14 June 2016 London Barack Obama has called the Orlando shooting a “hate crime” against the LGBTQ community. For LGBTQ … More
Tag: homophobia
Women Take Back the Write
19 May 2016 London Is feminism dead in the UK? This month’s Something Rhymed Literary Salon series re-opens a much-needed debate about … More
A Not So Simple Man
8 November 2014 London The Imitation Game brings the life of gay mathematician Alan Turing to the big screen. Despite … More
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
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
O Blue Come Forth
8 April 2014 London Derek Jarman’s final film, the exquisite Blue, gets a glorious re-screening in London’s IMAX cinema. I first … 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 Long Walk to the Altar
30 March 2014 London As same-sex marriage becomes legal in the United Kingdom, is it time for LGBT people to stop thinking … 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
Bayard Rustin: My Hero
20 January 2014 London Remembering Bayard Rustin, Dr King’s openly gay right hand man in the fight for racial equality … More
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