A Glorious Celebration of Glam Rock.

As part of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 29 March, 20.30, Rupert Smith celebrates the Glam Rock era following the documentary Jobriath, A.D..

The aftermath of yesterday’s ‘Villains’ article.

The case of Sophie Miriam Herold has taken on a life of its own and raises important questions about how homophobia on the internet can be dealt with.

“The anonymity afforded by the internet makes this situation really difficult to assess and to monitor. Is this one person? Is it an actual 21-year-old woman, as she claims?”

Pick of the Day: 28 March.

Pick of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 28 March. The centrepiece gala film, Ausente, and the Kathleen Turner feature The Perfect Family.

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160 min • Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London • March 15th, 2012

Fast-paced and astronomically funny, One Man, Two Guvnors is perhaps the funniest play on the London stage right now.

“One Man, Two Guvnors is riotous. Owain Arthur as Francis Henshall is the perfect guide to the chaos, and his comic timing is flawless.”

“Peaceful blogger” calls for an end to the 10%

A very angry young woman has been waging a campaign against LGBT people and in her desperation invokes the final solution. Does anyone have a strait-jacket handy?

“I do not like to throw around words like sociopath but it seems that this disturbed young woman is exactly that.”

Pick of the Day: 27 March.

Pick of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 27 March. Two insightful documentaries: Orchids, My Intersex Adventure, and Revealing Mr Maugham.

Pick of the Day: 26 March.

Pick of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 26 March. This Is Not A Dream, a fascinating documentary about queer performers who use video. Notre Paradis, an ageing rent boy on a killing spree.

Malaysian Minister says homosexuality is bad for your health

Datuk Mashitah Ibrahim, Deputy Minister in the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department, has decided that homosexuality is a “social problem”, and compares it to drug abuse.

“When questioned about the Malaysian government’s steps to curb homosexuality, Mashita responded that homosexuality ‘has its own after-effects, which can lead to prostitution, drug abuse, psychological problems and also mental illness’.”

Pick of the Day: 25 March.

Pick of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 25 March. Domestic Revolutions, a series of shorts. Hit So Hard, a documentary about Hole’s drummer Patty Schemel.

Pick of the Day: 24 March.

Pick of BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 24 March. Love Free or Die, a documentary about Bishop Gene Robinson. Vito, a documentary about activist and film historian Vito Russo.