I am watching a powerful documentary, hitting on a number of struggles Olly Alexander (from Years & Years) and others have faced while coming out. It touches on quite a number of difficult themes relating to the coming out ‘process’, anxiety and depression. While it also talking about some of the serious mental coping mechanisms …
The Stonewall Riots is such an important moment for the LGBTI rights movement in Western democracies. And yet I have only ever really skimmed the surface of what actually happened in June 1969. I have never been one for history lessons, but recently I have felt the need to understand just how far we have …