Daily Archives: September 13, 2014
Duke University Makes Applications More Welcoming for LGBT Hopefuls
Duke University Makes Applications More Welcoming for LGBT Hopefuls
In an optional, open-ended short essay, applicants to Duke can now describe their sexual orientation and gender identity in their own words.
Mitch Kellaway
Meanwhile In London: Five UK Artists You Should Know About
Meanwhile In London: Five UK Artists You Should Know About
Meanwhile in London offers a snapshot of today’s UK gay scene with a look at the movers, shakers, hotties and biggest talents of the day. First up, five UK artists that you should know about…
Ray Noir – the rocker
This Norwegian-Londoner piece of handsome is “Prince of Darkness,” Ray Noir. You may recognise him from our list of Gay London Party Animals earlier this year, and since then he’s collaborated with the epic FRANKMUSIK on a very dirty sexy dance track, “Double Trouble.”
Here’s the preview… Check out Noir’s facebook page for details on the release!
He says: “I guess most people take me for a Goth or something, but I’m inspired by a lot of sub cultures; Goth, Glam, Punk, Metal etc. I’d probably consider myself a dark rocker if I have to categorise it.”
On the USA: “It would be great to conquer America, I guess that is everyone’s dream. But right now I plan on focusing on the UK and German market and then i’ll see where it takes me.”
We asked him why he’s one to watch… He said:
“Because I’m an entertainer when I hit the stage. I believe if you go to a gig you have to have something to entertain you, it has to be either very theatrical or very emotional. I’m here to hit you hard when you see me live, and my track is great to moshpit to as well!”
The Buffalo Girls – the girl band
The Buffalo Girls featured on London Live TV’s recent reality documentary “Drag Queens of London.” They describe their style as a nod to the 90s with a bit of sex appeal, “but really we all wear what we feel like at the time, crazy sexy cool is always a good reference point,” says Silver Summer, one of the trio.
Why are the ones to watch? They make original music and videos that are not about drag or parodies. They’re real pop songs. “We just happen to be in drag but it does not define us,” she say with a wink.
They’ve got plans to hit America with a gig in NYC on the cards for early 2015. So keep an eye out for them!
Anthony Gilét – the blogger
Journalist, blogger and creator of the epic Cocktails & Cocktalk blog Anthony Gilét, says it how it is – something that just doesn’t happen often enough in the gay press, when promotor’s feelings and advertising money all too often comes above what’s really going on… However he says it how it is in such an hilarious way, he’s probably forgiven. By some, at least.
Check out the Great Wall Of Grindr or 10 People You Meet On The Gay Scene for some sparkling whit with a very London flavour.
Matt Skingsley – the artist
Describing his style as “graphic novel meets realism” the characters that Matt Skingsly illustrates and the people that he draws end up becoming graphic novel style versions of them selves, with a hit of realism blended in.”
On America: “New York City is my favourite place on Earth. The first time I went was with my family for a holiday, I was around 11. I remember actually wanting to ask my Dad to leave me there, I just love everything about it.
“The city, the people, the bars and streets. I’ve been there several times, each time being a totally different and unique experience. Being there and working there as an illustrator, in a studio apartment, would just be a massive tick off the dream list.”
Skingsly’s life as an artist is fairly new. “To be honest, I literally went from being a Visual Merchandiser, to travelling Asia, to coming home and taking up Freelance Illustration as a career and life style, all in a few months,” he says.
So far he’s worked with publishing houses, directors, designers, authors, created storyboards, portraits, comic books and fashion illustration. “I’m a one man army and don’t see myself stopping.” Check him out online.
This Is Electric – the digital radio station
OK, so this isn’t a person, but more a shed-load of awesome. “London’s Dance Power Station” have live broadcasts and exclusive podcasts, all from the best of UK and European talent. It’s a great way to check out the sound of London’s nightlife, wherever you are in the world.
Look out for more Meanwhile in London… posts soon!
Danny Hilton
Insane Unicyclists Somehow Manage to Survive Terrifying Ride Down Utah Mountain: VIDEO
Insane Unicyclists Somehow Manage to Survive Terrifying Ride Down Utah Mountain: VIDEO
Whether it’s close encounters with sharks, volcanoes, or lions, the GoPro-equipped daredevils of the world are continually finding new ways to push the envelope and raise questions about their sanity.
In what some (myself included) would consider another episode of “unnecessary recklessness,” John LeSage and 18 other unicyclists take to the mountains of Moab, Utah for a one hell of a one-wheeled adventure.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
331
WATCH: Meet Trailblazing Two-Spirit Performer ICEIS Rain
WATCH: Meet Trailblazing Two-Spirit Performer ICEIS Rain
This week, the aboriginal music world is celebrating ICEIS Rain: a female singer who is also businessman Massey Whiteknife, a two-spirit gay man.
Mitch Kellaway
California high school principal bars Chik-fil-A due to anti-gay marriage views
California high school principal bars Chik-fil-A due to anti-gay marriage views
‘With their political stance on gay rights and because the students of Ventura High School and their parents would be at the event, I didn’t want them on campus’
Jamesw
Sexy Magazine Drives Sperm Donor To Masturbate To Death
Sexy Magazine Drives Sperm Donor To Masturbate To Death
The family of a Chinese medical student who apparently masturbated to death has been denied over $800,000 in compensation from the sperm bank where he had a heart attack.
The Daily Mail reports that 23-year-old Zheng Gang was a frequent guest of the fertility clinic at Wuhan University, and had once made four visits in ten days to donate his sperm.
In February 2012, he died of a heart attack after “looking at a sexy magazine” in one of the clinic’s private booths.
The circumstances surrounding Gang’s death only surfaced after his family was recently denied a settlement from the university clinic. They claim that Gang was “pressured” into signing a contract that forced him to make regular donations the clinic, but a Chinese court has held that Zheng was capable of consenting to the frequent donations and was not under contract to do so.
Instead, Wuhan University has given Gang’s wife a $3,000 discount on her student bill.
Queerty Editor
Wales Man Doused in Gasoline, Left Blinded In One Eye Following Anti-gay Attack
Wales Man Doused in Gasoline, Left Blinded In One Eye Following Anti-gay Attack
A young Wales man was left blinded in one eye following a homophobic attack late Thursday, Wales Online reports
Tyler Maddick, 20, was walking home from downtown Swansea when someone in a car next to him called him “faggot” and threw gasoline in his face.
“Next thing I knew I’d got this liquid in my face. I ran home but I couldn’t call anyone because my phone had died.
“I washed it out as my eye was starting to burn up.”
Maddick went to the hospital the following day and was told that he had lost all vision in his left eye.
“To be fair I think I was more angry than anything. I’m quite a strong-minded person and it wasn’t so much that they had done it, it was the fact that they targeted me because if they can pick on me they can pick on anyone,” he said.
Police are continuing to investigate the anti-gay attack.
Kyler Geoffroy
US: Smithsonian’s LGBT collection could add signs from Westboro Baptist Church
US: Smithsonian’s LGBT collection could add signs from Westboro Baptist Church
US: Smithsonian’s LGBT collection could add signs from Westboro Baptist Church.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmP8iK-VE80&feature=youtube_gdata