Year: 2003

Independent: Studies show gay men are more likely to take recreational drugs

The findings of the two studies were consistent with the “hedonistic” lifestyle commonly associated with the gay social scene, David Allison, spokesman for the gay rights organisation Outrage! said. “The gay scene has always been linked with clubbing and drugs have always been available,” he said. “A lot of young gay people start clubbing on Independent: Studies show gay men are more likely to take recreational drugs

Times: Come out to play

“The image this silence projects is that being gay is bad,” David Allison, from OutRage!, the gay rights pressure group, said. “The will isn’t there (to come out). Until someone makes a stand, there’s no incentive for anyone to take on the issue, but it would take an enormous amount of courage.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article870288.ece