Tag Archives: minority

LGBT: Do numbers matter when it comes to equality?

ACCORDING to figures released by the Office of National Statistics only 2.6% of people questioned in a recent survey said they identified as either lesbian, gay or bisexual. This has lead the Christian Institute, which claims to be “a nondenominational [sic] Christian charity committed to upholding the truths of the Bible”, to question whether such […]

Is Wales’ language policy slowly suffocating the nation?

Wales is the only country on the planet that seems to actively dissuade its population from achieving high standards of English. I’m a fan of strong and controversial statements, but I don’t believe that this one is particularly exaggerated, though I think it might open me up to extreme criticism from certain elements within Welsh […]

Archive: LGBT Opinion Column – Mancunian Matters

During my NCTJ course with News Associates in Manchester I began to write an opinion column on LGBT issues for Mancunian Matters (www.mancunianmatters.co.uk). Here is a list, with links, to all my previously published opinion columns, enjoy: You don’t have to be homophobic to be religious Why are there so few out people in professional […]