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Bootboy: Born Gay?

John Barrowman, the song and dance man who shot to fame as bisexual matinee idol Captain Jack in Doctor Who and Torchwood, took part in a recent BBC documentary The Making of Me, in which he bravely allowed himself to explore the scientific origins of his sexuality. The trouble with research into homosexuality is that [...]

Bootboy: Right or Wrong

A Fine Gael TD, Simon Coveney, recently called for “aggressive, tough” legislation to target people who use prostitutes in Ireland. He wanted to target the “acceptability” of buying sex. Sometimes, that party really scares me.
I am not convinced of the efficacy of using the law to change social mores. Certainly, the law has a big [...]

Simon Fanshawe: Why do so many gay men continue to behave like teenagers?

Simon Fanshawe in today’s Guardian writes about a forthcoming BBC3 documentary he’s made. He talks about the London gay scene, in which I spent 12 long years.
“…we have to grow out of our teenage years of sex and drugs and mocking the old, and embrace a future of fidelity and responsibility.”
I am not convinced that [...]