“Before villainising such behaviour, we must ask ourselves: are we without sin?” writes Gary Grimes. “Have we never indulged in a little armchair analysis of a loved one, mostly motivated by interest ...

‘It’s not sex,’ Andy Lee declares of what he does to earn a living. He’s showing me a pair of worker boots that he sometimes demands a submissive scene partner to sniff, assuring me they’re not just…

On Mayhem, Gaga wears her influences on her sleeve, evoking the sounds 80s pop and rock for a return to the sound of her earliest work.

Big Brother house, this is Davina!

Ilona Staller, known as La Cicciolina, is re-releasing Memorie, a book of photos and anecdotes from her extraordinary life.

From Billie to Fletcher, Clairo to Chappell, it truly was a queer woman's world this year - and weren't we just lucky to be living in it?