Posted March 18th, 2010 by outerlimits
I’m in Blackpool for a short break, a place perfect for chilling out and contemplating the future. A fog rolled in two days ago, and shrouds the vast tumescence of the sea. Despite a long winter season, the gay scene remains vibrant while much else lies in semi-repose. Stella Artois draws a regular crowd to her Sunday School at the Mardi Gras club every weekend, a sort of tattooed docker in spangled frocks with a fine singing voice and devastating wit. When Richard Whiteley of Countdown fame died, Stella announced it, saying:
“He found a nine-letter word - cremation.
It was inevitable that Blackpool, long an epicentre of raucous and spectacular entertainment, should gather a gay population to rival Brighton, with its own annual Pride festival, cavernous Flamingo 2 nightclub, top professional theatrical revue Funny Girls, and an aptly named Flying Handbag. It’s a place where LGBT people really enjoy themselves as the clubs and discos catch the latest music trends from Europe. There are also lesser known places to which the scene extends.
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Posted March 1st, 2010 by 1stofficer
Elton John
In 1966 John Lennon unleashed the fury of evangelical groups for saying The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”. Elton John achieved the same result without egotism recently when, being interviewed by American magazine Parade he made a remark that he didn’t think would be published ( relating to the persecution of lesbians in the Middle East): “I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems”. There has been a steady movement for decades among gay Christians towards claiming Jesus as one of their own, of which Elton’s now much-publicised statement is the latest manifestation.
Sir Elton John, globe-bestriding star, singer and composer, firmly established as the gay lord of the music world’s dance, enjoys a model civil partnership with David Furnish, and will long be remembered for his expression of the nation’s deep emotion at the loss of Lady Diana. His immense fundraising efforts for AIDS causes stretching from the early case of Ryan White to his tribute to Wyoming gay murder victim Matthew Shepard, “strung on a high-ridge fence”, evidence his own compassionate nature.
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Posted February 19th, 2010 by 1stofficer
Just in at the Mothership Store - Wildman T Underwear - give yourself a little lift :-D
Wildman T bulge-enhancing underwear is fresh-in at the Mothership Store.
Wildman T underwear features:
* the revolutionary Ball Lifter support
* push up technology
* detachable cock-ring feature
* clean, fashionable design
* maximises the size of your manhood and plums
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Posted February 15th, 2010 by 1stofficer
Lee Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen, aged only 40 and found dead by his own hand on the eve of his idolized mother’s funeral, was a gay fashion designer of undisputed genius. He combined Savile Row craftsmanship with rare imaginative style, from rippling visions of Kate Moss to the intersexual video posturings of Lady Gaga. His last act inevitably stirs memories of the shooting of Gianni Versace in 1997. Self-described as the “pink sheep” of his Lewisham-born family, McQueen was always confidently out and gay, as reflected in his bizarre and spectacular shows. It is significant though that he once compared his creations to armour, giving protection to the wearer, hinting at an inner vulnerability which had its own unerring cut and motif. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted February 4th, 2010 by 1stofficer
Gay guys cheating
Of course it isn’t only gay men who cheat. Exposure of footballer John Terry’s recent marital lapse has prompted many of us to ponder our infidelities. Just being men, we may argue, we have an inbuilt tendency to roam and be predatory, or to get bored and distracted. As gay men we’re confronted by a lot of adorable blokes on the scene and a massive industry promoting the enticements of a gay lifestyle everywhere we look. Even gay couples who have been together twenty years or more are highly likely to have had sexual encounters with other men during that time - they just failed to break them up.
A friend was saying to me the other day (he’s a regular shag of mine), that he knows his boyfriend sleeps around and he doesn’t mind (naturally), but he can’t understand why his partner denies it and refuses to talk about it. I think it’s a consequence of the way we’ve come over many years , seeking the right to express gay love and imagining ourselves in some ideal relationship similar to the biblical one of David and Jonathan. This somehow fed into our liking for the muscle-bound heroes of the great screen epics over the decades, like Steve Reeves (Hercules Unchained), Stephen Boyd (Ben Hur), and Brad Pitt (Troy). It doesn’t take much to translate that into images of brave, young soldiers fighting the forces of Islamo-fascism today, and dying to preserve the free world we are an essential part of. Read the rest of this entry »
