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Liberal. Optimist. Stoic. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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A Valentine’s Day reminder: LGBTQ+ people cannot love and live freely in a third of the world’s countries The right to love and live freely is still out of reach for millions of people.

I wrote a new piece for Valentine’s Day. LGBTQ+ rights continues to be violated and disregarded around the world. So, as ever: happy Valentine’s to those around the world still longing to love and live freely.

Read the full piece here: open.substack.com/pub/garethle...

15.02.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mini review: What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie This is officially a Bella Mackie stan account.

I really enjoged Bella Mackie’s β€˜What A Way To Go’. Check out my mini review if you think it might be for you ☺️ open.substack.com/pub/garethle...

27.01.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four Years of Being A Meetup Host What I've learnt and why I love it

I received an email from Meetup this week saying I had been an event host for four years, with 65+ events under my belt. It made me reflect on my experience of hosting the LGBTQ+ Meetup at the London Art Bar and why I love it!

open.substack.com/pub/garethle...

22.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that was the idea πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

22.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Maybe we both just really love dating and that’s why we are still doing it haha

15.01.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I went on my first Breeze date last week. Here's how it went Blind-dating for the 21st century

I went on my first @breezesocial.bsky.social date last week. Here’s how it went.

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15.01.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything I Learned About Dating in 2025 I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that 2025 was a rough year.

Some of these I should have learned way before hitting my 30s. Here’s everything I learned about dating in 2025.

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13.01.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every week this year we asked Britons what news story they had heard most about - here are 2025's top stories in one chart

1. 64% Budget (Nov/Dec)
2. 63% US/Israel vs Iran clashes (Jun)
3. 62% LA wildfires (Jan)
4. 56% US tariffs (Apr)
5. 55% Pope Francis death (Apr)

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

31.12.2025 08:19 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Maybe 2026 will be the year I actually start using BlueSky properly…

29.12.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Glee - Let's Have A Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time (Full Performance + Scene) 4x08
Glee - Let's Have A Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time (Full Performance + Scene) 4x08 YouTube video by Glee Scenes

Inflation down,
Unemployment up,
Let’s have a rate cut (but to the tune of Let’s Have A Kiki ft SJP)

youtu.be/rTa3hPXnqXk?...

17.12.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2025 has not been a strong year for #dating for me (no offence to some of the lovely people I did actually date).

If you met some great people this year (whether or not it worked out long term!) how did you meet them?

07.12.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elizabeth Taylor in an 80s press conference speaking on the stigma of AIDS β€œβ€¦And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, Bitch, do something yourself.” from the documentary β€œElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes.”

Elizabeth Taylor in an 80s press conference speaking on the stigma of AIDS β€œβ€¦And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, Bitch, do something yourself.” from the documentary β€œElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes.”

there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything

10.08.2024 15:21 πŸ‘ 7114 πŸ” 1787 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 133

Can confirm that #WickedForGood is actually quite good

30.11.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LGBTQ+ meetup at London Art Bar (Holborn) again tonight from 7pm. Come meet new people, make friends, have a drink. It’s fun. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

17.10.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep coming across Beyoncé’s β€˜Lemonade’ out and about and I really hope this MASTERPIECE of an album is having a renaissance

10.10.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mini review of Marie Arana’s β€˜Bolivar’ (2014) β€œYou can’t speak with calm about a person who never knew calm; of Bolivar you can only speak from mountaintops, or amid thunder and lightning, or with a fistful of freedom in one hand and the corpse o...

I recently read Marie Arana’s β€˜Bolivar’ and wrote some thoughts about it on my new Substack if you’d like to check it out! (5/5)

open.substack.com/pub/garethle...

10.09.2025 10:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The UK Government needs to step up and treat the trans community like human beings, not a political football.

26.07.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Trans Pride, London!

Bodily autonomy is an essential principle and we can’t abandon it in the wake of moral panic. Your body, your choice. Trans people are our neighbours, friends and colleagues and are deserving of a life of dignity and happiness.

26.07.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK firms struggle but price pressures likely to keep Bank of England on alert British companies are struggling to grow and the job market continues to weaken, but inflation pressures are still lurking in the economy, according to surveys that are likely to keep the Bank of England on course for only gradual interest rate cuts.

UK firms struggle but price pressures likely to keep Bank of England on alert reut.rs/4f7HVv1

24.07.2025 11:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 15 years of One Direction to all who celebrate x

23.07.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My phone crashed and all 100 of my β€˜one day I’ll read those’ tabs in safari have disappeared. I was definitely never going to read any of them. It’s a miracle.

22.07.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pedro Pascal’s recent Vanity Fair interview is absolutely beautiful and very moving. Made me tear up a couple of times! (The photoshoot is INSANELY πŸ”₯ too, obvs)

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

10.07.2025 07:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pride is important because it is a huge, visual reminder to LGBTQ+ people that they are not alone, and that who they are deserves to be celebrated.

However you are protesting or celebrating today, have a fantastic day!

05.07.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But it isn’t mission accomplished here. Too many of us know what it’s like to do a quick β€˜risk assessment’ before holding a partner’s hand. And too many of us have feel that worry lately that we are on the verge of falling backwards.

05.07.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Pride, London! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

People come to and love London because they feel it’s a place they can truly be themselves. I love that about this city. One day we will have a world where every single person can live and love freely, no matter who or where they are.

05.07.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting started After talking about it for quite literally years, I started doing something different at the beginning of 2025.

I wrote something about finally getting started with my freelance work. Better late than never to Substack, right?

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17.06.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.05.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour’s latest on migration is yet another disappointment from this government.

Migration isn’t just a good thing because it helps plug gaps in the receiving country, but because human beings deserve to live with autonomy.

Where you happen to be born should not define your life chances.

13.05.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck to @libdems.org.uk colleagues campaigning and up for election across the country today! πŸ”Ά

01.05.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LGBTQ+ Meetup β€” The London Art Bar Looking to meet more LGBTQ+ people? Join us at The London Art Bar for our monthly meetup hosted by LAB co-founder Gareth. Our meet-ups are all about meeting new people, making friends, and having a g...

Our next LGBTQ+ meetup at London Art Bar (Holborn) is tonight.

I’ve always found them to be really good fun, and the people I’ve met have been lovely 😊

www.londonartbar.com/calendar/lgb...

25.04.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0