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

MR GAY CHINA BEGINS…

This Friday sees the first Mr Gay China Pageant taking place in Beijing. Ben Zhang, founder of gay PR company Gayographic who organised the event, said they hope the pageant will “send out a message to the Chinese public that the gay community is here and it’s healthy, sexy, trendy.” The...

January 11th, 2010 | Interviews | Read More

AXEL HOTELS GO TO NEW YORK

Axel Hotels – the Spanglish gay hotel chain – is taking its straight-friendly concept to New York City’s grittering Hell’s Kitchen. Axel Hotels was the first hotel chain aimed at the gay community (obviously they’ve never been to the Philbeach) and have hotels in Barfelona,...

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

HIV TRAVEL BAN TO US ENDS

The ban on HIV positive people entering the US ends today. The ban has been in place for 22 years and was removed by Obama, who said the ban was not compatible with his plans to be a leader in the fight against the disease. The lifting of the ban also comes in advance of the country’s plans to...

January 4th, 2010 | International, News, Travel | Read More

“QUENTIN CRISP WAS SELF-HATING AND HOMOPHOBIC” SAYS TATCHELL

In a statement released today, Peter Tatchell says Quentin Crisp was a self-hating homophobe. He also criticises tonight’s ITV’s An Englishman in New York drama of sanitising Crisp’s rejection of gay rights and equality. Tatchell says: “Quentin Crisp was a contradictory, infuriating...

December 28th, 2009 | Comment, News, Theatre | Read More

RUPERT EVERETT TELLS GAY STARS TO STAY IN CLOSET

Today’s Sun reports on Rupert Everett urging gay actors to remain in the closet for the sake of saving their careers. In the feature, he says: “I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out. The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot...

December 2nd, 2009 | News, Theatre | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: VIRUS LIVING

In the current PC climate of rising HIV infections, when health charities place the sensibilties of poz people above prevention, many say we need to go back to basics. When this gay plague started I was there, being tested at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in 1981. Doctors had flown from America...

December 1st, 2009 | Highlights, News, Rehab | Read More

VIDEO: SUPERMARTXIOERIUSXYUIWYE CELEBRATES 1ST BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday SuperMartWeoiquweiuysdxiuwt84iwejrnkdXe! A few years ago, if you were a disco T.O.T.O kind of girl-guy-he-ra, your sha-la-la-la-la possibly involved Fire, the dregs of the soon to be closed (now reopened and re:Freshed DTPM), some others that were ready to close, and the rest. But then...

November 26th, 2009 | Clubland, Interviews, Latest videos, News | Read More