Sexuality
The asexual revolution
Who could have foreseen that half a century after the sexual revolution we’d be facing its exact opposite: an asexual…
Love in the shadow of the Nazi threat
Florian Illies describes the charged atmosphere of Europe in the early 1930s, as people grew increasingly desperate to celebrate their last chance of freedom
The truth about life as a gay Tory MP
Male Tory MPs molesting young men? Buttock-squeezing and groin-fumbling at a private members’ club? A middle-aged politician slipping into a…
What schools should be teaching
The state of Florida recently passed a piece of legislation making it illegal for teachers to hold discussions with pupils…
Tina: the drug devastating the gay community
The ‘chemsex’ drug devastating the gay community
My snogging spat with Boris
I have not given up on my Build Back Boris campaign, which is the most pressing concern facing the UK.…
What French women want
Considering the subject of compatibility, experienced British expats in France maintain that a French man and an English woman might…
God’s honest truth? Homosexuality is hardly mentioned in the Bible
The Bible’s message on same-sex relationships is open to dispute
We don’t need new categories for sexuality – we need to abolish categories
Long-suffering Spectator readers deserve a seasonal break from yet another Remoaner diatribe from me. My last on this page, making…
One night in the backwoods
The man I met in the moose-hunters' bar, and what happened between us
Hold on, should we actors really be speaking for trans people?
Should actors be speaking for trans people?
We’re not more genderfluid now. We’re just duller about it
Sex has always been less binary than it looks – but we’ve never been this boring about it
The weird truth about the word ‘normal’
‘Is Nicky Morgan too “normal” to be the next prime minister?’ asked someone in the Daily Telegraph. That would make…
How many asexuals are there?
No sex, please Several friends of the late Sir Edward Heath asserted that he could not be guilty of sexually…
Bisexuality is now everywhere – and nowhere
I’m not aware of knowing many bisexual people. Or indeed, off the top of my head, any bisexual people. Which…
Rachel Johnson’s diary: Why I told my book party I was coming out as a lesbian
My husband says I only write books in order to have a launch party. Not so. I also write books…
The end of childhood - what we lost when we dropped the age of consent
When the state excuses underage sex, what chance do our children have?
Sorry, but I don’t think feminists can fight the male gaze by baring their breasts
Can you really fight the male gaze by exposing your breasts?
Of course you can choose to get up early (and maybe you can choose to be gay)
‘Oh, I’m an owl,’ said my friend Nick. ‘You’re probably a lark.’ I raised an eyebrow. He explained. Apparently all…
Attack of the personal space invaders
Who are these chaps who insist on standing so close?
Where to open your brothel: an international comparison
The best places to open a brothel The Commons all-party group on prostitution has called for a Scandinavian-style law where…
Is any kind of sex still taboo in literature?
Is there any kind of love that novelists still can’t touch?
Forgive me, Father
What Catholics really talk about in the confession box
Why I'm on board for the homophobic bus
London has long since lost its allure for me — altogether too many cars, foreigners, cyclists, middle-class liberals and people…
Gay civil partners should resist pressure to 'upgrade' to marriage
Apparently I’ve proposed to my civil partner. He claims that on BBC Radio 2, on the Jeremy Vine show (he…
