COMMENT | Trans awareness in the gay community is still a work in progress
A gay male friend told me recently that he returns to Pride in his home town of Bristol for the drinking, as there is nothing to protest about anymore. Given […]
OPINION | Why aren’t lesbians the default when it comes to ‘ground breaking’ decisions like Dancing On Ice’s same-sex couple reveal
Dr Gemma Commane, lecturer in Media and Communication at Birmingham City University, says it’s important to question what this Dancing On Ice on a same-sex couple introduction change really means […]
Here’s what you should do if you ever find yourself in the centre of a Twitter storm
It can happen over the most seemingly innocuous thoughts and actions and can be incredibly distressing and sickening if you happen to be at the centre of people’s fury on […]
OPINION | Is having 100+ genders too many?
For a community that claims to despise labels and being put in boxes are we really telling the wider world that we now have 100+ labels for ourselves, a fair majority of which are based on our mood and situation at any given time?
DRAMA TRIANGLE: Hero, Villain or maybe you’re neither?
The world is various shades of grey and there isn’t a ‘universally agreed’ rule book on behaviour everyday behaviour. What you see as something despicable others may well not see as that bad. They may even see you as the villain and this other person the ‘hero’.
I came out to my parents via email, and it wasn’t wrong to do it that way
For what it’s worth, I’ve never even once had any regret over the way I told my parents I was gay.
COMMENT | You need to start paying for your porn
As one wise puppet once said, “The internet is for porn” and he was right, it’s everywhere. It’s all over social media and there are millions of sites across the web, devoted to one of the nation’s favourite pastimes. Porn. But what is keeping this industry afloat?
6 things you shouldn’t say to people living with HIV
With the recent revelation that former Welsh rugby captain, Gareth Thomas has been diagnosed with HIV, here are Lizzie’s tips on what not to say, or how to approach someone who has HIV:
THE UNDATEABLE GAY | The foot fetish
When it comes to sex, I’ve always found myself to be plain and simple. Not boring, I would like to point out immediately. But I’m not one for these chains […]
This company paraded 12 naked people in full rainbow colours for Amsterdam pride for an amazing reason
Amsterdam Pride is an LGBT+ festival held annually in Amsterdam during the first weekend of August.
THE UNDATEABLE GAY | Goes to Prison
This week, The Undateable Gay goes to prison… Not as an inmate, but to run a social event for gay and bi prisoners.