6 big LGBQT rights gains in 2016
As news breaks that actor Debbie Reynolds has died, just a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, it is a bleak reminder that finding positive spins on 2016 is always going to be a bit of a challenge....
Category: LGBTQ+
Post-election minority fears deserve to be taken seriously
I am 17, I am gay, and I am scared. I am scared of what a Trump presidency might mean for me, members of the LGBT community, and the society in which I live. But most of all, I’m scared that nobody...
12 ways to support LGBQT family and friends in a Trump era
Dark days are ahead for members of minority groups in the US and across the world. President-elect Trump and his team have demonstrated views and actions that are racist, misogynist, disablist,...
InterVarsity just sold LGBQT Christians out
To those of us who’ve been paying attention, it’s seemed obvious for a while that conservative Christians are at the forefront of a growing backlash against greater inclusion for LGBTQIA people,...
6 astonishingly simple ways schools can improve life for LGBT+ kids
Life at school can be tough. Add being LGBTQ into the mix, and there is the recipe for trauma, bullying and exclusion. I didn't experience homophobic bullying at school because I was so far in the...
Toilets, basic rights, and kids in danger
Last year, Britain’s only NHS clinic dealing with gender identity conditions in under 18s reported a 100% increase in the number of children being referred to them for assessment and treatment....
What “The Worst Tweet” tells us about internet culture
The "Worst Tweet Ever” was a little underwhelming, if you think about it. The “Worst Tweet,” for all of the three people on the Internet who haven’t heard about it, is what a woman who Tweets...
Look for the Helpers: The Case for Optimism and Hope
"When I was a boy and would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." Fred Rogers Around 2 AM Sunday morning, a man...
7 things straight people aren’t understanding about Orlando
An American man bought two guns and, at the weekend, shot and killed 49 LGBT people, predominantly people of colour, and injured a further 53. The attack, at the LGBT Pulse nightclub in Orlando, has...
The Pulse shooting was the direct consequence of racism and homophobia
One of the worst mass shootings in United States history occurred last weekend at the Pulse, a queer nightclub in Orlando. The Pulse hosted a weekly Latinx party, featuring drag performers and DJs on...