For Pride month I wrote about how queer people use video games to come out of the closet, from stripping characters to choosing another gender, and how it even builds straight people's empathy towards us for
@TechRadarGaming
Two and a half years ago we reported a leak in our living room roof to our landlord. This is what we are obligated to do via our rental agreement and he is, both morally and legally, obligated to sort it. He did nothing. In March of this year, the ceiling collapsed. 1/x
This is an obvious health and safety issue and a failure to provide adequate housing if it's not dealt with. We urged our landlord to contact
@TowerHamletsNow
to deal with the issue. They provided us with this: a plank of wood, held up by a stick. 2/x
We are human beings. We are people's sons, brothers, friends, boyfriends. We feel and love and need a safe place to live. We pay both council tax and rent to have this safe place and yet, we live with an imminent threat to our health. (10/x)
I mean nothing. Our landlord, you will be very surprised to know, said he "thought the issue had been fixed". This is despite the fact that there is a huge hole in the roof, which he would have to fix, as it is his property. We now have a paddling pool to collect the water 4/x
You can literally hear the raindrops on our attic, before it pours out - not from one space, but spread out across the square. Watery fingers finding a way to ruin our lives. After this,
@TowerHamletsNow
decided to do nothing 3/x
Desperate as my landlord showed no interest in dealing with the problem, we reached out to councillor Marc Francis, the one person who seemed to care that we lived like this. He contacted the housing team who revealed they looked into the issue but said getting permission to 5/x
Build scaffolding on our road would be too much of a disruption. So
@TowerHamletsNow
gave up. They just stopped looking into solving the problem. While the council and our landlord couldn't be arsed to do anything, our situation deteriorated 6/x
Also I have filed a complaint to Environmental Health and Tower Hamlets themselves. I haven't heard back from this complaint but others have said it worked for them, so hopefully this also gets things moving. Thanks for all the advice so far
Mould spread through the flat. Everything is damp, we have the dehumidifier running constantly on an energy bill we pay for. Our extractor fan in our bathroom doesn't work. I had to insulate our windows because they were literally just open: 7/x
Would you want your family to live like this? Would you want your son, your brother, your friend, your lover to keep getting sick from black mould? We are people. Do you not care? And if not, why? What's missing from your soul that you can leave people like this? (11/x)
(9/x) There is now scaffolding outside the flat opposite us but nothing on ours. There's no word or indication from
@TowerHamletsNow
that this is for us. No one will communicate with us. So for them and our landlord, I want to tell you:
My flat mate
@txbamxnmicxh_s
didn't have a window for over a year - and through the winter. Literally, the window was just permanently open (you can tell by the photos how bad they are). He reported this in 2022. It was replaced last week. 8/x
Our washing machine broke down earlier this week and the replacement was meant to come today. However, our landlord didn't inform the delivery drivers of the condition of our flat building and so we have no way to wash our clothes, no way to stay dry, no way to keep warm. (12/x)
I know we are all having fun booing the villains but you freaks better not cyberbully the contestants and ruin the best reality show we've had in a decade
#TheTraitors
@Tvrd_95
Moving costs, time, extortionate rent everywhere, lack of properties, live with friends, have a cat - and I am also paying for this, and so deserve a livable property in return
@ink_drawings
Rent withholding would leave me legally liable and a court could force me to just pay, better to play everything straight should things escalate
I spoke to Abigail Thorn of the hugely popular Philosophy Tube about having to come out as trans alone, the security threats to her new play, The Prince, and the reality of being a trans artist
@shelleydughoul
Thanks! I've made a complaint to Environmental Health and the council itself about the whole situation and outlining the above. They have 30 days to respond I believe which hasn't expired, but hearing that it helped for you gives me hope!
🚨 Job update alert 🚨 After two and a half years as What's On Editor at
@myldn
I'm now moving centrally as the Affiliate lead, covering the South of England and Wales. Really excited to help fund excellent journalism at
@myldn
,
@WalesOnline
,
@BristolLive
and everywhere between
What a finale, we were screaming at the end. Keiran!! Hanna's redemption!!! Aaron discovering it at the end and helping to save the day!!!! Meryl was there too!!!!!
#TheTraitors
I have never complained to Ofcom in my life and it takes a lot to get to me but last night's episode was one exploitation too far. Faye needs to be removed from the villa
#loveIsland
Thinking about this story. My nan passed away after years with dementia yesterday. She was ridiculous and headstrong. She never stopped smoking. She was born in the East End of London and claimed to be the last cockney but moved to Essex and became a snob. I loved her so much.
My nan heard two other girls slagging her off in the toilet of their old timey dance club saying they were going to steal my grandad off her so she got out of the cubicle and decked them both
A trans person was killed and their response is exclusion. Repulsive doesn't even begin to cover it - anyone covering them without this disgusting attitude in mind is failing at their job
We are horrified by the news of the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, and stand in solidarity with LGB people worldwide against this senseless hatred.
Our thoughts are with the victims, and all who knew and loved them.
It's cool how the only thing protecting us from authoritarianism is that the Tories refuse to use the state for anything and every company they hire that tries to send you to a re-education camp will have outsourced it to like, three guys in a call centre while siphoning billions
A nice reminder that gay Tories will throw LGBT people under the bus the moment they can get some recognition from the straights. The rainbow poppy was made by one person and not created by a movement to “hijack” the day. Alan Turing saved millions of lives, even if it was.
Looking for restaurants around London where you can get dinner and a drink for under a tenner - particularly outside central London - for a series of articles if anyone has any recs
#journorequest
Hello PRs representing brands doing Black Friday deals - MyLondon wants to hear from you. Please send all pitches to whatson [@]mylondon [.]news and one of our lovely team can take a look. Please bear with us
#journorequest
#prrequest
Hello. This is my biggest struggle in a family of 75% boys so I did this: "I asked every man I know what they want for Christmas from Amazon, John Lewis, Nike so you don't have to"
Tried to stop getting a £3.60 ice latte every time I go into the office because my bank account is in the negative but realised that's the only little treat giving my life any meaning
The vet said my 12-year-old cat has the "physical and dental health of a 2-year-old" and that he's "the best cat" so now I finally understand dads at sports day
Not to be a lame capitalist shill but it's been six months since I started at
@myldn
and I genuinely love it? It's challenging and hard but fulfilling and I get to work with journalists who I genuinely see being the future of food, drink and showbiz/TV journalism one day
Personal news klaxon: very excited to say I am joining the amazing
@myldn
team as the What's On and Showbiz Editor from next Monday! Can't wait to showcase everything I love about this incredible city while keeping my toes in the gossip factory
This is incredible advice and really touching. Having the hurt come from your family is so tough and this really words how I used to externalise the internal pain. Most of all, I’m so glad my brother has been there for me since day one
Good morning, it's time for a new ¡Hola Papi! which means untangling trauma in the morning hours. Just a heads up, this one deals with homophobic abuse.
Hey, things seem bad with the whole anti-LGBTQ+ thing? Well, Mighty Hoopla reminded me that London is one of the queerest places on earth and we're all in it together: my review for
@myldn
Nothing in my life is working right now from my physical and mental health all the way to my washing machine and the roof of my flat but at least this little guy loves me
My dad firmly corrected my mum when she tried to refer to a man I'm dating as a 'person' instead of a gendered male and that's such a big deal that my DAD said that. I am honestly in such a good shock
After Lockdown 1 I decided I needed to get a boyfriend for
#UKLockdown2
to make it more bearable but the only thing I’ve managed to attract is one extra stone
While columnists scream about how LGBT - and particularly trans people - are dangers to society from the safety of their middle class bubbles, we get attacked in the streets for the audacity of being alive and visible
On this note I am BACK, please email me all your (London based) bar/restaurant openings, event news, celebrity stories, weird TV angles, best places to review, interview opportunities both What's On and Showbiz - tom.capon
@reachplc
.com
#journorequest
Don't go to a very gymfluencer gym but first one spotted today and you know what, ban cameras from every single gym. I don't want to appear on your fucking TikTok just cause I need to squat metal and rubber to make my brain not bad
Paul O'Grady was the first drag queen I ever saw as a kid - on prime time, mainstream TV (Blankety Blank). This was during Section 28. Paul was a trailblazer. So many of us owe so much to that big, camp queen who loved dogs and being a bitch. RIP
BREAKING: LGBT media group Gay Star News (
@gaystarnews
) will cease trading tomorrow.
It is entering insolvency resulting in ~20 job losses. Staff were reportedly told 48hrs before pay day via meetings.
Visited a family who have been living in temporary accommodation in Newham since 2018.
The family of 7 all sleep in one room on blow-up beds and sofas because black mould has infested every single room upstairs and is terrifying their kids, who think their house is cursed.
London is tough at the moment but fighting through the chain restaurants, identical bars and angry NIMBYs are some truly incredible places to enjoy - which is why I'm so excited to launch The MyLondon Awards. And we need you to nominate
@myldn
This is so fundamentally embarrassing to journalism I'm going to start telling people I work for a private military corporation instead. Imagine writing this. Imagine putting it together.
Gemma being best friends with Ekin-Su and saying she was right then stabbing her the moment she had every girl around her... she's still got playground mentality
#loveisland
My debut review for
@myldn
where I took some straight people to Drag Me To The Disco at
@ColoursHoxton
and they all fell in love with the magic of drag
I wish my fellow no brain homosexuals would stop quote retweeting that GB News homophobe. We know being homophobic is bad. You are adding to her engagement metrics. She has a blue tick. Use a single brain cell
I kissed a man last night who promised to drive down to London to start our whirlwind romance before immediately getting off with another guy at the bar
I know every time a Tory gets even the mildest form of comeuppance another, more evil one replaces them but for one blissful Friday: hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I can't believe I've only just started using Turkish barbers - a lovely man is very mean to you for 30 minutes and you walk away with the best haircut of your life
Good explainer from
@helloiammariam
about what laws were used to arrest the Coronation protestors - peaceful protest is illegal if they judge it as a 'nuisance'. State overreach, people actually being silenced, this is fascism
Iain Dale on
#GMB
has literally just said “There are lots of straight men who feel threatened by homosexuality who aren’t homophobic” ???????? Constantly astonished by the stupidity of so-called sensible commentators
Did you know
@myldn
has a What's On newsletter called Going Out Out every Thursday? And we round up fun stories, reviews and news in one silly little package? And you can read last week's Taste Test issue here? And you can sign up below?
It's my last working day of the year at
@myldn
and, while I have not written much due to editing, I have a few pieces to share that I'm proud of. Though my proudest achievement is helping all five of my journalists get promoted to Senior this year
Seven years ago a 4% difference in vote meant we had to go for the hardest, strictest version of the vote possible. Unfortunately Sadiq Khan has no choice but to ban all the cars in London
Londoners are divided on the recent ULEZ expansion
47% support
42% oppose
There is a clear divide between inner Londoners (who support by 62% to 26%) and outer Londoners (who oppose by 51% to 38%)