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LGBTLabour comment on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013

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Anwen Muston, LGBTLabour’s Trans Officer speaking on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013 said:
“Today we remember the many hundreds of trans people who have lost their lives due to prejudice and transphobia around the world.
We in the UK are often luckier than most and have greater protection under the law than many other countries, but still many trans people live in fear of being… Read the rest

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BOOK REVIEW: Grand Slam

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Ok, being a Brit, I have to admit that the rules of baseball are an anathema to me – I have no idea who does what to whom or where, only a scant knowledge that its a little like rounders…. with a bigger bat and tighter trousers.
By Chris Jones | 19th November 2013

Being given a gay romance novel to review that revolves around… Read the rest

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Queer As Folk Creator Teams With Channel 4 for Two New Gay Series

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Creator of seminal hit ‘Queer As Folk’ creates two new original dramas and an online series for 2014
by Newsdesk | 19th November 2013 Fifteen years after Queer As Folk exploded on to the screen, award-winning writer Russell T Davies is back with Cucumber and Banana – two new drama series for Channel 4 and E4 exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay… Read the rest

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Will Young and Stonewall team up to tackle homophobic language

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Stonewall, supported by Will Young and Mumsnet, today launches a flagship campaign to tackle homophobic language in schools.
The campaign comes exactly ten years since the repeal of Section 28 and is in response to research showing that 99 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people hear phrases such as ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘you’re so gay’.
84 per cent are distressed when… Read the rest

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Ed Miliband comments on the 10th Anniversary of the repeal of Section 28

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I remember the campaign against Section 28 from my college days and the pain it caused for so many people.
Yet it also brought together a renewed commitment from the LGBT community and its supporters to stand up against injustice.
As we mark the 10th anniversary since Labour in government abolished Section 28 we remember that we must all speak up against prejudice. I don’t… Read the rest

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The Overtones Set To Release Smile

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Fresh from the recent success of their third consecutive Top 5 album, ‘Saturday Night At The Movies’, the smoothest band this side of 1950s Hollywood – The Overtones – have today released a fabulously festive version of the 1954 Nat King Cole classic, ‘Smile’, to celebrate the season of goodwill and to help share a smile this Christmas.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

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LUCY SPRAGGAN Reveals Video For Tea & Toast

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Today Lucy Spraggan has unveiled the video for her crowd favourite ‘Tea & Toast’ which will be released on December 16th.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

The heartbreaking tale moved the X Factor audience and judges to tears at bootcamp which secured Lucy’s place at judges house with a rare standing ovation. Lucy Spraggan is set to release ‘Tea and Toast’ on December 16th,… Read the rest

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LUCY SPRAGGAN Reveals Video For Tea & Toast

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Today Lucy Spraggan has unveiled the video for her crowd favourite ‘Tea & Toast’ which will be released on December 16th.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

The heartbreaking tale moved the X Factor audience and judges to tears at bootcamp which secured Lucy’s place at judges house with a rare standing ovation. Lucy Spraggan is set to release ‘Tea and Toast’ on December 16th,… Read the rest

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LUCY SPRAGGAN Reveals Video For Tea & Toast

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Today Lucy Spraggan has unveiled the video for her crowd favourite ‘Tea & Toast’ which will be released on December 16th.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

The heartbreaking tale moved the X Factor audience and judges to tears at bootcamp which secured Lucy’s place at judges house with a rare standing ovation. Lucy Spraggan is set to release ‘Tea and Toast’ on December 16th,… Read the rest

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BEN COHEN: Shows Off Underwear

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Move over Becks there’s a new Bulge in town as Ben Cohen shows off new underwear range.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

Shirtless, gay icon and Strictly contestant, Ben Cohen is making a stir with his new range of undies – which come in a variety of colours and bulges – sorry just trying to keep our minds on the task of writing this… Read the rest

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X Factor’s Sam Callahan Booted Off Show

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Tis a shame, but young Sam Callahan has been eliminated from this year’s X Factor competition.
by Newsdesk | 18th November 2013

X Factor hottie and former interviewee of TheGayUK has been booted off ITV’s X Factor 2013, after appearing in the bottom two sing-off against Luke Friend.The two sung their hearts out, Luke Friend singing U2’s I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,… Read the rest

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BOOK REVIEW: Confessions Of A Gay Rugby Player – Books 1 and 2, By Patrick Darcy

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What is it recently with me and ball playing books? First there was Grand Slam by J.T. Cheyanne and now along comes Confessions of a Gay Rugby Player by the talented Patrick Darcy.
by Chris Jones | 18th November 2013

Patrick takes the world of rugby, gay rugby at that, and makes it real. So real, you can smell the sweat on those players, even… Read the rest

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT: London Gay Symphony Orchestra

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This Christmas the LGSO present a concert of popular seasonal classics: bells will be ringing for Delius’ ‘Sleigh Ride’, trumpets will be sounding for Prokofiev’s ‘Lieutenant Kije’ (if that doesn’t sound familiar, you’ll surely recognize it from that other seasonal classic, ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’) and the strings will be soaring for Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, AKA ‘Winter Dreams’. We’ll also be serving the season’s… Read the rest

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INTERVIEW: How To Survive A Plague, with David France and Peter Staley

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We sat down with film maker, journalist and director David France and gay rights and HIV activist Peter Staley to talk about their brand new documentary film How To Survive A Plague, which chronicles the astounding progress of the modern gay rights movement and how the gay community dealt with the AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s.
by Jake Hook & Greg Mitchell |… Read the rest

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COLUMN: A Winter’s Tale

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Winter is definitely looming over us and I’m embracing the fact that the weather is distinctly nippy. I’m trying hard to not spend my life looking forward to the next season.
by Chris Bridges | 17th November 2013

I’m not good at living in the moment but instead, long for the next thing on the horizon or hanker after the past. Rather than enjoying the… Read the rest

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OPINION: Why James Arthur Deserves Our Compassion, Not Our Outrage

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Ridiculous remarks spilling from the mouths of X-factor contestants is nothing new, so I was hardly shocked to hear that last year’s winner, James Arthur, offended the gay community this week by referring to an underground rapper, in a rap battle, as a “f*cking queer”.
By Will Hillier | 17th November 2013

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LISTEN: James Arthur’s Homophobic Rap

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A YouTube Clip Has emerged of James Arthur’s homophobic slur ‘You F**king Queer’ in a rap.
by Newsdesk | 17th November 2013James’s ‘diss’ rap can be heard here: http://www.videos.thegayuk.com/HeyMickey The singer was responding to an underground rapper, Mickey Worthless, who criticised Arthur’s decision to enter X Factor in 2012. Arthur responded with a rap which included the gay slur, ‘You f**king queer’. We managed to… Read the rest

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James Arthur Apologises For ‘F**king Queer’ Slur

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James Arthur who won last year’s X Factor has apologised to the gay community after an argument on Twitter in which he used the homophobic slur ‘You F**king Queer’ in a rap.
by Newsdesk | 17th November 2013

The singer was responding to an underground rapper, Micky Worthless, who criticised Arthur’s decision to enter X Factor in 2012. Arthur responded with a rap which included… Read the rest

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MUSIC: Kitty Brucknell Releases Banging Track

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Former X Factor contestant extraordinaire Kitty Brucknell releases banging dance track No Tomorrow.
by Newsdesk | 17th November 2013

The track which is taken from a new Dance compliation album ‘You Love Dance’ sees the star team up with German dance label Planet Punk Music.

Check out the video http://www.videos.thegayuk.com/NoTomorrow So what do you think?Storelinks: Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NoTomorrow-Amazon Musicload: http://tinyurl.com/NoTomorrow-MusicloadItunes: http://tinyurl.com/NoTomorrow-Itunes… Read the rest

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COLUMN: B Stands For Bullying

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This month is mostly brought to you by the letter B, for bullying…
by Scott Sammons | 17th November 2013

No, this is not the section of a game show where we shout out “lines you’d never hear in a…”. After reading some of the recent articles on bullying and people’s experiences it stirred up some memories inside me. I started to reflect on my… Read the rest

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