My mum loves all the old Ray Harryhausen films like Sinbad, Clash of the Titans, Jason and The Argonauts etc.

The old Sinbad movie was on TV last time I visited her. Just out of curiousity she asked about the main actor (Kerwin Mathews) so I looked him up on Wikipedia... he was also in Jack The Giant Killer and The Three Worlds of Gulliver!



He is dead now but it turned out he was gay and had a partner for 46 years!

Two other old time actors that were secretly gay were Cary Grant and James Dean. Guess it was hard for them in the old days when things were so old fashioned. It was said to be common knowledge amongst Hollywood insiders but kept all hush hush.


Must have seemed so scary back in 1958!

Okay I am referring to the ones from 2008 or earlier...

As people are obsessed with opening old old threads (GRRRR).. I read replies often given by myself... and I kinda think woah who is that :eek:

I sounded well weird and like... I don't think im like that now :eek:

So yes if you read my old posts DO NOT JUDGE ME ON IT.

Thank you

I don't know quite what to make of this. If we believe the campaign it sounds like Bryce Faulkner, a 23 year old man living at home with his parents in Arkansas, was presented with an ultimatum on coming out to his religious family. His car and mobile phone were apparently confiscated and he was told he could either leave the family home or go into "treatment". It seems that he freely entered an Exodus International treatment centre and looks like he will be spending about 14 months isolated from anyone his parents don't wish him to see. On the other hand the parents claim that he begged them to help him ...

Bryce's boyfriend, Travis Swanson, has enlisted support to mount a campaign to secure Bryce's release from the clutches of the ex-gay people. Some of the imagery and rhetoric used in the campaign seems horribly tacky, but who knows what is really going on? I was contacted through a campaign group on FaceBook about this.

What do you think is happening here?

Hmm one of my all time faves....





And the great Gene Kellys dancing....

[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/brunoholdingoj.jpg[/img2]Ukraine is planning to ban the film Bruno because is likely to offend conservative and religious opionion, reports suggest.

The film, about a gay Austrian journalist, features full-frontal nudity and sexual acts, although another version has been edited down in order to win a 15-certificate. It will become the first film in Britain to show two versions concurrently.

According to Ukraine reports, the country's culture and tourism ministry will prevent it from going on general release next week.

The ministry has not yet explained the decision, but it is thought that the subject of the film will cause offence.

A Ukrainian diplomat told The Guardian: "Ukrainian society is a conservative one. The topic is not discussed, but in reality public attitudes are exactly the same as in Russia.

"The west of Ukraine, especially, is very conservative on family issues. They are devoted Catholics, and Greek Catholics."

Since 1991 Ukraine, formerly part of the Soviet Union, has had an equal age of consent and homosexuality was decriminalised at that time.

However, there are no specific protections for LGBT minorities, and the deeply socially conservative country is generally dominated by the Orthodox church.

MPs from the governing party have said that the "propaganda and expansion of homosexuality in the country form a threat to national security, contradict national interests and undermine the authority of rights and freedoms of human being and family."

The Ukranian parliament's Committee on the Issues of Freedom of Speech has also attacked the "increasing propaganda" about gay and lesbian issues.

[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/billclinton.jpg[/img2]Former US president Bill Clinton has said he is now "basically" in favour of gay marriage.

Speaking at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington DC, Clinton was asked if he supported gay marriage.

According to the The Nation, he replied: "Yeah. I personally support people doing what they want to do. I think it's wrong for someone to stop someone else from doing that [gay marriage]."

During his term, Clinton opposed gay marriage. He was responsible for the Defence of Marriage Act, which bars access to federal benefits for gay couples and gives federal recognition to heterosexual couples only.

Current president Barack Obama has described the law as "abhorrent" and promised to repeal it in his election campaign. The law was defended in court by the Justice Department in June. The defence invoked incest and child marriage as part of its legal argument, infuriating gay activists.

However, Clinton added he still did not believe gay marriage was "a federal question".

In May, he told an audience at Toronto's Convention Centre that his views on the subject were "evolving".

Clinton is the most high-profile politician to date to change his views on gay marriage.

Five senators – Patrick Leahy, Christopher Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles Schumer and Tom Harkin – have also come out in favour.

[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/danielradcliffe.jpg[/img2]Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has said people often think he's gay, but added he thinks it's "awesome".

Laughing off gay rumours, the 19-year-old star told AOL's Moviefone: "It's wonderful. I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that's possibly why I'm quite camp, and some people think I'm gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome.

"It's always good to keep them guessing. I don't go on any blogs or chats or anything, but my friends are demons for them, and apparently someone said 'Daniel Radcliffe is gay. He's got a gay face!'"

YAY hot emo guy in town I like he might like me i must find more out but yeah hes hot bi and hopefully it works out

I've just come back from seeing Bruno at the cinema and I have to share the fact that it was definately THE most hilarious thing I have seen in absolutely ages!!! My housemate cannot get a single word of sense out of me, just hysterical laughter as he's asking me how the film was and what the good bits were (most of them actually!!)
Definately NOT a film to go to see with any relative or anyone with whom you intend to retain any sense of decorum, gratuitous sex, genetalia and dildo's all featured quite heavily but the whole cinema came out loving it.

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[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/gaykisscomic.jpg[/img2]An X-Men-related comic book is the first mainstream title to feature a gay kiss.

X-Factor's 45th issue shows characters Rictor and the previously-possessed Shatterstar sharing a kiss after years of sexual tension and ambiguity.

The title was written by Peter David, who won a GLAAD award in 1999 for his work on Supergirl and Madrox, both of which explored gay and bisexual issues.

Writing on his blog, David thanked readers who praised his courage for introducing same-sex romance in his work.

He said: "Thank you. And no, it’s not a fake out. A number of people seem to be concerned that Star is still under Cortex’s control. Or that Rictor is going to freak out the next panel and say, 'Dude, what the hell?'

"That would be cheap. I don’t do cheap. Okay, sometimes I do, but not this time. I’m not interested in having people say, 'Peter David introduced this and then chickened out'."