The recent ITV documentary about Paul O’Grady AKA the drag queen Lily Savage again gave the impression that, in the 1980s, gay men spent their whole time in hospitals and attending the funerals of others who had died from AIDS. No doubt that was Paul’s genuine personal experience as he worked as a stand-up comedian… Read More »
HIV testing week runs every year in February to highlight the importance of HIV testing, so people know their status. They can get a simple HIV test which they can do at home or go to a sexual Health clinic. HIV advocates, most of whom are HIV positive, and some of whom are chemsex drug… Read More »
In an article on the Mail Online website Simon Fanshawe writes: “It was a transformative decade. HIV/Aids killed tens of thousands of blameless gay men, many of them heartbreakingly young, while Margaret Thatcher’s government instituted Section 28.” Mr Fanshawe is one of the original founders of the charity Stonewall and it’s clear he’s referring to… Read More »
“Gay shame” is the new ideologically driven narrative the gay ill health sector is pushing onto the gay community. It stems from a 2005 book “The Velvet Rage” by Alan Downs. In it Downs explores “gay shame” by interviewing a number (not many) of gay men. The idea is that we are all suffering from… Read More »
“It’s A Sin” is the story of an arrogant, ignorant, selfish, irresponsible gay man (Ritchie). A failed actor in denial of the AIDS epidemic. Someone who wouldn’t listen to any advice or guidance on his sex life, he would not moderate his behaviour. He didn’t give a fuck about himself or anyone else. As the… Read More »
You will have seen over the past few years several campaigns from the gay ill health sector. Focusing on testing, U=U and of course PrEP. As always “HIV stigma” is thrown into the mix. However don’t you find it odd in the fight to “prevent” and “tackle” HIV that condoms are never mentioned or if… Read More »
Advice can change quite rapidly in the wacky world of the gay ill health sector. One minute you are being told to be a fabulous barebacking slut on PrEP the next you are being told not to kiss and have a phone wank. The sector is now in utter crisis after years of destroying the… Read More »
Some gay men never learn. Others are naive and are influenced by the relentless rhetoric they are fed by LGBT organisations they believe are here to represent their best interests and tell the truth. Yet the gay men who survive and thrive are the ones who take a critical eye, look at the wider picture,… Read More »
“Current affairs series TV Eye meets two AIDS sufferers who recount their experiences of living with the disease and facing society’s suspicion, fear and misconceptions.”
The gay elite love to put a spin on history. Often the aim is to bash the Conservative party and police (now even the NHS), cover up their own failings and enhance and artificially promote whatever they’re doing now. No doubt you’ll have heard how the Thatcher government was supposedly slow to act and, when… Read More »