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