Celebrating LGBT History Month: A Look Back

February is LGBT History Month and I thought I would celebrate this important date by looking back at 6 pieces of my poetry around this theme. I hope you enjoy the trawl through the archives. Don't forget that you can take a look at the Shop and perhaps purchase Two Men, One Love, The Journey to Love, or Discovery - all LGBT-related.

Just click the links to read and / or watch the works!

1. Let's start in 2021 with a piece I wrote called Ted Brown's Kiss. This was written as part of a series of poems about individuals who have inspired me in some way, or influenced my thinking. I was delighted with how this simple piece turned out.

2. This second poem, Authentic, was written for LGBT History Month last year (2025) and to mark the birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois. This was a look at my journey to a place of acceptance, and to a place of loving myself.

3. Solidarity was written in 2022 to celebrate National Coming Out Day. It is one of my favourite poems I have written. Split into 7 sections and featuring the lyrics from 7 songs as a unique way into different parts of the coming out story.

4. Sappho remains one of the most read and examined poets, despite having mere fragments of her work. In 2021 I examined her work, how she is depicted and added my own thoughts and emotions to the story in Sappho: History's Lyre.

5. I have chosen a video performance for my next offering. Becoming: My Bisexual Battles is a deeply personal attempt to explain, challenge and confront the road I travelled to get to that point. I realised how closely my journey aligned with the Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle, and the Seven Stages of Psychological Development - I used both of these as my route into the poem. I also sing two songs to accompany this video: I’m Gonna Be Strong by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and I Will Survive by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.

6. Finally I have chosen a final short video performance (less than 2 minutes) called Side by Side that I was honoured to have included in the Poetry Archive in 2025. It was originally written for Pride month in the same year, and celebrates intimacy, healing, and the power of being cherished. Through vivid sensory imagery—touch, scent, breath, and closeness—it conveys the passion and tenderness of love. The refrain side by side anchors the piece, symbolising equality, acceptance, and unity, while contrasting past rejection with newfound affirmation, belonging, and emotional wholeness. Click here for more information on the Poetry Archive.

I wish you all a very Happy LGBT History Month.