Category Archives: gay

The medium is the message

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If this is true, my blog is sending out a message I’m not quite sure I want. I’ve noticed (don’t ask) that this rather stylish pastels on black effect is much favoured by gay porn blogs. You know the sort … Continue reading →

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A question of priorities

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It‘s interesting that the Anglican church appears to prefer the homophobic Archbishop Arsehole of Nigeria to the rather more gay-friendly Episcopalians in the States. It‘s none of my business, of course, but wouldn‘t it be a little closer to the … Continue reading →

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Phylogenetic, ontogenetic… As long as our mothers love us

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Berlusconi totty, Mara Carfagna, ex showgirl transformed into member of parliament for the capo’s ‘political’ party,Forza Italia, announced a couple of days ago that gay couples couldn’t be considered families because they were ‘constitutionally sterile’. Tell that to a broody … Continue reading →

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Cameroon, China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe, etc.

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Being gay is still a crime in 75 countries, and punishable by death in nine. If you’re reading this blog you’ll probably feel this is a bad thing and want to sign a petition for the international decriminalisation of homosexuality … Continue reading →

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Fasten your seatbelts…

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Well, it’s better than nothing. The proposed new bill to regulate civil unions isn’t perfect, but compromise isn’t intended to produce perfection – what compromise is intended to produce is the illusion of perfectibility. The only people whose noses are … Continue reading →

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Blair yes, Zapatero no

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It’s odd that whenever people want to attack the idea of ‘gay marriage’ the stick they use to beat it with bears the smiling Bambi head of Zapatero. The fact that civil partnerships have also been introduced to England under … Continue reading →

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Big foot, big mouth…

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Berlusconi does it again. Not content with upsetting his long-suffering wife, he’s managed to alienate a fair slice of the Forza Italia vote by announcing that all gays vote left. If only this were true.

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Legless

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve been fretting about an article I read a few days ago, written by a woman with something now known as body identity integrity disorder (BIID). This is apparently short-hand, if that isn’t too loaded a term, for the overwhelming … Continue reading →

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A blacklist, or should that be lavender…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Thank you so much, Love God’s Way! What a helpful list this is if you feel like listening to a little gay-friendly music. There’s something for everyone, from the Scissor Sisters to Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow? My acknowledgements to popbitch … Continue reading →

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The last time I saw Richard

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…was Rome in 1984. He’d recycled himself as a tout for study holidays in England, with a windowless office in the basement of a travel agency near the station and a Battle of Britain style moustache (or maybe he’d always … Continue reading →

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