Paris Lees
THE WORLD IS STILL A LIMITED PLACE FOR LGBT PEOPLE TO EXPLORE
NOTHING TASTES as good as ripe mango eaten on a sunny beach in Jamaica. Or so I am told. I’ve never been and don’t plan to go anytime soon. Ditto Russia. I’d love to be whisked across its cold beauty on the Trans-Siberian Express, curled up with coffee and Tolstoy, but I’ve never booked a ticket. There are safer places to go. I’m extremely lucky to enjoy ‘passing privilege’ these days. I can get on a train to Nottingham and not expect to be called a ‘fucking tranny’ or have people stare and snigger at me – but is it really worth the risk in Russia? I’m not sure. It only takes one arsehole ‘clocking’ you to become a target in a hostile land.