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Sapphic breakup etiquette 101: what should you do with the communal sex toy box?

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For some corners of the queer community, getting dumped leads to one particularly divisive dilemma: deciding what to do with the strap-ons and vibrators you’ve used as a couple. WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER Throwing myself onto my bed and sobbing like Scarlett O’Hara has always been my post-break-up routine. I genuinely believe that this level of theatrics is a measured and proportionate response when your heart has been dashed against the rocks. I’m a romantic and a Scorpio – what can I say? I also…

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Punk polymath Brontez Purnell on the cult of masculinity, trimming weed and the ‘McDonaldisation’ of identity

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To mark the release of his poetic memoir Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt, the writer reflects on twenty years of writing and living queer life in candid conversation with Eli Cugini WORDS BY ELI CUGINI HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN Anyone who thinks that polymaths don’t exist anymore probably hasn’t met Brontez Purnell. The Oakland-based novelist, musician, dancer, filmmaker, zine maker — and overall ‘pretty Black boy’ extraordinaire (to quote his interview with Steve Lacy) — can now add ‘poet’ and ‘memoirist’ to the list. Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt follows Pernell’s…

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Tokyo’s queer club scene is sweaty, messy and surrounding you at all sides

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From sweaty techno parties to late-night drag showcases, Kat Joplin explores how the city’s growing LGBTQIA+ district is creating space for trans and non-binary communities. WORDS BY KAT JOPLIN HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER The Shibuya club is small but packed with life. Rotating beams of coloured lights overhead, shivering curtains of blue and green hair on the dance floor. Stick-and-poke and abstract tattoos, heavy eyeliner, lipstick in shades of pink and turquoise. Loud conversations shouted over the techno: Japanese, Portuguese, English, and more. Barely visible in the flashing lights,…

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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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What is lesbian bed death and does it really exist?

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Lesbian Bed Death — what does the sapphic stereotype mean? Journalist Gina Tonic unpacks its reputation and explores how queer women can rekindle sexual intimacy in their relationships. WORDS BY GINA TONIC HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN If you, like me, heard the phrase ‘Lesbian Bed Death’ and jumped to all kinds of horny interpretations of the term, then I would like you to stop reading this article right now. It is much more fun to imagine Lesbian Bed Death as a promise to shag everywhere but between the sheets.…

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Which countries have the highest percentage of twinks, foot and leather lovers?

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The verdict is in! Grindr has revealed people’s habits for 2023 – including where there are the most top, bottom and versatile users. Grindr’s annual Unwrapped report, released on 19 December, has once again delved deep into anonymised aggregated data from its global user base. The data, compiled alongside its community survey results, have divulged international trends from the dating app and top pop culture moments of 2023. Trinidad & Tobago had the highest percentage of tops this year registered in the app, followed by Kenya, China, Myanmar and Greece,…

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Pornhub reveals 2023’s most searched terms

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From ‘twink’ to the ‘MILF’, Pornhub has dropped its annual analysis of the world’s most searched porn terms in 2023. In the 10th annual addition of the list, it was revealed that the top trend of the year was mature porn. Popularity of the search term grew by 77 per cent since 2022. ‘MILF’ became the second most searched term globally, while ‘DILF’ grew 71 per cent. Size continued to matter with search terms for ‘big’, ‘bigger’ and ‘biggest’ up by 177 per cent, on the previous year. The largest…

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Gay and bisexual men over 70 have active sex lives with multiple partners, study finds

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Gay and bisexual men over the age of 70 tend to continue having an active sex life with multiple partners, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) sought to understand how many sexual partners people typically have as they get older in order to improve mathematical models of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). They found that 79 per cent of heterosexual women aged 70 and over had no partners in the last three weeks, while 17 per cent of gay men in the same age…

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Norway apologises for law banning gay sex 50 years after decriminalisation

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The Norwegian government has apologised to homosexual men for a law that once made the act of gay sex illegal in the country. It is believed that 119 individuals were sent to prison between 1902 and 1950 under the legislation, which was abolished on 21 April 1972. The day before the 50th anniversary of this, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre issued an official apology on behalf of the government for the legislation ever being in place. “Through legislation, but also through a network of sanctions, we as a nation and…

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