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

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: AGEING

They used to sing ” Nobody loves a Fairy when she’s Forty ” back in the days of homo criminalisation but now the internet is awash with Daddies, Bears and Spanking GrandDads – thankfully nobody needs to look like Cher anymore to still be in the game. Can you imagine being rejected...

January 12th, 2010 | Health, News, Rehab | Read More

COMMENT: FAME, SCENE CELEBRITIES AND THE FUTURE OF GAY CULTURE

Apparently X Factor 2009 ends on 12th December. I say ‘apparently’ because loathing the superficial trite-fest as I do, I had to Google the date. Personally, I could not care less, yet this auspicious landmark is sure to be engraved on many a London scene queen’s mind. It will represent the end...

November 26th, 2009 | Clubland, Comment, Highlights | 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

TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST LGBT IN IRAQ CONTINUES

The rise of fundamentalist groups in Iraq since the 2003 U.S. led invasion has proven deadly to LGBT Iraqis, who are now being forced to either hide or face the consequences. Using the internet as a means to track down new victims, militia members are now employing computer analysts to monitor traffic...

November 20th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

COMMENT: WHAT THE MURDER OF IAN BAYNHAM TELLS US ABOUT GAY LONDON

The death last month of a man from a homophobic attack has sent shock-waves through London’s gay community today. Ian Baynham, 62, was set upon by feral two teenage girls after a night out on 28 September. He spent the subsequent weeks in the Royal London Hospital until his life support machine was...

November 12th, 2009 | Comment, Highlights, News, Pride, Theatre | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: SACRIFICE

Before chems became the main course and not the starter, GAY MEN’S HEALTH was all about catching the lurgee, the gay plague bestowed upon us by an unknown force and according to Donna Summer in the ’80’s, it was the Lord himself shouting down from above – no more bum fun for...

November 10th, 2009 | Clubland, Highlights, Rehab | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: SELF OBSESSION

Yes it’s all about ME. Everywhere from street junkies to X Factor, MY dream, what I’VE always wanted, where I’M going, it’s all about ME. Take last Friday night in Soho, most gayers continued to sup ‘n’ stare in Old Compton Street while Trafalgar Square regaled community...

November 3rd, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More