I was recently asked for a “one or two sentence quote” about what pride means to me and I have to admit it took me a while to get a hold of my feelings before I was able to put something together that didn’t resemble the first draft of a TED Talk! This Pride month […]
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#SoapboxSunday: Discrimination at Gay Venues
UPDATE: The unicorn and I attended the Hay Festival earlier this month and went to see Amy LamΓ© in conversation with Jenny Valentine, talking about her new book From Prejudice to Pride. During the Q&A I asked Amy what she thought, as the Mayor of London’s first Night Tsar, about gay venues in London turning […]
Coming Out in High School with Section 28
On the 30th anniversary of the enactment of Section 28, I wanted to share my story about what it was like growing up and coming out whileΒ Section 28 was still being enforced in UK schools. I came out to my parents when I was 15, at a time when Section 28 was still very […]
Celebrating the LGBT Community – 50 Years Since the Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in the UK
February is LGBT History Month and this year is a particularly poignant one as it marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. Homosexuality, or more specifically in this instance, sex between two men in private, was decriminalised on 27th July 1967. This may seem a very liberal thing to have happened […]
PAPYRUS with PRIDE 2016
Last month was Birmingham Pride 2016 and for the second year in a row, The Unicorn and I walked in the parade with Papyrus to raise awareness of suicide in the gay community. When I first began volunteering with Papyrus through their Young People’s Champion’s forum (YPCF) I knew right away that I wanted to […]
Birth of a Dinocorn
Next month The Unicorn and I are tying the knot! The long road to the wedding is nearly over and I can’t wait to walk down the aisle and marry the best thing that ever happened to me… “Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy….” The song that started it all! The Unicorn […]
Our Engagement Shoot – Natural History Museum
When it came to deciding on where to have our engagement shoot, taking a trip back to where the craziness of all this wedding planning malarky began seemed like the best idea… If you’re a regular on The Dinocorn Life then you probably know that The Unicorn proposed to me at the Natural History Museum… […]