OPINION | Why the EU is important for the LGBT Community
With the rise of extremist parties in the UK and the challenges that face conventional political parties, one of the most contentious battles is over membership of the European Union. […]
OPINION | The Rise Of (Hot) Gay Geek
In ‘The Standard’ newspaper earlier this week (1st July) there is a lovely article on how the “gay geek is the most sought after worker in London” in which Benjamin […]
OPINION | Selective Love
2014 has been remarkably record-breaking for the LGBT+ community. However, our strength unsettles certain masses. These seem to be the oldest offenders… The Religious. Are they clutching at straws in […]
OPINION | what’s wrong with being Mr Average
Pride season is well and truly underway, and we have many reasons to celebrate this year but why do I feel increasingly isolated from my community? As a gay community […]
OPINION | Stonewall got it wrong Again
By now I’m sure many of you will have heard about the new anti-gay laws coming into effect in Brunei, the subsequent condemnation around the world and boycott of hotels […]
OPINION | Rise Like A Mockingjay
Has Austria given the world a new symbol of hope? Like, I don’t know, Katniss Everdeen? I too felt like raising my three middle fingers in support of Conchita Wurst. […]
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 | Are we to quick to slut shame?
Slut, tramp, whore, slag, trollop, floozy, tart, Ho, skank, Loose, easy. All words that we use to describe someone of who is perceived as sexually promiscuous. Except we are not […]
OPINION | It’s time to have gay sex ed at school
At my school, we hardly received a decent sexual education. The meagre things we were taught – were all about reproduction. You know the story; when a man and a […]
OPINION | Our Gay Wedding: The Musical – A Cringey Cliché Too Far?
OMG… OMG! From the first utterance of those words at the beginning of Our Gay Wedding: The Musical, I knew that it was going to be just as awful as […]
OPINION: Cure Me I’m Gay – A Reflection
Channel Four aired “Cure me, I’m gay” in which Dr Christian Jessen went undercover to see what gay conversion therapies are offered. Over the course of the programme we saw […]