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Pleased to be re-elected to the Church of England's #GeneralSynod representing the Diocese of London. As a gay man, living with HIV, I will advocate for everyone, including LGBTQIA+ people, asylum claimants, the homeless and all people living with #HIV. www.london.anglican.org/church-and-p...

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Tune in to Soho Radio on Sunday, 11 October at 9 am, where Clare Lynch and I will be co-hosting the National Coming Out Day show! Our guests are Kat Parsons, Jason Jones, Fox Fisher, Scot Douglas and Dean Atta. @thefoxfisher.bsky.social #NationalComingOutDay

“I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off [...] It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.” – Billie Joe Armstrong #BiVisibilityDay www.thepinknews.com/2026/09/23/f...

“Many encounter HIV stigma and ageism at the same time. Black people, LGBTQ+ people, women, transgender people, and people living in poverty often carry additional burdens created by discrimination and unequal access to care.” – Malcolm Reid @glaad.bsky.social #HIV glaad.org/op-ed-living...

“Don't measure yourself, your self-worth, or your value against standards or expectations of people who would be more comfortable if you conformed to their idea of normal.” Great to interview six bi stars and activists for Gay Times, in 2021. www.gaytimes.com/bisexual-sta... #BiVisibilityDay

Today marks Bi Visibility Day! “Bi men deserve to have people they can turn to that understand their unique struggles.” Great to interview Lewis Oakley for Gay Times, in 2020. www.gaytimes.com/the-percepti... Head to @bisexualbrunch.bsky.social to hear more from Lewis… #BiVisibilityDay

Today is Bi Visibility Day! Bi experiences are sometimes ignored, forgotten or misrepresented, both within the LGBTQIA+ community and the wider world. Bi identities are valid, wonderful and need to be celebrated. BE PROUD. BE VISIBLE. YOU ARE LOVED. #BiVisibilityDay

What a privilege and pleasure being part of the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Book Fringe, talking about Invisible Rainbows and even showing the launch of the next big infrared observatory the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope.

“Ultimately, this is a play which celebrates love in all of its many forms. Love is love and, however we identify, it falls where it falls. I can’t wait for us to share it with audiences.” #AsYouLikeIt #JonathanGroff www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/24/j...

“We need to think about attacks on Pride as a signal that our democracy is under threat. All of us in our democratic societies need to value Pride more and protect it.” Great to interview Marty Davies for Gay Times. @smartypantsmarty.com www.gaytimes.com/marty-davies...

Beautiful vigil this evening in Soho Square, London, for Berlin’s Christopher Street Day attack. We stand with you, we grieve with you and we stand in solidarity with you. We will comfort and console and learn to dance with one another again. Tonight London stands shoulder to shoulder with Berlin.

Thinking of, sending love and standing in solidarity with the family and friends of the people killed and injured, as well as LGBTQIA+ people and their allies, at Berlin Pride. In this increasingly divisive time, we can work together and will defeat hate. #CSD #Berlin

Great to march at London Trans+ Pride today! Trans bodies are beautiful Non-binary bodies are beautiful Intersex bodies are beautiful #transpride

“As Prime Minister, I hope you take that same commitment to inclusion with you, because from where we’re standing, many LGBTQ+ young people feel the progress they believed was permanent is beginning to slip away.” – Rachel Williams #AndyBurnham www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/20/n...

“Queer Americans have always existed throughout history, that we have always had immense cultural power, and that we refuse to go quietly into obscurity.” @lgbtqnation.com #LGBTQ www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/cons...

“Anybody who says it’s about anything else is just trying to muddy the waters and justify mistreatment and abuse because, frankly, conversion therapy is abuse.” – Julie Kruse @advocate.com www.advocate.com/politics/nat... #BanConversionPractices

“We are a community built on hope. Transition itself is a form of hope. But, you know, I am open-minded. I don’t want to go into this cabinet thinking that it’s going to be a failure before it is.” – Munroe Bergdorf #AndyBurnham #transrights www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/06/a...

“There is an infantilisation and weaponisation of autistic existence to use as a bludgeon against trans people. I’m an autistic trans person and I understand who I am!” Great to interview @laurakbuzz.bsky.social for Gay Times in 2022. #DisabilityPrideMonth www.gaytimes.com/im-an-autist...

Britain’s first LGBTQIA+ Pride took place on 1 July 1972, in London. Fifty-four years later, it was great to march with Terrence Higgins Trust, at Pride In London, remembering that Pride is a protest! @tht.org.uk #PrideInLondon #Pride

Excited to be marching soon with Terrence Higgins Trust at Pride In London! @tht.org.uk #HIV #PrideInLondon

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Excited to be marching with Terrence Higgins Trust at Pride In London today! @tht.org.uk #PrideInLondon

Today marks 44 years since Terry Higgins passed away – the first person to be named as dying from an AIDS-related illness in the UK. His legacy is Terrence Higgins Trust. I am living with HIV, and owe so much to this amazing charity and their team! @tht.org.uk #HIV #TerrenceHigginsTrust

“In all, 30 states have restrictions in place on transgender student athletes participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.” An interesting overview of the Supreme Court trans sports ruling. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

“We are being targeted, and the only way to fight back is to say: Look what we do as a community. Look how we contribute.” – Robert Kesten www.advocate.com/history/ston...

“The responses, collected from between 1,627 and 3,416 adults living in the UK, reveal that 51% of responders ‘strongly support’ same-sex marriage, while 25% marked ‘tend to support’.” #LoveIsLove www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/01/u...

As Pride Month comes to a close, I want to emphasise the importance of uplifting LGBTQ+ voices all year round, particularly our trans, intersex and non-binary siblings, migrants and asylum claimants, racially minoritised groups, as well as disabled people. Pride is 365 days of the year. #PrideMonth

“My love, today isn’t over yet. In fact, we’re just getting started. We’re not giving up. We’ll keep taking to the streets from every corner we’re in.” #IstanbulPride #PrideMonth www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/29/t...

“So this Pride Month, as we head into marking this country’s 250th birthday, the LGBTQ+ community and allies are showing up loud and proud – we’re reclaiming this country and its freedoms as our own. We say with our full chest: Pride is Patriotism.” #PrideMonth www.advocate.com/opinion/prid...

Today is the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots! “Rights are precious and our identities are precious and the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots is an opportunity to remember that we fought for the right to be here and we need to keep fighting for the right to be here.” – Nancy Kelley

Hold the applause. The draft exempts conversion carried out under a clinical label unless the practitioner falls “far below” professional standards — the gross-negligence test. It shelters the very practice it claims to ban. Review it; don’t call it a win. #BanConversionPractices

“We will scrutinise every word in the bill to ensure it is compliant with human rights standards, fully trans inclusive and provides effective protection and remedy for victims and survivors.” – Chiara Capraro @amnestyuk.bsky.social #BanConversionPractices www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-dr...

“Jasmine O’Connor, the co-CEO at Galop, said the charity ‘frequently witnesses the devastating impacts caused by conversion practices’ and the ban was ‘urgently needed’.” #BanConversionPractices www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“I think it (a ban) just sends a really clear signal, as well… They’re hearing from the highest point that this is wrong and that it should not be happening to you. You’re not broken, you don’t need to be cured.” – Matt Hyndman www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/25/t...

“This Bill sends a clear message to LGBTQ+ people that they don’t have to change who they are – they are not broken or in need of ‘fixing’.” – Simon Blake I’m pleased that the government has, after eight years, introduced a bill to ban conversion practices. www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/25/u...

This is incredibly sad, as well as cruel. Placing trans women in men’s prisons will endanger them. It would have the same disastrous impact as placing cisgender women in men’s prisons and breaches Scotland’s human rights commitments. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/23/s...

Happy Birthday John Galea! @johngalea.bsky.social #HappyBirthday

“A proud chain-smoking homosexual, who flew the flag higher than any other British artist.” – Tracey Emin #DavidHockney www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/22/d...

“When public officials label LGBTI people as ‘deviant’, they are not upholding morality – they are legitimising hate and discrimination against a highly vulnerable group. Words from those in power carry weight and real-world consequences.” #Malaysia #LGBTQIA www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/23/m...

“I remember finding it groundbreaking that there was a film like this in 1993 – a time of moral panics around HIV/AIDS – which featured a gay character who wasn’t a sad or tragic figure.” #RobinWilliams #PrideMonth www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

“This marks the first time the flag has ever been loaned and exhibited outside the United States. The flag’s arrival in Cork also coincides with the opening of the museum’s first permanent LGBTQ+ exhibition.” #PrideMonth www.advocate.com/print-issue/...

“So let’s be clear: gender affirming care saves lives.” – Adrian Shanker @advocate.com #transrights #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Where does Andy Burnham stand on LGBTQIA+ issues? An interesting overview from Pink News! www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/22/a...

“In 2020, King was among more than 170 current and former athletes in women’s sports who signed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of trans girls and women playing sports.” #BillieJeanKing #Wimbledon www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/19/t...