VIDEO: GMFA’S MATTHEW HODSON ON HIV PREVENTION

Matthew Hodson, Head of Programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA, has spoken to HOMOVISION.TV about the recent criticisms of HIV health campaigns as well as the work and aims of the charity, their policy on bareback porn and the effect the internet and sex-clubs have on HIV prevention. Hodson...

December 1st, 2009 | Highlights, Interviews, Latest videos, News | 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

MEPHEDRONE “MEOW MEOW” COCKTAIL KILLS TEEN

The Sun reports today (23rd November) how a 14-year old school girl died at a house party after mixing methedrone (known as “meow meow” apparently… yeah.. us too) with ketamine. The teen died after passing out on the cocktail of drugs at a party in Brighton. Ambulance crews tried to...

November 24th, 2009 | Clubland, Health, News | Read More

TATCHELL: “JUST SAY NO TO SHARIA LAW”

Great article in today’s Comment is Free in the Guardian Online by Peter Tatchell ahead of Saturday’s march against religious laws. In it he urges support for “the courageous Muslims who, often at great personal risk, are campaigning against religious extremism”. Although...

November 20th, 2009 | News | Read More

COMMENT: WHAT THE MURDER OF IAN BAYNHAM TELLS US ABOUT GAY LONDON

The death last month of a man from a homophobic attack has sent shock-waves through London’s gay community today. Ian Baynham, 62, was set upon by feral two teenage girls after a night out on 28 September. He spent the subsequent weeks in the Royal London Hospital until his life support machine was...

November 12th, 2009 | Comment, Highlights, News, Pride, Theatre | Read More

COMMENT: FIGHTING HIV

Despite reports of a dip in HIV transmissions between gay men in 2008, rates of infection remain at high levels. An independent sex survey recently questioned current HIV campaigns and if they could leave gay men increasingly ignorant and complacent about the harsh realities of contracting HIV, thereby...

October 26th, 2009 | Comment, Health, News | Read More

INTERNET ADDICTION COULD BECOME NORM

Some people say that gayers are more pre-disposed to hardcore internet use than others, so if a new study is to be believed we need to make sure our internet usage is kept under control before we all go lala. The research from the Kaohslung Medical University Hospital in Taiwan shows a correlation in...

October 6th, 2009 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: GAY GAMBLING

Do gayers get excited about pokies? You might think it’s just a Facebook thing, a sexual flirt, when in fact pokie addiction is destroying lives worldwide. In Australia & New Zealand the problem is out of control and in Northern Europe countries like Estonia have more casinos than theatres...

October 6th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More