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

Contents:

• @GAYTIM
• GAY TIMES
• INTRODUCG GAYTIMES+: A NEW MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM THAT GIV ACCS TO QUEER-FIRST STORYTELLG AND UNIQUE BENEFS
• AD OF THE DAY: INHERENT GAY TIM AD AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF T LGBT+
• NEWLY APPOTED EDOR OF GAY TIM SACKED FOLLOWG EMERGENCE OF OFFENSIVE TWEETS
• GAY TIMES CELEBRAT THE POWER AND BRILLIANCE OF THE TRANS+ MUNY NEW ISSUE
• RECENTLY APPOTED GAY TIM EDOR FIRED OVER ANTI-SEMIC, ANTI-TRANSGENR TWEETS
• GAY TIM ANNOUNC NEW CEO REFLECTN OF CHANGG MEDIA LANDSPE
• GAY TIM SPENDS EDOR AS ANTISEMIC TWEETS EMERGE
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• BIMI BON-BOULASH ONTS ONE OF THREE DIGALLY RENRED VERS FOR GAY TIM MAGAZE’S LATT ISSUE

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" 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. Around 748,000 (1.5%) of those who answered said they are eher gay or lbian, only 0.2% more than the 624,000 (1.3%) who scribed themselv as bisexual.

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 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.

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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.

“GAY TIMES Magaze is an tegral part of our edorial esystem, and will rema so for years to e, ” explas Lewis Corner, Edorial Director. 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.

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. Media brand Gay Tim and creative agency Grey London have joed forc to create a hard-htg mpaign to show their support for the transgenr muny.

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

Spanng multi-platforms, the ad is part of Gay Tim’ Amplifund philanthropic iative, which aims to fund and crease the acceptance of LGBT+ muni around the world. “We created Amplifund partnership wh the award-wng LGBTQ+ human rights chary GiveOut to amplify queer voic to global dienc and support LGBTQ+ activists around the world their mpaigng and media work, ” noted Tag Warner, chief executive officer at Gay Tim. Gay Tim has fired s newly appoted edor, Josh Rivers, followg a Buzzfeed article published yterday revealg offensive tweets he posted between 2010 and 2015.

“After an vtigatn of the facts surroundg historil tweets by Josh Rivers, the newly appoted Edor of Gay Tim magaze; we announce that his employment has been termated wh immediate effect.

Gay Tim then announced that their relnch will go ahead on 30 November, scribg as “que possibly the most signifint overhl s 33-year history”. That Rivers, a black gay man, was appoted to such a high posn seemed to be the perfect rponse to those shortly after Rivers was hired, BuzzFeed U.

AD OF THE DAY: INHERENT GAY TIM AD AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF T LGBT+

It mt be, " read another post om January BuzzFeed report, which was published Wednday, also noted Rivers referred to transgenr people wh a slur, wrg, "Look here, tranny" one tweets and a number of others have sce been removed om Rivers' Twter rponse to the BuzzFeed report, Gay Tim ially announced the magaze was spendg Rivers pendg an vtigatn. "After an vtigatn surroundg historil tweets by Josh Rivers, the newly appoted Edor of Gay Tim magaze; we announce that his employment has been termated wh immediate effect, " the statement, posted to the Gay Tim Twter page, said.

"A Gay Tim spokperson directed NBC News to the prevly released statement rponse to a requt for his part, Rivers posted a statement to Twter apologizg for his tweets and to those he offend. A former Gay Tim puty edor, Ryan John Butcher, who cled to ment on the Rivers suatn specifilly, said one of the stggl of workg LGBTQ or "gay media" is there is no unifyg factor the dience bis their stat as a genr or sexual mory, makg difficult to please everyone. " The piece is about INTO and Them, two new LGBTQ media outlets that have emphasized diversy their approach and put people of lor leadg rol their said advertisg often dictat what ntent go up gay media outlets, but as an edor, he said he hop to put more of a spotlight on the full breadth of diversy wh the LGBTQ as for the Gay Tim, he believ the magaze ma the right move.

Tag Warner has been announced as the new CEO of global media pany and publisher Gay Tim, a move that reflects the seismic shifts occurrg the dtry. Proudly takg Gay Tim pennt 2016, Frost was at the helm for the most radil chang the pany’s 45+ year history durg an tense perd of dtry evolutn and changg dience expectatns.

NEWLY APPOTED EDOR OF GAY TIM SACKED FOLLOWG EMERGENCE OF OFFENSIVE TWEETS

Followg a signifint rebrand to Gay Tim late 2017, over the past 12 months the pany has monstrated s renewed mment to the amplifitn of queer voic on a global sle.

Wh diversy, reprentatn and clivy of the entire LGBTQ muny now formg the very fibre of our brand missn, Gay Tim has evolved to bee far more than solely a magaze, and is now a leadg LGBTQ media brand wh the largt social dience of any queer publitn the world. Utilisg his past experience nsultg large rporate and ctomer facg brands on strategy, brand experience and diversy and cln, Warner has bee the youngt person to be named CEO of Gay Tim, and is expertly placed to gui the pany to the most excg era s history.

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

“Gay Tim serv the entire LGBTQ ialism by nnectg them wh a global work of queer voic, experienc and forward-thkg brands, therefore ’s tly an honour to be appoted as CEO. “Gay Tim 2019 is set to be our most diverse and dynamic year yet, and I’m exced to share the wi-rangg plans we have store – many of which will be a first for the dtry.

On appotg Warner as CEO, Chairman Jam Frost adds: “I have every fah that Tag has the visn and skills to lead Gay Tim as a global media brand.

“What we have been able to achieve as a bs my time here has affirmed my belief that Gay Tim supports and enrich our muny ways that are relevant to the changg world around .

RECENTLY APPOTED GAY TIM EDOR FIRED OVER ANTI-SEMIC, ANTI-TRANSGENR TWEETS

2019 is set to be the most excg year Gay Tim’ history, and we are proud that more of you than ever before are embarkg on this journey wh . The newly appoted edor of Gay Tim has been spend after emerged he tweeted a seri of antisemic and misogynistic ments as well as attackg gay people, homels people and disabled Rivers, who took the posn October, is the first BME edor of a gay men’s magaze, and took on the role wh a mandate to promote clivy and diversy. ”While Gay Tim was set up 1984 to give a voice to gay men across all muni, Rivers’ tweets also ntaed abe of Asian gay men and transgenr people.

GAY TIM ANNOUNC NEW CEO REFLECTN OF CHANGG MEDIA LANDSPE

Commentg before the announcement of his spensn, Craig Davidson, a stunt, said Rivers uld not lead a drive for more diverse media @GayTimMag mt ask @_joshrivers to step down om his posn as edor or he should rign. 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. “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. 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.

GAY TIM SPENDS EDOR AS ANTISEMIC TWEETS EMERGE

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. 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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

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. 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.

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.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

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. 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.

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.

BIMI BON-BOULASH ONTS ONE OF THREE DIGALLY RENRED VERS FOR GAY TIM MAGAZE’S LATT ISSUE

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.

“Rights are prec and our inti are prec and the anniversary of the Stonewall Rts is an opportuny to remember that we fought for the right to be here and we need to keep fightg for the right to be here, ” CEO Nancy Kelley prevly told GAY TIMES. As a foster rer, AKT founr, Cath Hall, was acutely aware of the rejectn young LGBTQ+ people face om their fay home and the homophobia at large wh school and society.