remember it, had got better to still justify it as a viable supermini in today’s current crop of little city runners to the buying public.
The original C3 was frightful. I have driven several over the years and if it did give you feelings they were of gratitude that you got to your destination and were able to walk away from it. It wasn’t that it was a bad car but it was so very cheap in every way and not very engaging. So has it got any better?
It sat parked in the work’s carpark all bright and purple on shiny 17” alloy wheels lost in a myriad of great machinery we had on that day. We called it the Bruise but it gave you anything but a bruise. It bristled with verve on its little 3 cylinder 1.2cc turbo engine. I usually have a problem with 3 pot engines, in that they resonate and jerk around in such a way that I get motion sickness. None of this was evident in the 200 miles I did shooting around the world of Surrey in my purple machine. From low expectations, they rapidly rose with every mile I took to where it excelled itself.
There is a lot of praise to be thrown at the little Citroen so I’ll start with the negatives first. Firstly the rear door openings are small for that of a car its age. Getting in and out isn’t a problem for anyone small like a child. The more rotund of us will complain and then there is poor headroom. Despite its high sides there is limited height in the back for anyone 6 foot and over. And that is my only real complaint which for a car that has seen developments and 3 facelifts over its 14-year life is quite good.
Today in Britain want our cars with a Germanic ride, all taught and poised. Sadly this transfers into the cabin as harshness on the ride. True to say this is no roly-poly Citroen from yesteryear but the ride is compliant and smooth giving no cause for bruises on the bottom. And the handling is fun – though sadly hampered by an over sensitive traction system that kicks in too readily even when switched off. However, what it doesn’t take away from you is the fun of torque steer when all that power of 151lb.ft torque is applied to the front wheels from a lowly 1500rpm.
It’s a hoot to drive. Mind your step though because that little engine will propel it in a forward motion to 60 in 10.6 seconds at a great alacrity that you will get points on your licence!
The rest of the performance figures are impressive too. It loves to rev and at 5500rpm it is pumping out all of its 110bhp. Used in the way that the C3 allows itself to be motored it will kick you in the nuts at the pumps. The urban cycle of 47.9mpg is impressive but you have to drive like the boot is full of eggs to get it. The higher 30’s is where I got it to while enjoying its rapid ability. l don’t doubt the 60mpg combined figure Citroen state if used at its torque maximum.
The fit and finish have been greatly improved. It wasn’t the flimsy C3 I remember. On this model, we get handsfree Bluetooth connectivity that once mastered for it will ask for your PIN number first it works quietly away in the background. In operation, it was clear to use and couldn’t have been any simpler. We also get a reverse camera with guiding lines and the stereo will only mute a notch if the sensors go off. It also had leather seats that while not Aston Martin in quality was up to spec for a top of the range supermini.
The dashboard layout was totally logical and everything fell to hand. What was poor was the glovebox. It is only half the width of the draw. Thankfully you won’t need to put your satnav in there when you park up because it has one built into the infotainment system. Again it isn’t the best out there but l was able to find another route from the garden centre that l didn’t know existed because of the clarity of the screen and colours. I’ve only lived here for a year and it takes a 14-year-old car full of new tricks to show me. And it coped well with that trip to the garden centre. The tall Caprea Kilmarnock fitted nicely laying down and soil spilt was hoovered up without fuss from the hard-wearing carpets.
And that is that. The C3 like all things French has got better with age. It will never have the lustfulness that the DS3 has but then again it doesn’t carry a £4000 premium for 2 fewer doors. And does it still manage to be a viable proposition to those on the lookout for a city runner? Yes, it does. The range starts at £11000 and rises accordingly. The model I was given was the flagship in the range and its price isn’t cheap. If it was more reflective of its ageing design and in view of the newer crop of little wonders out there I would have given it 5 stars.
Likes
Build quality
Ride
Specification and equipment
Loathes
Limited room in the rear
Glovebox
Some quality issues with paint in the door shuts
The Lowdown
Car – Citroen C3 Exclusive PureTech 110
Price – £17,009 (as tested)
MPG – 60.1 mpg (combined)
Power – 110 bhp
0-62mph – 10.6 seconds
Top Speed – 118 mph
Co2 – 107 (g/km)
Find out more from Citroen.co.uk
