December 2011 Blog Posts (60)

Welcome everyone to 2012 Happy New Year  |  Carlos Melia  |  A short message to wish you all a Happy New Year and Feliz Año Nuevo. Welcome everyone to 2012. !!! Looking forward to seeing you all next year. Been a very important year for me in particular, many great things have happened others…

It is the last picture of my 2011 movie going year and it is a gem, without sex or the 'f' word anywhere in sight , a solid performance by Matt Damon with a supporting cast that can tenderly bring tears to your eyes and tigers, lions, monkeys, parrots, flamingos, bears, zebras, porcupines, kangaroos, even snakes,…

PC Mark Carter was allowed to go back on duty after being acquitted of "gay rape" and two other sexual assaults following a policemen's festive party in December 2010.

Mr Carter, a former Mr Gay UK, had been suspended following the acquittal whilst an internal investigation was conducted by senior officers. Fortunately all has been resolved and Mr…

Just the subject to broach over your New Year's celebratory lunch!

The following question arrived on the desk of Salon.com's online magazine:

"I have a question from a conversation I had with a bunch of gay men. There were six of us, and a friend said that he had a doctor who’d warned him…

The current holder of that illustrious and ancient title Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK's Parliament, has spoken of what he calls his "duty to campaign" for gay rights outside of the UK.

In a New Year message to the recently launched Kaleidoscope Trust, Mr Bercow said his new coat…

Apparently Robbie Williams, Brit Pop star and perennial cheeky chappy suggested in his own radio show after Christmas that he will have sex with a man if he is paid 2 Million British pounds ($US 3 Million - roughly).

Some friends of Robbie's had suggested a figure of 5 million Brit pounds might be  the going rate but the ever modest Robbie thought that 2…

When I read this I thought it was Friday (the day these sort of stories appear in the press)!

Funny man and actor Williams insists he has a gay dog!

In a recent interview with Contact Music he said: "I (also) have a gay rescue pug called Leonard, who I take for walks because I am very secure…

Budapest will be gearing up for 2012's summer LGBT Euro Games but, guess what? Budapest's mayor István Tarlós has stated in a just released letter to Berlin's openly gay mayor that he won't be attending or even watching!

What is it with these ex-Soviet bloc leaders, mayors et al and their ingrained homophobia?

“I disassociate myself from both…

That's what the AHF - AIDS Healthcare Foundation - is hoping. They've managed to gather more than enough signatures  (over 71,000) in their FAIR (For Adult Industry Responsibility) campaign to get a public vote on the issue in June 2012.  If…

French campaigners are making a concerted effort to get Louis-Georges Tin onto the shortlist for the next Nobel Peace Prize.

Born in Martinique, the 37 year-old was one of the prime movers behind the creation of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) in 2005,…

And What Do You Do on Fridays????

(Got Allen off to the airport at 5:30

AM--came home and went to sleep--saw Doc at 1:30 PM then came home and

went to sleep and am now getting ready to pick up Norman and off for a bite to eat and then "Cirque Dreams Holidaze"--see review at…

Alfredo Ferreyra MGW CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2012

Wed 4 Apr: Day: Arrival, drop off of luggage at main hotel, transport to Askari Lodge at 1.30 pm (2 hr drive). Game Drive at 5 pm.

Night: Meet & greet and orientation of events, room allocations etc.  Judging explained. Traditional Dinner (Mr GSA…

Long known as Hollywood’s playground, Palm Springs has announced that it will once again host several premier film festivals in 2012. Featured film festivals include the star-studded Palm Springs International Film Festival, Festival of Native Film & Culture, Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest and…

(This is just a quickie--Allen and I are going to see the opening of the "Million Dollar Quartet" in Miami this evening and then I will drive him to the airport at 5 AM---yes I will be up at 5 AM--anything for a car!!!-- and will have his car for 3 weeks. You'll be able to read my review at www.corinescorner.com this weekend and then here next week. Tomorrow night Norman and I will be seeing "Cirque Dreams Holidaze"--same thing regarding…

I have been taking coumadin--blood thinner---for 12 years since I had congestive heart failure and was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation New Year's weekend 1999-2000. In June 2009 I started to do the Philips blood level tests at home instead of going into the doctor's office a few times a month and I didn't have any problems with it. The readings are suppose to be between 2-3 but around 4 weeks they were 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.2 My doctor increased the dosage but it didn't seem to help. On…

We in the West, who are used to the phenomenon of smartphone technology, can easily become blase about the freedom we have in accessing such sites as Grindr, Scruff plus a host of others that can cater to our every need.

Spare a thought then for our gay brothers in the Middle East that live under the yoke of some of the most repressive regimes on the…

Being an internet junkie has it's rewards and this has to be one of them!

This popped up on one of my news feeds this afternoon and I must admit I am hooked. What a voice and the emotions expressed are from a head that is far older than his years.

"Battle Call" (featured below) has just premiered and is part of a trilogy of songs and I will let Jay…

Any one living in Australia, or New Zealand,north Island ,love to chat ans share with me ? cheers

HOLIDAY INN FORT LAUDERDALE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER 1988

23 YEARS LATER---QUARTERDECK…

Operators of what was billed as Latin America's first gay cruise have cancelled it, saying there just wasn't enough interest.  Buenos Aires agency Thesys, which had booked 2000 berths on the MSC Opera, told…