INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA IN FOOTBALL LAUNCHES

The Justin Campaign, a campaign launched in memory of Justin Fashanu – the world’s first and only out gay professional football player – is to launch an international day opposing homophobia in football – Football vs Homophobia on February 19th 2010. The day’s intention is to raise...

January 18th, 2010 | News | 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

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

TUC WELCOMES CIVIL PARTNERSHIP RULING

The TUC today welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to reject the appeal by Lillian Ladele against the decision that her employer, the London Borough of Islington, had not discriminated against her when it refused to allow her not to register civil partnerships. Lillian Ladele had asserted that...

December 15th, 2009 | News | Read More

BORIS CHRISTMAS CAROLS WITH HOMO-HATE EVANGELISTA

Peter Tatchell has today criticised London Mayor Boris Johnson for accepting a carol-service invite from homo-hate clergyman Agu Irukwu. According to Tatchell, Irukwu is a long-time opponent of gay equality and opposes civil partnerships and the fostering of children by same-sex couples. Tatchell adds:...

December 9th, 2009 | News | Read More

COMMONWEALTH RAPPED FOR IGNORING HOMO-ABUSE

Image via Wikipedia Gay rights campaigner and Green Party human rights spokesperson Peter Tatchell has accused Commonwealth leaders of a “systematic, persistent failure to condemn homophobic discrimination and violence.” He’s urged Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma...

November 26th, 2009 | International, News | 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

STEPHEN FRY ENDORSES “A DAY IN HAND”

Gay superstar Stephen Fry has joined the likes of Boris Johnson in pledging his support for a day in hand, a campaign to encourage same sex hand-holding. Dave Watkins, the project’s founder started the movement because he wanted to “see more Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people...

November 22nd, 2009 | News, Theatre | 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

BEENIE MAN CONCERTS AXED IN NZ

All of Beenie Man’s Australian and New Zealand concert dates have been cancelled. This follows protests by gay rights groups, including the Australian Coalition for Equality. It also follows representations to the tour organisers by Peter Tatchell of OutRage!, acting on behalf of the international...

November 16th, 2009 | News | Read More