GROWLR: The Gay Bear Social Network

Contents:

• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• GAY MEN'S SOCIAL GROUP GROUPS LONDON
• CHE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK BLUED IS LNCHG IN UK THIS SPRG
• WHAT IS THE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK?
• GAY DATG MANCHTER
• WHAT IS THE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK?

RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

*Government lays ban for five years*Prsure on Sunak to act*LGBTQ+ activists fear loophol*Campaigners divid over trans rightsBy Lucy MiddletonLONDON, July 20 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - When Alex me out as gay, the 15-year-old’s parents issued a stark ultimatum: unrgo nversn therapy or clear out of the fay home the northern English cy of chose optn one and unrwent multiple ssns wh elrs om the fay’s Jehovah’s Wns ngregatn, seekg a ‘cure’ for homosexualy.

A ernment survey showed that more than half of Brons who had tried nversn therapy were offered through a relig group, almost 12% were signposted by a health re Ozanne, a gay evangelil her 50s who chairs the UK’s Ban Conversn Therapy Coaln, sought treatment her 20s and 30s, after fallg love wh a procs led to hospal admissn for a nervo breakdown. Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected.

GAY MEN'S SOCIAL GROUP GROUPS LONDON

Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry. "The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000.

Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc. Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly.

CHE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK BLUED IS LNCHG IN UK THIS SPRG

Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life. "Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy. Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer".

Allsorts is a project based Brighton to support and empower children and young people unr 26 who are lbian, gay, bisexual, trans or unsure (LGBTU) of their sexual orientatn and/or genr inty. Their missn statement reads: “Allsorts Youth Project supports and empowers lbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people to take a lead raisg awarens of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and challenge prejudice and discrimatn all areas of young people’s liv”.

WHAT IS THE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK?

MdOut is a mental health service n by and for lbians, gay men, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

Rabow Fai is an rmal social group for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) parents and their children Brighton & Hove, Ssex and surroundg areas.

GAY DATG MANCHTER

The Albert Kennedy Tst supports young lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) homels 16-25 year olds livg crisis or a hostile environment.

WHAT IS THE GAY SOCIAL NETWORK?

Gay Outdoor Club. The Gay Outdoor Club is the natnal LGBT+ work for outdoor and door sports and recreatnal activi. The UK’s most social group for gay and bisexual men who love the great outdoors.

Actually Gay Men’s Chos. “Actually Gay Men’s Chos was set up October 2005 wh the specific aim of providg a space where gay men, and their alli, n socialise, have fun, and velop new skills a unique environment.

Brighton Gay Men’s Chos.

Brighton Gay Men’s Chos is a space where people n celebrate mic, celebrate their sexualy, enjoy the fellowship of other like-md people and ntribute to the lol muni which they are part of.

Membership is open to anyone who self-intifi as a gay or gay-iendly man, and the choir currently has around 80 members. The Rabow Chos is the largt Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr choir the Southeast outsi of London. BLAGSS is a sports and social group that now has around 500 lbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgenr members om across Brighton and Hove, Ssex and beyond.

Voted bt gay sports group the UK by Pk Paper 2008 and Bt Communy Group the Goln Handbags 2011, our members are all different shap, siz, ag and abili, and participate sports as varied as badmton, rock-climbg and cyclg (and many, many more). Cheek2Cheek was set up Brighton 1998 as a social dance club for the gay and lbian muny.

It aims to provi an alternative to the mercial gay scene and a relaxed and iendly environment which people n meet and dance together.

Queer Wrg South was found by poets Maria Jastrzębska and John McCullough to promote creative and lerary activy the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr muni of Brighton and Hove and the surroundg area. Here's a look at some Gay Men's Social Group groups near London.

We were ntacted today by the founr of the soon to lnch social work for gay men It lead to take a look around the gay male onle social workg space and wre the followg overview of some of the current market lears.

From the proudly profsnal to the happily hedonistic, there may be somethg on this list for everyone – or at least everyone who’s a gay man. As you n see by the followg short profil, the s targetg a mographic wh two tras mon (gay men) are all very different.

Jt as there’s a wi diversy of gay men the world, there may well be ample room for a variety of gay male social workg s – prumg they are able to build sufficient cril mass for moizatn and fancial viabily. I won’t pretend to speak for gay men and I’m sure there are some s I’m missg, but the appear to be the most talked about gay male social workg s onle.

Jake lls self the world’s largt gay profsnal muny. “Fally, gay personals that treat you like a person, ” the se says.

BigJock has a long way to go before n pete wh the heavyweights above, but anythg is possible and there are clearly niche approach unrway throughout the gay male social workg market. Che gay social work Blued is g to UK shor this sprg.

And wh s UK lnch on the horizon, Blued has jt signed an exclive partnership al to live-stream Sk the Pk, which scrib as “East London’s most ridiculo gay, drag, ‘genr-fuck’, queer, FUN party”.

The app has also signed partnership agreements wh the Paris 2018 Gay Gam and MisterB&B. Blued seeks to be an alternative to “overly sexualized” gay apps, aimg to give ers a safe environment to nnect and chat.

Blued said: “Whereas other gay apps are overly sexualized and often make ers feel unsafe (thk racism, femme-shamg, body-shamg), Blued is a social app wh verified profil and face thentitn, lked Facebook and Instagram, 24/7 monored live-streamg, and a strong social missn to shape the (onle) queer muny to a more fun, safe, supportive, creative and clive space.

The GSN is an anizatn servg the gay and lbian muny our area. We enurage gays and lbians new to Southwt Florida to utilize our anizatn as a means of makg new ntacts and meetg new iends.

Our monthly newsletter will keep you up-to-date wh GSN activi as well as other ems of tert to the gay muny.

All the top LGBTQ+ social works on the web (not to be nfed wh the bt gay blogs, which have ls teractn), cludg niche social muni (like bears, twks, and cubs) as well as LGBTQ+ works anized by language, natnaly, or special tert.

This list of LGBTQ+ onle muni and social works clus domas relatg specifilly to the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni. While Facebook is currently the world's largt and most popular social workg platform (havg supplanted prev champns such as MySpace and Friendster), there are plenty of smaller groups that ter to the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni. What are the bt onle gay works?