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: GREEN: A Party For The Common Good
I’m obviously not here to tell you who to vote for. I’m not even going to try and persuade you into voting Green. But I am going to share some […]
OP ED | Tragic Lesbians And Clunky Love Stories: Does TV Have Trouble With Lesbian Love?
After an episode in Call the Midwife in mid-March there was a clear split between viewers: there were those that praised the strong (though crowded) storyline and viewers from the […]
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 […]
COMMENT: Why The World Needs David Walliams
Last Wednesday it was announced in the media that David Walliams and Lara Stone are divorcing. As David has always been a very private man this should have been, enough […]
COMMENT | What is it about gay bars and their disgusting toilets
Public toilets and gay men have gone fist-in-hand since communal lavs u-bended it on to the scene. But in 2015 we no longer have to skulk around dirty loos looking […]
OPINION | Why Kim Kardashian Matters
There is no escape from Kim Kardashian’s arse. It’s gone beyond global. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you will be aware of her shoot for Paper Magazine. To call […]
OPINION | No Time Wasters
There is a photograph in a grid. Taken in the harsh yet flattering light of a locker room. You click on the picture and then read the shopping list. ”Vers” […]
OPINION | Coming Out? Won’t someone think of the parents?
For a lot of people, even with today’s increasing acceptance of gay men and women, declaring one’s ‘different’ sexuality or ‘coming out’ is difficult and complicated. Society doesn’t expect straight […]
OPINION | Why we need to take Yulia Volkova’s Anti-Gay Comments Seriouslydan
If the word hypocrite was to apply to one person in the world right now, I would have to apply it to Russian fake lesbian t.A.T.u singer Yulia Volkova. By […]