OPINION | Ice bucket challenge – enough is enough
I’m all for giving to charity as much as the next man, but now that every major (and too many minor) celebrities are jumping on this latest bandwagon, we think […]
Is HIV medication making you suicidal?
HIV drug increases risk of suicidal ideation. A recent study shows an association between Efavirenz (a common anti-HIV drug) and increased risk for suicidal ideation or attempted or completed suicide. […]
COLUMN | Growing old (dis) gracefully
I have concluded that I am officially growing old. The use of my reading glasses is causing a massive internal struggle between resistance to ageing and the reality that they […]
OPINION | “Always Wear A Condom” Isn’t Enough
It’s some thirty years since the AIDS pandemic began to decimate the gay community. Anyone who survived that time, or, like me, watched on in fear, will never forget the […]
OPINION | Is porn the gay community’s worst enemy for monogamy?
One of the most functional gay relationships I know is an open one. Both of them are well-educated professionals in their late twenties. They’ve been together for years. I hear […]
OPINION | Do We Need To Redefine The Term Marriage To Accommodate Our “Monogaymy”?
MONOGAMY VS. MONOGAYMY Monogamy is not a board game that you used to play at Christmas with the family. Monogamy is not a kind of wood. Monogamy is to practice […]
So Why Are So Many Gay Men Opposed To PrEP?
So why are so many gay men adamantly opposed to PrEP, the daily dose of the anti-retroviral drug Truvada, which is at least 90% effective at protecting against HIV? Indeed, […]
COLUMN | Growing up gay – my story
Inspired by Paul Vitagliano’s book – Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay, I’ve decided to share my own story of growing up gay. I’m about eight or […]
COMMENT | Why We Need To Lay Off James Arthur
Scrolling through my Twitter and Facebook timelines earlier this week I kept seeing the same thing over and over again on the various LGBT-related pages I follow; hate comments aimed […]
OPINION | World Health Organisation Moves To Medicate All Homosexual Men
For the first time in history, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested that all men who have sex with men should take antiretroviral medication. Warning that if no action […]
COLUMN | Mr Nosey
I have a very bad habit on public transport. I’m incurably nosy and I can’t help peeking over people’s shoulders at what they’re reading, watching or texting. It’s naughty, voyeuristic […]