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May 10, 2013
Drugs, clubs and death: what can South London’s gay community do?

A group of community leaders meet in South London’s clubbing district Vauxhall to discuss the drug GHB, and its relationship to clubbing and the gay community

In 2012, Gay Star News reported at least three separate deaths in the months of July, August and October where gay men died of suspected drug overdose in clubs and sex saunas.

March 21, 2013
Conor Maynard to headline London gay music festival

Boy George and Rita Ora will join other acts on the bill for London gay music festival As One In The Park

British singer Conor Maynard is headlining As One In The Park, London's newest and biggest gay festival.

He will be sharing the limelight with Rita Ora, Boy George and X Factor's Rylan Clark.

From one of the UK’s most popular gay destinations, Brighton, the 20-year-old made his name when his first album Contrast hit number one in July 2012.

Since then, he has collaborated with international artist Ne-Yo and English rapper Wiley and been called the UK's answer to Justin Bieber.

February 19, 2013
Boy George is amused by all the attention his dramatic weight loss is getting

'I love that the size of my ass is trending worldwide'

Boy George has lost a lot of weight and the world has started to notice.

The former Culture Club lead singer, now 51, has been tweeting about his healthier eating habits for some time now. But it wasn't until his appearance at Sunday's Whatsonstage.com Awards in London that photos of a slimmer George went viral - including one he posted on Twitter of himself before leaving for the event.

'I love that the size of my ass is trending worldwide,' he tweeted to his more than 248,000 followers this week.

December 25, 2012
Celebrities back LGF gay marriage campaign

80s singing star Boy George and Paralympian Claire Harvey among those to back Lesbian and Gay Foundation’s Love Equal Marriage campaign

Celebrities have thrown their weight behind a push to get marriage equality out of the debating chamber and onto the statute books in Britain.

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), north-west England’s leading LGBT organization, is leading the Love Equal Marriage campaign.

The UK government has brought forward proposals for full marriage equality for England and Wales and the Scottish government is also taking action with both bills set to be debated in 2013.

November 16, 2012
Boy George, Elton John, Jane Lynch, David Hockney among the Out 100

But Anderson Cooper conspiciously absent from annual list this time around

Back in 2007, Anderson Cooper was still five years away from coming out publicly as a gay man.

But that didn't stop the editors of Out Magazine from featuring his image on the cover of its annual Out 100 issue alongside an image of Jodie Foster who has remained virtually silent about her sexuality.

September 21, 2012
Sue Perkins, Boy George and others to attend anti-gay bullying event

Lily Allen, Michelle Dockery, and Charlie Condou are among the stars attending anti-gay bullying event hosted by Diversity Role Models

TV presenter Sue Perkins, Coranation Street star Charlie Condou and 80s legend Boy George will be among a host of stars attending an anti-gay bullying event.

The celebrities will be joined by the likes of Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery and pop star Lily Allen at the Diversity Role Models (DRM) Charity Carnival in October.

Guests will get the chance to play on celebrity-hosted carnival stalls and enjoy a musical set by bluesy singer Alison Moyet.

September 18, 2012
Gay singer Sam Buttery on proving himself after The Voice

In an interview with HomoLAB, the reality show contestant describes how he had to go bald for his role in Boy George musical Taboo

Gay singer Sam Buttery has spoken out on proving himself as a musical performer after starring on the UK version of The Voice.

The 20-year-old British singer is currently performing as 80s legend Leigh Bowery in the Boy George musical Taboo.

Speaking to Amy Lamé for HomoLAB, Buttery said: ‘It feels really exciting. It feels really scary, and it feels like I want to prove myself because I haven’t been to drama school.

‘I’ve been in a reality TV program, and people go “Oh no”.'

September 18, 2012
HomoLAB 57

This week the team discuss hiking up mountains, urban Country fairs, and the Great British Bake off.

This week the team discuss hiking up mountains, urban Country fairs, and the Great British Bake off.

Amy has an interview with Sam Buttery, former The Voice contestant and now star of Boy George musical Taboo.

Plus Rupert Everett puts his foot in it, the state of gays and lesbians on TV, and wear a V Neck day.

July 4, 2012
What’s really going on for World Pride

Following the confusion over this year’s World Pride weekend, GSN has a full run down on what is definitely happening in London

World Pride 2012 has caused much confusion this week, so GSN has compiled a full guide of what is happening in London over the 7 to 8 July weekend.

June 21, 2012
World Pride sparkles with drag queen spectacular

Free drag queen gala will also be attended by burlesque troop Folly Mixtures

Some of Britain’s most famous drag queens will be taking center stage at the World Pride festival on 4 July.

Drag Lockdown at London’s Tranny Shack will be hosted by the most fabulous Miss Dusty O, with other performers due to appear.

The free gala will also include an exclusive performance by the Folly Mixtures, a world-class burlesque troop.

Pride London Festival Director Martine Whitaker said Drag Lockdown was going to be a highlight of this year’s festival.

June 6, 2012
Boy George's Taboo returns to London

Olivier Award winning musical about the 80s club scene to open in UK capital in September

Boy George musical Taboo is set for a revival in London, telling the rags to riches tale of an 80s icon.

The Olivier Award-winning show open at the Brixton Club House in September and will once again be directed by co-creator, Christopher Renshaw.

Taboo is the story of a young girl and boy swept up in the flamboyant club scene of the 1980s.

June 6, 2012
Boy George's Taboo returns to London

Olivier Award winning musical about the 80s club scene to open in UK capital in September

Boy George musical Taboo is set for a revival in London, telling the rags to riches tale of an 80s icon.

The Olivier Award-winning show open at the Brixton Club House in September and will once again be directed by co-creator, Christopher Renshaw.

Taboo is the story of a young girl and boy swept up in the flamboyant club scene of the 1980s.

April 24, 2012
Boy George leaves Twitter after homophobic bullying tweets

80s popstar driven from Twitter and calls in lawyers

Boy George announced he is giving Twitter a break until his 'homophobic spam issue' is resolved.

Over the last few days the 80s popstar has been subjected to a string of tweets that sound like homophobic playground bullying. '@BoyGeorge wants ya penis' said one from Tory Fox (@Cornelia_573) from Georgia in the US. '@BoyGeorge lookup ya butt,' said another from Arnetta Siren (@Charise_769) in Nebraska, US.

April 5, 2012
Boy George gets black eye in nightclub attack

Culture Club singer posts photo of his injury on Twitter

Boy George got an answer to the question posed in his famous hit Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

The one-time lead singer for the band Culture Club was leaving the Amadeus nightclub in North Yorkshire on Saturday night when a drunken woman lunged for his hat and in the process hit him in the eye, according to Daily Mail.

The woman was asked to leave the club.

April 5, 2012
Boy George gets black eye in nightclub attack

Culture Club singer posts photo of his injury on Twitter

Boy George got an answer to the question posed in his famous hit Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

The one-time lead singer for the band Culture Club was leaving the Amadeus nightclub in North Yorkshire on Saturday night when a drunken woman lunged for his hat and in the process hit him in the eye, according to Daily Mail.

The woman was asked to leave the club.

February 6, 2012
Meet the HomoLAB podcast team

GSN is partnering up with three supercool DJs to bring you the HomoLAB gay news and culture podcast each week

We always dreamed of having a podcast when we were planning Gay Star News but thought it would be months and months before we could deliver one.

Then the guys from HomoLAB started chatting to us and suggested we worked together. So Gay Star News is now proud to be bringing you the HomoLAB podcast each week.

January 5, 2012
Rugby star Gareth Thomas for Big Brother

Gay rugby star Gareth Thomas set to enter British Celebrity Big Brother house

Gareth Thomas is rumoured to be entering the British Celebrity Big Brother house, while gay singer Boy George has rubbished reports that he will be too.

Thomas, 37, who retired from rugby last October and is openly gay, is the latest name on the list of people speculated to appear on the controversial Channel 5 show and transgender Lauren Harries, who ran a campaign to get into the house last year, may have been successful in her quest.

December 13, 2011
Lady Gaga fans want Boy George dead

Singer Boy George’s Twitter comment earns him AIDS insults from Gaga followers

New Romantic androgyny star, Boy George, claims Lady Gaga’s Twitter fans have said they want him to die of AIDS.

British singer-songwriter, DJ and 80s icon George said – in an interview with the London-based HomoLab podcast – that he’d had a spat with the pop queen Gaga’s followers after one of his jokes went wrong on Twitter.

December 8, 2011
London gay violence spiralling

Serious attacks on the streets and cops failing to take hate seriously, say campaigners

Violent homophobic attacks in London are increasing amid claims that police are failing to take the crime seriously, it is claimed today.

Ben Summerskill, chief executive of the UK's leading gay campaign group Stonewall, said: 'We have not seen cases like this for some time, for several years. People have a real sense that violent attacks on people in the street are rising and becoming more serious.