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Gay in the UK video blog (Ep. 17): "A Day in Hand"

For this episode Tim and Ryan are on the streets of London holding hands to celebrate "A Day in Hand," which is the international day against homophobia and transphobia. This annual campaign is now in its fifth year and the boys interview Dave Watkins, the organizer responsible for the event.

Also, Tim & Ryan report on the controversy surrounding the Eurovision song contest, two football fans who were recently found found guilty for shouting homophobic remarks at a soccer match, and a new study which showed that British Muslims were far more anti-gay than Muslim communities in the rest of Europe.

Check it out below!


timacavoy's picture

Scene stealers!

And a thankyou to all our 'extras'!
Ryan Haynes's picture

Yes Tim

Thanks for Dean Atta join us too! That's the other guy in the interview if you missed his name! Check the geeza out!

 

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beero's picture

The apprentice

Its was straight boy James that thought of marketing Margate to the gays not Howard who is the gayboy there!

Howard wanted to be the project manager but backed down, though I think for the first time he seemed like a decent bloke.

I thought the "gays come to Margate" it was done quite well and James' reaction to the ice cream licking was funny.

Plus I thought they handled the transexual issue well, they didnt make fun which would have been easy to do, but they handled it maturely.

timacavoy's picture

Norton Addendum

I know we've already talked this into the ground on this site, but as a follow up to the whole Eurovision/Norton/Moscow Police thing, I thought I'd mention that Norton did bring it up on his show last night, mocking the police and showing Putin in some quite camp poses (better late than never!)
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OneWorld's picture

Great event!

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Even in Toronto (Canada), it's pretty rare to see two men holding hands. I see a lot of straight couples holding hands all the time. And I see women holding hands too (and I don't even know if they are couples). But for two men, this still very uncommon!

And on Graham Norton, you can't expect him to know everything. It's not like he's a political commentator. It isn't his job to follow world affairs. So probably, if his staff doesn't tell him what's going on in the world, he probably doesn't know. I wouldn't be too hard on him personally. He's an entertainer and he certainly is still entertaining in my opinion.

And as for the Muslim thing, I think everyone wants to be treated with dignity and respect. So the more the British treat Muslims with dignity and respect, the more Muslims will be willing to treat you with the same in return. I have seen this work in Canada!

Here's a video clip of current Canadian MPs (members of parliament) sharing their thoughts on the International Day Against Homophobia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA02aJTEnAs

Representation is great! I don't know, maybe you'll be interested since we do share the same monarch! :)

And thanks again Tim and Ryan! You guys look awesome holding hands! Way to go!

Peace.

adayinhand.com's picture

A Day In Hand

Hi there, thanks for the video.

You can get more info on A Day In Hand at http://www.adayinhand.com.

You can be a part of this silent revolution by sending pics of your same-sex hand holding (sshh) to yourstories@adayinhand.com

 

For more info email info@adayinhand.com

 

Thanks very much

 

David

Founder

A Day In Hand