Loud and queer: Gareth Thomas, Rosie Jones and more on the culture that helped them find their true selves
From a rugby great to a former MP, LGBTQ stars spill the beans on the shows, songs and films that made them understand their identity
April 2023
Self and wellbeing
Gareth Thomas: ‘I will be a voice for people with HIV. I won’t be derailed’
He was one of Wales’s greatest rugby stars – and the game’s first professional player to come out as gay. But it’s the truth about HIV that Gareth Thomas is set on tackling now
February 2023
Ian Baum had good reason to bring his HIV case against Gareth Thomas
The Gareth Thomas case proves it: no one wins when an HIV transmission fight goes to court
James Greig
January 2023
Gareth Thomas settles case with ex over HIV transmission accusation
Former Wales rugby captain agrees to pay £75,000 plus costs to Ian Baum but says he has not admitted any liability
February 2022
Prince Harry: get tested for HIV to protect others in same way as for Covid
Duke of Sussex says in video with Gareth Thomas that he hopes to continue Diana’s work to eradicate stigma
December 2021
Flashback
Flashback – Gareth Thomas and his parents: ‘As a family, we don’t live in the past’
The Welsh rugby legend and his parents recreate a family snap and talk about getting through tough times
February 2021
Gareth Thomas: 'In most forms of work you could come out. But not in football'
The former Wales and Lions rugby captain talks about living with HIV, facing a rising tide of prejudice and homophobia in sport
October 2020
Runners and writers: who got what in the birthday honours list
Names from across the arts, sport, politics and science are among those recognised
June 2020
The G2 interview
Gareth Thomas on coming out as HIV positive: 'It was my right to tell my family – not somebody else's'
The Welsh rugby star talks about why he revealed his status, his mission to help others deal with prejudice – and how Mickey Rourke nearly played him in a biopic of his life
January 2020
‘I will never watch him’: Gareth Thomas hits out at Catalans signing Israel Folau
The former Wales international Gareth Thomas is ‘really upset’ by Catalans Dragons’ decision to sign the controversial Israel Folau
September 2019
'I've got HIV and it's OK': Gareth Thomas aims to tackle stigma – video
In an emotional message shown by BBC Wales, the former Welsh rugby international said he was speaking out because 'I want to remember what it's like to feel free'
Gareth Thomas revealing HIV status will 'tackle stigma'
Terrence Higgins Trust say rugby legend’s decision will have ‘massive impact’
Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas reveals HIV diagnosis
Ex-British Lions captain believed to be first UK sportsman to go public about living with virus
November 2018
Teenager apologises to Gareth Thomas over homophobic attack in Cardiff
Gareth Thomas: 'A lot of people want to hurt us, but more want to help us heal' – video
July 2018
Brief letters
Keir Starmer is now Labour’s Gareth Southgate
Saturday interview
Rugby star Gareth Thomas: ‘I want a black-and-white law so people can deal with homophobia’
June 2018
MP aims to ban homophobic chants at football matches
Tory Damian Collins and ex-rugby player Gareth Thomas to launch draft proposal
January 2017
‘Just don’t call me a celebrity’: Bradley Wiggins takes leap with The Jump
The retired cyclist Bradley Wiggins has signed up for Channel 4’s winter sports-based reality TV show on a lineup that also includes Robbie Fowler, Louis Smith, Jade Jones and Kadeena Cox
