Rolf? We'll have him! That guy taught me how to draw dinosaurs! Wasn't Two Little Boys your national anthem at one point? All time favourite Australian: Paul Keating. I don't know anything about his politics but anyone who puts his arm round the queen during an official visit and gives her a little cuddle is alright in my book. His actions highlighted the ridiculousness of the monarchy better than centuries of republicanism.
Wait Pilger too? Sounds to me like the BNP should reassess. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Out out out!
very funny..... lol... Joseph, Andrew, Oryx.... keep it up.... but beware you are treading on thin ice here.. you know the moral police of QL are going to come down very hard on your *ss.... ummm.. excuse the pun....
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
True. Great similarities between public school regimes and this one. Given the penchant for a high calory intake, I can see the biscuit game taking off here...
Is he? I didn't know that actually. One of the funniest (allbeit politically justifiable) moment of the last 50 years is when Tatchell tried to arrest Robert Mugabe. I mean, where do you even start with that?
What is it with gay Australian icons finding homes in Britain? Tatchell. Kylie. Harry Kewell...
I used to live in Brighton in England and I promise I've been hit on by a higher proportion of people here than back in the gay capital of Britain (looking and acting like I'm about 17 when I don't shave kind of helps, admittedly). I like women, personally, but if I was differently inclined I could have had more c*ck and bum fun here than Prince Edward at a production meeting.
I would love to find an example of an ultra-religious community that isn't also hiding a substantial subculture of people engaging in exactly the sort of thing that is forbidden, if only to prove myself wrong.
Until recently there was a sheesha cafe that had, on the upper two levels, private rooms where guys could sit in peace (and privacy) to enjoy sucking on each other's.... sheesha pipes. This isn't an urban legend, and it isn't an anomoly. I've seen things here that you would just never, ever, ever see back in the west.
The brits can't take the credit/blame for Peter Tatchell - he's an Aussie (like me :p)
Anyone who doesn't believe that homosexuality doesn't exist here is seriously, seriously, seriously blind. This place is gayer than Christmas.
There are dozens of cafes where the 'boys' go out cruising, not to mention... actually I won't mention. Suffice it to say just because the guys here don't get any intimate time with girls, doesn't mean to say they aren't getting off.
agreed. We're not in a sitution where there are pride marches along the corniche but its progress nevertheless. I've met people here who, like Queen Victoria, refuse to believe that lesbianism exists. Even more people seem to catagorise homosexual activity as a practical solution to the sexual frustration of young men deprived of contact with the opposite sex. The Qatari Peter Tatchell probably isn't quite as confident as his British equivalent just yet, but these sort of developments must help their liberation movement in the long term.
I know this is sort of nit-picking, but are you really 'coming out' if you come out online, ie anonymously?
Isn't 'coming out', by definition, being open and honest to yourself, friends and family? Identifying as a member of the GBLT community anonymously on a blog isn't really coming out.
However, it is still a positive thing for those who have 'come out' (in the sense that the article uses the term) since it proves the existence of these people in countries where people seem to believe that gays and lesbians are just creatures of the debauched west.
Oryx, I would love to write a long and forthright reply to your post (in agreement) but I'm affraid that what I have to say wouldn't be fit to print! It would most likely get me a free trip home for the summer, however.
Ah good! SO now all the homophobes and mullahs have to do is find a Sudanese guy named Ali in Qatar....shouldn't be difficult.
"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco
Not sruprising at all. Though I do question Ali's choice to put his picture and state what country in the ME he lives in in the article. Let's hope noone reads this and reports him.
"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco
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is a colossus amongst men, nay a god!! I will have to burn down your embassy for this slight.
No seriously, Rolf is a god.
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Maybe we could teach some of the boys..... 'tie me Kangaroo down sport...'
with some alternative lyrics.... :)
absolute classic:
http://www.rich.durge.org/rolf/kangaroo.html
Andrew - rolf is great!
Rolf? We'll have him! That guy taught me how to draw dinosaurs! Wasn't Two Little Boys your national anthem at one point? All time favourite Australian: Paul Keating. I don't know anything about his politics but anyone who puts his arm round the queen during an official visit and gives her a little cuddle is alright in my book. His actions highlighted the ridiculousness of the monarchy better than centuries of republicanism.
Wait Pilger too? Sounds to me like the BNP should reassess. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Out out out!
It isn't just gay icons who find a home in the UK (you left Kath & Kim off your list!), but Aussies generally.
Think Clive James, Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna), Germaine Greer, Rolf Harris (you can keep him), Jason Donovan, Leo McKern, John Pilger etc.
very funny..... lol... Joseph, Andrew, Oryx.... keep it up.... but beware you are treading on thin ice here.. you know the moral police of QL are going to come down very hard on your *ss.... ummm.. excuse the pun....
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
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True. Great similarities between public school regimes and this one. Given the penchant for a high calory intake, I can see the biscuit game taking off here...
Alright, I'll stop. Sorry.
Oh it is very homo centric culture here...
But dont forget to blame in on the corrupting morals of the West.
Remember it was the Greeks who invented homosexuality esp with the cult of the Adonis and Spartan Warriors....
The Romans further popularised it
and the Brits globalised it with there public school system....
Is he? I didn't know that actually. One of the funniest (allbeit politically justifiable) moment of the last 50 years is when Tatchell tried to arrest Robert Mugabe. I mean, where do you even start with that?
What is it with gay Australian icons finding homes in Britain? Tatchell. Kylie. Harry Kewell...
I used to live in Brighton in England and I promise I've been hit on by a higher proportion of people here than back in the gay capital of Britain (looking and acting like I'm about 17 when I don't shave kind of helps, admittedly). I like women, personally, but if I was differently inclined I could have had more c*ck and bum fun here than Prince Edward at a production meeting.
I would love to find an example of an ultra-religious community that isn't also hiding a substantial subculture of people engaging in exactly the sort of thing that is forbidden, if only to prove myself wrong.
Until recently there was a sheesha cafe that had, on the upper two levels, private rooms where guys could sit in peace (and privacy) to enjoy sucking on each other's.... sheesha pipes. This isn't an urban legend, and it isn't an anomoly. I've seen things here that you would just never, ever, ever see back in the west.
PM me then! :)
Look where I lived in Mexico was ultra catholic.... and really really gay... amazing what went on in this devout society......
ohhhhhhhhhh do i have some stories! :)
Joe,
The brits can't take the credit/blame for Peter Tatchell - he's an Aussie (like me :p)
Anyone who doesn't believe that homosexuality doesn't exist here is seriously, seriously, seriously blind. This place is gayer than Christmas.
There are dozens of cafes where the 'boys' go out cruising, not to mention... actually I won't mention. Suffice it to say just because the guys here don't get any intimate time with girls, doesn't mean to say they aren't getting off.
Andrew,
agreed. We're not in a sitution where there are pride marches along the corniche but its progress nevertheless. I've met people here who, like Queen Victoria, refuse to believe that lesbianism exists. Even more people seem to catagorise homosexual activity as a practical solution to the sexual frustration of young men deprived of contact with the opposite sex. The Qatari Peter Tatchell probably isn't quite as confident as his British equivalent just yet, but these sort of developments must help their liberation movement in the long term.
I know this is sort of nit-picking, but are you really 'coming out' if you come out online, ie anonymously?
Isn't 'coming out', by definition, being open and honest to yourself, friends and family? Identifying as a member of the GBLT community anonymously on a blog isn't really coming out.
However, it is still a positive thing for those who have 'come out' (in the sense that the article uses the term) since it proves the existence of these people in countries where people seem to believe that gays and lesbians are just creatures of the debauched west.
Oryx, I would love to write a long and forthright reply to your post (in agreement) but I'm affraid that what I have to say wouldn't be fit to print! It would most likely get me a free trip home for the summer, however.
Ah good! SO now all the homophobes and mullahs have to do is find a Sudanese guy named Ali in Qatar....shouldn't be difficult.
"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco
Yeah, now I feel guilty for posting the article. Ali, if you're out there, any trouble mate, you give me a ring. Homophobes can't fight for s**t. :-)
Not sruprising at all. Though I do question Ali's choice to put his picture and state what country in the ME he lives in in the article. Let's hope noone reads this and reports him.
"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco
Oryx and PM... hehehe...
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
Joe - do you think there is any link between this and the fact that the Al Sadd football team have a new Peach coloured jersey?
Peach is associated with:
crimpolene party frocks
knitted dollies to put on toilet rolls
lipstick used by old ladies who have pearl clasp handbags
Their name and numbers is in Comic Sans font which is associated with:
Nursery schools
SEN students ie spazzas as we called them at school
Talal no 15 looks like a sugar daddy's delight.
I bet the blogers covered all the pages and the member over millions..
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand