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Swimming Against the Tide

31 August 2014 London Barracuda, Christos Tsiolkas’ fantastic new novel about the rise and fall of a young Greek-Australian swimmer, … More

Australia, Barracuda, Christos Tsiolkas, coming out, homophobia, The Slap

We Don’t Need Another Hero

15 July 2014 London Australian swimming star Ian Thorpe becomes the latest sports celebrity to admit he’s gay. But is this … More

Australia, coming out, homophobia, Ian Thorpe

Rhapsody in Blue

7 April 2014 London Passionate, heart-breaking and occasionally ridiculous, Abdellatif Kechiche’s wonderful film Blue Is the Warmest Colour explodes onto … More

Abdellatif Kechiche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Cannes, coming out, homophobia, La Vie d'Adele, Léa Seydoux, Lesbians, London Film Festival, Sex

The Importance of Being Earnest

5 March 2014 London My latest post for the Huffington Post – a meditation on the significance of coming out, … More

coming out, homophobia, Huffington Post

We Need To Talk About Tom Daley

2 December 2013 London The media response to British sportsman Tom Daley announcing today that he was in a relationship with … More

Bisexuality, coming out, homophobia, Mark Simpson, Tom Daley

Till Death Do Us Part

4 November 2013 London Two plays on the London stage – Joanna Murray-Smith’s Scenes From A Marriage and Alexi Kaye-Campbell’s The Pride – put … More

Alexi Kaye-Campbell, coming out, homophobia, Joanna Murray-Smith, Marriage, Scenes From A Marriage, The Pride, West End

Inside the Sequinned Closet

10 June 2013 London Steven Soderbergh’s fantastic Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra, provides a definitive glimpse of the aesthetics of life … More

AIDS, Behind the Candelabra, coming out, homophobia, Liberace, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Steven Soderbergh

GayBros: Friends or Foes?

3 April 2013 London Gaybros, a new online gay community group for gays who like “guy stuff”, has raised eyebrows … More

Alan Downs, Alex DeLuca, coming out, GayBros, homophobia, The Velvet Rage

That Jodie Foster Speech

16 January 2013 London I add my two cents worth to Jodie Foster’s not-quite-a-coming-out speech at the Golden Globes. Sunday … More

Andrew Sullivan, coming out, feminism, Film, Gareth Thomas, Golden Globes, homophobia, J Bryan Lowder, Jodie Foster, Michelangelo Signorile, Ricky Martin

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

Alan Downs, coming out, homophobia, Huffington Post, Ian McKellen, John Key, New Zealand

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