Louis Staples

Unlike some of her fellow Democrats, Abrams has proven she's a realist

From The OC's Seth Cohen to (500 Days of Summer)'s Tom Hansen, time hasn't exactly been kind to these once-adored characters.

To Scotland’s first minister, Johnson must seem like the biggest political gift of her career

Nudge attacks, Smarterchild, ASL? – 20 years on from the birth of the instant messaging service, we explore how it shaped the way we interact

Growing up in the closet can be an isolating experience. So, in the early days of social media, it’s little surprise that some gay men resorted to unorthodox methods to explore their attraction to other boys

The comedian who roasted the president at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last year tells Louis Staples why comedians are ‘not good people’, and why they should keep comedy and politics separate

A Welsh school's appeal for donated dresses has highlighted the issue of prom’s affordability at a time when UK child poverty rates reach record highs.

This depressing data is proof that when you put the existence and humanity of people up for debate, whether that be gay men like me, or trans people, hatred and violence follows

The truth behind Twitter’s favorite gay stereotype.

The stand that was taken in Greenwich Village half a century ago remains powerful for so many people. Louis Staples hears their testimony – one for each year that has passed

An explainer on "Heterosexual Male Fashion", with a bonus sociology professor perspective.

The US president knows how to identify grievances among white Americans and then sell them a product – himself – to alleviate all their problems

In the end, the winner will be chosen by a Conservative Party membership that is 71 per cent male, 97 per cent white and 44 per cent over the age of 65

For LGBT+ people like me, the biggest peacetime shooting in US history was both sign of the times and a frightening warning of what was still to come

“My boyfriend went out of the country for two weeks. My first thought was, ‘Finally, I can eat mushy peas!’”