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Sunday, 29 November 2020

Advent 1: Post Early For Christmas

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Today is the first Sunday in Advent, so for this and the next three Sundays I’ll write about Christmas, as in previous years. This year we’l...
Tuesday, 24 November 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 26) Homes Destroyed, Homes Discovered

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: The true gender of 71) Dr. James Barry (c.1795-1865) was a secret known to few in his lifetime, including a S...
Friday, 20 November 2020

400 and Counting

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This is a very personal entry, a reflection on my research over the years into lgbt Olympians. If this was an ordinary year I’d be finalisin...
Monday, 16 November 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 25) Friends and Betrayal

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: 68) Bruce Voeller (1934-1994) was the person credited with coming up with the name “AIDS”, and names form the...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Homohoax: How To Fool The Nazis

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Armies have always used hoaxes and deception to confuse and mislead the enemy. Camouflage is the most obvious method of concealment and the ...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 24) Naming Names

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: 64) Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934) was probably part-inspiration for a character created by 65) Marcel Proust (18...
Saturday, 31 October 2020

A Ghostly Warning of Doom

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On previous Hallowe’ens I’ve written about vampires, Frankenstien’s monster and mummies, but not about ghosts. So, how about an lgbt ghost s...