Dating is hard enough. But try making it work with an emotionally crippled closeted artist. Barry Church-Woods tackles his demons Have you ever been ined? In-ing is a strange phenomenon where people around you would prefer that you’re not a gay. It comes in particularly useful to those who find homosexuality […]
BCW reflects on last week’s general election and pledges to make a difference. It’s been a bleak few days in the UK for most of us. By ‘us’ I mean normal people who like other people and were raised with compassion. You see, something happened. Something that broke my heart. […]
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Tim Cook is chief executive of Apple. There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors. Some, such as the bill enacted in Indiana last week that drew a national […]
Thirty years after his forced retirement from Gay Mens Health Crisis, Larry Kramer accepts the first ever Larry Kramer Activism Award at their Spring Gala. At 79, he hasn’t stopped fighting and now calls for the cure. Larry Kramer THIRTY-FOUR YEARS. HIV/AIDS has been our plague for 34 years. We should have […]
“Why is it that these women have forgotten how great it was to have a role model that not only stuck it to the man, but then stuck it to herself, in herself and tasted it as if to say how dare you moderate my sexuality?” Barry Church-Woods I’m a […]
As Equal Marriage comes into law in Scotland today, we revisit BCW’s response to that momentous day when the vote passed. Dear MSPs Yesterday was a momentous occasion. Not just for me, but for everyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong. Just as the working day came […]
Barry Church-Woods looks into the seedier side of online dating in this NSFW blog for LGBTicons. I used to be a serial monogamist. Until I wasn’t. In the first twelve years of my adult life I had 5, what I used to consider long-term relationships. The first was a secret […]
“Why is it that these women have forgotten how great it was to have a role model that not only stuck it to the man, but then stuck it to herself, in herself and tasted it as if to say how dare you moderate my sexuality?” Barry Church-Woods I’m a […]
“There seems to be some sort of war going on that I’m not invited to, but everyone wants me to take a side.” – Alyx J. Shaw A historic essay by Michael William We first appeared in print primarily in specialized medical and psychiatric texts. Then, during the seventies, a […]
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