Katie Hopkins: Patronising, Much?

Oh FFS!

Fagburn was a judge on G-A-Y Porn Idol twice. The first time he managed to shoo-in the words 'Noam Chomsky' in every other comment he made, the second time he was sick on stage - a feat later repeated by that copycat wannabe Amy Winehouse.

Fagburn: Professional Troll

Describing itself as a ‘a blog about gay men and the media, politics and your actual gay culture’, the writer’s ostensible aim is to single-handedly shear away the stereotyping fluff that surrounds the reporting of gay men in various outlets, with targets ranging from The Sun to The Guardian. Some of it is incisively brilliant – certain gay publications themselves often come under repeated fire for sometimes appearing to cover nothing more than Dan Osborne’s abs –, but a lot of it reads like a bitter queen sitting in an armchair in Brighton, spitting cocoa apoplectically at their antiquated laptop’s screen and spraying the venom of chocolate hobnob crumbs over their keyboard as they furiously jab out their entries one-fingered. All of it purports to give the reader ‘truth’, and this is when it gets dangerous: for of course, all that Fagburn really gives his readers is his own swivel-eyed opinion of the world. Fagburn is, ultimately, a professional troll...

Fagburn: When The Trolls Come To Town, Patrick Cash, QX magazine. 

LOL!

It's funny cause it's true - except it's usually me spitting tea and ginger nuts, tbh.

This is from last month, but I've only just seen it.

Unlike some other bitter queens I could mention, I don't obsessively Google myself.

Fagburn apologises unreservedly for questioning something you published about gay men and drugs.
He promises not to do it again, and will now concentrate on trying to be 'incisively brilliant'.

K?

x

A gay troll, pictured recently.

For the record, I've often said I think QX does a lot of excellent and important stuff. I'll go further, if you compare it to certain other free gay mags, it's stunningly good. But I'll carry on contesting its lapses into nebulous fact-free drugs hysteria. x

QX: 1,000!

London's QX magazine celebrates its 1,000th issue.
Has always tended to be far better than free gay mags tend to be.
Here Stewart Who?, contributing editor for 10 years, and other ex-QXers look back at ye olden days.

Rent: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Most people think of male prostitution as dangerous, degrading and exploitative work. But there are some who are attempting to reinvent it as a profession free of stigma by using all the tools of modern business, writes Mobeen Azhar...

BBC News Magazine.

A few favourite lines...

Now he has a price list which includes hourly rates and a discount for block booking. He issues loyalty cards so customers who pay for nine "appointments" get their tenth free.

"I get Americans and a lot of Arabs. I've met clients visiting London and now they fly me out to their home countries for my services. I just got back from Munich. I was seeing an arms dealer. The most I've ever made is £30,000 in a month."

"Some days, men come into the [QX] office with suitcases in tow, straight from the airport. Some of them can't even speak English but they want to get their advert sorted out before anything else, even before they've found a place to stay."

For a time he worked in Knightsbridge selling designer menswear in a glossy department store. But his attempt at a normal career was short-lived.

"Drugs are completely unprofessional," he says. "They don't fit in with my brand and what I'm aiming for."

"When I won Male Sex Worker of the Year, I texted my dad," says Brandon. "He said: 'I'm proud of you son.'"

• You can listen to the report on 5 Live Investigates on BBC iPlayer here.

With thanks/apologies to @ohchrisburton. x

London Gay Scene Trajectory: Bell Curve

Via QX.
It's funny cause it's true.