2017

Heartbreak Lessons: Who doesn’t want to live happily ever after? I know I do. I know that most of us, even those who seem to look at love and relationships in a cynical light, dream of creating our very own happy ever-after with the person we are in . . . read more

Gay Conversion Therapy: A Converted Straight Lives to Tell the Tale Let us get the preliminaries out of the way: I am a 35-year-old gay man. You cannot imagine how long it took me to get to that point. It is shocking to even consider that . . . read more

A Woman in Custody “They are the salt of the earth”. I too used to think so but now I knew better. I was picked up for being over the limit. Fair enough, I had had two glasses of wine instead of wine. That terrible mistake to drive . . . read more

Self-Hating Gay Stigma to Self-Acceptance.   It took me so many years to finally admit to myself that I was a gay man. Looking back, it is clear that I knew this right from the moment I could think. It wasn’t as if a great big rainbow . . . read more

Women Wearing Slutty Dresses: Keeping Would-Be Rapists in Their Place “You filthy ho. Come suck my dick” They were ugly words spoken by a smartly dressed man who could have been an accountant at a prestigious company. He had that studious and slightly confused look that I have always . . . read more

Donate Blood: Apparently, gay men are toxic to public health I am the first to admit to being a health freak. My personal belief is that if you want a long and happy life, you should put the hard work in. That is why I no longer eat red meat . . . read more

Priest Sex Abuse: Lost kids and naïve parents I will be 15 this December but I wish I was 18 already. Basically I want to leave home. My mum and dad have let me down. They have allowed our family priest to abuse me for years. We are Catholics . . . read more

My gay boyfriend slept with a woman, is he straight for pay? Being a gay boyfriend is never easy and my romantic life has been a bit of a mess . . . read more

We are lying to each other and both know that we are doing it. Worst of all…we are lying to ourselves. Even my mum has been roped into this crazy game. Having a gay child can do things to families and we are all right in the middle of . . . read more