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Games Night Comes to Weston Courtesy of Forum

Posted on 17 Jun 2022 in Lifestyle

North Somerset LGBT+ Forum report that their “Rumble in the Jumble” bric a brac sales will carry on each Sunday during June at the Forum’s headquarters. From 10am to 4pm each week, you can explore DVDs, books, household items and much more besides, with all proceeds going to the Forum’s work for the community. In addition, the newly inaugurated GAYme Night takes place on Sunday 26th June, from 5 to 8pm at the Sanctuary Café on Orchard Street. Organisers say “The café has an amazing selection of board games and our trustees will be on hand to help you feel welcome and take part - so even

Body Positive LGBTQIA Friendly Exercise is in

Posted on 7 Jun 2022 in Lifestyle

The LGBTQIA+ community can sometimes experience body discrimination, although there are cultures of resistance, through lesbian feminism’s rejection of patriarchal notions of acceptable female bodies, to the Bear Community’s celebration of a wide variety of gay and bi male shapes.

Simon Amstell on Buddhism and Veganism

Posted on 28 Mar 2022 in Lifestyle

Gay comedian Simon Amstell talks to the Guardian newspaper in its Sunday edition. In a wide ranging interview, Amstell talks about his anxieties about turning forty and how he found spirituality in Peru and in Buddhist texts, which also inspired him to become vegan.

Sober Living on the Fetish Scene

Posted on 20 Feb 2022 in Lifestyle

Recon.com, which is a site for gay, bi, trans men and all who identify as male, and who are into fetish of all sorts, has issued its latest podcast. Edition Seventeen which is free to listen to at Soundcloud and other platforms takes on the serious issue of drinking in the gay fetish scene and m

Transpeople Welcome at Rose of Tralee Fest

Posted on 19 Feb 2022 in Lifestyle

Irish broadcasting network RTE reports that the prestigious Rose of Tralee beauty pageant, which is designed to honour the most beautiful Irish women, is moving with the times and will welcome transgender women as contestants for the first time. In addition, women who are married will be welcome

Feb

On Valentine's, Gay Brand on Sex Positivity

Andrew Christian weblog has summarised the scientific reasons why sex is good for you, regardless of your sexuality.

Feb

LGBTQIA Favourite Sci Fi Celebrated at HMV

For many people who grew up in the 1980’s, their incarnation of “Doctor Who” was Peter Davison, who took over as the fifth version of the Doctor from Tom Baker in 1982.

Jan

The Body Beautiful: Gay Pin Ups Announced

Gay and bisexual men’s male beauty appreciation site, Famous Males.com, have published the results of their survey for the title of most handsome man of celebrity or sport in 2021. Several thousan

Dec

Christmastime Falls and We Mark Solstice

And so we turn to the midwinter festivals. It's Christmas in the Christian calendar, Yuletide in the old Anglo-Saxon pagan calendars and for the Greco-Romans, Saturnalia.

Dec

Early Humans and Samesex Desire

The Christmas commercial for Audible, the audio books platform, includes an interesting twist on a gay couple when two male Neanderthal mannequins at a museum are seen to be holding hands whilst we