Being disabled makes me a member of a club of a billion people, we are different, and we are not the same, we may have the same condition but the way it affects us is very indvial. I know my challenges are different to a full-time wheelchair user, but as an ambulatory wheelchair user I am aware of the challenges, […]
Last year, I wrote a piece about my icons and every June is the LGBTQ+ month so I thought I would write a version looking at some of my queer icons. These people may or may not be LGBTQ+, but seem to be very in touch with the issues. I know there aren’t many women of this list, maybe because […]
This month is global pride month, so I wanted to explore the history of pride and as a gay man who has never been to pride what it means to me. Unfortunately, this year due to coronavirus and social distancing means that many of these events will be cancelled due to coronavirus. The story of pride goes back to 1969, […]
In 2019, we under the law here in the UK and Europe we are all protected from discrimination. The Equality Act, which protects women, men, age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, called protected characteristics should give us all the same rights. Although there are some exceptions like religious reasons or Employment where there are cultural sensitivities and Political parties who […]