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Patrick Strudwick

@PatrickStrud

Patrick is a freelance feature writer and commentator for a variety of newspapers including The Independent, The Times, The Guardian and the Mail on Sunday.

Freddie Fox in 'Cucumber'
News

Cucumber's Freddie Fox: Is he, or is it just an actor playing gay?

Elliott Spencer and Stephen Fry in September 2014
Comment

Stephen Fry getting married isn’t a cop-out – it’s advancing the

Force for good: Dr Denis Mukwege receives a humanitarian award from Hillary Clinton and Georgetown University head, John De Gioia
World

Why rape is as deadly a threat as the world has faced: Congo's cheap

Sir Ian McKellen was one of the founders of Stonewall, set up in 1989, in reaction to Section 28
People

Sir Ian McKellen: 500 footballers in this country and not one is out?

Nigel Farage has backed DJ Mike Read's new Ukip song
Comment

Ukip Calypso by Mike Read? The horror! The horror!

In dog we trust: Richard Coles with one of his pets at his Finedon vicarage
People

Richard Coles: My journey from pop star to celibate vicar

Stewart O'Callaghan was left with a punctured lung after six teens assaulted him
Health & Families

Homophobia in microcosm: How a savage gang attack tore one man's whole

Beeching says: 'I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person'
News

Vicky Beeching: 'I'm gay. God loves me just the way I am'

Tovey says of homeless charity the Pillion Trust : 'If it weren't for them and the park attendant I wouldn't be here today.'
People

David Tovey has weathered cancer, cardiac arrest, HIV and homelessness

Well connected: more than five million people use Grindr, founded by Joel Simkhai
Tech

Grindr founder Joel Simkhai: 'I've found love on my dating app - and

Loud and proud: gay pride celebrations in London
Lifestyle

Is sexual orientation a choice?

Virus hunters: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi with Luc Montagnier, left, and Jean-Claude Chermann at the Pasteur Institute in 1984
Features

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: A life dedicated to beating Aids

Beyond the boundaries: according to the men the writer canvassed, non-consensual sexual acts are common on the gay scene
UK Politics

Westminster is awash with tales of young men being sexually harassed

UK Politics

Westminster is awash with tales of young men being sexually harassed

Beyond the boundaries: according to the men the writer canvassed, non-consensual sexual acts are common on the gay scene
UK Politics

Under attack: Westminster is awash with tales of young men being

Mozilla’s ex-chief executive Brendan Eich
Tech

Mozilla: Should a boss lose his job for opposing same-sex marriage?

Fame: George in his Culture Club days
Features

Boy George beat an innocent man - but nobody seems to care

An inmate in Arizona's Maricopa County Jail who has volunteered to work on the chain gang
Americas

Sex in men's prisons: 'The US system cultivates rape. If you treat

An inmate in Arizona's Maricopa County Jail who has volunteered to work on the chain gang
Americas

Sex in men's prisons: 'The US system cultivates rape. If you treat

Supporters of same-sex marriage on Castro Street in 2009
Features

California dreaming: Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'

Supporters of same-sex marriage on Castro Street in 2009
Features

California dreaming: Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'

Pearl Mali, left, with her girlfriend, Hlomela
Africa

Crisis in South Africa: The shocking practice of 'corrective rape' -

Brotherly love: the central question of Sherlock is what exactly is the nature of the relationship between Holmes and Watson?
Features

Sherlock Holmes: Boy story bromance

Camelot floats 26-ft Lotto balls down the Thames to celebrate new price system, with the cost of a ticket doubling
Comment

National Lottery price hike: False hope floats on

Features

Are your genes stopping you from getting a six-pack?

The Face, the television series that O'Connor has just filmed, aims to help demystify modelling as it searches for a new star
Features

Model behaviour: Erin O'Connor on how to survive the fashion industry

The costume has now been taken off Asda's website
Comment

Asda and Tesco's Halloween costumes: Censoring the word ‘mental’

Features

Are your genes stopping you from getting a six-pack?

The Face, the television series that O'Connor has just filmed, aims to help demystify modelling as it searches for a new star
Features

Model behaviour: Erin O'Connor on how to survive the fashion industry

The costume has now been taken off Asda's website
Comment

Asda and Tesco's Halloween costumes: Censoring the word ‘mental’

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) leaves a press conference after admiting to sending a lewd Twitter photo of himself to a woman and then lying about it, at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue on June 6, 2011 in New York City. Weiner said he had not met any of the women in person but had numerous sexual relationships online while married.
Comment

I'm bored of Anthony Weiner 'sext' scandals - but I'm even more bored

Comment

I'm bored of Anthony Weiner 'sext' scandals - but I'm even more bored

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) leaves a press conference after admiting to sending a lewd Twitter photo of himself to a woman and then lying about it, at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue on June 6, 2011 in New York City. Weiner said he had not met any of the women in person but had numerous sexual relationships online while married.
Angelisa Young (R) and Sinjoyla Townsend (L) rejoice as Rev. David North (C) looks on during their wedding on the first day same-sex couples are legal to wed under a new law March 9, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Comment

Gay Marriage Bill: This has been a wonderful day. I only wish the

A general view of the London Muslim Centre on August 18, 2010 in London, England.
Comment

Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?

Patient co-ordinator Chris is one of the longest living survivors of HIV in Britain
Features

World Aids Day: Suddenly I had a future, the relief was immense

Comment

Don't punish victims of violent crime further by removing compensation

Comment

Don't punish victims of violent crime further by removing compensation

Profiles

Pierre Dukan: 'Yes, slimmer teenagers do deserve better exam grades'

Paul O’Grady, is best known for his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage
Profiles

Savage by name: Why is Paul O'Grady so angry?

Comment

Psychotherapist who tried to ‘cure’ me of homosexuality has at

Comment

Exclusive: GP 'straight' talk

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: There's a wild beast at large in Essex - snobbery

Comment

Patrick Strudwick: Those badminton match-throwers deserve a medal

Mitch Winehouse has established the Amy Winehouse Foundation in honour of his daughter
Profiles

Mitch Winehouse: 'I wish it had been me that died, not Amy … You can

Health News

Therapist who tried to 'cure' me of being gay thrown out – but the

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: Advice for the sport-hating republican

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: If I were Lord Carey, I'd be right behind this

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: Ken's accusers are making a big mistake

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: Ken's accusers are making a big mistake

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: Time to teach pupils how to fail better

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: On Twitter, it's power to the people

Commentators

Patrick Strudwick: How rebellion became suburban

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