GAY HISTORY | Remembering the first time at The Catacombs
A contributor to our Lost LGBT+ Scene project left this recollection of his first encounter at The Catacombs as an 18-year-old in the heydays of the early 70s. Vivid memories […]
Mauritius: ‘An island where gay men still live with the consequences of British colonisation’
The fight for gay rights in Mauritius It was the writer Mark Twain, who said, “Mauritius was made first and then heaven was copied after Mauritius.” Boy, was he right! […]
This company paraded 12 naked people in full rainbow colours for Amsterdam pride for an amazing reason
Amsterdam Pride is an LGBT+ festival held annually in Amsterdam during the first weekend of August.
Here’s everything LGBT+ couples who are considering surrogacy need to know
Surrogacy for LGBT+ couples – What you need to know
THE UNDATEABLE GAY | Gives a Girl a go…
I wasn’t always gay you know. Well, that’s not technically true. My mother always says she knew I was a homosexual from birth. Apparently, I came out doing cartwheels and […]
Here’s why you shouldn’t buy Rainbow Flags on the street at Pride
Pride season is well underway here in the UK – and you’ll notice that street peddlers are selling rainbow merch, but before you buy anything from them, here’s why you shouldn’t
COMMENT | The Pain of Pride Month
This year is an important year for our LGBTQ+ community. It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots this Pride Month, so this should be a June to celebrate more than […]
COMMENT | Out to Lunch with William Burroughs
It was summer 1991, I think, when sharing a joint on a brick fire escape after a night of acid-tapped cartoon lunacy, my friend Steve exhaled smoke into the Manchester […]
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 […]
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.