My name is Freddie.
I am Romani, Disabled, LGBTQ, and speak my mind. I don’t expect my words to always be popular. I don’t expect people to agree with everything I have to say. But I ask those that leave comments to create civil discourse. This is my corner of the internet. And I won’t tolerate hatred.
My Latest Posts
- Basingstoke Comic Con – The fallout continuesAnyone who was at Basingstoke Comic Con in May 2024 will probably be able to share a nightmare story with you. I mean it hit the news. I was asked by the Basingstoke Gazette for comment. The response from the convention organiser to criticism was a joke. But things aren’t left behind in May, notContinue reading “Basingstoke Comic Con – The fallout continues”
- Disabled, vulnerable, treated like a third class citizen
I don’t want to be unemployed or unemployable, but the fact is, I am. My health means I could have a good hour, or a good day, and that can be followed up by a week or a month where I can’t get out of bed. - Chronically exhaustedIt’s 5am on a Tuesday morning and I decide to give up trying to sleep and drag myself out of bed into the kitchen and put the coffee machine on. Give it a few hours and I’ll invariably crash out from the exhaustion I’m feeling that the painsomnia has created. But until then I mayContinue reading “Chronically exhausted”
- Freddie’s Annual Roundup
How has it reached this point of the year already? How has it reached the day before my birthday yet again? This past year has gone so quickly. It’s been so full of different things that it’s just flown by. As I look out the french windows onto my garden this morning onto the rainContinue reading “Freddie’s Annual Roundup” - Why I don’t look forward to my birthdayI try to make the best of my birthdays, but the truth is I’ve given up on looking forward to them. In fact about a month before my July birthday, the birthday blues set in in a big way. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember. I turn 41 next month,Continue reading “Why I don’t look forward to my birthday”
- Invisible Homelessness in 21st Century U.K.According to Shelter there are almost a quarter of a million people in the U.K. living in temporary accommodation. Most of whom are families. They account for the largest proportion of the UK’s homeless and yet are often not the ones who come to mind when you think of someone who is homeless. I wasContinue reading “Invisible Homelessness in 21st Century U.K.”
- Pretty Baby – All Grown UpIf you’re 40 or over you grew up knowing who Brooke Shields is. Personally, when I first started to understand what the word ‘celebrity’ meant, it was Brooke that would come to mind. She was everywhere. Even here in the UK. Brooke was in adverts, she was in films. She was all over television andContinue reading “Pretty Baby – All Grown Up”
- My friend NickiSo like the rest of the world, yesterday I sat and read a post on the Frank Report from my dear friend Nicki Clyne. To most of the world it’s come as a shock. For me, I’ve sat here waiting for it. That’s not to say it’s an I told you so, but more anContinue reading “My friend Nicki”
- Claudia Christian and the C Three Foundation…
If you’ve followed me on different platforms for a while you know the answers to the title of this post. But I won’t apologise for sharing this again. Especially after reading the most recent newsletter from Jenny and Claudia regarding the C Three Foundation. - This used to be a day of hell – my sperm donor’s birthdayJust over 17 and a half years ago you kicked me out for being gay. You spread rumours amongst friends and family that we both know not to be true. What you neglected to tell people was that you had abused me for the 23 and a bit years I had been on this earth.Continue reading “This used to be a day of hell – my sperm donor’s birthday”
Freddie Just Freddie - Words 