Gay special
The New Statesman marks the 40th anniversary of the legalisation of homosexuality
In Gay Special
Ken Livingstone on gay rights
- By Ken Livingstone
- 20 July 2007
The Mayor of London writes to mark the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales
My night in a gay sauna
- By Howard Lake
- 20 July 2007
Heterosexual 'Howard Lake' tells the story of how he got experimental on a visit to a gay sauna
Born gay? No Way!
- By Richard Cohen
- 20 July 2007
Cohen says he is living-proof that homosexuality is a choice, and one that can be reversed
I am what I am and it's not a choice
- By Peterson Toscano
- 20 July 2007
After spending money and travelling the world in an effort to "choose not to be gay", Toscano began to embrace his homosexuality and realised it is not a choice
Britain and the big So What?
- By Matthew Parris
- 19 July 2007
Journalist and ex-Tory MP Matthew Parris on how he likes Britain better today than he did 20 years ago
Pink Planet
- By Brian Whitaker
- 19 July 2007
Brian Whitaker reports on the new global upsurge in pink politics, from China and Iraq to South America plus we've interviews with gay people around the globe
I owe it all to dear old Wolfy
- By Julian Clary
- 19 July 2007
Lord Wolfenden is an unlikely gay hero, but by beginning the demystification of homosexuality he did us all a favour
The trials of Peter
- By Alice O'Keeffe
- 19 July 2007
Peter Tatchell is the British gay movement's great campaigner. But now that so many of the battles here have been won, does he think it's time for a different kind of gay politics?
Disappearing act
- By Stephen Armstrong
- 19 July 2007
In the 1990s, gay storylines were all the rage in mainstream television; now they are all but non-existent. Campaigners accuse broadcasters of failing to reflect modern Britain.
Dragtastic!
- By Louis Wise
- 19 July 2007
Cross-dressing has shaken off its dowdy image and gained a new lease of life.
