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Introducing GAYTIMES+: A new membership platform that gives access to queer-first storytelling and unique benefits

Today, GAYTIMES Group are proud to announce the launch of GAYTIMES+, a new membership platform that gives members complete access to GAY TIMES’ queer-first storytelling and unique benefits. The launch of the new scheme will beckon in and help shape the next era of one of the world’s longest-running LGBTQ+ media brands. Designed to empower the best original LGBTQ+ content, GAYTIMES+ will allow the brand to delve deeper into the stories that matter most from all around the globe. Its core goal will be to build and protect the future…

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Denai Moore’s music puts a middle finger up to the restrictions of genre

Dread is a feeling we’ve all become far too accustomed with over recent months. If you weren’t already feeling it because of the political landscape, global warming and right-wing extremism, you’re probably feeling it now a pandemic has put the world in lockdown. So while many artists delay their albums in the hope for a more positive climate to celebrate their music, now feels like the perfect time for Denai Moore to release her third studio album Modern Dread. “I wanted to contextualise what it means to be alive right…

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Raveena’s delicate songwriting shows there’s power in vulnerability

With dreamy production and ethereal lyrics, Raveena is making music for those who wear their hearts on their sleeves when it comes to life and love. She’s released two beloved EPs and a full-length album, directs her own music videos and maintains creative control over her art, making her an inspiration for many. But perhaps more importantly, she’s doing this as a queer Indian-American woman. It’s an intersection of multiple identities we don’t often see in music – not least music that’s racking up millions of streams online – and…

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Rebecca Black on coming out as queer and finding her own sound

There’s nothing queer people love more than seeing someone overcoming adversity and emerging stronger on the other side. We see it with our favourite queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race, we saw it when Cady Heron overcame the Plastic’s reign of terror in Mean Girls, and perhaps most importantly we see it with our favourite female pop stars. So it’s no surprise that Rebecca Black has won the title of ‘gay icon’. Her 2011 viral hit Friday may have been a low-key banger that we love to quote even today, but…

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Premiere: Keiynan Lonsdale is the queer superhero we need on new single Gay Street Fighter

“Your mother? She gay. Your brother? So gay. Yeah, they all just a little bit gay!” Keiynan Lonsdale refuses to retire his superhero mantle as he fights for equality on his infectious new self-love anthem. The multi-talented creative – who first stole our hearts with major roles as Kid Flash in The Flash and Blue in Love, Simon – celebrates the LGBTQ community and declares war on homophobia as the Gay Street Fighter we need and deserve. “For anyone who thought they couldn’t be themselves and a hero too, your…

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Meet Isaac Dunbar: the new queer prince of pop

Isaac Dunbar is taking the world of ‘Stan Twitter’ by storm. Thanks to his infectious pop anthems about the queer teen experience and laidback approach to social media, Isaac Dunbar has garnered quite the online following. ‘Stan Twitter’ often hail the 17-year-old as a “king!” and ask if he’ll adopt them as his child, or if they can send him their cat in the post. Very normal behaviour, yes, but he’s taking it all in his stride. “My fans are like my besties,” he tells us ahead of the release…

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Is the coronavirus disproportionately impacting the LGBTQ community?

On 8 March – International Women’s Day – I attended a concert for a major charity. There were over a thousand people in the venue, fans reaching up to touch their favourite pop star’s hand as they performed on stage. Coronavirus still felt very remote.  Self-isolation and social distancing is now the norm. Most of us have, quite rightly, accepted these unprecedented restrictions on our movement. Many of us listen anxiously to the news each day, as coronavirus deaths in the UK and globally continue to increase. But what impact…

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I asked 25 ‘Hot Guy’ Instagram pages why there were no men of colour. Here’s what happened…

It’s been three years since the popular gay Instagram feed Hoscos made some vivid statements when it was questioned about its stylised and whitewashed celebration of men, targeted at gay men. At the time the account had around 315k followers, and the ensuing media storm only increased its follower count. It did, though, change Hoscos’ approach to representation on its feed. Since then, the bodies and faces of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic men (BAME) have been featured. I won’t repeat the comments from three years ago, as there is…

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Supergirl star Nicole Maines is the real-life trans hero the world needs

Nicole Maines is paving the way for a new generation of LGBTQ youth both on-and-off screen. As well as being the anonymous plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Doe vs Clenchy, where she fought and won the right for transgender children to use the school bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, Nicole made history when she became the first transgender superhero on TV as Nia Nal aka Dreamer in The CW’s acclaimed adaptation of DC Comics series Supergirl – and she’s using her voice to push the show to do…

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Jade Thirlwall on how Little Mix’s new era is all about having fun

Has there ever been a time when we’ve needed a glorious new Little Mix single more than right now? Probably not. The UK’s biggest girl group are back for their sixth era and have brought with them an 80s-tinged pop anthem that’ll swoop you out of your isolation blues. Written by Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock with Kamille, Frank Nobel and Linus Nordstrom, Break Up Song is a whopper of a return, pairing love-lorn lyrics with sky-soaring synths. While working from home this week, we caught up with Jade over…

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