Issue 497

GAY TIMES

Amplifying Queer Voices.

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A Note From Us.
A few days before this issue of Gay Times Magazine went to print, I walked onto the stage of the Benjamin West Theatre at The Royal Academy in London and unveiled a year long project from GAY TIMES. Amplifund is a new way of thinking about charity, a
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The Love List.
(film out 19 July) A remake of one of the most beloved films of all time may seem doomed from the get-go, but if anyone can handle such a heavy task, it’s Disney. The house of mouse have seen success with live action adaptations of classics like Cind
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Play It Proud.
It’s all good and well having a portable speaker to play anywhere you need it, but it’s useless if the sound gets dispersed in only one direction. Bang & Olufsen’s Beoplay P6 speaker comes with the brand’s effortlessly chic design, headed up here by
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Sadiq Khan.
It’s a privilege to be the mayor of a city which is such a beacon across the world for openness and diversity. Every day, I meet Londoners of all ages, races, genders, faiths and backgrounds who, despite their differences, share an appreciation of ou
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50 Years Gone.
So much of what we understand about ourselves is gleaned from the annals of history, but what story are we told about ourselves and our people when history is written by those who’ve not appreciated or acknowledged the tremendous contribution of quee
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Devery Jacobs.
Canadian actress Devery Jacobs is currently starring alongside Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane in Amazon Prime’s lauded fantasy drama, American Gods, as fan-favourite character Sam Black Crow. Sam is two-spirit and Indigenous, and it’s a role she hugel
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Aurora.
There really is no other artist quite like Aurora. When we meet the 22-year-old Norweigan on a rainy day in London, one of the first things she (quite gleefully) tells us is that she styles and trims her own hair with a pizza cutter. It’s exactly the
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Brendan Scannell
Since stepping into the world of short episodes, Netflix has found an entirely new audience of fans that have come flocking for their daily fix of the flix. Unsurprisingly popular with fans, the platform has introduced a small number of queer-focused
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Drag Syndrome.
Founded by artistic director Daniel Vais in 2018, Drag Syndrome is the world’s first collective of drag queens and kings with Down syndrome, defying what society expects of them and proving that anyone can embrace their inner superstar. As well as pe
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Cîroc X Jeremy Scott.
“You have to follow your heart. It’s so cliché and so Pollyanna, but follow your heart, do what feels right to you and speak your truth – that will serve you the best,’ says Moschino Creative Director Jeremy Scott as he meets his friend and drag quee
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Penguin Pride.
It is no hyperbole to say that the current literary space we occupy is overflowing with queer potential. Never has the zeitgeist, had, or made such room for us to tell our queer stories, in our own words, and in such a variety of styles and a diversi
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Kim Petras
After exploding onto the scene with debut single I Don’t Want It At All – you know, the one that featured Paris bloody Hilton in the music video – Kim Petras has been on an upwards trajectory that simply refuses to falter. A release strategy of one n
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Little Gay Brother.
While Little Gay Brother has burst with popularity over the past 12 months, the queer club night was first started back in 2012. It began its life at The Secret Garden Party, carving out a safe space at the music event for queer festival-goers and al
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Gottmik.
“Even though I knew I identified as a male, I always thought that I could suppress it because I loved feminine things and had feminine articulations, but when I realised that men can be feminine, it all clicked,” says acclaimed make-up artist and dra
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Raymond Braun.
Earlier this year, LGBTQ activist and influencer Raymond Braun commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising with an educational and eye-opening documentary about the importance of Pride Month. Teaming up with Oscar-winning director Rob
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Gloria Estefan.
After we narrowly avoided waiting photographers and a gaggle of sneaky fans that managed to find their way outside her hotel, Gloria Estefan greets us with a large hug and even personally pours us a cup of tea – much to our gratitude. “I love coming
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Plastique Tiara.
Vietnamese tilapia Plastique Tiara was at the forefront of one of Drag Race’s most controversial eliminations earlier this year. Although the Texan performer and biological woman was leaving us gooped week-after-week with her runways, she was – spoil
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Mazurbate.
Mazurbate might have one of the coolest jobs in the world. As well as DJing at nights across New York City, where he takes inspiration from his “roots as a queer latinx” for his sets, he also capitalises on his fierce sense of fashion to style for th
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Key West, Florida.
Key West, the southernmost point in the United States (they like to tell you that. They like to tell you that quite a lot), is one of those strange little seaside places that seems made up. It’s one of those little American towns that doesn’t actuall
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Check In.
Firstly, the full-stop isn’t a typo. People got paid good money to come up with that. Secondly, Away is smart luggage for stylish travellers (that isn’t their tagline, but they can totally have it). And BEAST.? A very clever beauty one-stop-shop (lik
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W London, Leicester Square.
From the heart of Leicester Square, W London has unveiled a sensory experience for all ages – set to thrill anybody lucky enough to walk through its doors. Breaking the mould and pushing into an exciting world that merges music with fashion, in-room
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Bournemouth, Dorset.
Looking over the water to Brownsea Castle (not to be confused with bouncy castle), which belongs to John Lewis or the person who owns John Lewis or someone very high up at John Lewis, where you can go and sea peacocks and red squirrels and drink cham
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Stockholm, Sweden.
At Mälarpaviljongen, a strange and beautiful gay-owned bar and restaurant based on a rambling pontoon under the trees that floats out on Lake Mälaren and which, on a summer night like this in summer night city, is buzzing with LGBTQs and even straigh
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1 Hotel, West Hollywood.
Right on Sunset Boulevard, the most goddamn sexy street on earth, with the Hollywood Hills right up there up some very steep lanes, and the (LGBTQ) bit of Santa Monica Boulevard right down there down the very steep La Cienega Boulevard, and Mel’s Din
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Stay… or Away?
While a trip to Bath will confirm its inherent Britishness, the city is a continental wonder and wouldn’t look out of place in Italy or France. Her regency façade draws tourists from around the world – and indeed, the UK – to bask in her splendour an
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Celebrity Edge.
With state-of-the-art technology, rooms that could rival even the best back on shore and exquisite first class dining, billion-dollar cruise ship Celebrity Edge is cutting through the competition to mark itself as a contender for the world’s very bes
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Ibiza.
But outside of the booze-fuelled itineraries and all-night raves is an island rich with natural beauty and with plenty to explore. Ibiza is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the landscapes and coast lines of the White Isle are truly some of the finest
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Jake Kuit.
Jake Kuit is an artist and event florist whose iCal is never empty. “There’s constantly something happening in my life,” he tells us. “In floristry as well there’s a need and a timeframe for all these big installations and big parties. “It’s not alwa
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Lee Gray.
Lee Gray, meanwhile, has had an incredibly busy year launching the first series of his podcast, which has had such an overwhelmingly positive response. “Wolves in the City is a podcast about three black queer men who come together to basically talk a
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Nimmo.
As for British pop duo Nimmo, escaping London has allowed them to focus on creating new music, and also go over the final tracks of their debut album The Power. “Getting some time away in Devon has been so helpful,” band member Reva Gauntlett says. “
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Henry Holland.
In 2018, British fashion designer Henry Holland teamed up with AKT (Albert Kennedy Trust) and launched a collection of eight “genderless and empowering” suits, all of which represented a colour from the rainbow Pride flag. The collection - which aime

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