Geni Optns Book on Growg Up Gay and Disabled 1980s London - Variety

Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn.

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THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.

To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said.

Kev Spacey has addrsed his ntroversial 2017 statement which he me out as gay rponse to Anthony Rapp’s accatn of sexual misnduct.

He said some members of his team disagreed wh the urse of actn but they took a vote and ultimately released a statement which Spacey revealed he was gay.

“The gay muny had been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ” he said. London has long been at the heart of the UK’s gay scene and there is a range of LGBTQ attractns that will tert every traveler.

In every borough and pecially s historic center, London has numero gay neighborhoods where you’ll fd a ncentratn of gay bars and a more visible LGBTQ populatn. Pl, many gay plac London have a rich history.

Most of them were safe queer spac where lols uld be ee tim when was illegal to be gay London, and others were landmarks of watershed moments the fight for gay rights the UK.

Gay London: is London gay iendly? Needls to say, London is a very gay-iendly cy.

In 2015, Londoners were twice as likely to intify as gay or lbian pared to those livg other UK regns.

Gay travelers should fely feel fortable visg London as an LGBTQ person, but is important to be aware of the possible risks.