John was the founding teacher of the London Gay Gordons in October 2005 and led the group for about 10 years.

John is passionate about gender free dancing and does not want any of his dances described in a way which assigns gender to dancing roles.
When teaching the Gay Gordons he used the terms "Leader" and "Follower" borrowed from the same sex ballroom and latin dancing community. In a longwise set, Leaders have their left shoulder to the top and Followers have their right shoulder to the top.