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

TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST LGBT IN IRAQ CONTINUES

The rise of fundamentalist groups in Iraq since the 2003 U.S. led invasion has proven deadly to LGBT Iraqis, who are now being forced to either hide or face the consequences. Using the internet as a means to track down new victims, militia members are now employing computer analysts to monitor traffic...

November 20th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

RESCUE PACKAGE PROPOSED FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE

Wilde Ones, Pride in Brighton and Hove’s production company for the last ten years, is proposing a rescue package for Brighton Pride. The proposal aims to keep the same style of event that was produced in 2009, but with additional enhancements, and with all profits going to local voluntary sector...

November 15th, 2009 | News, Pride, What's on | Read More

TATCHELL: “HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IGNORED FOR FEAR OF RACISM”

Image via Wikipedia Below is a short excerpt from a speech Peter Tatchell delivered in defence of universal human rights at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, 28 October 2009. Tatchell believes that in large parts of the world, including many western nations, the principle of universal human...

November 5th, 2009 | Comment, International, News | Read More

COMMENT: FROM JAMAICA, WITH HATE

Last year, Bounty Killer – one of the hearty proponents of Jamaican Murder Music – performed some of his homicidal hoedowns at the Stratford Rex, with the full blessing of the London Met Police Force. This July, Buju Banton (he of ‘Boom Bye Bye’ fame) did the same at the Hammersmith Apollo....

October 21st, 2009 | International, Music, News | Read More

BROWN RECOMMENDS CIVIL CEREMONIES IN PARLIAMENT

Yesterday, Gordon Brown made the recommendation that civil partnership ceremonies for gay MPs and Peers should be allowed to take place in the Palace of Westminster in a drive to flag up parliament’s commitment to gay rights and equality. He made the recommendation in his 20-minute speech at the...

October 20th, 2009 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: FREEDOM

In some quarters to admit “being in therapy” is as shaming as owning membership to the Jan Moir Fan Club, so you may wonder why people seek it, pay for it and continue the process of on-going examination. However, coming out as “being in therapy” is the new celebrity ring-a-ding...

October 20th, 2009 | Health, Highlights, News, Rehab | Read More

IRISH HURLING STAR REVEALS HE’S GAY

Irish hurling star Donal Og Cusack has revealed he’s gay in his new auto-biography, Come What May due out this month. The star tells how he slept with both women and men before accepting his sexuality as a gay man. He reveals how he tried to date women as a young man even though he knew from the...

October 19th, 2009 | News | Read More

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.S COLLEGE BANS CROSS DRESSING

A dress code banning cross-dressing has been introduced at a college in America which human rights activist Martin Luther King Jr attended. It calls for “no wearing of clothing associated with women’s garb (dresses, tops, tunics, purses, pumps, etc.) on the Morehouse campus or at college-sponsored...

October 19th, 2009 | News | Read More

WHITE HOUSE MARCH TO END “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”

Thousands of people have marched outside the White House today demanding the President Obama honours his promise to end the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and allow openly gay servicemen and women to serve in the Army. At the Human Right’s Dinner on Saturday night, Obama said...

October 13th, 2009 | International, News | Read More