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Lighthouse founder Nick Fager unpacks the unique challenges gay men face when it comes to loving their bodies. Recent research has shown that eating disorders and body dysmorphia have become major problems in the gay community. There are a variety of explanations for this problem. For one, the media and gay culture incessantly objectify gay male bodies and portray them as oversexualized, six-packed Adonis types, which puts impossible standards on the gay community. Objectification theory states that sexual objectification makes people hyperaware of how they look and may lead to dissatisfaction when those people compare themselves to the unattainable cultural standards of beauty. As unrealistic as the standards are, it seems as though we internalize them and then enforce them on each other.

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There might have been winter outside but they had a fun seaside themed wedding complete with a surfboard…. Today we are travelling to Leeds to see modern stylish wedding in The Faversham. Phil and Daniel are such a fun couple, you can really feel their amazing spirit…. Not only location is gorgeous but wedding is full of beautiful decorations and touches. Read what….

Photography has many uses, but arguably the most important is to record history. In the England and Wales, it was illegal to be homosexual until the Sexual Offences Act was passed. However, even then it did not cover the Merchant Navy or the Armed Forces. Homosexual acts were not decriminalised in Scotland and Northern Ireland until This is the power of photography, it shows that loves conquers all, even if it has to be hidden.