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The New Statesman marks the 40th anniversary of the legalisation of homosexuality

Ken Livingstone on gay rights

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

Heterosexual 'Howard Lake' tells the story of how he got experimental on a visit to a gay sauna

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Born gay? No Way!

Cohen says he is living-proof that homosexuality is a choice, and one that can be reversed

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I am what I am and it's not a choice

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

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Britain and the big So What?

Britain and the big So What?

Journalist and ex-Tory MP Matthew Parris on how he likes Britain better today than he did 20 years ago

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Pink Planet

Pink Planet

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

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I owe it all to dear old Wolfy

I owe it all to dear old Wolfy

Lord Wolfenden is an unlikely gay hero, but by beginning the demystification of homosexuality he did us all a favour

The trials of Peter

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?

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Disappearing act

Disappearing act

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!

Dragtastic!

Cross-dressing has shaken off its dowdy image and gained a new lease of life.

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Andrew Stephen

President Cheney?

Get ready for President Cheney

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Tory foes

If Dave doesn’t win, it’s open season

James Macintyre

Lib Dem dilemma

The Lib Dem dilemma

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Sons of Cuba

Sons of Cuba (PG)

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Fat Man in a White Hat

Fat Man in a White Hat

John Gray

Anarchism's failure

The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents

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