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There's nothing like a good gay read and these gay reads will keep you up-to-date with what's happening in the community. Most of these magazines are available free to read in commercial and non-commercial gay venues.
Like Icon & Free, GCN is free and available from all major gay venues and groups. |
Gay Times is a popular British gay men's lifestyle magazine with glossary articles and photos covering a range of everyday issues. It doesn't tend to feature a lot of information about Northern Ireland, but can be a useful read in catching up with the latest style and fashion news, international gay rights news and a monthly events diary. |
Just like it's gay brother (Gay Times), Diva magazine is the UK's only glossy lifestyle magazine for lesbian and bisexual women. It contains the same features as Gay Times but is exclusively for the ladies. |
Bent is a popular British gay magazine and unlike Gay Times and Diva, the content is focused for all of the UK with a dedicated section for Northern Ireland. The magazine is funky, glossy and has listings for both gay men and lesbians/bisexual women. |
Attitude is the leading gay men's lifestyle magazine in the UK.... When Robbie Williams released his greatest hits in 2004 which magazine was the only one in the world he wanted to speak to? And when David Beckham wanted to speak to his gay fans back in 2002 what magazine did he use as his mouthpiece? And what magazine has time after time snagged exclusives with massive stars from Elton John to George Michael to Kylie Minogue to Will Young. Attitude every time! |
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We are currently putting together a reading list of books that may be of interest and help to you. In the meantime, have a browse at some of our current favourites. These can be ordered online at Amazon.co.uk or directly from WHSmith, Eason or Waterstones.
ISBN: 0060832800 Essential reading for anyone who is just coming out to themselves & the world. Also if you've just had a relative or friend come out to you, this book can save you from having to ask them all those questions which you want to know the answers to, but which you wouldn't dream of asking your straight relatives or friends! Give your gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/trans relatives & friends a break & buy this book! Better still, buy them a copy too. |
ISBN: 094898211X Being a happy homosexual means thinking about yourself positively, and examining your relationships with parents, friends, colleagues, siblings. Sanderson is unequivocal on one thing: don't be invisible. Coming out is the best thing in the long run. It may hurt some people (notably parents) for a while, but to remain in the closet is to have to be constantly on your guard. And that's no way to be a happy homosexual. This books looks at the many ways of being happy and gay. |
ISBN 0948982101 First published in 1993 and now revised and updated, a guide to assertiveness for gay men which provides practical advice about how to build self-esteem and provides information about how to redress emotional and social damage caused by heterocentric culture. |
ISBN: 0684826178 An author and columnist offers a sensitive, no-nonsense, supportive, fourteen-step program for coming out, as well as exercises, meditation notes, and anger checks and accounts of the experiences of lesbians and gays from around the nation. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. |
ISBN: 155583650X Organised by experience level, this guide is intended for anyone - bisexual, queer, pansexual or none of the above - who wants the best of both worlds. |
ISBN: 1864484624 Gay and lesbians from Catholic backgrounds have struggled to reconcile their sexual orientation with the Church's strong anti-homosexual stance for generations. Some leave the church in despair while others suppress their sexuality in order to remain in the Church. Priest Shinnick argues that homosexuality should be seen as a gift from God, not a curse. He shows how attitudes to homosexuality have developed in different Christian denominations around the world and offers a careful re-reading of Catholic teaching. |
How to be a Happy Homosexual: A Guide for Gay Men 
Assertively Gay: How to Build Gay Self-Esteem
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Seen any good films lately? We have! Check out some of the things we've been watching.
Please note: all of these videos have been rated Cert. 15 by the BBFC and are therefore suitable viewing for people aged 15 years and over.
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Caleb is a hunky political-science major with an affection for aggressive girls. Gwen is an aggressive girl who falls for gay-acting boys. It's a match made in therapy. In a plan hatched by his crafty gay roommate Kyle, Caleb finds himself pretending to be gay to woo Gwen, but their scheme is thwarted when Gwen decides that Caleb would be the perfect catch for her own gay roommate, Marc-the object of Kyle's affection. Caleb is faced with a confusing proposition. Gwen wonders if she'll ever find a straight guy. Marc can't tell why the new guy is so hot and cold. And Kyle watches the two loves of his life leave him behind. |
Set in 1984 in Sandusky, Ohio, Edge of Seventeen follows the coming-out of a naive 17-year-old teenager at exactly the moment when gender-bending pop stars like Boy George and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics were flaunting androgynous images. As the youth, played with a heartbreaking sweetness by Chris Stafford, goes through his first rites of gay passage (after being callously used by the slightly older boy who brings him out, he tries to retreat to heterosexuality with his closest female friend) he emerges as a poignant gay everyman. Lea DeLaria is wonderful as his butch lesbian boss at the amusement park restaurant where he meets his first boyfriend. |
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The so-called "anti-gay movement" always argue that lesbian, gay & bisexual people contribute nothing to society. One look at this list of famous queers challenges that stereotype. To find out more, check out http://www.famousandgay.com.
American Actress American actress, who plays neighbour Marcy D'Arcy in the comedy "Married with children". Bearse lives together with her daughter Zoe and her partner. Also starred in the 1985 Film, Fright Night. |
Singer, Songwriter British singer and songwriter, whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. He was born in London and started his singing career together with Andrew Ridgeley in the popgroup Wham!. He at last had his public coming out in 1998. |
Singer / Songwriter, REM American bisexual singer of the popgroup REM and actor, born in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur. |
Singer British singer, born in Hungerford, Berkshire, as William Robert Young. Will went to Exeter University and is currently at The Arts Educational School in Chiswick. He was the winner of the 2002 ITV contest "Pop Idol" and his first record became the fastest-selling debut single in UK history. |
Singer, Westlife Marcus Michael Patrick Feehily, better known as Mark Feehily , is a member of the popular Irish boyband, Westlife. Mark came out in August 2005. |
Comedian Alan Carr is a British standup comedian. He won the the BBCs New Comedian Of The Year Award in 2001, and has featured in three Edinburgh shows. In 2005 he was named Best North West Comedian, and appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Alan is openly gay is this is reflected in his performances. |
Comedian / Entertainer Graham Norton, real name Graham Walker , is an Irish actor, comedian and TV presenter. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed television series Father Ted. Graham is openly gay. |
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