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“What message does that send to the baby’s siblings, who were lucky enough to arrive at the right time, or without any obvious health problems. In another article, she added: “Is it really for the best that a child has had their life ended in what should have been a place of comfort, nurture and safety? Is it really a compassionate, loving and responsible choice to end your baby’s life because of a disability? Forgive me for pointing out the blinking obvious, but there’s absolutely nothing charitable about terminating the lives of unborn children.” In one article criticising the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) for The Conservative Woman, she wrote: “BPAS describes itself as the ‘leading charitable provider of abortion services’. It has openly supported Russia’s “gay propaganda” law and CitizenGo Africa has campaigned against decriminalising homosexuality in Kenya.įarrow herself is vehemently anti-abortion. Through these meetings and friendships, Calum not only finds the encouragement to embrace life after heartbreak, but also discovers a beautiful, loving global community who support and uplift him through the best and worst moments of his time on the road.Ī travel memoir with a difference, Eat, Gay, Love is a celebration of the power of community and a personal tribute to the extraordinary lives of LGBT+ people everywhere in the world.Farrow is the UK and Ireland director of CitizenGo, a far-right, Catholic activist site which has platformed and run petitions against abortion rights, trans rights, surrogacy, same-sex marriage and even LGBT+ lego sets. Their individual stories, not only of hardship and sorrow but also of profound strength and hope, show the breadth and depth of queer life and experience, shedding light on themes such as homophobia, sexual violence, marriage equality and gender identity. Along the way, he meets LGBT+ people from all walks of life and every part of the rainbow - from an Italian teenager struggling with a homophobic father to a kathoey navigating life as a trans person in Thailand, to a young HIV-positive man living on the streets of London. Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a journey that takes him all around the world, from teaching in a school on the outskirts of Rome to exploring the sex clubs of Berlin, to raising tigers in an animal sanctuary deep in the jungles of Thailand. In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end.

'Sweet and fun, with real emotional depth and a rousing, feisty spirit' 'You've never read a travel memoir like this before'

**LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE** The heartfelt, honest and charming true story of a gay man's journey around the world to find love, pride, acceptance and community.