Okay so I wasn’t going to post anything until the wee hours of Monday but I came across an article written by Julian Clary at The Guardian  and I just couldn’t resist sharing it with my fellow boomers (and older figgits). I’m a staggering 51 – too old for alcopops yet too young for Midsomer Murders. So I asked [...]

Commentator Tom Purcell takes a very tongue-in-cheek look at same-sex marriage. Here’s some highlights from his blog posting . I hope they know what they’re getting themselves into. The concept may conflict with your traditions and religious values — you may find it odd for a judge to say, “I now declare you wife and wife” — but if you follow [...]

Here we go again with another “tell all” book about a celebrity who has passed on to the great beyond and becomes titillating fodder for the sake of making a buck. Darwin Porter who brought you such eye opening (more like wallet opening) books like ” Hollywood Babylon “, ” Hollywood Babylon Strikes Again ” and ” Merv Griffin: A Life In [...]

It was a really long night at work last night,  one girl off sick  one on holiday and the other went home at 1am,  so  it was rather busy,  had to work harder than I have for a long time!    I was so glad when 8am rolled on through. I’ve not felt so plumtuckered (that’s knackered by [...]

Billy Van Raaphorst is no stranger to being disliked being a baseball umpire but when homophobic attacks are hurled that crosses the line in good sportsmanship. As the Edmonton Journal reported this past weekend Raaphorst was invited to speak about homophobia in sports at the invitation of the NHL Oilers where he was the key note speaker [...]

In 1980 William Friedkin’s movie Cruising starring Al Pacino created a firestorm in the gay community. Gays protested the film not only during it’s release but also during filming. Demonstrators did everything they could to sabotage the filming. There was an unsuccessful attempt to get Friedkin’s location permits in the Village revoked. When that didn’t work, people honked horns [...]

Connecticut one of the more progressive states in the Union in regards to the LGBT community now seems to be adding yet another notch in its conquest of the Rainbow. This time in politics as Gregory B. Hladky writes in The New Haven Advocate . Twenty years ago a Connecticut state lawmaker made national headlines by coming out of [...]

Earlier this week it was announced that Rachel Maddow will be receiving the Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award from The Interface Alliance for her work in covering religion and politics. But Rachel’s work and I daresay importance goes beyond winning awards. She has become an advocate for LGBT issues while still keeping her journalistic integrity. While not keeping her sexuality [...]