In The Circus

In The Circus

In the Circus Activism, Disability, Sex Work, Squatting In The Circus   ‘There’s a documented history of EDS*. You can see it, trace it through photographs of the old sideshow traditions of the circus, all of those people who lived in freak-shows or...
Third Sector

Third Sector

Third Sector Activism, Austerity, Education, HIV, Homelessness, New Age Travellers, Sexuality, Squatting, Working Lives Third Sector   When I was coming out in the 80’s, it was at the same time as a lot of public health campaigns about AIDS. That did a lot to...
Speaking and Silence

Speaking and Silence

Speaking and Silence Class, Communication, Gender, Homelessness, Homophobia, Squatting, Violence Speaking and Silence   Speaking and silence, or rather silence and not speaking, has been a big feature in my life. I didn’t speak properly until I was around seven,...