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

VIDEO: WANNA HEAR ABOUT (YET ANOTHER) GAY BASHING?

A man has been sentenced to 32 years in jail today after the murder of a gay man and violently attacking his partner in their home. Murderer David Kilcullen visited the home of victim Gerry Edwards and Chris Bevan hoping to steal their car. Hearing Edward’s screams, Bevan rushed to the kitchen...

December 16th, 2009 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: FAMILY

Many gayers will be going home for Christmas only to discover the reason why they left, no wonder the suicide rate is climbing the walls between turkey and the New Year. It can’t be the telly, though it’s high on the list when it comes to irritation, nor is it the best behaviour one must...

December 15th, 2009 | Rehab | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: XMAS BOOZE CHECK

We know that Alcohol can make gayers do mad things but no one is mental enough to give up Booze before Christmas. Right? “It’s only another month before the New Year and I can get it sorted then” is the annual December mantra of hope. The page BOOZE CHECK on my own website is number...

December 7th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

COMMENT: DESIRE, CONFORMISM AND THE ELUSIVE GREAT DARK MAN

“Oh Alberto, have you heard Shirley Bassey’s new album?” the shrill, camp voice rang out from the right hand toilet cubicle. “No,” grunted the blatantly bored and clearly paid for Alberto from the left hand cubicle. “Oh well, never mind,” sighed the nameless extra from Julian and Sandi....

December 7th, 2009 | Comment | Read More

COMMENT: HIV – 20 YEARS ON

As I come into the year of the 20th anniversary of my HIV positive diagnosis the gap between two observations before me is so vast I am moved to make what I am seeing public, in the hope of sparking more conversation about a subject that is a huge factor in every gay man’s life. Every gay man has to...

December 1st, 2009 | Health, Highlights | 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

VIDEO: TATCHELL URGES LGBT COMMUNITY TO STAND WITH MUSLIMS RESISTING SHARIA LAW

At Saturday’s protest against Sharia Law, Peter Tatchell urged members of the UK gay community to stand shoulder to shoulder with Muslim people around the world who are resisting Sharia law. Talking to HOMOVISION, he said: “In so many countries, like Uganda, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia...

November 23rd, 2009 | Latest videos, News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: ENLIGHTENMENT

Thankfully, enlightenment is not the prime property of religion. For many BOOZE is the true sauce of light. Some years ago, I went to ClubNight – The Glory Hole @ Central Station Kings Cross with a friend, he head to toe in Prada, posing to the left and right while I entered the backroom dressed...

November 17th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

GAYERS MAKE BETTER PARENTS RESEARCH SAYS

Researchers at London’s Birkbeck College and Massachusett’s Clark University have suggested that same-sex couples make good parents because the fact that the children cannot be conceived accidentally. Professor Stephen Scott, director of research at the National Academy for Parenting...

November 16th, 2009 | News | Read More