Look out, look out, homophobia's about

Okay, I'm lucky enough that I'm not on the receiving end of a lot of overt prejudice over my sexuality. So honestly? My first reaction after reading that the UK's Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling, had been caught on tape suggesting that B&B owners should be allowed to turn away gay couples was to look at the date on the paper. And no, scarily enough it turns out it wasn't April 1st.*

It frightens me, especially when I look around the world. At America, for instance, with whom we may or...