OFFICIALS SHOCKED AT RISE IN HIV IN YOUNG

Officials in the US are shocked a the rise in HIV cases among young gay men and are now saying that the safer-sex message must be renewed. Last month the Minnesota Department of Health reported the biggest jump in HIV infections in nearly 20 years – with cases doubling in young gay men. In Washington...

March 16th, 2010 | Health | Read More

REVIEW: A MAN’S WORLD

Accessing gay history is not a straight forward task. Our stories lurk amongst the archives, often as hidden as the identities that, for centuries, have been marginalised, vilified and condemned. Many people simply don’t know where to look, or for what latent, tell-tale signs to seek out. Many more...

March 15th, 2010 | Reviews | Read More

VIDEO: ELTON JOHN MUST DIE

Celebrity gay Elton John has increased his security after receiving a number of death threats for saying Jesus was gay. A fundamentalist protestor, Neil Horsley, posted a video of himself standing outside the singer’s flat with a placard reading: ‘Elton John must die.’ In the video, Horsley...

March 15th, 2010 | Entertainment, Highlights, Latest videos | Read More

LITHUANIANS KILLED IRISH MAN FOR BEING GAY

Two men from Lithuania have been convicted yesterday of killing supermarket manager Shaun Fitzpatrick because he was gay. Andrius Dunauskas, 23, and Ramunas Balseris, 26, both beat their victim so badly that initially he was thought to have been shot. He had 52 separate injuries after the sustained attack...

March 12th, 2010 | News | 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 (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

HANDBAGS OUT AS CURRIE BRANDS ROBINSON “STINKING HYPOCRITE”

Iris Robinson – the Irish MP who branded gayers as abominations, yet secretly was having it away with a 19-year-old she met when he was a nine-year old in the butchers – has come under further criticism from former MP, celebrity wife-swapper and mistress Edwina Currie. Currie said: “If...

January 8th, 2010 | International, News | Read More

HOMO TRAVEL: WORLD GAY LEGAL MAP

Last week two men in Argentina became the first same-sex married couple in Latin America. At the start of 2010 there are only seven countries in the world that allow gay marriage. But there are plenty more where being openly gay could land you in prison, or face the death penalty. Click on the map below...

January 4th, 2010 | News | 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