In case you hadn't worked it out by now, I am gay. I have been with my partner, referred to throughout the site as PY because he has no choice about being written about, since 1991. This section - along with the section on gay marriage - specifically notes my thoughts on being gay in the world today.

Big Pink Crosses (or some such TV nonsense) - [August 29, 2006]
This is one for my friend Steve to comment on. Yahoo reports that "In 1994, just 19 of the Fortune 500 companies advertised their brands in gay media in the United States. Last year, 175 did". [Source: Advertisers out of... [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: It's In The News Today - [December 04, 2005]
A round up of some of the stories in the Sunday papers about civil partnership. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: It's Not Just Romance - [December 03, 2005]
The financial side of civil partnerships. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: Locally In Wandsworth - [December 02, 2005]
Eight same sex-couples are preparing to tie the knot at Wandsworth's register office on December 21. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: George Michael To Wed - [December 01, 2005]
George Micahel to wed. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: Rabbis Are Doing it. - [November 30, 2005]
Rabbis from Britain’s Jewish community have become the first mainstream religious grouping to authorise a gay marriage service.  [2 comments]

Civil Partnership: Next Of Kin? - [November 29, 2005]
Before the Civil Partnership Act 2004, gay couples were vulnerable to all the legal insecurities of straight couples who live together out of wedlock. This threat lifts with civil partnership. [0 comments]

Civil Partnetship: Update From Scotland - [November 28, 2005]
Edinburgh City Council has the most applicants, with 59 couples registering their intent to take advantage of the new legislation. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: Westminster City Council Survey - [November 27, 2005]
The first same sex civil partnership ceremonies will take place on 21 December. Westminster City Council Register Office has over 100 bookings and the first couple, Roger Lockyer and Percy Stevens will register their partnership at the Register Office at 8am. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: Elton To Marry - [November 26, 2005]
Sir Elton John and David Furnish are to "marry" in a private ceremony with only their parents as witnesses. [0 comments]

Civil Partnership: What's It All About? - [November 25, 2005]
The first civil partnerships should to be formed on 21 December 2005. [0 comments]

Modern Life Is Rubbish - [November 20, 2005]
Modern Life Is Rubbish, at least that's what Blur thought back in 1993. [0 comments]

Gay Life Is More Fun: Official - [October 29, 2005]
A gay vs straight fight and gay looks like so much fun. [0 comments]

Keep On Rolling - [July 01, 2005]
Spain's lower house of parliament has voted in favour of allowing gay couples to marry. [0 comments]

A World Of Hate - [June 21, 2005]
It makes you wonder about people. Not about religion or about the church just about people and how that can be inhumane to each other.

Being Gay each Day - [December 22, 2004]
When it comes to understanding the impact of sexual preference on our daily lives we are - unsurprisingly - not like our straight counterparts at all. [0 comments]

Mayor Of London - [April 28, 2004]
June 10th 2004 is the date that we'll all be voting for the mayor of London. Ken, Simon or Steve are the main candidates. But then there's Darren, Ivan and - erm - Frank. [0 comments]

Gay Life in Britain - [December 12, 2003]
Do advancing levels of acceptance leave make it is easier to be gay in the UK than it is to be black, or even female?

At A Newsagent Near You - [November 26, 2003]
I've been reading the December 2003 issue of Attitude Magazine (it's got Gary Lucy on the cover).

The gay team - [October 30, 2003]
Gay and lesbian culture has never been as visible and confident as it is now

Queer Eye? - [October 29, 2003]
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy is here.

Gay Teens Right To Privacy - [September 19, 2003]
Sometimes I forget that I am in London which is a relatively OK place to be if you are gay - not perfect but better than many.

Gay Consumers Are Good - [July 17, 2003]
Gay men and women are tech-savvy consumers who use the Internet and tech devices at significantly higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts for shopping, banking, entertainment, and community building

Dr Kildare is a Sissy - [May 30, 2003]
When Dr Kildaire was growing up, being homosexual or a "sissy" was socially unacceptable

No Clause 28 - [March 11, 2003]
Often straight people just don't get it - those's years when, growing up, you feel isolated and alone because you know you are different.

It's All Queens on 4th July! - [July 04, 2002]
The Foreign Office, straight-laced guardian of a global empire in Victorian times, has embraced the 21st century by offering special advice to gay and lesbian travellers [yahoo] Only in America on Independence Day: A group demanding voting rights for Washington...

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