REMEMBERING THE AIDS CRISIS: Memories of 1980’s UK
I remember only too well when AIDS first impacted on my world and came into the public eye. In 1981 I was 19 and there was talk in the gay […]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | Am I A Survivor Yet?
There’s a sort of stigma attached to the term ‘domestic violence’, preconceived notions and ideas of the kind of person who lives in a volatile relationship, and so then unfair questions are asked as a result…
This is what it’s like to go on a nudist beach, when you’re a nevernude!
It has to be said. I’m a never-nude. While my boyfriend takes almost every possible moment to whip his clothes off, I’m happy to keep it AbFab Saffy. He says […]
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.
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 […]
COLUMN | When music leads you down memory lane (and the boys we used to lust over)
Has a song ever just taken you instantly to a moment in time?
In the age of #MeToo, is it right to be lusting over topless men on Instagram?
For men, it’s hard to discuss body confidence issues. It’s not talked about often, and so we tend not to mention it. I’m one to say I have body confidence issues, and I’m sure there would be others out there that say I have no right to be self-conscious about the way I look. But I do,
So what’s it like going on a nude beach for the first time?
It has to be said. I’m a never nude. While my boyfriend takes almost every possible moment to whip his clothes off, I’m happy to keep it AbFab Saffy. He […]
COMMENT | The problem with snowflakes they “reach for Twitter and moan incessantly about the outrage they feel”
Quick my little snowflakes, reach for your twitter and moan incessantly about the outrage you feel. Or should that be “you think you feel” because as I seem to witness […]
COMMENT | Just because you can’t see disability, doesn’t mean it’s not there
The writing is on the toilet door. On a recent visit to a supermarket, I was caught short and had to avail myself of their facilities. I chose what was […]
OPINION | It may not be an obligation to learn LGBT history, but you really should
Next year sees the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots, which I’ve written about before here, yet still, there are some people out there who feel that the younger generation doesn’t […]