What the Word and Celebration of ‘Pride’ Means to Me

I was asked if I would write something about Pride. I feel ‘alarmed’. My initial question: is there anything that a middle-aged gay man could really add to the array of writings, posters, banners and rainbow shop signs (so many shop signs) that, like Christmas, seem to arrive earlier and earlier every year? I struggle to … Continue reading What the Word and Celebration of ‘Pride’ Means to Me

My Experience of Being in an LGBTQ Blended Family

Pride Month Joan and I set up The Wellbeing Collective in 2014, three years after we had become a couple. I brought two small boys with me from my previous relationship which kicked off a whole world of learning for the four of us, as well as their dad, grandparents and friends.  I recall being … Continue reading My Experience of Being in an LGBTQ Blended Family