Category: Opinion

Jan 18
Editorial A Wild Heart

I would like to acknowledge the passing of creative star Warwick Broadhead. When I first started as editor of express, Warwick was working on the magical show called Wild Cabbage with three people who went on to become some of my closest friends Michelle Lafferty, Yvette Parsons and Ben Crowder. I was a little bit […]

Jan 05
Feminist Hashtag Tweets Out

What better way to see in the new year then a feminist hashtag? Writer Ijeoma Oluo took to Twitter pre-New Years with a whole bunch seriously silly and sarcastically serious resolutions for the 2015 feminist inside all – ok, some of us. Highlights include: @IjeomaOluo – When a dude says you’re “not like other girls” […]

Jan 02
Grindr – The Things You Teach Us

New express columnist Hamuera Johnsm takes on the rollercoaster ride that is gay life on a dating app. Things grindr has incidentally taught me I don’t like: – Too much cologne. There’s no easy blame for excessive use of the above. I think personal hygiene can often be clutched at with neurotic gusto as a […]

Jan 01
Grindr Guys – The Types of Guys We Meet

New express columnist Hamuera Johnsm takes on the rollercoaster ride that is gay life on a dating app. The Pie story: There’s a hilarious rush on Grindr around the hour of four am on a Saturday and Sunday, when everybody’s suddenly online throwing, ‘hey misters’, every which way, in anxious states of drunken arousal. These are […]

Dec 30
Protected: So Urge Goes Under Thanks to Grindr?

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Dec 28
2014 in Review: The Highlights and Lowlights in Brief

News Editor Levi Joule takes a quick look back at the year’s highs and lows for the GLBT community, both here at home and abroad.    Highlights:    Marriage Equality in the United States 2014 saw a number of anti marriage equality laws struck down by judges, paving the way for same sex couples to […]

Dec 24
Ask Agony Aunt Lisa – Coming Out Last

Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems.  Q My older sister came out to our parents last week. I overheard her telling them and they have seemed sad and distant since. I didn’t even know she was lesbian. My problem is that I have been wanting to come out to them myself for the last […]

Dec 24
Ask Agony Aunt Lisa – Begrudgingly Marry?

Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q. My girlfriend of 15 years proposed to me last week and I’ve been in turmoil ever since. I’m not afraid of commitment, but I just don’t see the need to marry after so long. When she proposed I said yes, of course, but I […]