THE GAY DAD DIARIES | Buying bras…
Being a dad is hard, being a gay dad harder; being a gay dad to a teenage daughter is mind boggling. This week it has mainly been about bras. Now […]
COMMENT | Why is it so difficult for men to hold hands in public?
For the past six years, I’ve been touring a performance called ‘Walking:Holding’ where one person at a time is taken on a walk through the town and invited to hold […]
COLUMN | The Gay Dad Diaries
Being a dad is hard, being a gay dad harder; being a gay dad to a teenage daughter is mind boggling. This week it has mainly been about hair. Now […]
OPINION | The Ashers Baking verdict, and why gay cake is just the thin end of the wedge
So the McArthurs of the Ashers Baking Company in Northern Ireland have lost another appeal against their conviction. They remain guilty of discrimination after refusing to bake a cake with […]
Column | The Burden Of Survival
When you hear of somebody surviving an accident, recovering from an illness or defeating odds there are always the same buzzwords. We say we are blessed or thankful or grateful. […]
OPINION | Just because you’re gay doesn’t mean you aren’t a homophobe
Homophobia is alive and well in 2016… And it’s not just straight people who are guilty of it. If you keep up to date with the news, you may have […]
Editor’s Letter | My Coming Out
I was 20 and at university. It was the week before Christmas and I got dumped. We’d been dating for a year and a half. He was my first love […]
OPINION | Is NHS England’s decision to fight PrEP provision homophobic?
Is latent homophobia behind NHS England’s decision to fight the recent High Court judgement on the provision of PrEP? I’ve been quiet about PrEP for a while now, but earlier […]
OPINION | The Strange Case of Phi Phi O’Hara
This article does contain spoilers for All Stars season 2. With RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2 having just broadcast its latest episode, with a dramatic twist, a hoo-hah has […]
COLUMN | I’m like Trump… When people probe me… I Lie
In Gay We Trust: The Vulnerability Of Living Proud Lao Tzu once said that “he who doesn’t trust enough will not be trusted”. He focussed on the importance of a […]
OPINION | Brighton or Manchester: which city is truly the Gay Pride capital of Europe?
26 years ago, the Stonewall riots triggered events that led to the gay liberation movement in the United States and culminated in Gay Pride marches which, in the preceding decades, […]