"I Don't Want To Be Gay, I Want To Be Normal" - with Stephen Griffiths from Are the Gays OK? Podcast

Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties

So, if you are a long time listener of this show you will probably know that I am on a bit of a quest to stamp out the use of the word 'normal', because it find it is just a really unhelpful descriptor, and it's so subjective - like, what's normal for me may not be normal for you.

Anyway, I say all of this because I need to formally apologise to this week's guest for telling him off whenever he used that word in our conversation.

My guest is Stephen Griffiths, co-host of the Are the Gays Ok? podcast, and he came on to talk about moving to Bangkok in his early 20s as a way of escaping his life... and it was here, at Telephone Bar and other clubs in the gay district, that he got the opportunity to try on being gay... and recognise that it, too, is normal.

Do you have any memories of Telephone Bar, or clubbing from your own scene that you want to share? Well, if you have please get in touch - I want to create the biggest online record of people's memories and stories - go to www.lostspacespodcast.com and find the section 'Share a Lost Space' and tell me what you got up to! Bonus points for embarrassing photos!

You can also find me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lostspacespod), Instagram (www.instagram.com/lostspacespod) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/lostspacespod)

Find out more about Stephen by listening to his podcast Are The Gays Ok?, a show all about queer mental health. You can also find out more about him by visiting his website https://www.swgcounselling.co.uk/, where you can find out about his counselling services.