COMMENT | How gay men Hooked Up before the tech
The Rural Closet In my mind, this is how I imagine the closet to be. A crowded dim place, smelling of hay, stale clothes, and dried semen. Somewhere a dog […]
COMMENT | What does LGBT+ actually mean…
LGBTQIAPK – Has it all gone too far? – A follow up The rationale behind the question was about division by classification. Is this a form of segregation? Is it […]
COMMENT | I committed the gay cardinal sin… I got overweight and old
When I was young gay bars and nightclubs were at the height of popularity and exclusively gay. I had no trouble finding men and no intention of settling down with […]
Dating apps make men unhappy and provide a platform for racism
Do dating apps give men body image concerns and lower self-esteem? shutterstock Glen Jankowski, Leeds Beckett University As the dating app Tinder turns five, new research shows men who regularly use […]
8 Ways to Survive Being a Sissy
Performance artist Nando Messias shares some tips on how to survive when you’re an effeminate man. For more insights come see Where 4 Roads Meet: Death and the Sissy, showing at […]
Six totally terrible questions to ask gay people
Ready those eye rolls… Which one of you is the girl???? “Well, we have a rota. I do Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. He does the Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On […]
COMMENT | What about straight victims of homophobia?
Why is it so often the case that the struggle for equality can feel like one step forward and three back? In the UK, equalities minister Justine Greening has announced […]
OPINION | The films that should win an Oscar and those that actually will…
Every year at THEGAYUK we list the films and stars that should win the Oscar picked from films that people have actually seen as opposed to over rated critics favourites […]
OPINION | 7 celebrities who think they might be gay icons, but aren’t, and 10 celebrities who actually are gay icons
What makes a gay icon I hear you ask? Well, there’s not actually a specific set of rules, if someone is an icon, it rarely needs to be said, it’s […]
OPINION | Emotional baggage is just a valuable quirk you’ve not discovered yet
Damaged Goods or just quirky? In this article, I’d like to look at the concept of “damaged goods” and what we think that means. We’ve all heard of the term […]
OPINION | Pride is Still Needed and this Journalist Just Proved Why
On 9th December 2016, the Isle of Wight County Press (IWCP) published an article on their website about the island’s first Pride rally, which is due to take place in […]