Bitter and Sweet.

Scott and the man who has been with him through bitter and sweet.

“He was handsome, and his gift of the gab made me sure that he hadn’t just kissed the Blarney Stone; he probably gave it a love-bite.”

The Future of LGBT Ageing.

Christopher Bryant talks to Garry McGregor from the LGBT Age project about the problems that face the ageing LGBT population.

“If you look at gay media it would be easy to assume that the community doesn’t think about the elderly – unless they are the national treasures of showbusiness! But I think this oversimplifies things.”

Remembering the Dead.

November 20 is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance..

Placebo Effect.

Andrew Darley looks back at the subversive career of Placebo and asks if the latest EP shows a loss of direction.

“Last month saw the release of B3, a five track EP of brand new material. This small collection of songs will no doubt keep long-time Placebo fans content, if not happy, as it contains glimpses of their signature sound. “

Search terms that have led readers to Polari.

It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Singing Nun, Ben 10, Barry Fife and the friends of Gil Gerard.

“I thought Ben 10 was a kid’s show … It’s not right!”

Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool, L1 3BX • November 14, 2012

Habibi Problem by Cielaroque Dance Company tells the story of Iranian student Mehdi Kazemi. Homotopia Festival 2012.

“The Arabic word ‘Habibi’ is the male form of ‘darling’ or ‘my beloved.’ Cielaroque have devised a piece that, with its use of split screen filmed animation, is able to tell two stories at once – that of the escaped man and that of his imprisoned lover.”

Open Eye Gallery, 19 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP • September 15 – November 25, 2012

Mark Morrisroe: Late Photograms, at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery. Homotopia Festival 2012.

“At art school in Boston, Morrisroe was a prize-winning student as well as a drag performer and founder of the underground magazine Dirt. His photographic work continued and developed a punk aesthetic.”

Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street Liverpool, L3 8EL • November 11, 2012

David Hoyle’s Archetype, at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. Homotopia Festival 2012.

“We were led by Hoyle into different rooms, bejeweled with bright pre-Raphaelite canvases, Victorian history paintings, Rembrandt portraits and medieval masterpieces, to be met with a performer in each”

Next!

Scott should have listened to his fellow tweeps and just moved on earlier … Next!

“Like something from a deranged animé cartoon, he couldn’t put his excitement for nibbles into words, so he miaowed.”

Part 4: 2400 Years of Homosexuality in China.

The fourth part of series A Queer History that looks back to Early Greece and onward to now. Homosexuality in Imperial China.

“Homosexuality was considered a fact of life, and for the most part was not singled out as a vice that had to be punished or demonised.”