The actual facts and figures are used to plan, commission and fund health, social and educational services. The education side is patchy, especially with faith schools allowed to opt out of sexual health education.

I have been up till recently very involved in this, yet have had to put up with Akenaton and Keith calling me a liar and disgrace to the healthcare service. Then they put their own slant, distortion and porkies forward to question the very existence of gay people. Keith last week started rattling on about me being wrong about a report that I helped quality assure and another (ex) Mudcatter helped write... Then, being Keith, provided a link to the report that said what I said it did anyway! I assume he thinks most people read his bile and take it on the chin without clicking the link. The problem is, some homophobes are more intelligent in their own way and we can see in religious and right wing political circles, they have credibility and influence.

Homophobia is a problem. Waiting for homophobes to die, Al's solution, is all well and good but in the meantime they use every avenue they can to sow the seeds of doubt in people's minds.

It is so sad that a music site with so much to offer is allowing itself to be a tool for incitement to hatred. Hatred of quite a few members of Mudcat for that matter. But moderators don't seem to take that into account.