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There's no denying it... Us gay boys have gone gaga over the iPhone 4... what's not to love? When it comes to gay-friendly gadgets Apple rule the roost and the fourth generation iPhone fulfils our gay chat and app requirements like no other. Is the iPhone 4 the ultimate gay gift this year? You can bet your baubles it is! Here's the top 4 reasons why this hot little number is all we want for Christmas:

The design

Ok we're suckers for the sleek sexiness of the iPhone. Apple has improved on previous iPhone perfection and the iPhone 4 is even slimmer and more sophisticated than its predecessors. The design overhaul harks back to the retro-future fabulousness of Dieter Rams and the new industrial squared-off format gives it an ultra modern, masculine feel. Hot. As boy-bait goes, you can't beat it!

Gay apps

Gay geo-social networking applications have transformed gay dating. Firing up Maleforce on your iPhone 4 is soooooo very now. A fab new folder functionality allows you to organise all y'apps into groups - no more scrolling page after page to get to 'M'! Oh! And the new multi-tasking feature allows you to get all appy and listen to music at the same time. Nice!

Lights, camera, action!

Are you ready for your close-up? Try out the new iPhone 4 five mega-pixel camera (with flash!) and be gob-smacked at how gorgeous you look on the outrageous new "Retina Display". Weighing in at eye-popping 326ppi pixel density you will not find a better phone screen. And with HD video recording, let's just say you can have a LOT of fun keeping your Maleforce mates entertained!

Staying power

When it comes to gay chat we don't like being cut off mid conversation. No Sir! We're happy to report then that tech heads everywhere are cockle doodle hoop about the outstanding charge you get out of the iPhone 4. Apparently the competition is looking positively limp in comparison. Hardwired for stamina this bad boy is big on battery and will keep you up allllll night. We like!

The iPhone 4: It's love!

Gary C. from The Gay Chat Team

It's that time of the year again! Christmas, Xmas, Hanukkah, Holidays...whatever you call it we all love it! And it just wouldn't be Christmas without pop stars getting all ding dong merrily on high and doing their best to make our Christmases go off with a bang. Here are some top up-tempo tips to get the Christmas party started!

The Glee Christmas album - Having just topped The Beatles record for the most Billboard Hot 100 chart entries within one year, the cast of Glee will no doubt be celebrating big time this Xmas. The feel good show of the century has come up trumps yet again with quite possibly the best Christmas album ever...erm, but then again, quite possibly, we're a tad biased! Stand out track has got to be the boy-to-boy duet "Baby It's Cold Outside" sung by our fave gay TV teen Kurt (Chris Golfer) and his beautiful beau-to-be, Blaine (Darren Chris). Top marks to the Glee producers who have slotted this gay gem in without any flaming fanfare, because boy-to-boy or boy-to-girl (or girl-to-girl for that matter!) it's all perfectly natural. Glee, we agree!

A Christmas Cornucopia/ Annie Lennox - British music scene icon and gay chat team uber-fave Annie Lennox has released a collection of Xmas carol classics...with a twist. We can just imagine you all tinselling up the tree to her wildly inspired interpretations of 'The Holy And The Ivy', 'The First Noel' and 'Silent Night'. No stranger to Yuletide yodelling (remember the a-m-a-z-i-n-g 'There Must Be An Angel'?) La Lennox knows a thing or two about delivering top-notch tonsil toddy, and apart from being one of the greatest pop stars, like ever, Annie has been a staunch AIDS activist to boot. She predates Madonna and she loves us gay boys. We're not worthy!

Merry Christmas II You/ Mariah Carey - Currently sitting atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chat with "Oh Santa!", you gotta love Mariah Carey. Perhaps she's pushing it a tad by releasing another Xmas collection - but then again how can you argue with 'the biggest selling female artist of all time'? The prequel, 1994's "Merry Christmas" has notched up sales of 12 million! On this outing Mimi remakes "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Personally? We feel she should leave perfection alone! Apart from some lovely traditional standards (we heart "Little Drummer boy") there's also four new Christmassy Carey compositions. Ace.

The best of the rest...other festive releases you should be dashing through the snow to get to:

Indigo Girls/ Holly Happy Days - Lady-lovers The Indigo Girls cover classic Hanukkah and Christmas favourites. Coldplay/ Christmas Lights - Hottie Chris Martin looks all brawny in the vid. Check him out! The Killers/ Boots - Uber-Hottie Brandon Flowers and the gang's only release this year, with all proceeds donated to RED, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa. Lovely. The Superions/ Destination Christmas - B-52's frontman Fred Schneider cooks up a festive feast of hilarious original Christmas crackery.

Gary C. from The Gay Chat Team

Condoms eh? They can be a pain in the ...erm, well you know what we mean! But they're important because they are pretty much the only way you can protect yourself against HIV. Putting one on each time you have sex helps ensure you remain happy and healthy. Simples.

December 1st is World AIDS Day. At Maleforce we care about our members and want to show our support, love and respect for those of you who live with HIV every day. Let's join hands and battle prejudice, raise awareness and encourage one and all to practise safer sex. It makes sense.

The Health Protection Agency estimates that around a quarter of gay men with HIV do not know they are infected. If you are afraid to find out your status, hey, you are not alone. Making that step to test is a difficult one. If you're nervous about getting tested discuss it with your best bud, a close family member or contact the brilliant Terence Higgins Trust (http://www.tht.org.uk/howwecanhelpyou/needhelpnow/thtdirect/) for information, support and advice on HIV and sexual health.

HIV treatments have come along way over the past decade (hooray!) and can now prolong the lives of people infected with the HIV virus. Knowing early on that you have HIV means not only can treatment start before symptoms appear it can also be way more effective. In other words getting treatment early on increases the chances of you living a lengthy, normal and happy life. Result!

World AIDS Day is not only about raising awareness; it's about supporting our friends, family and lovers who are living with HIV. It's no one's fault they have HIV - treat one and all with love and respect - that's the Maleforce mantra! Positive or negative we need to stand together, right? Right.

As always enjoy your gay chat and gay app activities by playing safe every single time. Get your rocks off but with a condom on. You know it makes perfect sense.

Hearts and red ribbons, The Maleforce Team X

Gary C. from The Gay Chat Team

As the cold dark winter nights draw in who wouldn't want to cuddle up with hot rugby beefcake Ben Cohen? With thighs and eyes to die for big Ben is fast becoming a worldwide gay pin-up for boys who like their beef hairy, hunky and handsome. GRRRRRR!

Despite spending most of his time getting muddy in the macho world of English rugby Cohen has no qualms about being gay-friendly and backs gay visibility in the sporting world. Bless.

Earlier this year the 29-year-old supported GMFA's Gay Sports Day (http://www.gmfa.org.uk/aboutgmfa/) by sending a number of, ahem, personal items to be auctioned off for the gay charity. And just recently he joined thousands of others around the world uploading a video support message to the 'It Gets Better' campaign (http://www.itgetsbetter.org/). Ok, we're seriously in love.

Fast-forward to 2011 and the official Ben Cohen calendar will undoubtedly be gracing the walls of every gay kitchen, lounge, bedroom and garage in gaysville. Forget January 1st - ours is up now!

Naturally, beautiful Ben is a top notch gay chat line fantasy fetish. Sadly for us though he's 100% hetero.... oh well, we can always live in hope and die in denial!

Are you buff and beautiful like our Ben? If you're hot then why not get your biceps out for the boys and apply to be a Maleforce Hot Shot? Each month we plan to print pics of our hottest members and sexy celebs who make our hearts go tickety boom! There's no prize except exposure to an adoring crowd...and your face. Here.

So what are you waiting for? It is the season of giving, right? And we're waiting! Send your snaps to the Maleforce Team and we'll do the rest!

The Ben Cohen 2011 calendar is available for mail order worldwide from Ben's official website (http://ben-cohen.com/).

Gary C. from The Gay Chat Team

Here at the haus of hot gay chat we like our pop stars fine, fresh, fierce... and, above all, out to rock the world with gay faaaaabulousness.

We're happy to report that this week it's cheeky chanteuse Katy Perry who's lighting our fuses with her ace new single 'Firework'.

Currently being hummed by every gay boy from here to Honolulu, KP delivers yet another slice of sparkly pop perfection that makes us want to party 'til we pop!

Not only that, the vid features some very sweet boy-on-boy lip locking! Way to go Katy!

Cracker!

Want your gay chat and dating to go off with a bang? Check our top 5 tips on getting more zap out of your gay app!

1. Make your app profile sparkle! Upload a video introduction and you'll stand head and shoulders above everyone else.

2. Skyrocket your message responses by changing your main pic regularly. Different pics will appeal to different guys.

3. Fire up a friendship! Don't wait around for guys to message or call you, take the initiative and make the first move.

4. Hotlist your favourites. Save the guys who brighten up your day (or light up your night!) - it makes it easier to keep track of all the hotties out there!

5. Launch your profile everywhere. Don't just log in from home, log in wherever you go! Check-in to your fave gay venues. Get yourself out there.

And, as always... Play safe!

Gary C. from The Gay Chat Team