Waking up to being gay.

It's been a month of more "gay marriage" controversy, more Simon Cowell revelations and much discussion of Chris Birch, the Welshman who believes his gayness was triggered by a stroke after rolling down a hill. Yes, we live in extraordinary times.

As ever, we've updated the newsflow on gay marriage. An Archbishop, various Deans and an MP have weighed into the debate. Meanwhile, in the search for some sanity, we decided to review all the inputs to on-going gay relationships that we have made over the last two years. Most of you, as newcomers to Lustralboy, will have missed them. Just click any of these links if you have. They include, for starters, "Coming out? Or staying in? A teenager’s viewpoint"; "Gay Dating, the Beginners Manual"; "First the gay date. Now the gay relationship"; "The 10 magic tools of keeping a long distance relationship"; "The duty of a Chinese Gay son"; "Emo boy or Hunk? That is the question"; "Be proud. Be gay. Be your own hero"; "Surviving Internet Dating"; "After the Break-up" and "Top Tips on Keeping the Fun and Love in a Relationship."

As we reviewed these well-meant, insightful, sometimes controversial pieces, another quite profound, so far unexplored issue began to preoccupy us. We’ve cheerfully accepted our gayness and have resisted the temptation to linger on its causes. We’ve taken the view that their complexity makes it a fruitless discussion. Gay is the way we are. For those for whom this is still a problem, "Get over it," first coined by Stonewall in 2007, seemed by far the best response.

But, and you knew that was coming, the Chris Birch story has gone viral, the bigoted and the ignorant still refer to gayness as a disease and in too many corners of the globe, death and imprisonment still threaten those who try to live gay lives openly and honestly. So, this month’s cover story reviews the current thinking on what makes us gay. There’s a big clue to our conclusion in our homepage picture above. It celebrates just some of the diversity of the out gay community. You might conclude that such diversity is unlikely to have the same single cause.  Anyway, read and enjoy.

Elsewhere, Matthew Mitcham, Olympic champion diver, underlines our point about gay diversity while the politically aware of you can catch up with the battle for the gay vote in London's mayoral contest. Our mates at aussieBum shared news of their appearance at and in the movies and a fantasy video featuring hot model, Reid Prebenda, might entertain you for a while.

As usual, we've tracked down a Model of the Month, Jake Cooper, still only twenty but already making waves in this so frenetic, competitive business. Digging deeper into fashion, we interview an exciting new Australian designer, Tristan Rogue. This month, it's all about him. We'll move on to explore his edgy, sexy T-shirts and underwear in June.

On a viciously wet day in London, what lovelier distractions could there be?

Michael and Kinder

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