America seems to be pinned between the thrusting theocracy of St Paul and the passive-aggressive pseudo-science of Karl Ulrichs. Not a good look. I understand that many American gays, most of them middle-aged and no longer with hair whorls of their own, are keen to prove they’re an immutable/congenital minority… Read More »Gay Science
According to MSN Money (‘The rise of the metrosexual economy’) sales of male cosmetics in Boots, the leading UK High Street drugstore have risen by 800% since 2000, making it ‘by far and away the fastest growing sector in the cosmetics and beauty industry.’ Datamonitor predicts the ‘male grooming’ market… Read More »‘The Rise of the Metrosexual Economy’
Simon Doonan at the NY Obsever notices that metrosexuality isn’t dead after all and is busily getting straight men’s legs in the air: Straight guys need to ditch their new aesthetic preoccupations, stop trying to turn themselves into sleazy porn studs, and go back to being drones and breadwinners. You… Read More »Manscaping Manhattan’s Manbits
The world of straight trade may have long since disappeared from the streets of London but if you still hanker after that lost economy of boisterousness, straight nightclub toilets might be a fruitful place to loiter. Preferably with a line or two of coke (Colombia’s own version of the Gay Bomb).… Read More »Bummed Up The Arse & Overheard At Dinner
Once upon a time the streets of the capital heaved with jolly sailors and guardsmen looking for gentlemen to have fun with. Then gay liberation came along and ruined it for everyone (Independent on Sunday, 11 September 2005) I consider myself something of a traditionalist. I enjoy traditional activities, such… Read More »Trading in the Past: Queer London