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Chris Godfrey

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I’m a London based journalist and writer specialising in LGBT issues and the capital’s queer scene. I'm currently the assistant editor of Attitude magazine and contribute regularly to the Guardian, VICE, Indy and others.

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Outliving a Death Sentence

Outliving a Death Sentence

Being diagnosed with HIV in the '80s and '90s left most gay men - usually correctly - thinking they had littl…

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We Were Sent To Conversion Therapy For Being Gay

We Were Sent To Conversion Therapy For Being Gay

Every day across America, LGBT people of all ages are exposed to conversion therapy. That it is still legal t…

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This Crew Is Keeping London's Gay Fetish Scene Alive

This Crew Is Keeping London's Gay Fetish Scene Alive

As London gay bars close or shift gears toward more vanilla fare, the Wolf Pack are introducing fresh faces t…

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Is Drag Going Mainstream a Good Thing?

Is Drag Going Mainstream a Good Thing?

RuPaul's Drag Race, Panti Bliss and Sink the Pink are just a few of the reasons drag has been thrust into the…

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I'm The Gay Son of a Preacher Man. When I Came Out to Dad He Was Perfect

I'm The Gay Son of a Preacher Man. When I Came Out to Dad He Was Perfect

"What was your dad like when you came out?" When people discover I'm both gay and the son of an Anglican vica…

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What's Life Really Like For LGBT People of Faith?

What's Life Really Like For LGBT People of Faith?

Ahmer Bashir spent much of his Bradford-based childhood repressing his sexuality, telling himself his religio…

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Harvey Fierstein on Kinky Boots, addiction and survival: ‘When you get sober, it takes five years to get your marbles back’

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By Chris Godfrey 
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“I donate them, but I don’t sell them,” he says. “In fact, this morning I got a note from a Broadway casting director saying, ‘Could you donate a quilt for my charity this year?’ I wrote back and said, ‘Could you call me in for a job?’” Many will know Fierstein as the Broadway legend who broke through with his semi-autobiographical play, then film Torch Song Trilogy, starred in the musical Hairspray, and wrote the book for classics such as La Cage aux Folles and Kinky Boots.
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Opioid addiction almost destroyed me – then I became a top marathon runner

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By Chris Godfrey 
| MSN UK
It started in 1998, with a pain in Ken Rideout's ankle. A podiatrist gave him a prescription for seven Percocet, a drug containing the opioid oxycodone. Rideout was a high-flying commodity trader in New York, outwardly successful but racked with impostor syndrome. The Percocet dulled his foot pain – and also his anxiety. Rideout was used to alcohol and cocaine, but this was different. He felt happy, confident and optimistic. He returned to the podiatrist for more pills. Then more.
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The Arsenal fan psychodrama: Big defeat headloss hits hard after United setback

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By Chris Godfrey 
| MSN UK
I sometimes joke that I'm not sure I actually like football, just Arsenal. Hate-watching rivals aside, if a game doesn't concern the Gunners it probably doesn't concern me, such is my one-club tunnel vision. Even then, there are occasions where my love of Arsenal appears debatable. As a friend recently put it to me: “I've watched Arsenal games with you. I'm not sure you like Arsenal and yet you're possibly the most fervent Gooner I know.” Ah, the torturous dance between joy and torment.
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