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This Is It!, the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, which was co-owned by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel, closed its doors for good on March 9

Graham Robson March 12, 2025

This Is It!, the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, which was co-owned by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel closed its doors for good on March 9. Founded by June Brehm, who died in 2010, and her son, Joseph Brehm, This Is It! opened in 1968 before being taken over by drag superstar and Wisconsin […]

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LGBTQ+ News

G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street, Soho is to go up for sale, its owner Jeremy Joseph has announced

Graham Robson January 24, 2025

G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street, Soho is to go up for sale, its owner Jeremy Joseph has announced. The news follows the reopening of sister venue Heaven nightclub with strict new conditions after a woman was allegedly raped by a member of the venue’s security team in November 2024. In a statement shared on […]

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Community News

HAVE YOUR SAY: Help protect Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ venues

January 21, 2025

Brighton & Hove‘s vibrant LGBTQ+ venues are more than just pubs and clubs – they’re essential cultural spaces that provide safe havens, foster community connections, and preserve our city’s proud queer heritage. The current licensing policy consultation presents a crucial opportunity for our LGBTQ+ community to help shape the future of these vital spaces. Licensing […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Hundreds of gay couples to tie the knot in Thailand after same-sex marriage laws come into effect

Graham Robson January 21, 2025

Hundreds of gay couples in Thailand, the largest Asian nation to legalise same-sex marriage, say they’re planning to get married on Thursday, January 23 as the kingdom’s marriage equality laws come into effect. The new marriage equality laws, which passed last year and come into effect on January 23, grant same-sex couples the same legal […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Get intimate with the gays of Odesa, Ukraine

Graham Robson January 12, 2025

Elska, a project dedicated to exploring the world and its men through a queer perspective, has shifted its focus on Odesa, the beautiful Ukrainian city on the Black Sea. Inside, readers can follow Elska author and photographer Liam Campbell as he shares intimate photography of the men he met there and honest stories about the […]

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Community News

Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton to run Chemsex Awareness training

Graham Robson October 24, 2024

Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton is to run Chemsex Awareness (online via Teams) on Thursday, October 31 from 10am. This training focuses on understanding sexualised drug use between men who have sex with men and how to support people engaging in chemsex. This half-day session will cover: What chemsex is Breakdown of the different drugs that are […]

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LGBTQ+ News

“First of its kind” research into poppers use highlights “inconsistencies” in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK

Graham Robson October 9, 2024

New research from Aston University in Birmingham and University of Liverpool into the use of poppers has highlighted “inconsistencies” in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK and how exemptions to the law impact on minority groups. The study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, is the first of its kind to examine who […]

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Sport

‘The weird thing about coming out is you never come out once.’ Sky Sports reporter Mark McAdam opens up on their experience of being the broadcaster’s only openly gay male journalist

Graham Robson September 24, 2024

Mark McAdam, a Sky Sports reporter who came out as gay in 2014, has opened up on their experience of being the broadcaster’s only openly gay male journalist. Speaking on the All Out with Jon Dean podcast, Mark admitted that he feels he has to repeatedly come out, but this has not stopped him having […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King react to long-standing lesbian rumours

Graham Robson July 26, 2024

Oprah Winfrey and broadcast journalist for CBS News, Gayle King, have proven that platonic friendships are just as important as romantic ones. During an appearance on Melinda French Gates’ Moments That Make Us podcast, the TV personalities and long-time best friends addressed longstanding rumours that they’ve been hiding the true nature of their relationship. “You […]

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News

Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay

Graham Robson July 15, 2024

Ralf Schumacher, Formula One driver and brother of Michael Schumacher, has come out as gay on Instagram. The brother of the seven-time F1 champion took to Instagram on Sunday, June 14 to post a picture of himself and another man standing arm-in-arm on a boat. The caption on the image read: ‘The most beautiful thing in […]

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