Identity instability: the queer struggle
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” -Oscar Wilde The discovery or, more accurately, the assembly of a person’s identity is one of the most crucial processes of their life. Beginning,...
Category: LGBTQ+
Steven Universe: the shining star of queer cartoons
Considering the technologically dominated age in which we live, it’s a given that kids will grow up with some form of digital media associated with their childhood. Most often, some television...
Why it’s important to accurately represent queer people in media
Human beings, as with all creatures, learn by observation and imitation when they are young. For normal life skills such as walking, talking, even eating or using the bathroom, this is a perfect...
The problem with actors
Eddie Redmayne recently said that he, a cis man, playing the part of trans woman Lili Elbe in the biopic of her life The Danish Girl, was ‘a mistake’. Well, of course. The casting garnered a lot...
The impact of homophobia on young students
Ever since there has been humanity, there have been homosexuals. And ever since there have been homosexuals, there has been homophobia. Of course, we as a society have come a long way as far as...
Podcast Showcase: Gay Narratives
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Gay Narratives. Sum up your podcast in three...
Review: Pier Kids
Pier Kids, the latest doc from Elegance Bratton (executive producer and creator of Viceland’s My House) captures both the struggles and the joys of three queer and trans youth who make their home...
Love should be love: episodes of homophobic violence shock the world
Samuel Luiz was brutally murdered on the night of July 3 after leaving a pub in A Coruña, Spain. The 24-year-old, a nursing assistant, was making a video call with a friend when one of the attackers...
Whose Pride? (or the tyranny of heteronormativity)
Corporate-sponsored lip service. Calls for the kink community to go back in the closet for the sake of a family-friendly Pride. And now the so-called “liberal” media (i.e., The Washington Post...
American exceptionalism is killing America
As the Covid-19 vaccine rollout gets underway here in the hard-hit US, chaos continues to reign. Down in go-it-alone Texas - yes, that state with its own standalone, cheap energy-providing electrical...