May 28 2012

In case it escaped your notice, this weekend marks the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Never ones to miss a trick, London's lesbian and gay club promoters are...

May 14 2012

In 1992, when I first started working for this magazine, the age of consent for gay men was 21. Section 28 was still in place. There was no legal protection...

May 2 2012

It's a damp Thursday night in Brussels, and deep in the heart of the European Parliament building, an extraordinary event is taking place. Thanks to the...

Apr 30 2012

You might have heard of VG Lee. You could know her as a stand-up comedian. Or you may recognise her as the author of books like 'As You Step Outside', 'The...

Apr 19 2012

The words 'lesbian folk music' are enough to strike fear into the heart of many a gay man - and even some women. But then they probably haven't heard...

Apr 12 2012

Awe-struck club kids used to whisper, 'That's the woman who's suing Heaven,' as she sashayed past on her way to a gig to perform her notorious Doris...

Apr 4 2012

Four and a half years ago, the man I love and have lived with for the past nine years and I made a legally binding commitment to one another. The law...

Apr 2 2012

If you think poetry's romantic, let me cure you of that idea right away. I've done things no poet should ever do if they wanted to keep their dignity. I've...

Mar 23 2012

This year's LLGFF has something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the line-up for gay men....

Mar 15 2012

Most of the press surrounding the recently released 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', starring Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill...

Mar 8 2012

Don't be deceived by the name: as always, this year's London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival contains plenty of transgressive movies to excite those beyond the...

Mar 1 2012

For many LGBT people, Ken Livingstone is seen as some kind of folk hero - good old Red Ken, who supported pink politics long before it became fashionable to...

Feb 16 2012

With LGBT History Month taking place in February, it's an appropriate time to look back at one of Victorian London's biggest scandals - the arrest of Ernest...