On Bi Visibility Day 2020: People need to get over these bisexual MYTHS already
“We’re not bi now gay later…”
COMMENT | Taking back the word Queer as an identity
If you look up the word “Queer” in the dictionary you find two separate explanations for it. The first is the original meaning of the word which is; strange; odd. […]
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 | 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?
6 totally easy ways you can be a great ally to the non-binary community
Six ways we can all become a better ally to our gender non-conforming siblings.
This is how you can be a better non-binary ally
Six ways we can all become a better ally to our gender non-conforming siblings.
So what IS a “White Gay”
On the surface, the term “White Gay” may not strike a chord of recognition. But it’s an issue that is becoming insidious and problematic within some areas the community. I’m […]
COMMENT | Six Stripes Were Enough
The 2019 Manchester Pride Festival will use a design with eight stripes, which was flown outside Philadelphia’s City Hall in 2017, instead of Gilbert Baker’s classic flag design, which has become synonymous of the LGBT community across the world
Six ways you can be a better non-binary ally
Someone once wisely told me, “Assumptions are the mother of all f**k-ups” – and they were completely right.
COMMENT | Fighting Transphobia and How to be a Trans Ally
Writer Simon Sayers-Franklin urges you to think carefully about being an ally to trans people in our community and what you can do to help with the soon-closing Gender Recognition consultation.
COMMENT | The Extra Extra Large argument over ‘masc’ only clubs
Calling for masculine bars to be banned is wrong, just as calling for feminine bars to be banned is wrong. Both can exist so long as ones from the other can enter hassle free. That boys and girls is a diverse and inclusive environment not one over the other.