I am so glad that I’m not a member of the local rainbow community. Because if I was, I would be despairing at the weasel words the Christchurch mayor and the city council are trotting out about ...

Long-tailed weasel photographed in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Stan Tekiela I am fascinated by uncommon or unusual critters – animals that stand out with a specific feature or unique ...

"I'm traumatised," Olek says. "Why am I a target? I don't make that much money, I make around $40,000 (£32,000) a year, I can't even afford to live in the local community, it's like, why me?

Bisexuality is a funny thing. While my crushes on female celebrities feel, to me, fairly predictable—Rachel Griffiths as Brenda Chenoweth on Six Feet Under, Rosemarie DeWitt as Midge on Mad Men ...