Conservative minister comes out; another Tory minister will sue for outing; David Yost driven off Power Rangers set by homophobia

Following the previous coming out of the American conservative Ken Mehlman, the Tory MP for Reigate constituency here in the UK, Crispin Blunt, has come out of the closet. Earlier he announced that he was going to separate from his wife of 20 years and “come to terms” with his homosexuality. Mr Blunt is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Prisons. Like his American counterpart, Mr Blunt has a chequered history in gay equality issues, with votes against the equalisation of age of consent and votes against gay adoptions. Mr Blunt is also the uncle of actress Emily Blunt.

Following Mr Blunts coming-out to a not so welcoming LGBT-community, another cabinet minister is considering legal action about gay-rumours about him. His position is, concerning threats to out him by bloggers, that he’s not buggering anyone and never has. Basically.

Buggering is dangerous, which the star of Power Rangers David Yost found out. The actor was basically driven off the show by the producers, actors and writers. In a video interview on the site linked, Yost explains how he was nearly driven to suicide by the others, before he walked off the set one day.

Sherlock and Watson are gay again?

There’s nothing to get the box zinging like a hint of gayness. Last year when Sherlock Holmes was awaiting its debut in the theatres across the nation, the press titillated the moviegoers with speculations about what Sherlock and Watson did when no one was looking.

Now, when Sherlock and Watson gets zapped to their future, our current time, they get beset by the rumour mill again. People apparently want to see Sherlock shearing Watson’s clothes.

The Beeb I’m sure welcomes the attention, particularly in the light of that strange study from Stonewall about its portrayal of gay characters on screen.

However, after cancelling season three of the delightful Beautiful People I am sure the BBC deserves all misfortune it can get, rather than salivating viewers that are just waiting for the first steaming scene between the detective and his sidekick.

We who appreciate real, true shows can keep in mind a scene from Beautiful People, when young Simon Doonan laments in his staircase ‘Where is love?’