“I don’t know a single gay guy who isn’t either on Ozempic, wishing they could be on Ozempic, or taking some weird shit and wishing it was Ozempic,” 33–year-old Malachi, an events manager from London, tells GAY TIMES. “I’ve been on it myself for a fe

When Reece* first started falling in love with his now-partner over six years ago, he had never really taken drugs recreationally, apart from drinking alcohol and dabbling in weed on occasion – “the diet coke of drugs”. He even turned his nose up at

Cari Fletcher’s life is like a real-time representation of Alice Pieszecki’s infamous The L Word chart. So when she gleefully quizzes me to guess who photographed our GAY TIMES cover shoot, I’m not surprised by the answer: her YouTuber ex-girlfriend,

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Because she grew up in the city, trailblazer Geena Rocero feels like she’s always trying to get back to her roots in a pre-colonial Philippines. Her desire to do so, she says, came to fruition in a tanning salon in San Francisco — you’ll have to read

If you didn’t know, we’re in a “sex recession”. Off the back of a pandemic where lockdown restrictions effectively criminalised casual sex, few people would be surprised that attitudes towards relationships and intimacy have changed. Throughout the 2

“Somebody overdoses, so they call for an ambulance, but the police turn up first,” Patriic Gayle says from across the table at the London HQ of the Gay Men’s Health Collective (GMHC), where he is Project Lead. We’re right next to stacks of condoms, l

Last month, when Kristen Stewart said she wants to do the “gayest fucking thing” and “grow a little moustache”, the response, at least in some corners of trans social media, was unambiguous. “Wishing Kristen Stewart a very start low dose testosterone

In the opening scenes of erotic thriller FEMME, Jules is the target of an orchestrated homophobic attack in an East London off-licence store, a harrowing moment that leaves Jules bloody and traumatised. Months later, no longer dressed as his glam dra

Once upon a time – around 50 years ago – the word “gay” included a lot more than men who are attracted to men, or women who are attracted to women. It was a word used by trans women and femmes to self-describe, a word that brought cis gays and trans

When it comes to having children, the course of parenthood never ran smoothly. However, the path is remarkably more complex for samesex couples with uteruses. "We know how lucky we are," says Meg Write sitting with her wife Kayleigh Write, both 29, "

In 2020, trans icon Kylie Sonique Love reentered the werk room on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 after 11 years, making herstory with just five words: “Ooh girl, you got female.” The entrance line was of course a PC-friendly version of the controvers

When Zara Larsson calls herself "a little boss lady", there’s only one thing we could possibly quibble with. Really, there’s nothing "little" about everything the Swedish pop queen has achieved in her already substantial music career. At 26, Larsson

How useful it is, in the age of our phones — as our lives, our world, our education, our reality — that our intellectuals can traverse the screen with a bit of the ineffable, potent enough to slow us down. Raquel Willis does not compete for attention

“Two women went behind the stage and, when the audience was [seated], they turned the lights off,” Karla Jay, a writer and LGBTQIA+ feminist activist, vividly recalls. “When the lights came back on, the audience was completely surrounded by lesbians!

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Faux fur coat, £360. Top, £240. We’ve turned the calendar page to February and that means one thing: Valentine’s Day. Whether you have a date or are a proudly single fish swimming in your own waters, there’s no excuse for not dressing up and slaying.

You’re not supposed to overshare online, not really. Growing up with the internet, I often got warned of its dangers: talking to strangers, passing out private information and the frightening permanency of anything I posted. Still, as a bored teen, I

Did you know that orchids are the national flower of Colombia?” “Did Kali Uchis quietly enthuses over the phone from her room in Los Angeles. It’s 8am when she dials in, and though the Colombian-American artist is admittedly tired, she is getting rea

Welcome to A Polyamorous Perspective an advice column where I, Leanne Yau – a bisexual, polyamorous, and neurodivergent educator, writer, and advocate – answer your burning questions on navigating all things non-monogamy. I’ve been in various forms o

Who’s your emergency contact? Maybe your partner, or your mum? What about your gay bestie, the one you asked to come with you to the dentist? The one you can’t even go to Lidl without facetiming? If so, you might be in a queer platonic relationship.

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What comes to mind when you think about ‘home’? Generally-speaking, an ideal ‘home’ is privately-owned and inhabited by a monogamous couple and their children. Conventionally, this family would be cis and straight – but increasingly, queer couples, t

Growing up LGBTQIA+ is like navigating a minefield, it’s a tumultuous time that differs from one individual to another. It is however, united by an unfortunate truth, that whatever your individual experience is, research suggests that by the end of i