HomoLAB

In a gazebo on the Southbank, Baylen, Amy and Jen discuss New Jersey Pride, an attack in Vauxhall, Uganda Lesbians, Gay Brits getting married abroad, and a trip to Gothenburg Sweden. Plus all the GayStarNews.

March Madness. We are at the launch for the London LGBT Film Festival BFI Flare, chatting to the organisers about the name change and what to look out for at the festival. Rosie Wilby talks to Armistead Maupin about his latest Tales Of The City book, and we find out from GayStarNews the LGBT musical artists we should all be listening to. Plus Jen is moving house and Lucio is becoming a train driver.

The team are at the GayStarNews travel show to pick up some ideas for holidays and destinations. Sweden anyone? How about an adventure in The Galapagos? Or just camping with the boys at Outdoor Lads? We also take in a bit of culture and interview Chris Polick about his role in a new theatre dance piece inspired by the writings of Tennessee Williams.

The last episode of 2013! The team have a Christmas feel as everyone departs for the holidays. Rosie Wilby joins Baylen and Lucio to talk Duck Dynasty, Rome's Christmas lights, The Pope on the cover of The Advocate, Uganda, Gay Marriage in Mexico, and Obama not going to the Olympics. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Amy and Lucio are joined by Jen in Soho to ask if it's ok for Gay bars to turn away straight people?Taking a look at GayStarNews, they find the world's top psychiatrist is challenging gay cures and a Wetherspoons in Manchester refused service to gay men. Plus Amy's Cystitis, Jen entertaining 18yo Squaddies, and Lucio's secret.

Jen, Lucio, and Baylen discuss men and their hair issues, Lesbians and gays being attracted to the opp sex, same sex marriage in Scotland, tolerance and compassion being ugly words, Coca Cola and Russia, and homophobic words in pop music. Plus an interview with up and coming gay songwriter Andrew M. Pisanu and all the GayStarNews you can shake a stick at.

Amy is missing in the US so Jen Brister sits in w/ Lucio & Baylen. Eminem still says fag, Candy Bar closes, & maybe Irish gays can get married soon. Baylen chats with Louise Orwin about her show Pretty Ugly, part of the Feminism Festival of Theatre. Plus all the GayStarNews.

In a Soho cafe, there is a fight over who can sit in Damon Albarn's seat. We chat with DJ Hushpuppy about his show Beats at Soho Theatre, and discuss the new licensing laws in Vauxhall, the 1st gay marriage in NJ, and an archeological find that challenges gender stereotypes. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Lesbian double header this week as Jen Brister joins Amy and Baylen while Lucio is away making TV shows. The team discuss what gays like on TV with @inter_mediauk, their favourite types of cake, NJ voting on Marriage Equality, and whether Country Music is the last industry for Gays to come out. Oh and gay pasta and all the GayStarNews.

The boys are back from Ibiza & Amy is back from Margate. This week they put bothersome gay things in Room 101, discuss someone saying Hillary will be a Lesbian President, a confusing anti hate speech law in Italy, the thriving gay culture in Hell, and how Pope Francis just gets better and better. Baylen also reports from the 1-on-1 festival at Battersea Arts Centre and of course all the GayStarNews. Plus Amy has a new DJ night klaxon!

The team celebrate the big 100th episode by recording at the Russian Demo in front of 10 Downing St. Along the way, they talk to the protesters, look back over their fav moments in homoLAB, salute the lesbian who swam from Cuba to Florida, and find out about a Doctor who is being sued for suggesting a Gay Cure. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Sitting on a roof on the Southbank, the team discuss Derry Pride, upcoming protests you can get involved in, Section 28 sneaking in the backdoor at Free Schools, and whether Russia has just become another bandwagon for us all to jump on to feel better about ourselves. Plus all the GayStarNews.

The team look back on the big Russian protest at the weekend and hear from Peter Tatchell at the demo. Amy relives riding a horse and being covered in cake at the Duckie event at the Southbank! Plus all the GayStarNews including, Twitter being sued over anti gay hashtag, greeting card pulled from ASDA shelves, and the rise in suicide amongst Italian LGBT teens.

Amy Lamé is back back back. The team are on the Southbank recording as a hip hop concert kicks off. Amy tells us all about her trip and gives us things to check out in Bilbao and San Sabastian! We discuss this week's GayStarNews including, the state of play with the Russian Vodka ban, Pope's visit to Rio packing out the gay bars, and a gay actor in London has the final word with a homophobic heckler. Plus we look ahead to this weekends big Duckie Summer party at the Southbank.

Jen, Lucio, & Baylen are denied access to yet another public space and resort to recording on the streets of Covent Garden while drinking in a doorway. While giving directions to tourists they discuss new LGBT laws in Italy, the growing call for a boycott of the Russian Winter Olympics and Australia knocking down gay marriage. Plus all the GayStarNews and an interview with Fernanda Milan, a Trans-Activist from Guatemala.

Sitting on the grass in Camden, Jen, Baylen, and Lucio discuss Everyday Lesbophobia with the Editor of Diva, Icons with Dickie Beau, Monogamy with Rosie Wilby and haircuts, Speedos, and the confusion over Intersex. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Jen Brister joins Lucio and Baylen while Amy suns herself in Spain. This week the team meet on a mound in Central London and get more mound than they bargained for, plus loads of helicopters and guitars! Summer in London indeed. Along the way, they discuss new anti-discrimination laws in Italy, hate preaching at Wimbledon, and might Spiderman have a gay side? Amy interviews Travis Kong from the University of Hong Kong about his research into the lives of older gay men, and we get our teeth into all the GayStarNews.

The team are slightly tipsy on a Summer's eve. Discussing Pride, Gateways, and do gay boys like hanging out in Lesbian environments. Plus an interview with South African Art Activist Zanele Muholi, The Simpsons being the best gay cartoon of all time, and the 100 most powerful Gay people in the world list including our very own Amy. All that and the best from GayStarNews.

Baylen is almost 40 and Amy & Lucio won't let him forget it! We have a report from the Tony Awards in NYC, Amy talks to the founder of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, and we ask "What the hell is happening in France?". Plus all the GayStarNews.

Amy and Baylen work out how long they want to live and Lucio catches up with Texas front woman Sharleen Spiteri to get the low down on the new album and *that* comment about Liz Hurley. Plus we talk to performance poet Fergus Evans, a good looking gay couple gets married in France, gay cure apps, and all the GayStarNews.

We chat with Scout Leader Matt Mills and find out just how progressive and inclusive Scouting Uk is, plus Amy talks about her 1 woman show Unhappy Birthday. We cover all the latest GayStarNews including another horrific homophobic attack in London, the gay marriage debate rages on and trouble with teen Lesbians in Florida.

This week we discover that Amy has a nurse's uniform, Lucio has hay fever and Baylen goes to Dalston! We have a chat with the "tranny with a fanny" Holestar about her new 1 woman show plus all the GayStarNews: Fire in Gran Canaria, and Obama giving more love to the gays.

Sitting in the sun outside for the first time this year, the team talk about the 1st professional sportsperson in the US to come out, whether the West is responsible for homophobia in Africa, and a Lesbian couple told to break up or their son with face being kicked out of his school. Plus our friends Nick Carpenter and David W. Ross send a report from the Pink Apple Film Festival in Zurich, and all the GayStarNews.

This week we talk to Chef Peter Norman about his new cookbook Pink! Gay Food, Plus a new Meningitis scare among men and Elton John works with Queens of the Stone Age on their new album, along with all the GayStarNews.

Recorded on the day of Margaret Thatcher's funeral, the team discuss if Lesbians are superiour to gay men, Lucio needs a new name, Amy tries to break up Baylen and Lucio, and an LGBT museum in Leicester? Plus all the GayStarNews and an interview with Jonathan Harvey at the opening night party for the 20th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing.

The team smell blueberry muffins, Amy has a mystery illness in France, Lucio interviews the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, and we discuss the death of Maggie, how your online life can get you in trouble and what cows are made of. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Amy and Lucio are on an Easter Cake high! Excitement as we learn that Princess Di visited our favourite local gay bar and we talk to performance legend Peggy Shaw of Spilt Britches about her new show and surviving a stroke. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Freezing at Festival Hall, we talk about the films we watched in LLGFF, attending the French Anti Marriage Equality rally, Amy does SmithsFest, Margaret Cho cries, and Lucio goes to a vigil for Lucy Meadows. Plus all the GayStarNews.

From the Delegates Centre at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival talking to Ben Walters about his festival film Burn. Baylen has a run in with a leather master, while Amy and Lucio are Pope Positive. Plus all the GayStarNews including why Birmingham City Council wants to know if your rubbish is gay.

Huddled around a warm laptop while it snows, we discuss Gay German Mayor beats anti-gay German Mayor, can you be against gay marriage but not be anti-gay?, Filipino drag contest held in Italian church, Angela Lansbury knows what causes Lesbians, The Queen doesn't say Gay, Randy Firemen and we talk to John Lotherington from The Salzburg Global Seminar.

It's Spring and the team gather in a coffee shop on Tottenham Court Road to talk in-laws, a Gay Disney Wedding in Japan, the disgraced Keith O'Brien and all the GayStarNews. Plus an interview with Faye Tozer from Steps about her new West End role and playing the fame game in Steps.

The team are all over the Southbank discussing Alternative beauty pageant HAMburger Queen, the strange going ons of the Catholic church, Porn on Parliament's computers, and a Trans girl who spreads the love through chocolate. Plus all the GayStarNews.

We are at the Press Launch of the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival! Talking to the Festival Director, Programmers, and Film Makers about what we can look forward to in this years festival. Plus GayStarNews, Turkey declares Gay sex natural, and shocking homophobia at a Manchester Uni.

The team are in soggy freezing Soho on Chinese New year discussing flags and wearing each other's pants. Interview with Writer and Director Neil Bartlett talking about the British Library acquiring his archive. Plus Lucio is in Parliament for the Equal Marriage vote, Gay athletes advised to keep it on the D-Lo in Sochi 2014, and all the GayStarNews.

Amy lost her voice and Baylen starts a turf war. Paul L. Martin stops by to talk about the upcoming London Cabaret Awards, closeted MPs voting against gay marriage, The Voice Newspaper calls for the black community to support gay marriage, and No rainbow t-shirts in Antwerp please. Plus all the GayStarNews.

We gather at The British Library to discuss the 200th issue of Diva with editor Jane Czyzselska. Also should verbal homophobic abuse be reported? A new gay country night in Soho called Rednecks!, is it harder for lesbians than gay men in sports, and straight French politicians kiss for gay rights. Plus all the GayStarNews.

Amy gets abuse from an AirCon repairman, and the team discuss the words Fag vs Queer. We pop along to Tate Modern to talk with Timberlina about some upcoming Queer Art events and we get stuck into all the latest GayStarNews.

The team gather round the table in South London to discuss Amy's latest TwitterStorm, we chat to a gay Handyman, and get into a lively discussion about "Purebred Gays". Plus all the gaystarnews.

The team are back after the holidays, talking about what books they read, and what they are looking forward to in 2013. Plus all the GayStarNews, Christians support Gay Marriage, Gay kiss pasta ad banned in Italy, and the end of Gaydar Radio.

Year end special. Amy, Baylen, and Lucio look back over the year and talk about their favourite films, concerts, exhibitions, shows, people and events.

We talk chocolate with master chocolatier Paul A. Young, and olive oil with The Gay Farmer. Plus LGBT Morman Choir, Was Jesus Gay?, and "sanctity of marriage" politician caught in 11yr affair.

Amy is moving, Baylen was productive and Lucio got drunk. We visit Queer Zine Fest London, Lucio goes to Berlin to check out their new Pink Pillow Initiative, and we talk about honorary Gays. Plus all the latest Gay Star News.

Joined by superstar DJ and star of Olympics closing ceremony Luke Howard, plus we talk to the guys behind The Test Shot, a fashion blog for trans guys, and discuss Manchester, Berlin, and Vauxhall. Plus all the GayStarNews.

The team gather in an industrial coffee bar with snogging lesbians to discuss women in the church, Pride in India, and a pending gay massacre in Libya. Plus LeBigJay talks to Maika Elan in Vietnam about her photo show at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi and Amy talks to Scottee about Christmas Camp.

Recorded inside a giant vagina. The team are joined by Rhyannon Styles to talk about her new show, Amy talks to trans salon Open Barbers, plus HIV prevention week, topless nuns in France and a new San Francisco Gay landmark.

We go TransAtlantic this week! Amy and Lucio keep it warm back in London while Baylen goes back to his roots in Tennessee! Scottish comic superstar Susan Calman chats with A&L ahead of her shows at Soho Theatre and Baylen goes to his hometown gay bar & bumps into International internet sensation Chris Crocker who talks about what it's like being out and famous in the American South. Plus all the news from Gay Star News.

This week we are at The World Travel Market in East London finding out what the new trends are in Gay travel, LeBigJay tries out the Gay social app Jack'd in China, we hear from the Sugar Dandies at the Stonewall Awards and we announce the winner of a 2 night stay at a posh London hotel courtesy of World Rainbow Hotels. Plus all the Gay Star News.

This week the iconic Margaret Cho chats with David Mills backstage about shopping for handbags and bumping into Tracey Emin, we hear from gay travel blogger LeBigJay about gay Shanghai. All the GayStarNews and it's the last week to enter our competition to win a 2 night stay in a stylish London hotel thanks to World Rainbow Hotels. Plus Amy gets abuse in Trafalgar Sq and Baylen gets emotional in the cinema.

We get the low down on the new Lesbian scene in London with Fairy Cake of The Most Cake website. That sentence doesn't make sense until you hear the podcast. Lucio reports from the Diversity Careers Fair and Amy talks to the Best Actress of this year's Iris Prize. Plus news from Gay Star News, and another chance to win a 2 night stay in a stylish London hotel courtesy of World Rainbow Hotels.

We chat with Mark O'Connell, author of Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond fan, and find out just how gay is Bond? We have a sniff of the new 007 fragrance. In the news: straight Christian lives as gay man for a year to write book and Boy Scouts put gays and child molesters in the "Perversion Files" Plus competition time! Win a 2 night stay in a central London design hotel. Thanks to World Rainbow Hotels. Just like our Facebook page and World Rainbow Hotel's and you are in with a chance!

This week Edd Kimber, the first winner of Great British Bake Off joins us to talk about his new cookbook and all the behind the scenes gossip from the new series. Plus Will Young & porn, Tories & gay marriage, and the US Supreme Court & a big fat bigot.