A Big Old Homosexual’s Growing Sense of Dread

The UK still calls itself progressive on LGBTQ rights, but the data, and the mood, tell a more complicated story.

There is something that, over the past few years, has become a bit of a niggle in the back of my mind. A niggle that’s been recently getting just a little bit more insistent.

Many of you will know that I am a big old homosexual. I say this quite literally. I am a 6ft3, broad-shouldered, actual physical BIG homosexual. I’ve been with my husband for the pa…