So, it's the middle of June and it's the middle of Pride month. I thought it was about time for a little blog post. This comes off the...

So, it's Pride month 2022. There doesn't seem to be much to celebrate - homophobia is on the increase, transphobia is rife thanks to the...

The ILGA-Europe has published its review on the rating of 49 European countries and their laws, policies and situations for Lesbian, Gay,...

As you may well know, I talk about many things on here, not just professional things, but personal too. It's my belief that by being...

As many of you know, I like walking - Nordic walking. I find it gets me out of the flat and helps to relax my brain. I don't listen to...

If you're reading this, then you're more than likely to have been following developments in my freelance career on LinkedIn. As in...

I intended to write this earlier today after my walk. It ended up being an emotional walk for reasons I shall explain. At first, I didn't...

I feel energised. The responses I'm getting from my representative materials is wonderful. Honestly, the ELT community is fantastic. To...

Something came up today in my chat with Jane Ritter on Teachers Talk Radio and I could see from the comments that it's not just me that...

You might have seen yesterday that I released a new resource on my resources page here. I thought I would share some of the reasonings...

It is Women's History Month 2022, leading towards International Women's Day on 8th March. In ELT materials, although I think the industry...

OK, so I know I've spoken about this before; the famous (or perhaps infamous) Taboos and Issues, published in 2001. In a note on one...

This post was going to be called 'Missed opportunities'. Then I had second thoughts, because even if we miss opportunities, there are...

It has been remiss of me not to write about this book since its publication last year. Tyson Seburn, the contributors and the ELT Teacher...

For LGBT+ History month 2022, I thought I would look back on progress in the ELT industry. Ten years ago, Tyson Seburn wrote a post...

Some of you will have seen my earlier posts on Queerience and the book called Taboos and Issues and my problems with it. As I mentioned...

This is really just a follow on from yesterday's post about Taboos and Issues and in particular I took umbrage at Gays and Jobs. So, I...

I've recently been on a bit of a reminisce about things and found some old photos. It got me thinking about my experience as an ELT...

So, it's the end of the year. I was all prepared to write something deep and meaningful. I thought about a specific topic as I was on my...

I'm still here. And today I'm pleased because a new woolly hat has arrived, with a bobble on. It's kind of dark blue and mustard and I...