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08:34 | 07th September 2010
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Sep 2nd: William Hague speaks frankly about gay rumours
William Hague has released a personal statement to clear up rumours surrounding his sexuality and any suggestions towards sexual relationship with his adviser Christopher Myers who has since resigned from his position and has branded the rumours causing the resignation as “untrue and malicious”.
Aug 18th: European Man-For-Man Internet Sex Survey 2010
As some of you are already aware Pinkwire is helping to take part in a European wide survey of gay men about sex, health and relationships. It is turning out to be "the" most biggest survey of gay men!
Aug 16th: BBC to recall the moment Lord Mandelson was outed
The BBC is to air the moment Lord Mandelson was outed by columnist Matthew Parris for the first time since it happened more than a decade ago.
Aug 11th: Stephen Fry attacks the Independent for stereotyping
Gay broadcaster Stephen Fry has attacked the Independent after they published a “Pink List” where he came in at third and attacked fellow TV personality Louie Spence for his campness.
Aug 9th: liberal Democrats will vote on gay marriage
The Liberal Democrats are to vote on full marriage rights for gay couples at next months party conference, as they aim to highlight the differences in the newly formed coalition government between themselves and the Conservatives.
Aug 5th: Prop 8 Judge overturns California same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge overturned California's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, the latest twist in a legal saga which could have nationwide implications for the divisive social issue.
Aug 4th: David Miliband expresses his support for gay marriage
David Miliband has come out to say that he longs to redefine “the definition of marriage” and brands the move to same sex marriage as says that he sees it as the “next step in our mission for equality”.
Jul 30th: THT Re-launch support group for men with HIV and Hep C
On Thursday 12 August, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be running another six week course for gay men who are living with HIV and Hepatitis C. The group will meet each week from 6.30 - 9.30pm in central London.
Jul 29th: KLM launches gay getaway game
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ has launched a new game to help entice the lucrative gay travelers in a bid to cash in on the illusive pink pound.
Jul 28th: New generation accept gay footballers
A recent study has shown that 93% of football fans would continue to support their players if they were to come out as gay.
It is like walking into Notting Hill Carnival and declaring that you thought Hitler had the right idea with ethnic clensing, it is a big no no.
She is now aware of my subscription to Television X, Reader's Wives and The Disney Channel. I now know that she spends more money on alcohol than the late George Best.
Jul 7th: The L Word Competition
Oh and of course dead Jenny (Sorry did I give the game away? Where have you been?!)
Jul 5th: So Proud, So Knackard
By the end of Saturday night I looked like a woman who had a fetish for disabled lobsters
One week at university I had more female visits to my room than Marie Stopes did on campus
Jun 28th: It never rains but it pours
After exchanging verbal blows with Tania from Wolverhampton for 15 minutes I called her a 'twat' and went back to Sheila's Wheels.
Jun 28th: Scottish Rev furious over 'anti-gay' Bishop
A furious clergyman has slammed Scotland's oldest uni for giving a top professor role to an "anti-gay" bishop.
I have now banned all alcohol from my house, this is not me checking into AA, it is me hopefully staving off the need to check into Weight Watchers.
'Does my job make me happy? Does my partner make me happy?' If you can answer 'Yes' to both, carry on, If you answer 'No' to both, start moving on, unless of course they both make you rich
I was standing in the corner of the garden and turned around to see David Cameron behind me, he has been (I reckon, no lawsuit please) botoxed to buggery but he is still damn hot.
Jun 15th: Rome wasn't built in a day but relationships have died in moments
In the meantime please refrain from all game playing in this bed unless it involves a sexually confused slutty nurse.
I spoke to the Mrs at about midnight as she was getting into bed, 'I shouldn't be later than two' I said. Hey, what do I know?
Jun 10th: Gaga is now making me gag
Somebody as globally successful as her should be picking battles that she can actually contribute to and inform with her own knowledge.
I asked her what she had for dinner she sold me 'crotchless knickers and a balaclava.'
I dropped the Weetabix, tripped over the cat and walked into my living room to see Jerry Springer ducking a flying chair.
Jun 7th: To apostrophe or not to apostrophe?
By the end of it I was none the wiser and we had maturely defaced a primary school teaching aid.
Jun 4th: The ex is in therapy and I'm in the firing line
She is the only woman who has ever been as in love with me as I am
Jun 3rd: Bullying, Kirsty Young, Camber Sands
'I am listening to what you are saying Danielle, now listen to what I am saying', this phrase is a sure-fire guarantee that they haven't listened to a word you have said.
Jun 2nd: You can't argue with Arrogance, Ignorance or Stupidity
I felt serene, the Mrs actually liked being around me and I haven't had anything that has resembled a coronary for days.
However for all the irritating things that she has brought into my life she has also brought efficiency that even the Nazi party couldn't have mustered.
'Is she hotter than me?' To which I reply 'Has anyone asked you to be in a porn film of late
May 24th: Patience is a virtue
By the end of the evening I was lying on the floor trying to spoon out my reproductive organs with the spatula that the Mrs had brought along for the lemon/blueberry thingy (Still not quite sure what it was).
May 21st: The World's gone Gay
I soon realised that the world was straight and the only woman I was getting was the one sat in the corner with a pint of bitter and a crew cut.
We have decided that in our relationship the policy has to be complete honesty. This sometimes backfires when she asks me 'What are you thinking about?' Answer 'Your sister'.
After visiting Nails Inc, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Benefit and Clarins. I was practically on my knees carrying her purchases whilst trying to add a note on my iphone (Never thought that anyone ever used this application) that said 'Never get a joint account'.
I took this morning off work to take the Significant Other to the hospital to have her cast off.
May 17th: Liverpool and Lumbago
I was supposed to fly to Dubai this morning as far as I remember to start as the editor of an oil rag
I am going to recharge my batteries and do some networking. You never know who you are going to meet that is going to offer you a million pounds for one night with you
At this point I thought she was going to try and shove me down the aisle before Mr Cameron banned it altogether.
May 10th: Written Out - Written Off
Girlfriend that since she has broken her leg has become Jewish and lazy. All I seem to do all day is make her bagels and coffee.
May 7th: The red car and the blue car had a race
They are all wandering around in no mans land and we are just waiting to see which two get shot or which two hold hands and skip off to safety.
May 6th: Right Move, Wrong Time
I told her that if she moved me into a Barratt home I would kill myself only after killing her
I will hopefully be running, then jogging, then walking, then crawling, then screaming and crying the London Marathon.
I am currently going through a financial climate that is akin to my grandmother - barren.
Apr 30th: Warning: This will offend Cliff Richard fans and caravan owners
Tony met Gordon, Tony met George, had an affair, hanged Saddam Hussein, sold gold and let the banks do whatever they wanted.
Dry hump me once and I am like a genie guaranteeing you a life time of happiness.
Apr 28th: The house that health forgot
To make matters worse we have a religious decorator in who keeps disappearing to go to church, probably to pray that he doesn't get infected by the house of the lesbian lepers.
Apr 27th: Griffin? I'd rather vote for Stewie
He appeared on screen and declared that he had four 'beautiful' children, I doubt it
She then asked us to list all of the things that we would like to confront our partners and family with, I had to ask for more paper and ended up on the floor in the corner with a role of Charmin.
Apr 23rd: Friends will be friends
I have got the decorator in (actual not menstrual)
'I like AIDS, I think it is a friendly disease it kills blacks and gays.
When you embark on a relationship, which, let's face it is just sex with conversation it is always the conversation that leads to the eventual demise of the sex.
I am slightly dykey but I like the look. I would also like to point out that Russell Brand is slightly dykey. If it comes down to black skinny jeans, T shirts and dog tags then anyone who has ever shopped in Topman is a 'raging dyke'.
Apr 19th: Fire and Flood - A lesbian Jesus
I got the washing, ironing and dishwasher loaded by shouting 'Fire,' 'Flood' and 'Ash cloud' however my call of 'rape' to clean the bathroom did not go down so well.
I know that the Lib Dems are on top but people are going to freeze in the booth. Much like when you are in a toilet at Candy Bar and you are about to put your hand up someone who is not your girlfriend, you will probably realise that it is not worth it in the long run.
I have got the caring thing now down to a fine art. It really just involves doing everything she demands and if she annoys me too much I just remove her crutches, put her in a dark room and go to the pub.
Apr 14th: Chip off the ol' block - if it's convenient
I spend my evenings watching crimewatch just saying 'aw' like I am watching kittens licking the tears of terminally ill children.
Apr 12th: If you like it put a ring on it
Without sounding saccharin you know when she's the one and as Beyonce said 'If you like it put a ring on it.' I don't know whether this was advice explicitly for lesbian couples but she does have something of the dyke about her (strong thighs - dead giveaway) so I thought I would take the sage instruction.
Apr 9th: Replacement partners on prescription - How I would sort out the NHS
This means that your partner doesn't come back to a girlfriend that has given herself fanny burn from trying to dry hump everything in sight; or the Mr doesn't come back to his Mr and have to deal with balls the size of a space-hopper.
It only occurred to me whilst pouring the fizzy stuff that getting the one-legged Significant Other legless on Italian grape was probably not a good idea so I shoved her some Tropicana and another Nurofen and sent her to bed.
When she says 'Can you get me the bottle of Volvic out of the fridge.' I get it and put it on the coffee table three foot in front of her and leave her to dehydrate for the day while I go to work.
"Is this your lesbian equivilant of getting pregnant and trapping me?" I asked. "If you wanted to live with me you could have just said, I would have left the country but I want you to feel that you can share your feelings with me"
Mar 31st: Swish it up or swish off
They had a leak in the roof and it damaged Tarquins cello in the music room and you know who caused it? The Polish builders that's who.'
Mar 30th: Catattachment Issues
My house now looks like a lesbian magpie nest with glittery things everywhere.
Mar 29th: What a difference a weekend and seven pints makes
I would love to know what is going to happen in the next three weeks but the thought of reading 'You have no job, money, all your teeth have fallen out and your girlfriend has left you for your aunt' didn't fill me with joy.
Mar 26th: Everybody needs good neighbours
It was agreed that we did indeed live on a rapists playground
Mar 25th: The road less traveled
In fact all of my mates are not in the jobs that they thought they would be, not one of them became a trapeze artist or captain of the England team, not even curling.
Mar 24th: Blue Breeder Buggered
My advice to the straights is if they want to get rid of gays, stop having us.
Mar 23rd: We need to have a conversation
I have two cats, both inherited from past relationships, they were the only things to survive the ceremonial burning of any evidence that I had in fact been betrothed.
Mar 22nd: The timetable of love
This issue is that my girlfriend thinks that she is Bridget Jones and instead of just having a weekend at home where she can catch up on my washing she wants to go away for 'mini-breaks'.
His reality of lesbians is garnished from his nightly ritual of Television X, a pot noodle and a wank
Mar 17th: How to look good lesbian
I'm sure her living room was left looking like Gok Wan had thrown up in it
Mar 16th: We're all going on a summer holiday
The thought of spending a fortnight with the SO discussing the overdue council tax payments in increased humidity does not make for a fun filled holiday.
I am a political junkie, as the days roll by and more posters go up over London with Dave, Gordon and Nick's gurning faces I am getting more and more beside myself with excitement.
I mean I know I need my five-a-day and she is only taking care of me but seriously without my eight hours there is no amount of blueberry and banana shit shake that is going to make me more perky in the mornings.
Mar 11th: Pasty Procrastination
Yeah sorry I forgot to do that I was hungry and went out for a Greggs, you know how it is
Mar 10th: This may save your relationship
Our evening ritual generally goes somewhere along the lines of her reading my editors column when she gets in from work, bollocking me for the editors column and then I think 'Ooo that will make good material for tomorrows editors column'
I may sneak it up there in a moment, she will never know. She is at work with a proper job where you can't access the internet.
Mar 8th: Going down in a bed of roses
When it gets to Sunday, we don't often manage to discuss much to do with third world problems but we do manage to eat beef and chat utter crap.
Mar 5th: Fresh Start, Fresh Breath
I am now officially in a SO situation, tentatively called a 'relationship'
As the days get longer and we are indanger of some warm weather it puts a spring in all of our steps, it reminds me of long, hazy summer days drinking cider at music festivals.
Mar 3rd: Trip Down Memory Lane
When you are having a rubbish week I find that there are a few things that make it all the more bearable: Text sex with the other half, text sex with someone who is not your other half, actual sex with the OH, actual sex with someone who is not the OH (Although this will generally lead to another rubbish week).
I really think I have got my change of vocation wrong, I should be a fortune teller.
What a weekend, after a glorious break in Brighton which involved what can only be described as hibernating and mooching I met up with the girl's yesterday evening to catch up.
Feb 26th: They tried to make me go to rehab, I said - er ok?
It is official, I am in therapy. I know it is very meeja darling, well it would be if it was for something glamorous.
I can sometimes get a bit gayed out. It is nice listening to them complain about their boyfriend's erection problems or how 'all men are bastards.'
Feb 24th: For Better, For Worse
I this week had to tell my significant other about things that had happened in my past (none of which I would like to point out involved lotion)
Director of Talent Media, Darren Waite, today writes for the editors column as he pays tribute to a dear friend and talented performer, Jason Wood. Darren writes: In Memory of Jason “Cher Travesty” Wood who passed away 19/02/2010 This weekend my partner received a sad unexpected call from a friend to let us know that a dear friend of ours had passed away.
Why do I believe that my Dad would sit in a pub, have a home brew and a round of arrows and yet David Cameron getting drunk on Newcastle Brown seems somewhat unconvincing?
It occurred to me that sacrifice is never as big as the gain.
Feb 16th: Making big waves in a gay pond
Well, here we are the all new singing and dancing Pinkwire website.
Valentines Day? Big let down? As far as I can see people split into two camps: those who say it is ‘commercial’ (single and bitter) and those who go completely overboard.
The snow is back again. For all of you who don’t ‘believe’ in global warming I suggest you look outside. This morning it was blue sky and I had a spring in my step (first day this week I have not been accompanied to work avec hangover) and I look up some nine hours later and it is once again like living in Northern Canada, one would imagine.
Feb 15th: Absence makes the heart grow fonder
I know I was absent yesterday but for good reason. Yesterday morning I spent a captivating couple of hours sitting with Andrew Lumsden one of the original members of the GLF.
Feb 15th: What a difference a day makes
It is amazing what can happen in 24 hours. I had a conversation with a friend about how she didn’t believe her life had changed at all in the last year, but in the world of gay years are like dog years and what we can achieve in 24 hours others can do in a week.
Feb 15th: Guess who's back, back again
Well after a well earned break in the Pinkwire camp, we are back, on top form and eager to forge forward bringing you the most important, quirky and fresh news from around the globe.
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