Is every UK LGBTQ organisation — except one — homophobic?In the twisted world of the Gender Critical movement, one of the more bizarre claims I’ve seen is that organisations like Stonewall — and…Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021
It couldn’t happen here. Could it?Things happen slowly. Sometimes, like the proverbial frog, you don’t realise until it’s too late, and the water is already boiling.Dec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
A never ending journeyI grew up comfortably middle class. The ‘merchant class,’ I suppose you could call it, in that parts of my family were the sort of people…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
Flying a kite with the RNLIIn a way, I suppose the attack by two newspapers on the RNLI this weekend is not that surprising. For some years now, those on the right…Sep 16, 2019Sep 16, 2019
On Tales of The CityAs a baby queer in the late 80s, early 90s, I (and many others) devoured those books. Our bars in London weren’t that special, and the…Jul 17, 20191Jul 17, 20191
LGBT people aren’t accessories for your racist conspiraciesIf there is one fairly positive thing to have come out of the horrific attack on two women, Melania and Chris, on a London bus, it’s the…Jun 8, 2019Jun 8, 2019
Oprah 2020?A lot of people I know have been talking about Oprah after her speech at the Golden Globes, and what a great idea it might be for her to…Jan 10, 2018Jan 10, 2018
It’ll take more than clicking to stop Tory plans for internet regulationBuried in the Conservative Party Manifesto is a little paragraph announcing plans to make Britain a world leader in one little bit of the…May 22, 2017May 22, 2017
Voter ID is coming. But is it part of the Brexit puzzle too?One of the things that’s included in the Tory manifesto is the proposal to require ID when people vote. On the face of it, this is not…May 18, 2017May 18, 2017