Tim's Blog – January 2011 Archive (56)

After the comments by ex-girlfriend Tiffany on a TV show in which she said that "the quiet one, the shy one" from New Kids on the Block she went out with was gay, adding "I didn't do it. I had issues with that. I was thinking maybe I did. Now looking back when we were dating, he was so much fun. We used to do…

When 59 year-old Alan Lander arrived at the Bronx Sauna in Sheffield, he looked a little unsteady. “I just put that down to him being old, we’ve got quite a few customers who are that age,” Simon Facer, the sauna's manager told an inquest last week.

And indeed, when Simon went to check on the jacuzzi a while…

The civil union bill - which has now been approved by the Judiciary & Labor Committee - grants equal rights, benefits, and responsibilities to same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Should the civil union bill pass the full Senate, the Hawaii Tourism Association thinks local businesses will get a big boost from the arrival of extra visitors heading there to get their relationship…

"Well, the family, the LGBT family took matters into their own hands. We buried our loved one. We buried David. And, to hell with the preachers, and all those who hate us." The words of a gay Ugandan blogger, a friend of David Kato, after the murdered man's…

The senior religious advisor appointed to the new and controversial Islamic center in Lower Manhattan, close to the site of the 911 World Trade Center terrorist attack, says most gays end up being that way because of childhood abuse. His remarks haven't going down well with some New York gay activists, who describe them as "destructive" and…

The increasingly targeted attacks on gay people in a number of African countries - the brutal murder of Ugandan activist David Kato is probably the latest example - will result in an increase of HIV infection, according to the charity…

Preparations are well under way to welcome in the Chinese New Year across the world next week. The New Year, which starts on February 3rd, is - according to one Feng Shui expert - going to be "an…

"...I lust after beautiful women in the way that I lust after a beautiful piece of sculpture—this will probably get me in trouble—or a beautiful car. I believe everyone’s on a sliding scale of sexuality. There are moments where I am sexually attracted to women. But it doesn’t overpower my first impulse; my lust for them is the same as my lust for beauty…

The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek has called for an investigation into the murder of Ugandan activist David Kato, and reminded the country's government…

The man at the centre of the campaign to stop a Ugandan newspaper from publishing the names and photos of gays and lesbians has been savagely murdered. David Kato, advocacy and litigation officer for…

Chris Staples had a rock thrown through the window of his home at the weekend, wrapped in homophobic slurs, and then woke up to find his bedroom on fire. But as Georgia is one of the five states in the US that has no law which deals with hate crimes against the gay community, it's just another case of…

It's not even on the air yet, but already Austrian TV's version of Dancing With The Stars has caused a storm over plans to feature a same-sex couple - only one of them is gay - in the next series due to start in March (more here). Former Formula 1 racing driver Niki Lauder has…

There are times when government intentions to ensure a balance of opinion among those who advise it on various issues result in decisions that just fly in the face of common sense. And that's what's happened in the UK, where Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, former Christian Party candidate, has just been appointed to the Government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs…

Around 30 countries now have a version of the hit TV series which started out in the UK as "Strictly Come Dancing". And increasingly, shows are featuring same-sex couples. Alfons Haider used to be the host of Austria's "Dancing Stars", but in the next season, he'll be competing, partnered by…

The Catholic Church in Colorado Springs is trying to get gay men to enroll in a new Twelve Steps of Courage chapter, which treats homosexuality as if it were alcoholism.

“It’s not about therapy and not about activism,” said the Rev. Larry Brennan, diocese director of…

Human rights campaigners are anxiously waiting to hear whether authorities yesterday carried out a planned execution by stoning in Piranshahr in the Iranian province of Kurdistan.  Sadly, the plight of the two men due to be put to death hasn't caught the attention of the mainstream media in the way that other recent cases have, despite the efforts of the…

I should be so lucky! In fact, Michael Othen is the developer of an iPhone app called Mini Gay Boyfriend, which offers you the opportunity of a virtual relationship, even if it won't…