Articles Culture Films In Partnership With Long Reads MUBI News Originals Sorry Baby

With queer happiness at its heart, Sorry, Baby is essential viewing

“Are you so happy being gay and in love?”: How Sorry, Baby normalises queer happiness. WORDS BY EMILY CAMERON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUBI Sorry, Baby is a point blank exceptional piece of cinema. What’s perhaps most striking about it is the number of ways in which it is exceptional, how it hits the brightest peaks and darkest troughs of life with poignancy and accuracy again and again. Most simply, Sorry, Baby is the story of how a post-grad student (just about) gets over being sexually assaulted by their thesis supervisor. It’s…

Read More
Articles Channel 4 Culture In Partnership With Long Reads News Television The Inheritance

The Inheritance: Meet the cast of Channel 4’s campy, devious new game show

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANNEL 4 The combination of Elizabeth Hurley and Judge Rinder in a delightfully campy and devious new series? Yep, we’re so in. This month, Channel 4 is launching The Inheritance, a new game show following thirteen strangers who are “summoned to a grand stately home” to compete for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a “fabulously glamorous benefactor” played by Hurley. As per the official synopsis: “But winning the money won’t be easy. The Deceased had a wicked sense of humour and believed…

Read More
Articles Community Hinge In Partnership With Long Reads News Originals

Queer couples on what loving beyond labels means to them

We sat down with two queer couples to discuss freedom and growing in love through embracing change. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HINGE PHOTOGRAPHY LYDIA GARNETT In 2025, discourse around labels is raising big questions about how we connect and what it means to love one another. While some hold labels dear, embracing the belonging and definition they provide, others are letting their connections be defined by attraction over identity.  According to Hinge, 48% of queer daters feel frustrated by the constraints of gender and sexuality categories,  a phenomenon known as Label…

Read More
Articles In Partnership With Life News

The realities of living with HIV have changed

Below, Dr Tristan Barber and Tom Hayes-Isaacs, an activist living with HIV, discuss how advances in medicine now allow many people living with HIV to lead full and healthy lives. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ViiV HEALTHCARE WORDS MEGAN WALLACE PHOTOGRAPHY LYDIA GARNETT FEATURING DR TRISTAN BARBER AND TOM HAYES-ISAACS Living with HIV has changed significantly over the years, thanks to improved treatment options, greater public education, and the gradual dismantling of discriminatory laws — including outdated restrictions on blood and organ donation, barriers to IVF and sperm donation, and the criminalisation…

Read More
Articles Culture In Partnership With News

GAY TIMES showcases heartfelt LGBTQIA+ letters at Outernet London

To mark Pride 2025, GAY TIMES partners with Garnier Micellar Water to create an immersive exhibit asking ‘what message would you give your younger self?’. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GARNIER MICELLAR WATER This Pride, GAY TIMES and Garnier Micellar Water exhibit Messages To Our Younger Selves at Outernet London.  Showcasing heartfelt letters penned by LGBTQIA+ individuals to their younger selves, the exhibition creates a powerful tapestry that chronicles the transformative path toward self-acceptance and pride. Made in partnership with Just Like Us and Outernet, the exhibition is a direct response to…

Read More
Articles In Partnership With Life News

This Pride, queer and trans icons write letters to their younger selves

From Bel Priestley to Vanity Milan, leading LGBTQIA+ figures reflect on the lessons they wish they had known earlier. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GARNIER MICELLAR WATER CHARITY PARTNER JUST LIKE US GARNIER CREATIVE AGENCY FRESHEATHER This Pride, Gay Times and Garnier are thrilled to unveil a new project celebrating queer coming of age.  We’ve invited a host of LGBTQIA+ talent to reflect on how they came into their identity, reflecting on all the joy, confusion and breakthroughs which led them to a place of self-love and radical acceptance.  For three years, Garnier has proudly…

Read More
Articles Community In Partnership With News

Pitch side dates: Sapphic couples on why they love Arsenal

This LGBTQIA+ History Month, GAY TIMES speaks to die-hard fans about how they found their biggest loves in life: Arsenal Women and their partners.  WORDS AND EDITORIAL DIRECTION ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH ART DIRECTION JACK ROWE PHOTOGRAPHER LYDIA GARNETT PRODUCER OLIVIA WILKES FEATURING DORY AND JULIA, ROBYN AND ABI, POPPY AND RUBY, CLARICE AND NORHAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARSENAL FC   There’s something special about Emirates Stadium – the buzzing chatter and chants rippling through the crowds as waves of LGBTQIA+ football fans pile into their seats. Music roars from speakers. You…

Read More
Articles In Partnership With Love & Sex News

IRL couple Tom Rasmussen and Hugh ‘Shugs’ Wyld on how changing gender identity labels impacted their relationship

76% of LGBTQIA+ Hinge daters wish they had seen more examples of healthy queer and trans relationships in the media – here’s the healthy representation we’ve been looking for.  IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HINGE Hinge found that 80% of their LGBTQIA+ users had difficulty finding resources to help them date – which is where Not-so-Frequently Asked Questions (NFAQ) comes in. First launched in August 2022, NFAQ amplifies inspiring voices that share their perspectives on how to navigate relationships, self-discovery, gender, and sexuality – all brought to life across social platforms, brand…

Read More
Articles Culture Films In Partnership With News

Queer feels like the climax of Luca Guadagnino’s fascination with sex

This mesmerising film stars Daniel Craig and explores sex as a tender, emotive antidote to gay shame and the vital, life-affirming power of sensuality. WORDS PATRICK SPROULL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUBI UK To Luca Guadaganino, the Italian filmmaker and Hollywood’s guiding light on sensual cinema, nothing is ever as it seems. In a cinema landscape starved of eroticism, Guadaganino’s nuanced, granular approach to sex has been a balm. The world of Guadagnino contains invigorating contradictions: cannibalism is romantic, tennis is more than a sport, and, of course, a peach is…

Read More
Articles fashion Holiday In Partnership With News

Put the white tube socks down! Here’s what to actually get your queer friends this Christmas

 Looking for the perfect gift for a queer work husband? A throuple? A baby lesbian? We’ve got you covered.  WORDS AND CURATION BY TOM GEORGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PINTEREST Mariah Carey is defrosting as we speak. Androgynous gingerbread people are being baked by the batch. Dads up and down the country will be fighting to get the last Mean Girls Bratz dolls on eBay for their young daughters and twenty-something gay sons. And you know what that means: the holidays are soon upon us!  GAY TIMES x Pinterest gift guides…

Read More
FREE SHIPPING Worldwide On All Orders! #QUEERKSRead our Shipping & Delivery FAQs for details.
+ +