In March 1983 the New York Native published what was to become an historic piece of writing about the developing AIDS crisis. 1,112 and Counting was written by a very angry Larry Kramer. The co-founder of the world’s first AIDS … Continue reading →
30 years ago South Wales coalminers and their families and members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners led what is now known as the London Pride parade. This was just the first of a number of gestures to repay … Continue reading →
It’s always interesting to compare different countries approaches to promoting safe sex. In the mid-80s Margaret Thatcher was pre-occupied with the idea that government-funded ads referred to ‘rectal sex’ (as opposed to anal sex or just plain old ‘fucking’). In … Continue reading →
One of the notable outcomes from this month’s UK General Election was the ousting of Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes from the seat of Bermondsey. Hughes had been the sitting MP since over-turning a 63% Labour majority at a controversial … Continue reading →
I first came across the work of illustrator Howard Cruse in the magazine Gay Comix, an American import that I acquired at Gay’s the Word bookshop in London. It was his single-cell cartoon Committing A Crime Against Nature (below) that … Continue reading →