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Celebrating the Beauty of Provincetown Bears

Posted on 23 Dec 2024 in Lifestyle

Chris Stanley blogs at the webportal of all things LGBTQIA arts and cinema, the Queerguru hub, about Provincetown's recent Bear Fiesta. Chris writes "Chris Stanley, one of social media’s fastest rising gay content creators with nearly 2 million likes , took his camera to the 24th Edition of the Annual Bear Week in Provincetown to see what makes these happy, mainly bearded rotund men, tick. Having no idea of what to expect from this slight looking young man, it was so refreshing to see the respect and qenuine sincerity he had when approac

One Hundredth Anniversary of Gay Jock Strap

Posted on 18 Dec 2024 in Lifestyle

Alexander Cheves writing for the gay magaznine Out.com reports on the one hundredth anniversary of the jock strap and its particular and enduring appeal amongst gay men. In a wide ranging historical article, which we suggest you delve into with your morning coff

Pinkwashing or Welcome Support from Companies

Posted on 17 Dec 2024 in Lifestyle

The issue of corporations sponsoring LGBTQIA+ groups has long been an issue of contention within our community. Is it pinkwashing, as some alleged - an equivalent of the greenwashing that some brands engage in to paper over their less savoury practices. We will let you decide,

Making Marriage Shows More Equitable

Posted on 22 Nov 2024 in Lifestyle

The new edition of the citywide newspaper B247 has been published. In the new issue is a feature on an inclusive wedding company. Same sex-marriage was legalised in the UK a decade ago, with the first marriages happening in March 2014. Rebel Love Collective aims to create an i

Boyband Evening Airs on BBC-2 Television

Posted on 16 Nov 2024 in Lifestyle

On Saturday evening, 16th November, BBC-2 Television in the UK will be meeting members of Boybands from the classic era of acts such as Take That, A1, Five and East Seventeen. Many a young gay guy would purchase the music papers

Nov

Marking Intergalactic Friendship Day

The BBC reports that Two of the universe’s biggest franchises collide, when Doctor Who and Star Trek come together to celebrate the Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day on July 3

Oct

Lesbian Mums Needed for Queer Research

The top selling magazine for LGBT+ women and non-binary people is DIVA. This month, the magazine reports that Mobilise Arts is developing a new arts and research project, The Quee

Sep

LGBTQIA+s Rebuilding Britain's Housing Stock

In a superb article for lesbian and queer women's magazine DIVA, Ray Cooper discusses the contributions made by LGBTQIA+ people to solving Britain's dreadful housing problems, char

Aug

Top Ten LGBTQIA+ Reads this Autumn

On our special two hour broadcast on August 29th, ShoutOut teamed up with News from Nowhere, the radical and progressive bookstore in Liverpool, to look at the top

Aug

Traveller Pride Marks GRT History Month

It's Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in June, as well as Pride Month. Claire Rice writing at the online magazine Travellers Times, says "As th