The Guyliner

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• Harry and Ivan

  Today is my birthday. I am 42. I don't really know what to say about this turn of events. I never imagined what being 42 would be like. 21, but twice, I guess.... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Michael and Tom

  

  It's an impossibly beautiful morning as I sit writing this. The sky is perhaps the bluest it has been for ages, there's sun streaming through the kitchen... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Alexandra the Great: In Defence of Alexandra Burke

  I was bullied at school. I may have mentioned it. From my very first day, when I ran enthusiastically to the Wendy house and put on a skirt from the dressing... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• My Awkward Love Affair with Christmas

  It's like Stockholm syndrome of some kind, perhaps, my fondness for Christmas. I say "fondness" in total denial of what it actually is - a well-meaning... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Gareth and Alice

  

  There are some headlines you just don't want to click on, aren't there? "Man finds maggot in bar of Wispa Gold - what happened next will surprise you",... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• And the Winner Is…

  I've always loved awards shows, both watching them on TV and, on very few occasions, attending them. I have stayed up many times for the Oscars, revelling in... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Dilemma: My Partner is Too Close to His Mother

  It's the old gay cliché about being a mama's boy, but what happens when Mommie Dearest gets a little too involved for your man's liking? Richard writes: My... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Max and Thomas

  

  If this week has taught us anything - and that's a big if - it's that your past catches up with you. Everything you say or do is just a regret waiting to happen... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Martin and Rosie

  

  I've always said politics should be avoided on a first date, and have often been told I am wrong. In today's hyper-political climate, where celebrity gossip is... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Last Romeo

  

  Not toooo long now until my first novel comes out! THE LAST ROMEO (lesson 1 in being an author is that you have to only ever write your book title in CAPS - I... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Joe and Jess

  In today’s review of the Guardian Blind Date, I go in hard on self-deprecation, the fetishisation of northerners and sodding CLAPHAM.Read the full reviewSpoiler... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Joe and Jess

  

  We're getting to the part of the year that I like to call "the drain". Not just because the days are swirling down the calendrical plughole, but because it's... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Mary and Rob

  In this week’s review of the Guardian Blind Date column, there’s a problem with numbers, a chivalrous move with some skewers, and the crushing sense of doom whe... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Mary and Rob

  

  Entering the lions' den this week are Rob, a 33-year-old travel consultant - which I totally read wrongly with one eye open at 07:30 am as "time travel... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Trouble with Nostalgia

  15 years ago today, I moved to London.I fool myself that I remember everything about it: the long ride down from Scotland in a van with my boyfriend and his dad... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Trouble with Nostalgia

  15 years ago today, I moved to London. I fool myself that I remember everything about it: the long ride down from Scotland in a van with my boyfriend and his... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Josie and Jeremy

  In this week’s review of the Guardian’s Blind Date column, a refusal to share tapas – and the assumption he would – causes a rift of epic proportions. Or at... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Josie and Jeremy

  

  What's the one thing that gives you away? Your particular quirk or habit that you know, once revealed, has the power to turn people off you immediately? I... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Marion and Will

  This week’s review of the Guardian Blind Date has the fear of friendship, the myth of nerdiness and –spoiler – a kiss!Read reviewSpoiler:... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Marion and Will

  

  It's September. That means everyone who's been telling you "the nights are drawing in" since mid-July have now moved on to "it'll be Christmas before you know... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX