NEW SYDNEY MARDI GRAS DRAMA

Another scandal has hit Sydney’s Mardi Gras with the revelation in webzine The Scavanger that actors were paid to march in the parade. The site reports that the actors – who were not required to be gay or lesbian or have any community affiliations – were paid hundreds of dollars to...

February 19th, 2010 | International | Read More

HAPPY LGBT HISTORY MONTH?

What use is gay history to us today? In an age when homosexuals enjoy greater rights and freedoms than ever before, isn’t the past rather irrelevant? Isn’t it all a bit of a waste of time? This was certainly not the view of the audience gathered at The British Library last Tuesday as presenter and...

February 15th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | 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

RESCUE PACKAGE PROPOSED FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE

Wilde Ones, Pride in Brighton and Hove’s production company for the last ten years, is proposing a rescue package for Brighton Pride. The proposal aims to keep the same style of event that was produced in 2009, but with additional enhancements, and with all profits going to local voluntary sector...

November 15th, 2009 | News, Pride, What's on | Read More

MAN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO BURN GAY FLAG

A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he attempted to burn the gay pride flag at a gay community center in the United States. Ross Burton and another man were seen trying to set fire to the rope that runs up the flagpole by police officers in Memphis. Burton is being charged with aggravated...

November 12th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

VIDEO: BORIS’ PRIDE SPEECH 2009

Here’s the full video of Boris’ speech that he made at his Pride Reception at City Hall last night. Yet again – Boris was a great speaker – there were plenty of laughs and some great one-liners, but like last year, we came away feeling ever-more disappointed. The fact that some...

June 30th, 2009 | Latest videos, News, Pride | Read More