[Margaret Pilkington]

Well Gary, I read that article and I didn't see the comments as subtle homophobia....to me they were more objective observations........not coloured by the mawkish penchant for grieving over someone, who none of us knew as a human being.
We only knew of Stephen Gately what the magazines and press wanted to tell us....and how much of that you choose to believe....well it is all relative.

I am sorry for his family, because they will be experiencing emotional turmoil at the moment....and it cannot be good for them to have the media inferring or alluding to events that might have been responsible for his untimely death.
Whether his death was natural or unnatural will be of no comfort to his family....and neither will the well orchestrated internet campaign to castigate a columnist for her perceived slights against him.

I think the post by Acrylic Bob says it all......and says it all so well.
There are other, more important issues that we should be concerning ourselves with.