Reform the UK Public Order Act

    I don’t always agree with Peter Tatchell, veteran British human rights (and gay rights) campaigner. But I agree with him on this. He and a wide range of people/groups from different political perspectives are trying to get the UK government to reform the UK Public Order Act. Peter’s press release says: Section 5 threatens [...]

HELP! Teh Internetz Is Coming!

This video was made in response to a great article at Cyborgology blog, about the collision between our online and offline selves. The author, DA Banks, was himself responding to a rather snooty piece in the New York Times by Sherry Turkle (great name), harking back to a time before our lives were taken over [...]

Theorising The Web 2012 #ttw12

Theorising The Web 2012 is a conference run by young academics PJ Rey and Nathan Jurgenson in America, about internet technologies. They say: ‘The second annual Theorizing the Web conference aims to expand the range and depth of theory used to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the [...]

The Possibility Of Independent Thinking

‘The entire gay male community seems at times to be colluding against the possibility of independent thinking. The gay rights movement, too often, is focused on theatrics rather than on discourse; we want to be entertained and flattered, not criticised’. – John Weir in Anti Gay (1996 ed. Mark Simpson). I was delighted to have [...]

A Big Fan Of Pansies – QRG Gets The Madame Arcati Treatment

I am utterly honoured to have been interviewed by the inimitable Madame Arcati this week. Not unlike me, she is a bit of a trouble-maker, a character and a lover of the literary arts. Arcati asked me about my recent ‘outing’ by Paul Burston and Julie Bindel, a voodoo spell they arranged for me, and my interest [...]

It Gets Worse: WordPress’ New Comments Policy

A slightly worrying note from anna racoon’s blog: http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/wordpress-com-and-comments/#comment-55815 ‘Apparently the problem can be traced back to a troll who had been posting comments using the e-mail address and avatar of Matt Cutts. Matt who? For the uninitiated, Matt Cutts is the CEO of Google, and when you are the CEO of Google being annoyed [...]

Smashwords Reverse Censorship Decision

This is an email I received on March 13, 2012 Smashwords author/publisher update:  PayPal Reverses Proposed Censorship Great news.  Yesterday afternoon I met with PayPal at their office in San Jose, where they informed me of their decision to modify their policies to allow legal fiction. Effective last night, we rolled back the Smashwords Terms [...]

QRG LIVES! A Links Round – Up

The last week or so has not been brilliant for QRG Towers. There is a chance you may have read some pretty nasty things about me online. At one point I considered the possibility that I might have to shut up shop altogether. So I am very relieved and delighted to announce that… QRG LIVES! [...]

Letter From An Alien: Nothing But Trouble

That’s another fine mess you got me into, Stanley! But it was worth it. Because: Male Impersonators,  Metrosexy and Anti Gay. ‘If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.’  -  Oscar Wilde

To Foucault, A Daughter: Review By Mark Simpson

This is a review by Mark Simpson of my novella Scribbling On Foucault’s Walls. He took it down from his blog in a fit of pique so I am putting it here for safekeeping. And because, neither Metrodaddy nor anyone else, can erase the past. ——————————————— Reg­u­lar vis­i­tors to this blog will be famil­iar with [...]