COMMENT: Is The Gay Community Its Own Worst Enemy?
Last year I wrote an article for this divine publication about the gay movement eating itself from the inside out. It was in response to a comment from RuPaul, in […]
COLUMN: Why I Am Outraged by LGBT People’s Outrage
If there’s one thing that really annoys me these days, it’s people being ‘outraged’ over things that do not require any amount of outrage. Particularly with social networking sites being […]
COMMENT: Not Trans Enough – The cost of a “Gendered” name
What’s the cost of a gendered name? Lola was discharged after the clinic that they* had attended for two years determined that not changing their name from Lola to a […]
OPINION | RuPaul is Right – The Gay Movement Will Eat Itself From The Inside Out
RuPaul appears to have been at the centre of a storm in a big gay teacup lately. With her show ‘Drag Race’ no longer having the term “She-Mail” included in […]
OPINION | The Rise And Rise of the GBF
Another year another Hack comes forward talking about the virtue of having a gay best friend and why they are essential. I’ve done the check list to make sure all […]
OPINION | The issue with dictionaries’ definition of the word gay
There is one thing that really annoys me. It doesn’t quite turn me into an aggressive homosexual but it doesn’t half infuriate me. The offending thing is when the word […]
OPINION: Don’t Take It The Wrong Way: Homosexuality in Comedy
In 1972, during an impromptu TV appearance with jazz singer George Melly, Monty Python star Graham Chapman, rather drunkenly, came out publicly as the first gay comedian in British history. […]
OPINION | What is in the label?
“You know Charlotte? The girl who can relate anything in life to something that has happened in The OC” Even though we may not want to admit it we all […]
OPINION | Out of line, online; Racism and gay dating
No Blacks. No Asians. No Queens. I bet you already know where these quotes come from. I am also pretty sure you’ve seen them. Yes, these are common quotes from […]
OPINION: Going Gay For Pay
With the release of Behind the Candelabra, Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are playing Liberace and his Lover. So is it right that straight actors are portraying gay characters in […]
OP ED | Can a gay guy ever be turned straight?
After the recent remarks by Colin Murray and Bob Mills about ‘turning’ Clare Balding during a live radio broadcast on BBC Radio 5, writer Barry Heap discusses whether ‘I’ll Have […]