Nigel WhitfieldIs 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…6 min read·Oct 15, 2021----
Nigel WhitfieldIt 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.3 min read·Dec 24, 2020----
Nigel WhitfieldA 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…5 min read·Jun 7, 2020----
Nigel WhitfieldFlying 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…3 min read·Sep 16, 2019----
Nigel WhitfieldOn 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…2 min read·Jul 17, 2019--1--1
Nigel WhitfieldLGBT 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…6 min read·Jun 8, 2019----
Nigel WhitfieldOprah 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…2 min read·Jan 10, 2018----
Nigel WhitfieldIt’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…3 min read·May 22, 2017----
Nigel WhitfieldVoter 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…4 min read·May 18, 2017----