A plain language summary of the issues contained within the Government’s white paper on civil partnerships for same-sex partners. The consultation paper went on to form the basis of the Civil Partnerships Act, which came into law in 2005. Written for Gay.com UK.
After the producers of cult TV hit Buffy The Vampire Slayer killed off a recurring character who was also an out lesbian, this article examined the accusations of homophobia aimed at a show which was historically regarded as being gay-friendly. Written for Gay.com UK.
February 6, 2003 – 1:03 pm
For a television series and multi-million dollar movie franchise that loves to wear its liberal agenda on its sleeve, Star Trek has not been well known for covering gay issues. Indeed, on the few occasions in the past when it has approached the edge, it has done so in such a ham-fisted manner that it’s […]
February 25, 2002 – 9:04 pm
Suddenly, everybody wants to get into the same-sex kissing market, it seems. Started by the two policemen in the Bill, who gave new meaning to the term “bent coppers”, now the BBC is getting in on the act with a storyline that features in both Casualty and its midweek sister soap, Holby City.
In both […]
October 26, 2001 – 7:54 pm
We have become somewhat inured of late to the phenomenon of newspaper columnists detailing the minutiae of life under the shadow of a terminal illness. The Observer’s Ruth Picardie and The Times’ John Diamond both arguably became more famous as cancer sufferers than they ever had been as the accomplished journalists they already were.
There […]