THEGAYUK

Tag: Homophobia

The latest news about homophobia across the UK and the globe.

  • Anti-Gay Tweet Sent To Tom Daley

    An anti-gay Tweet featured on Daniel Thomas’ Twitter stream yesterday after Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield narrowly missed out on a medal at the London Olympics. (more…)

  • Amusing Site Of The Day Love Gods Way Gay Bands

    Sometimes when trawling through the internet I take a detour into the rather pathetic minds of the bigots out in the world… That’s why I’ve decided to create Amusing Site Of The Day.

    Today’s Funny Site Of The Day award goes to:

    http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands

    This hilarious site, (no actually it’s hilarious) warns parents about the dangers of listening to GAY music from artists such as:

    P!NK

    COLDPLAY

    MICHAEL JACKSON

    JASON MRAZ

    QUEEN

    and BOY GEORGE

    They recommend that you burn your kids CDs if they have any of the music on the “gay list” otherwise “the next thing you know you have a homosexual for a child”

    Dammit gays! Stop making our children gay through your MUSIC. Which is very strange because most of the list aren’t even gay, lesbian, bi or trans. There is, however, an explanation for this:

    “There are multiple levels of Gay Music. Some bands are what we like to call GATEWAY BANDS…”

    No, wait it gets better….

    “They lure children in with Pop Grooves and Salacious Melodies leaving them wanting more…”

    This is actual science. You can’t argue with these kinds of facts… You can’t make this kind of thing up.

    Congratulations http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands for create a amusing site.

    If you’re afraid that music might be turning you gay – feel free to email them:

    lovegodsway.org@gmail.com tell them the TheGayUK sends love and gayness.

  • Joe McElderry Suffers Homophobic Abuse

    Xfactor Alumni and winner Joe McElderry has become another victim of homophobic abuse on Twitter, the 140 characters, mini social networking site.


    A user of the site ‘Bryden Morgan’ of Inverness, Scotland tweeted the star:

    “ahahaha nice success you’ve had after x-factor you gay c*nt!!”.

    Joe who won Popstar to Operastar last year tweeted back: “and judging by your profile pic you’ve clearly had a lot of success”.

    Morgan at first seemed remorseful of the comment made to the singer tweeting:

    “ok I apologize (sic) for the gay part it was mainly to insult him about x-factor”.

    However, he then tweeted that he had “a gang of gay rights activists” attacking him and that Joe’s fans had no right to get their “knickers in a twist” over it.

    The abuse continued into the early hours of this morning when Morgan tweeted:

    “#TeamBryden RT if you also think joe mcelderry is s**t and is being a little bitch #GetOverIt”

    There have been recent cases of arrests in connection to homophobic abuse and sending abusive messages to celebrities.

    TheGayUK has also contacted Twitter directly for comment on what Twitter will do to protect minorities and LGBT users on the site. So far Twitter has declined to comment.

    A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: “Police received reports yesterday from a member of the public with concerns of comments made on Twitter.

    “Enquiries were carried out and no complaints have been made.”

  • Boy George Quits Twitter

    It was reported that UK singer and DJ Boy George had quit Twitter after the service reportedly failed to help the star after a string of homophobic attacks on the microblogging site on the 23rd April.

    Twitter has yet to respond to the matter, however, we can confirm that THEGAYUK has put in a formal request for comment on homophobic abuse on the site.

    In a tweet the Culture Club singer and DJ said:

    “I’ve taken my homophobic spam issue to my lawyers and the police now!! Someone is going to get done!! Don’t let it be you!!”

    Boy George has over 200,000 followers on the service.