The Freaks’ Roll-Call: Changing Perceptions of Sexual Deviancy
For my 18th birthday, in 1986, I was given what most would consider some unusual coming-of-age presents: a wooden hatstand, a crystal whisky decanter, a book on the occult… My […]
The Rules of Rough Sex
This week, columnist Scott Sammons gives us a rundown of rule for rough sex.
COMMENT | Cruising: If you loiter long enough, there are still days when you get what you want
If you go down to the woods today… By Leon Horton Exit my back door at speed (so many have), turn left, hotfoot it past the school, take another left […]
Up and At Em: Death in the Sex of Joe Orton
London, 9 August 1967. At the height of his short-lived fame, Joe Orton – anarchic playwright and cause célèbre of the English theatre – is found murdered at 25 Noel Road, Islington, his brains bashed in by his long-term lover and one-time collaborator Kenneth Halliwell.
Teachers ‘scarred’ by legacy of 1988’s Section 28
Legislation repealed in 2003 continues to affect the professional life of LGBT+ teachers
Bullying: Mister Senior Netherlands 3rd Runner-Up Miguel Martins shares his story with Susan Leurs
Mainly engaged in narrative and documentary photography, Susan Leurs is a Dutch self-taught photographer. As a child, she was a victim of bullying.
COMMENT | It’s so easy in today’s gay culture to idolise “traditional” beauty, but most of us don’t look like that
The Path to Body Positivity can take a long time, columnist Joe Guy writes about his experience.
COMMENT | Is the gay community homophobic?
For a community that has a history of persecution, horror, and division it will always shock me that even to this day, the gay community remains deeply divided and discriminatory […]
COMMENT | Parents, protests and the LGBT Programme, Inside Parkfield Primary School
It almost seems defunct now the No Outsiders programme has been pulled from the school but here’s how my informal meeting went with Andy Moffat, Deputy Headteacher at the centre of the storm in which parents protested about having their children being taught “gay lessons”.
Valley Boys Like Boys – Growing up Gay in the Welsh Valleys
As I drive through the Welsh town of Pontypool I’ve lived in since I was born, with a population of approximately 36,000 people, I’m surprised to see a rainbow flag […]