Category: LGBTQ+ Community

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Attempts to criminalise chemsex users are making the queer scene less safe than ever

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GAY TIMES finds that up to 1000 people have died of possible chemsex-related harms in the past decade, so why are police attending callouts instead of ambulances? WORDS BY SOPHIE WILKINSON HEADER DESIGN BY JACK ROWE “Somebody overdoses, so they call for an ambulance, but the police turn up first,” Patriic Gayle says from across the table at the London HQ of the Gay Men’s Health Collective (GMHC), where he is Project Lead. We’re right next to stacks of condoms, lube, gloves, salt tablets and needles, neatly contained in cardboard…

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How online queer mutuals helped me combat the teenage well of loneliness

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Finding your community – whether online or IRL – can make all the difference. Zoya Raza-Sheikh reflects on how internet friendships helped them navigate their identity. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN You’re not supposed to overshare online, not really. Growing up with the internet, I often got warned of its dangers: talking to strangers, passing out private information and the frightening permanency of anything I posted.  Still, as a bored teen, I did what most 14-year-olds did at the time – I created a Twitter account.…

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Articles Celibacy Gen Z LGBTQ+ Community Love & Sex News Originals queer community Sex and relationships

“Y’all know I’m going boysober for a year”: how queer Gen Z rebranded celibacy

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It’s no secret that LGBTQIA+ youth are ditching dating apps. Now, it looks like they’re leaving behind hook-up culture and going “sober”, aka celibate, when it comes to sex and relationships. We ask LGBTQIA+ Gen Zers why.   WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN If you didn’t know, we’re in a “sex recession”. Off the back of a pandemic where lockdown restrictions effectively criminalised casual sex, few people would be surprised that attitudes towards relationships and intimacy have changed. Throughout the 2020s, headlines were splashed across the internet…

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How the Women’s Super League became the pinnacle of UK sapphic culture

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From seeking out your sporty gf to scouting the WAGS of the women’s game, the football gays and theys have found their pride and place in the stands of the women’s football queer community. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER There’s no place like the Emirates Stadium for an Arsenal women’s game. Gunners and Pride flags run alongside the pitch and red and white jacquard scarves fill the stands as fan-led chants take over: “We’ve got McCabe, Katie McCabe – I just don’t think you understand!”  It’s…

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What does the future of queer film look like in the Global South?

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In partnership with BFI Flare: London Film Festival, we speak to directors Amrou Al-Kadhi and Onir about the progress of queer film in the Global South and why LGBTQIA+ representation outside the Western film canon matters.  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN We all remember the first queer film that resonated with us. For me, it was Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga; a seemingly innocuous Bollywood rom-com about a struggling playwright and his fateful encounter with a small-town young woman looking to change her life.…

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The chaotic drag-punk show celebrating poppers, porn karaoke and queer counterculture

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Iconoclastic performer Bleach invites GAY TIMES to take a sniff at legendary Berlin karaoke club Monster Ronson’s for amyl nitrate-themed extravaganza POPPERS. WORDS BY SAMUEL BENKE PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEE THIELER Sex, drag, punk and poppers. That’s what Bleach’s shows are all about. The Essex-raised, Berlin-based drag performer is a central figure in the German capital’s queer underground, organising monthly shows, concerts and karaoke nights. Key among her priorities? Fighting for a Berlin beyond commercialisation and gentrification, and for a nightlife that remains vibrant, queer and accessible to all. For her…

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Vibrant photos showcasing A-spec cabaret brilliance

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Photographer James Klug captures the incredible performances from asexual and aromantic creatives at The A Show. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KLUG In 2023, GAY TIMES sought out emerging queer photographers and help them break into the world of arts, media or advertising.  The lack of funding and opportunities in the arts is one of the key reasons we see a shortage of LGBTQIA+ representation in media and advertising. Breaking into photography as a career can be difficult, especially with the associated equipment costs and a need for…

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Final Fantasy: Lava La Rue is levelling up their lore

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The West London artist on the game-changing plans behind their debut album, how they fell in love with Twilight’s emo vampire universe and why signing to Dirty Hit marks a new era. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLARYN CHONG STYLING BY AMY HOLDEN-BROWN MAKE UP BY MAYA MAN It’s a drizzly afternoon in Ladbroke Grove but that hasn’t stopped Lava La Rue – born Ava Laurel – from showing up in full stereo. We’re taking shelter in the headquarters of their new indie label,…

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Amplify Articles Chrishell Stause Culture G Flip LGBTQ+ Community Long Reads Music News Selling Sunset

G Flip is the non-binary role model they never had

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The Australian musician on their Nicole Scherzinger-influenced queer awakening, the thirst-trap that kickstarted their romance with Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause and their new pop-rock album, Drummer.  WORDS BY CLAIRE MOUCHEMORE PHOTOGRAPHY BY CALLUM WALKER HUTCHINSON AND NAZRIN MASSARO HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN “I’m a proud they/them,” G Flip says, seated in their signature skater boi slouch. It’s a warm Wednesday afternoon in St Kilda, Melbourne and we’re sitting on the rooftop of the grand Victorian Pride Centre, a shiny new hub for Australian LGBTQIA+ communities – a place where…

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Photographing Bath’s local bakeshop queer community

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Felix Pilgrim captures the closeness and community fostered at Daisy and Bean Bakeshop at Gay Street’s queer-owned bakery. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH PHOTOGRAPHY BY FELIX PILGRIM HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN The lack of funding and opportunities in the arts is one of the key reasons we see a shortage of LGBTQIA+ representation in media and advertising. Breaking into photography as a career can be difficult, especially with the associated equipment costs and a need for experience.  Felix Pilgrim, a photographer hand-selected by GAY TIMES, travelled to Bath to capture…

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