Occasionally, there are awkward moments in activism, and one of those is finding out that you appear to be on the same side as campaigners who should hate you. The homophobes or the anti-abortionists...
Sexuality, according to the dictionary, is defined as “a person’s sexual orientation or preference”. Seven years ago, pop ballad and slow R&B artist Frank Ocean opened up about his...
First, a confession: I am not totally sure how to start this review. On its surface, the job of a book reviewer is simple: describe the book, perhaps situate it in some sort of context (genre,...
PJ Raval’s Call Her Ganda is a film I’ve been raving about since catching it at Hot Docs last spring. It’s the story of Jennifer Laude – Filipina, trans and a sometime sex worker – whose...
New research from the Children’s Society has found that one quarter of British 14-year-old girls have self-harmed. When looking at children who have experienced any degree of same-sex attraction...
Transphobes have caused a school district in the States to be temporarily closed down after they threatened a 12-year-old girl with violence and abuse. Students in the area of Achille in Oklahoma...
Is it bad that I’m still shocked that Pose on FX is doing as well as it is considering Ryan Murphy’s terrible history of marginalizing trans people himself? Well, here’s a show that focuses...
When Sheffield Pride announced a few months ago that its parade was going to be a celebration and not a protest, there was widespread outrage. They had completely misunderstood the history of Pride...
This week, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that opposite-sex couples should have the right to have a civil partnership as well as marriage. This has been a controversial ruling that has been resisted...
As yet another month of LGBTQ+ Pride history and celebration rolls around to a close, let’s talk about gatekeeping. No, not from the cis het folks. But from within the queer community. Gatekeeping...