A new wave of arrests targeting the LGBTQ community in Azerbaijan has brought renewed attention to the country’s poor human rights record. On April 1, as many as 15 gay and transgender people were...
So, overall I loved Killing Eve’s first season but I had to admit I was left a little meh and underwhelmed by its embracing the “psycho lesbian” trope without any real commentary. Which sucks,...
When there’s something that children find confusing, the role of a teacher is to explain it in a way that they can comprehend. Maths, for instance, is ever-so confusing and every teacher from when...
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...
