Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council moneyAs the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham, the rainbow flags, trans rights placards and sequined...
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Read MoreJohn Lithgow plays the gay and often nude septuagenarian father of Colman’s character in this bombshell-laden story of intergenerational queerness. She explains why her own dad would have ‘sat and cried all the way...
Read MoreWhen Leah and I planned a family, we wanted to be as mutual as possible. Could reciprocal IVF – Leah carrying an embryo made from my egg – be the way forward?Late last year, it became my friend’s favourite...
Read MoreHe found roaring success on Broadway with Torch Song Trilogy, then appeared in blockbusters Mrs Doubtfire and Independence Day. But notoriety had a cost. The 73-year-old stage legend talks recovery, grief and why he’s...
Read MoreWhen we wonder why marginalized groups are ‘underrepresented’, we are asking the wrong questionFor the most part, we have been doing it wrong. For decades, the way that government entities, institutions,...
Read MoreSome campaigners are frustrated at slow pace of change, while those impacted are trying to work out what it means day-to-dayA year ago, the supreme court made its landmark judgment on single-sex spaces. In a long-running case...
Read MoreFamed for having a child’s drawing of a family carved into her back, the photographer has devoted her life to queer America, from endurance swimmers to drag artists to her son in a tutu. Now she’s finally getting a...
Read MoreThe actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the showWhen standup comic Tom Allen received Attitude magazine’s comedy...
Read MoreThe Glory was a haven for outlandish self-expression and the early stomping ground for many of the UK’s most infamous drag queens. It made me ready for lifeIn a packed pub, revellers chat, sip lager and look at their...
Read MoreThe explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchyThe first time gay hockey romance crossed Mary’s radar, she was warned off it. A 64-year-old...
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