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Fuck; it’s over

The end of a relationship always seems to be the same – in my experience, anyway. It reminds me of that scene in Animal Farm where the other animals are looking on and, to their dawning horror, the pigs start to resemble the former, human masters who the animals toppled, and history repeats. I’m not [...]
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Selective fucking, not breeding

A friend of mine has upset another friend by referring to his boyfriend as a “walking dildo” and suggesting they’re only together because the boyfriend is hot and they have an amazing gay sex life. Which was out of line and also missing the point. We live in a culture that says we should value [...]
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Out of the office

After starting a job, when is the right time to come out to your new work mates? If you come out too quickly you risk making your sexuality larger in other peoples’ minds than it should be and you’re not giving them the chance to get to know you on a personal level first. However, [...]
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Let them have it

Imagine if the word ‘gay’ didn’t exist; what would that be like? If there were no easy, all-encompassing label for a diverse and disparate group of people – it would be harder to lump us all together and to discriminate against. If there were no such term as ‘gay’, people would have to work a [...]
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