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Make your voice heard: register to vote today

I’m bored. Bored of the backbiting, the scaremongering, the fear, the politicking, the infighting. I usually love politics, devouring every column inch and broadcast minute but this EU referendum has left me frustrated, angry and bored. An interesting combination of feelings that should see me heading anywhere but the ballot box come the 23rd of June. But no, I’ll be there putting pencil to paper because … Continue reading Make your voice heard: register to vote today

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Campaigning, Gscene Magazine

The Missus, Me and BPD cartoon

Writing about BPD is never easy. The crippling self-doubt, the unrelenting standards, the anxiety, the fear of being judge and the endless overthinking makes being open and honest a challenge. One day I’m all for it, determined to tackle the stigma head on, the next I’m fearful of being seen as difficult, weak, as unfit for purpose. This continual state-of-head affairs ensures anxiety reigns but … Continue reading The Missus, Me and BPD cartoon

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Because Our Friends Are Dying: An exhibition for World AIDS Day

It was a time when we had to listen up. A time when we had to Act Up. Our friends were dying. Our governments were turning a blind eye and we were pretty much alone facing a disease that would take way too many of our nearest and dearest. When the HIV/AIDS crisis hit I was young and fuelled with rage. I was sick of hearing … Continue reading Because Our Friends Are Dying: An exhibition for World AIDS Day

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Campaigning, Perfect Distractions

Will Young’s Brave Man

Play me the Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy video and my guts flip. I’m back in 1984 and I’m afraid. I wanna run. My sexuality is confusing the hell out of me and I don’t know where to turn. I know the only thing for it is to summon some bravery from somewhere but the isolation I feel is crippling me. This week those emotions returned as … Continue reading Will Young’s Brave Man

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Campaigning, Like we do

World Mental Health Day: Smash the stigma and demand parity in treatment

Today I am an Arsenal fan. Today I love house music. Today I’m keen on the odd cake. Today I have borderline personality disorder (BPD), anxiety and chronic longterm depression. A diagnosis I live with. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Since my diagnosis in 2010 I’ve fought then given up then fought again to live with it. I’ve bashed my head hard against the pauper NHS … Continue reading World Mental Health Day: Smash the stigma and demand parity in treatment

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Campaigning, Clubbing

Breathe together for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

If you do one thing this weekend Breathe. Yeah I know it sounds bleeding obvious but if this weekend your breathing could mean fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, getting your wiggle on to the rather fine DJs’ Maze & Masters, Ellie Cocks and SummerDaze in one of Brighton’s finest beachside venues, well you would take a deep one wouldn’t you? So do yourself a favour … Continue reading Breathe together for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

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A moment in a refugee’s footsteps: there but for the grace of location go we

They say there are three steps to homelessness. So how many steps are there to refugee status? As we witness the humanitarian disaster on our doorstep its not hard to imagine how few you or I would have to take to be where so many are today. The city I call home is dragged into war. Vital services grind to halt. The gas, the leccy, the water, … Continue reading A moment in a refugee’s footsteps: there but for the grace of location go we

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150+ reasons and counting: Why we need to save the BBC

I could go on about securing a universal unbiased worldwide service. I could go on about a Murdoch favouring Tory government determined to dismantle one of this country’s finest institutions. But instead when it comes to saving the BBC there are only these reasons for me. Reasons I grew up with. Reasons that inspire me, humour me, educate me, amaze me. These many, many reasons. Play … Continue reading 150+ reasons and counting: Why we need to save the BBC

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Brighton Pride, Campaigning

Why Pride still matters : Reason No.1

It still happens. Regardless of my day job. Regardless of my night job. Regardless of my life, my wife, my sexuality, my subtle lesbian looks (yeah right!). I still get asked why we still need Pride. Today The Guardian reported on Stevie-Jade Hardy’s study LGB&T Crime Reporting: Identifying Barriers and Solutions on rural LGBT hate crime in the UK. Figures stated that in 2012-13 “35,000 … Continue reading Why Pride still matters : Reason No.1

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