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

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

VIDEO: LONDON AIDS MEMORIAL

A campaign is underway for London to build a memorial for those who have died of AIDS. The campaign, organised through Facebook, hopes to have the space ready for World Pride in 2012, which takes place in London. Gary Henshaw, campaign supporter, told HOMOVISION: “I personally think there should...

December 18th, 2009 | Health, Latest videos, Pride | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: VIRUS LIVING

In the current PC climate of rising HIV infections, when health charities place the sensibilties of poz people above prevention, many say we need to go back to basics. When this gay plague started I was there, being tested at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in 1981. Doctors had flown from America...

December 1st, 2009 | Highlights, News, Rehab | Read More

FILM: MR RIGHT

So right. Last week we went to the screening of Mr Right – the new Brit flick based around a gaggle of gaying friends in London’s glitzy (love that word) Soho. There’s Harry who hates his job as a reality TV producer; Lars – a geeee-orgeous “model”, who’s kept...

November 25th, 2009 | Highlights, Theatre | Read More

GAY HATE BEENIE MAN TO PLAY AT FESTIVAL

Listen to this. Beenie Man – the nutcase Jamaican “artist” famed for such lyrics as “I’m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays” and “Hang chi chi gal [lesbian] wid a long piece of rope” – has been invited to play at New Zealand’s...

November 12th, 2009 | International, Music, News | 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

MATINEE LONDON VIP TICKETS

Matinee Matinee Matinee. You know the score. Some of London’s sexiest guys writhing around TOTO on the dancefloor. Perfect. Blows our body dysmorphia through the roof, but it’s all part of the course innit. Especially if you go home with one. But anyways. The next Matinee takes place this...

November 2nd, 2009 | Clubland, News | Read More

ACT ART 7 – CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED

ACT ART is back. But what is it? It’s 100 artists, 60 films and 40 live shows in Vauxhall’s supersecret Hidden. The two main stage arches are filled to capacity with live art, performance and PA’s, each arch suitably subtitled befitting this year’s ‘Children of the Damned’ theme....

October 30th, 2009 | Clubland, Theatre, What's on | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: SUCCESS!

Success – like poverty – is relative. In 1994 after living in Spain I returned to the UK, ill once again and found myself in a homeless hostel. Someone sent me a postcard that said POVERTY IS RELATIVE with a cartoon sketch of a woman screaming aloud that she was so broke “she couldn’t...

October 27th, 2009 | Highlights, News, Rehab | Read More