HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: AGEING (Part 2)

In her book “How to Grow Old Disgracefully”, the actress Hermione Gingold remarked: “There’s nothing so ageing as the past – especially when it catches up with you. I like to live in the present”. How gay was Hermione? Well for starters her sister Angela Baddeley played iconic...

January 19th, 2010 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

THAT WAS 2009…

Two thousand and nine. Bit of a blip really. Anyway, here’s our video highlights of 2009: DJ Oliver M DJ and Matinee promoter Oliver M talks about the state of London gay clubland. We like a bit of Oliver M. He dared to take the leap out of the Vauxhall triangle when everyone else was saying it...

December 31st, 2009 | Comment, Highlights, News | Read More

TATCHELL’S LETTER TO COMMONWEALTH LEADER

Copy of Peter Tatchell’s letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma Commonwealth Secretary-General Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX 020 7747 6500 secretary-general@commonwealth.int 19 November 2009 Your Excellency, I am writing to inquire what the Commonwealth is...

November 26th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: HOPE

As we approach World AIDS Day, many gay men in their forties can’t believe they are still alive. They made it. They survived the collective grief of a virus halted in it’s tracks by combos. Gay Men lost their identity and faith to AIDS and didn’t know how to relate to a possible cure...

November 24th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

COMMENT: Hedonism, HIV and the importance of talking

Everyone has had the odd lost night once in a while. The type when you find yourself stumbling on to the first tube in the morning or, heaven forbid, precariously negotiating your way through the rush hour commuters. There can be something refreshingly beautiful about the experience. At their best these...

November 19th, 2009 | Clubland, Comment, News | Read More

JERSEY TO DEBATE SAME SEX CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

On Tuesday 20th October 2009, Jersey States Members will be asked to approve, in principal, a proposal to introduce legislation enabling same-sex couples to enter into civil partnerships. The proposal comes from the Council of Ministers who believe Jersey should “follow the route taken by the United...

October 19th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

GAY BAR CLOSED DUE TO PUBLIC ORDER

The Liverpool gay bar which has been at the centre of a row about public order has been closed down temporarily. Merseyside Police detailed over forty different allegations to a licensing committee yesterday, including regular attacks using bottles and glasses as weapons, mass brawls outside the bar,...

October 15th, 2009 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: DATING

Let’s get it straight – Gaydar is not dating. Most Gay Dating sites need to be had up under the Trade Description Act as prick teasing – but dating it ain’t. At MILK IN THE PARK I bumped into a chum who dates a guy three times before he has a hand on his zipper. How radical. He...

August 18th, 2009 | Rehab | Read More

GAYDAR: DOWNLOADING MR RIGHT

Two jolly, avuncular Glaswegian homosexuals of my aquaintance stopped me in the street the other day and asked me in their unique, ribald tones if I’ve found myself a new man. “Oh, we LOVE your gaydar profile”, they nudge-nudge-wink-winked at me. I just blushed, pawed the air, made...

July 10th, 2009 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB: COMMIT YERSELF

It’s gonna be comedown Wednesday this week, mark my words, so watch out on those skates at Gay City Rollers with Dusty O & Stewart Who? en route to Xanadu. How can anyone dispute that London is not THE queerest capital in the world with the most choices over the weekend? Over two days you...

May 25th, 2009 | Highlights, News, Rehab | Read More