Today is the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots. Half a century ago, in the early hours of this morning, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar in the gay area of New York and then faced an almighty backlash. This spurred the gay liberation and Pride movements over the succeeding decades. Raids in gay […]
A week ago today, around this very time, I was preparing for my second night out in Manchester. Seb and I attended Manchester Pride 2017. I cycled from my house to the station and then locked up my bicycle. With 12 minutes to spare before my train, I had a rhubarb cider from The Little […]