November 2011 Blog Posts (46)

Rugby player Sacha Harding is one of 54 men who've stripped off for Gay Times to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.  Sacha is straight, and has been voted "Britain's Manliest…

When I am sick I want to be left alone--no calls to see how I am--no one stopping by--nothing! I just want to feel sorry for myself, curl up in bed and sleep! AND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE Thanksgiving Day!

I remember very little illnesses  when I was a child…

AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Eagle Holding Corporation (American Eagle), announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. …

Yes I do have a pair of trousers--ill fitting but they get me to the theatre! Talking about the theatre--I received our invitation to the opening of "Shrek--The Musical" in Miami on December 6.…

Those of us with a long enough memory will recall the tragic event that took place on the 27th November 1978 in San Francisco.

City Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone (pictured) were gunned down in their offices by former City Supervisor Dan White.

Milk ran several times for public office and won an election for city supervisor in…

Aluf Kwabena Bey commented on…

After a certain period of time our white kitchen cabinets needs repair, maintenance and improvement If you are poor at managing your kitchen or not clear about your kitchen requirements, then the process of renovation can get difficult and tiresome Assess the various kitchen appliances, hardware fittings and installations, which need improvement or replacement before starting the process of kitchen…

This is a track from Queen's album titled "Made in Heaven" released some four years after Freddie Mercury died from an Aids related illness on the 24th November 1991. It was laid down in the studio only months before Freddies' passing and is intensely poignant given the circumstances.

What can be said of Freddie twenty years on?

When I met…

Cyber Monday, the Monday following Thanksgiving and Black Friday, is the biggest online shopping day of the year. So it should be no suprise that hotels are joining in on this e-shopping spree with one-day only online discounts for those who book on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, for stays through the holiday season or…

There is no doubt that George Clooney will get an Oscar nomination, and possibly win, for his performance in "The Descendants" where, not only is he in every frame of the film except for 2-3 strictly scenic views, he is at the top of his game. The only thing that is unfair about this is…

Campaigners calling for an end to marriage discrimination in Australia have produced an elegant and powerful new video they'd like you to share wherever and whenever you…

Allen and I started a Thanksgiving tradition a few years ago by going to the buffet at the Isles Casino and he picked me up at 2 and we were on our way. There was an hour and a half  wait so what do you do in a casino when you have time to waste? You gamble!! Well I hate to lose and after losing $20 I told…

There have been swift calls for the release of the two miners jailed in Cameroon for alleged homosexual acts. The men have been sentenced to five years in prison and each fined the equivalent of $400.

At least ten individuals in Yaounde and Douala have been arrested under anti-gay laws since March this year. One man,…

Nearly 150,000 people from all over the world have signed a petition against a potential law that would make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender in Russia.…

Australia's football scene has it's own internet fanzine Footy Social set up for both professional players and football fans alike to interact with each other online.

They have produced their 2012 calendar aptly called Footy Ink in which twelve…

If Wilson Cruz looks a little flabby the next time you see him, complain to the US's  Transportation Safety Administration.

According to the gay actor and activist, while traveling today (22nd Nov. 2011) through New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport on his way to Orlando, a TSA representative confiscated a "bludgeoning device" from his…

The mayor of a small town in Peru is concerned that mineral levels in the water could lead to an increase in homosexuality! José Benítez, the mayor of Huarmey, a coastal town in the Ancash Region of Peru, made the comment at the launch of a local project designed to increase access to water.

The town of Huarmey is famed for its abundant shrimp and long…

It's set to become one of those classic TV moments which will be repeated again and again. As an Al Jazeera correspondent covered the celebrations by conservative Partido Popular supporters outside their headquarters in Madrid, a gay couple saw their moment....and went for it!

Spain's gay community is bracing itself for the possibility that the new government - which has an absolute majority - may try to downgrade the country's gay equality laws, replacing…