Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism London exhibition explores how care and protest improved rights and dignity of those living with disease The Guardian - UK · May 29
87 Years Later, The Most Iconic Superhero Secret Identity Still Holds True Who is the real character? Superman or Clark Kent? A breakdown of the long, unusual history of the most famous super alter ego. Inverse · Jul 1, 2025
Black models, foreign films, queer culture – how the Face shaped me as a young man In the 1980s and 90s this pioneering magazine was a hub for subcultures, but in today’s digital landscape trends are followed rather than set, says queer archivist Marc Thompson The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025
‘Beautiful, bittersweet’: black gay men respond to BBC’s Mr Loverman Rare depiction of love between two elderly black men stirs emotions and realisations among its audience The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024
Revolutionary Acts by Jason Okundaye review – bringing Black gay history to life This groundbreaking debut tells the stories of six radicals who were among the first out Black gay men in Britain The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024
‘Gay life is better now. Absolutely’: five generations on coming out and what came next From a student in the 60s for whom sex was illegal to a recent arrival on the gay scene, four men and a non-binary queer person on how their lives – and sex lives – have changed The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023
Best podcasts of the week: Stars spill their secrets to an interviewing icon on The Louis Theroux Show In this week’s newsletter: The legendary documentary-maker meets celebrities from Shania Twain to Craig David in his new show. Plus: five of the best LGBTQ+ history podcasts The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Uncomfortably Comfortable review – the tough life of being unhoused in New York Commendably transparent documentary following poet and ex-con Marc Thompson, as he deals with past traumas and tries to overcome the obstacles that hamper his re-entry into society The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023
Father of teenager who killed their mum before their own tragic death says 'there's nothing to forgive' Rowan Thompson, who identified as non-binary, died aged 18 following a breakdown in communication over blood test results Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022
BREAKING: Jury rules 'neglect' after death of 18-year-old Prestwich mental health unit inmate Rowan Thompson died aged 18 following a breakdown in communication over vital blood test results Manchester Evening News · Oct 31, 2022
Teenager accused of killing own mum dies hours after 'life-threatening' diagnosis Rowan Thompson was an inpatient on the Gardener Unit at Prestwich Hospital when they passed away, just days before they were due to appear in court Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022
Teen accused of killing mum dies just hours after 'life threatening' diagnosis Rowan Thompson passed away just days before they were due to appear in court. Daily Record · Oct 25, 2022
The week in audio: Archive on 4; Black and Gay Back in the Day; My Life; Bible John; Jane Garvey and Fi Glover An old ology is back in the spotlight; Audrey Gillan turns a true crime story on its head; and the makers of The Log Books examine British black queer history The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2022
Calls grow to give free school meals to all children in poverty Special investigation: David Cohen talks to increasingly desperate parents queueing with empty shopping bags outside a school near Battersea Power Station Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022 ‘It’s too expensive to eat lunch and feed my children’: The rise of the school food bank Feed the Future: Demand for help putting food on the table continues to grow – hence The Independent’s call for free school meals to urgently be extended to all those in need
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 Children face a hunger crisis – the government needs to act by providing more free school meals Feed the Future: The Independent partners with the Food Foundation to call on the government to give meals to all schoolchildren living in poverty but who are not currently eligible
Manchester Evening News · Sep 13, 2022 Anger after NHS Trust says it has no plans to publish 'independent' review into to deaths of three young people "We want to know what it says and the wider public has a righ to know."