Sunday 22 August 2010

Breaking the taboo over the mental health crisis among Britain's gay men

Matthew Todd is feeling uncharacteristically nervous. "It's a big taboo, we're expecting it to cause quite a stir," admits the editor of Britain's award-winning gay lifestyle magazine, Attitude. Above the obligatory cover shot of a shirtless Adonis-type torso, this month's mag is labelled "the issues issue". Todd has good reason to be wary of how it will be received. The theme is the worryingly high rates of mental health and dependency problems among gay men.

Mental health crisis? What mental health crisis?

Read the full Observer article here.