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 […]
ASIFA LAHORE | Brown Drag Artists Exist, so start including us
SOAPBOX / South Asian Drag has been kept behind the veil for far too long. Brown Drag Exists and it is time for it to be made visible in all […]
Why I undressed for Elska Magazine
Multiple factors can contribute to the development of the body image, but the biggest influence seems to come from the advertising industry, which unapologetically creates the need on the consumer […]
It’s time for companies to stop offering holiday prizes to countries where being LGBT+ can land you in prison
I’m a fan of holidays and I’m also a fan of prizes, so a prize that’s also a holiday it’s pretty much up there with buttery crumpets and that new […]
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 […]
COMMENT | There are thousands of men just like Phillip Schofield, waiting to come out and that shouldn’t surprise us
The past was deeply homophobic. It drove would be out gays, lesbians and bisexual people deep underground and now is their time to walk, heads held high into the light. […]
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! […]
COMMENT | Trans awareness in the gay community is still a work in progress
A gay male friend told me recently that he returns to Pride in his home town of Bristol for the drinking, as there is nothing to protest about anymore. Given […]
OPINION | Why aren’t lesbians the default when it comes to ‘ground breaking’ decisions like Dancing On Ice’s same-sex couple reveal
Dr Gemma Commane, lecturer in Media and Communication at Birmingham City University, says it’s important to question what this Dancing On Ice on a same-sex couple introduction change really means […]
Here’s what you should do if you ever find yourself in the centre of a Twitter storm
It can happen over the most seemingly innocuous thoughts and actions and can be incredibly distressing and sickening if you happen to be at the centre of people’s fury on […]
OPINION | Is having 100+ genders too many?
For a community that claims to despise labels and being put in boxes are we really telling the wider world that we now have 100+ labels for ourselves, a fair majority of which are based on our mood and situation at any given time?