SHAME ON YOU BBC

DJ died after drugs and bondage: Former Radio 1 Breakfast DJ Kevin Greening died after taking part in a gay bondage session, an inquest hears.

No, that didn't come from the Daily Mail or the Sun but from the BBC news website who apparently have a new policy of eating their dead. Literally. I expect better from the BBC than a salacious, homophobic tabloid account of a man's death. I expect even more from an employer writing about the untimely death of a valued and respected employee. Instead, we are treated to the delightful cliches of a "gay bondage session" where details of leather slings, restraints and illegal drugs are titilatingly scattered throughout what should be a respectful report.

Personally I don't think anyone cares what people get up to in their bedrooms. We used to be amused by stories of MPs with bin bags over their heads and oranges in their mouths, but those were different times. I would have hoped that both the public and the media had grown up a bit since then. And to a degree, we all have. I just think there are certain invisible lines that should not be crossed, and one of them is to talk about sex between two men in a positive light. Kevin's partner paid tribute by describing their sex life as "not conventional by heterosexual norms perhaps but it was vigorous and imaginative and we enjoyed each other". Wow! How many people can truly say that about their long term partnerships? To me this is just a sleazy piece of gutter reporting based on 70s values and a little bit of jealousy.

I hope the staff and viewers of the BBC make their feelings known.