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

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

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

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

STONEWALL HONOUR BOYZONE

Boyzone have been named entertainers of the year at the 2009 Stonewall Awards held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The judges said that Stephen Gately’s coming out at the height of the band’s success contributed to raise awareness. Gately died last month while on holiday in Majorca...

November 5th, 2009 | Music, News, Theatre | Read More

GAY ARTS FESTIVAL LAUNCHES

HOMOTOPIA, Liverpool’s annual gay arts and culture festival, launched last night with a show of solidarity against homophobia. Homotopia Artistic director Gary Everett said: “Homotopia is a celebration of the talent and creativity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community. Our campaign...

November 4th, 2009 | Theatre, What's on | Read More

GAY BRIT FLICK SHANK WINS BARTHELONA AWARD

Gritty gay Brit flick Shank, written and produced by Christian Martin and Darren Flaxstone and directed by Simon Pearce has won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Barcelona International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Shank centres on Cal, a teenage thug desperate to hide his gay cravings...

October 29th, 2009 | News, Theatre | Read More