I Love My Gay Red Top

20 November 2012 London Prime Minister John Key’s thoughtless “gay red top” gaffe demonstrates the persistence of homophobia in New Zealand’s … More

I Heart Gay Marriage

24 October 2012 London My submission to the New Zealand Parliament, who are currently considering allowing gay and lesbian couples … More

16 October 2012 London The BBC’s surprise TV hit of the summer, The Great British Bake Off, has rebirthed one of … More

1 August 2012 London My tribute to the giant of American letters, stately homo and provocateur Gore Vidal, who died this week. … More

26 June 2012 London My review of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Harvey Fierstein’s modern gay classic, Torch Song … More

29 March 2012 London My tribute to the great American poet and feminist Adrienne Rich, who died this week. Amid … More

23 October 2011 London Rugby, the game that personifies New Zealand’s macho homophobic culture, is now a thing of homoerotic fantasy – … More

22 September 2011 London Farewell R.E.M., perhaps the definitive indie pop band of the 1990s. My generation had something akin … More

11 August 2011 London In the first of three reviews of gay-themed books out this summer, I look at Metrosexy, a … More

11 August 2011 London Making an auspicious literary debut this month is my friend Alan Clark, whose novel Rory’s Boys is a … More