GAY TIMES celebrat the power and brilliance of the trans+ muny new issue

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• INTRODUCG GAYTIMES+: A NEW MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM THAT GIV ACCS TO QUEER-FIRST STORYTELLG AND UNIQUE BENEFS
• GAY TIMES CELEBRAT THE POWER AND BRILLIANCE OF THE TRANS+ MUNY NEW ISSUE
• GAY TIMES
• GAY TIM HONOURS
• FOUNR OF GAY TIMES MAGAZE, CHRIS GRAHAM-BELL, PASS AWAY
• GAY TIM RESIGNED AS SWCH TO QUARTERLY PUBLISHG SCHLE
• CALUM STT GO SHIRTLS FOR 'GAY TIM' COVER, HIS FIRST EVER!
• UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR "GAY TIM," IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013/11:03 AMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013 / 11:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR \"GAY TIM,\" IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: PHOTOS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORRY TOM DALEY, BUT A NEW BRISH DIVER HAS STOLEN OUR HEART: OLYMPIAN JACK LGHER IS ON THE VER OF THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF GAY TIM AND WE FELY LIKE WHAT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE MEAN THAT A IENDLY, APPRECIATIVE WAY, OF URSE: LGHER IS ALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, HE'S GOT A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULRS, AND A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA SPORTS: "IT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTE – IF YOU SAY SOMETHG THAT N BE OFFENSIVE ... LIKE RACISM [OR] SULTG GAY PEOPLE, [THERE] SHOULD BE AN STANT BAN OR SOME KD OF PENALTY SO JT DON’T HAPPEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHER ALSO SAYS HIS PARTICULAR SPORT IS CLIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH: "WH DIVG DON’T REALLY MATTER – YOU’VE GOT THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS ANYWAY, AND THEN GAY MEN. THAT’S THE ENTIRE FAN BASE, AND THAT FOLLOWG WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S EVEN GOT SOME CHEEKY PLIMENTS FOR DALEY, A GOOD IEND: ‘TOM DALEY IS NICE AND TANNED, AND THAT DRAWS QUE A GAY FOLLOWG," LGHER RIGHTLY DIAGNOS. ‘TOM’S POS ARE PRETTY QUTNABLE THOUGH! AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE MIGHT LGH AT THEM, BUT IF I DO WELL I N LGH BACK! TOM AND [FELLOW DIVER] CHRIS [MEARS] BOTH LOOK GOOD. SO GOOD. THEY’RE VERY HANDSOME LADS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF  GAY TIM IS OUT NOW. 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• GAY TIM MAY 2015 UK

INTRODUCG GAYTIMES+: A NEW MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM THAT GIV ACCS TO QUEER-FIRST STORYTELLG AND UNIQUE BENEFS

Today, GAYTIMES Group are proud to announce the lnch of GAYTIMES+, a new membership platform that giv members plete accs to GAY TIMES’ queer-first storytellg and unique benefs. Digned to empower the bt origal LGBTQ+ ntent, GAYTIMES+ will allow the brand to lve eper to the stori that matter most om all around the globe.

GAY TIMES CELEBRAT THE POWER AND BRILLIANCE OF THE TRANS+ MUNY NEW ISSUE

GAY TIMES has, and will ntue to be, at the foreont of queer culture sce s lnch 1984, servg as a bean of light to LGBTQ+ people lookg for visibily, reprentatn and a muny to nnect wh.

Handpicked stori and curated ntent by and for the muny to their boxA newly re-imaged and extend GAY TIMES Magaze, shipped worldwiThe abily to choose vers of multi-edn issu – somethg current subscribers have often asked for Immediate accs to the repli edn of GAY TIMES Magaze via a new appPrry accs to GAY TIMES events throughout the yearExclive accs to digal events and talksBpoke membership merchandiseMembership benefs om GAY TIMES’ expandg number of leadg partners. Later the year, GAY TIMES will also be openg their archiv to members so they n explore over 40 years of fascatg queer journalism – the first time they have ma their historil edns easily accsible to the public digal format. “As the media landspe ntu to change at a rapid pace – not least exagerated by the COVID-19 panmic – we are exced to be leadg the next evolutn of GAY TIMES.

The magaze will be clud wh specific GAYTIMES+ membership tiers and is signed to reflect and enhance current subscriptn mols. “GAY TIMES Magaze is an tegral part of our edorial esystem, and will rema so for years to e, ” explas Lewis Corner, Edorial Director.

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As part of the lnch of GAYTIMES+, the webse will be resigned wh a brand new athetic and terface that brgs ee daily updat and timely queer ntent om across the globe. GAYTIMES+ will help to ntue the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and regnn, be a world lear LGBTQ+ visibily, and nnect the muny far and wi.

Through special live events, digal spac, and a global work of LGBTQ+ advot and alli, GAY TIMES extend their missn to nnect queer experienc like never before. " If Margot Robbie’s Barbie wasn't already blon, she would have bleached her hair even faster than a gay man three days to lockdown. Up to 40 members of the Gay Liberatn Front had anised the prott, hopg would serve as an antidote to wispread gay shame prevalent throughout the muny.

“They were ashamed of their sexualy and genr inty so our unter to gay shame was Gay Pri, ” Peter Tatchell – one of the people who anised that 1972 Pri march – recently told GAY TIMES.

GAY TIM HONOURS

“Back then the overwhelmg amount of LGBTQ+ people were closeted, shameful and didn’t believe they were entled to equal rights, ” Peter told , addg that gay patrons outsi of queer pubs would throw s and beer bottl at them. “They said we were extremists, they said that mandg equal rights for gay people would only draw public attentn to and rult further opprsn, ” Peter explaed. In the UK we’ve fought for and won many rights – om same-sex marriage, equal age of nsent, the Genr Regnn Act, and the right to adopt, through to repealg the homophobic Sectn 28 that probed the teachg of LGBTQ+ experienc schools the 90s.

FOUNR OF GAY TIMES MAGAZE, CHRIS GRAHAM-BELL, PASS AWAY

Although his early work pre-dat the morn Pri movement, the late Antony Grey was wily regard as Bra’s first gay rights activist. The former prs officer for the Brish Iron and Steel Feratn started volunteerg for the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS) 1958, which mpaigned to change laws that crimalised gay men. Four years later, he beme secretary of the HLRS and the Albany Tst, a chary to assist gay men who veloped psychologil problems after beg persecuted.

Followg his ath 2010, fellow activist Andrew Lumsn creded Antony wh pavg the way for the Gay Liberatn Front, Outrage!, Stonewall and the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly. The former chief executive of Stonewall, Ben Summerskill, hailed Antony as a “real hero for gay equaly” and said the Brish LGBTQ+ muny “owe him a huge bt of gratu”.

It’s largely creded as one of the biggt member-driven LGBTQ+ anisatns the UK havg amassed membership of more than 5, 000 lbians and gay men. Her life trajectory changed 1969 when embolned by the UK’s crimalisatn of homosexualy two years prevly, she formally me out at Speaker’s Corner Hy Park, tellg the assembled crowd: “You are lookg at a roarg dyke. ” From there on her lbian activism went on to fe much of the gay rights movement; she joed the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly, found the Gay Liberatn Front 1970, took part the UK’s first Pri march 1972 and found leadg lbian magaze, Sappho year later.

GAY TIM RESIGNED AS SWCH TO QUARTERLY PUBLISHG SCHLE

In November 1970 durg a vis to the cema to see classic gay film The Boys In The Band, Ted Brown was hand a leaflet om a newly-formed Gay Liberatn Front London. He’d later be a powerful mpaigner agast homophobic and racist policg the UK, leadg the Black sectn of Galop, as well as workg for Lewisham Actn on Policg.

He also found Black Lbians and Gays Agast Media Homophobia; an anisatn that challenged and lled out media tl who, at the time, regularly ran anti-LGBTQ+ and racist news reports the UK overflowg wh disrmatn and discrimatn. In s first two s, the helple was an valuable source of support for those g out after the 1967 partial crimalisatn of male homosexualy, as well as one of rmatn durg the HIV/AIDS epimic the 80s. His filmmakg but Sebastiane – released 1976 – was one of the very first Brish film to pict posive imagery of gay sexualy.

A former member of Lbians and Gays Support the Mers, Jonathan Blake was one of the first people diagnosed wh HIV the UK and is one of the untry’s olst livg survivors wh the illns. Jonathan was also the face of Terrence Higgs Tst’s first safer sex poster aimed at gay men and has volunteered at var HIV drop- centr cludg THT, The Landmark Brixton/Tulse Hill, Lighthoe South London and The Food Cha.

CALUM STT GO SHIRTLS FOR 'GAY TIM' COVER, HIS FIRST EVER!

All three members of the band, Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski and Larry Stebachek, who rerd the majory of the band’s hs were openly gay, and ed their mic to highlight LGBTQ+ jtic society.

UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR "GAY TIM," IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013/11:03 AMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013 / 11:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR \"GAY TIM,\" IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: PHOTOS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORRY TOM DALEY, BUT A NEW BRISH DIVER HAS STOLEN OUR HEART: OLYMPIAN JACK LGHER IS ON THE VER OF THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF GAY TIM AND WE FELY LIKE WHAT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE MEAN THAT A IENDLY, APPRECIATIVE WAY, OF URSE: LGHER IS ALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, HE'S GOT A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULRS, AND A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA SPORTS: "IT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTE – IF YOU SAY SOMETHG THAT N BE OFFENSIVE ... LIKE RACISM [OR] SULTG GAY PEOPLE, [THERE] SHOULD BE AN STANT BAN OR SOME KD OF PENALTY SO JT DON’T HAPPEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHER ALSO SAYS HIS PARTICULAR SPORT IS CLIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH: "WH DIVG DON’T REALLY MATTER – YOU’VE GOT THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS ANYWAY, AND THEN GAY MEN. THAT’S THE ENTIRE FAN BASE, AND THAT FOLLOWG WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S EVEN GOT SOME CHEEKY PLIMENTS FOR DALEY, A GOOD IEND: ‘TOM DALEY IS NICE AND TANNED, AND THAT DRAWS QUE A GAY FOLLOWG," LGHER RIGHTLY DIAGNOS. ‘TOM’S POS ARE PRETTY QUTNABLE THOUGH! AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE MIGHT LGH AT THEM, BUT IF I DO WELL I N LGH BACK! 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Wrten to mpaign for the lowerg of the age of nsent for homosexual acts to 16 le wh the heterosexual age of nsent the UK, the ner sleeve listed the varyg ag of nsent for nsensual gay sex different natns around the world. It was around this time that Bronski Beat also headled the Ps and Perverts ncert at the Electric Ballroom London to raise funds for the Lbians and Gays Support the Mers mpaign – an event featured the 2014 film Pri.

Bronski Beat wrote unapologetilly queer lyrics which addrsed homophobia, lonels and fay misunrstandg, the only band of s time to stand so unapologetilly on a public stage for LGBTQ+ rights. A stnch gay rights mapger the early 1980s, he’s most well known for formg the Lbians and Gays Support the Mers group who would raise money for the Natnal Unn of Meworkers durg the year-long strike of 1984–1985.

The Pri Flag, signed by artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker, had, by now, been wily adopted throughout the LGBTQ+ muny. His words ma him Bra’s first male Member of Parliament to e out as gay publicly and, as time went on, he ed his platform to speak about issu affectg LGBTQ+ people the UK.

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Smh was the only openly gay MP at the time of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative ernment banng the “promotn of homosexualy” wh Sectn 28 1988, somethg he joed the public prottg agast several tim. After beg diagnosed wh HIV November 1986, Marc Thompson has ntuoly fought for LGBTQ+ rights and for Black gay men to be clud the nversatn – a nversatn that notorly exclud his muny when the HIV/AIDS first ravaged the LGBTQ+ muny the 80s. He also led Posively UK’s peer mentor programme until June 2018, -found Blackout UK, a movement dited to buildg safe spac for Black gay men, and up until 2019 served as the Strategic Programme Lead for Health Improvement at the Terrence Higgs Tst.

Throughout his 30 years of activism, Marc has also llaborated wh anisatns such as the NHS, The Royal Borough of Kensgton & Chelsea, Gay Men Fightg Aids and Big Up. Prevly livg privately as a gay man, Sir Ian publicly me out durg a BBC Rad 3 discsn about Sectn 28, the famo lol ernement act which ma the public ‘promotn of homosexualy’ illegal the UK. In a statement on his webse, Sir Ian discs his years of activism: “I have been reluctant to lobby on other issu I most re about… bee I never want to be forever spoutg, dilutg the impact of addrsg my most urgent ncern; legal and social equaly for gay people worldwi.