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• Guardian Blind Date Review: Mansoor and Alice

  

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date. There is a bolognese mishap, some awkward silences, Jabba the Hut trying to get the dregs ou... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Gay Men and the Promiscuity ‘problem’

  When you first come out as gay, one of the very first things you might do is reject the notion of homosexuality entirely. This doesn’t define me, you may... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Picking Kylie’s Best Song? There Will Be Blood

  

  If you want to start a fight with a gay man, I’d advise against it. We may come across as sissy or weak to your untrained eye, but we are much tougher than we... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Stephen and Zoë

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date, which features the horror of being old, why you should never take chicken of someone’s plate... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Richard and Charlie

  Click like you’ve never clicked before to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date, which includes the shocking truth about people who say they’re... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Scott and Ryan

  In the Guardian Blind Date today, it’s gay men (just for a change, but I’m not complaining) and there’s a distinct lack of poker face, a little cocktail... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Yes, Straight Men at My Gym, It’s True – I’m Secretly in Love with You All

  There are secrets and betrayals we must take to the grave, as to utter them would cause untold destruction. There are opinions we can never admit, secret crushe... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Lizzie and Angela

  Click on through to read my latest review of the Guardian Blind Date. This week, it’s a long overdue lesbian couple. There are some long, meandering nonsenses, ... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Ben and Henry

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date. Everything’s in the right place, but ultimately not at the right time. Bit of an odd one thi... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Thomas and April

  Click through to read this week’s review of the Guardian Blind date, which features a very one-sided battle over pudding, a wrong name, the brutal force of... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• “Very Wise, with Those Hips” – A Tribute to Victoria Wood

  

  It is difficult to know where to begin, so perhaps I should start at the end. Comedian Victoria Wood has died from cancer at the age of 62. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: David and Kevin

  Click through to read my review of today’s Guardian Blind Date. It’s a gay men takeover and there’s a Beverley Knight anecdote, an overdose of ‘sweet’ and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Michael and Rebecca

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date, which features transport problems, a spaghetti struggle, erotomania and a little bit of... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Strange Case of the Phantom Gay Uncle

  It’s funny, the future you imagine for yourself when there is so much of it in front of you. When you’re young and in a circle of friends and you’re all,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• 55 Reasons to Ditch Your Boyfriend

  

  1. Your boyfriend points to broccoli on a restaurant menu and tells you it’s “the colon’s broom”.2. Your boyfriend waits until he gets to the front of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Maverick and Sandra

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date, which features, for a change, a couple over 23 years old. There’s a houseboat, there’s a... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Bad Touch

  I have always known it, but I feel it even more when I’m not there – London spoils me. When I spend time anywhere else, I’m struck not only by the obvious thing... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Peigí and Jamie

  Click through to read my review of the latest Guardian Blind Date, which sees a change of location, a very lengthy description of a prawn-shelling disaster, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Charles and Ross

  

  Click through to read my usual takedown of the latest Guardian Blind Date column. This week, it’s gay men yet again (where are they finding them?! Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Valerio and Matt

  Click through to read this week’s assassination of the ever-amazing Guardian Blind Date column. This week, it’s gay men yet again, and don’t they look a little... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX