Making Pride seriously fun

This weekend’s “Pride and (No) Prejudice” Brighton Pride parade was a melee of colour, glitter, Regency-era drag, big muscles, even bigger hair and irritatingly infectious high-scene pop and dance tracks. Such was the din created by the whistles and the vuvuzelas sold along the procession route that it was sometimes difficult … Continue Reading Making Pride seriously fun

Right to asylum

The recent Supreme Court ruling that LGBT foreign nationals have a right to asylum in the UK is welcome, and long overdue. It also sheds a harsh light on the state of Home Office policy in this area. In the days preceding the judgement, the UK had come under intense … Continue Reading Right to asylum