Excellent review of “The Whale Tattoo”, which I recently read. Agree with everything in this write-up.

The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom review – a powerful new voice of gay working-class life

The Whale Tattoo is a book about trauma, but it’s also about healing, trust and a young man working his way through the gloom like a boat in sea mist. This eloquent, heartfelt debut pulls the reader right beside him, and announces Ransom as a writer of real talent

I was this many days old when I realised that this was the origin of the saying “a day without Lesbians is like a day without sunshine”.

Anita Bryant, singer and anti-gay rights crusader, dies aged 84

“Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.”