KAOS: December 2009

Remembering those we lost in 2009: some well known, some less so, and all of them important.

Firstly, the brothers who were taken this year, all of them young, and mostly murdered in hate crimes. These are the faces who made headlines, but spare a thought for the countless young gay men tortured and executed under homophobic regimes across the globe: Iran, Jamaica and any number of African countries.

Shelton Jackson

August Provost III

Lashon Lee Douglas Jr.

Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado

Jason Mattison Jr.

2009 was quite the year for celebrity deaths. Although many led full lives and passed away in their latter years. Many were snatched away tragically young...

Lamya

E. Lynn Harris

Patrick McGoohan

Wendy Richard and Mollie Sugden.

Bea Arthur

Arturo Gatti

Stephen Gately

Michael Jackson

Also lost in 2009: Bob May (the Robot in Lost In Space), Tony Hart (children's TV presenter), Jade Goody (the Big Brother star), Mickey Carroll (one of the original Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz), Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, Barry Letts (the Doctor Who director, producer & writer), Maggie Jones (the Coronation Street actress), and porn stars Dustin Michaels and Daxx Reed.

In 2008, 28 teenage boys were murdered in London. This year, that number more than halved - but the death toll still stands at twelve...

Steven Lewis

Kul Hawalied

Wahab Zaaki

Adam Pervaiz

It's the time of year for 'Best Of' lists, so how about the sexiest men featured in Lensed throughout 2009?

There's been around 170 editions of Lensed this year, and narrowing it down to just 30 hasn't been easy (it was supposed to be a top 20, but I just couldn't do it - just look at the boys who make up the lower reaches of the poll! Could you say no?)

So, let's kick-off the ka-os|theory Top 30 Sexiest Men of Lensed 2009 - and don't forget to throw in your own thoughts on the matter!

Bryan Millado