[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, with the greatest respect, we will have to disagree on that point Gary.....but hey you are entitled to your opinion. I didn't look for homophobic references(either implied or overt) in the article....and as a result of not being open to those possibilities, I didn't see them.
Maybe that is because I view the situation from a different perspective.

I think that there is far too much interest in the lives of these so called celebs...not least their sexuality.......and Stephen Gately proclaimed his sexuality......OK, he was going to be 'outed'...but this implies that his sexuality was bigger than him as a human being......and his death has added to the speculation as to what he was doing......as if it really matters to the rest of us......does it matter to you?
It certainly doesn't matter to me......other than he died after probably, having a very good time with his friends....this is wildly different from the way the lads and lasses overseas are dying.......and their deaths rate only a third class mention. That is a lamentable fact.....parents are losing sons and daughters while they are doing a job for this country......and we get all precious about some columnist who is perceived to have cast a slur on a fading pop star.
Somehow, we seem to have our values skewed.