Opinion News

Time to Take on Brazilian Anti Gay Prez?

Posted on 29 Jun 2020 in Opinion

Fighting the Bolsanaro government in Brazil is something that a considerable number of LGBTQ people will want to do. The current incumbent of the Brazilian Presidency is far to the right of most international figures, and has expressed support for the massacres and disappearances that characterised the South American dictatorships of the seventies and eighties, such as General Pinochet and General Galtieri, who installed brutal military authoritarianism.

Defend Corporate Branding in An Age of Hate

Posted on 9 Jul 2019 in Opinion

Eleanor Margolis writes in the “I” Newspaper about what she says are the sometimes weird products that are rainbow themed to mark Pride season.

Telegraph Clashes with Animal Rights Groups

Posted on 25 Jun 2019 in Opinion

Talk Radio station LBC reports that the “Daily Telegraph” newspaper has attacked the respected animal welfare charity the RSPCA as being “taken over” by the more militant wing of the animal rights movement, and that it is now focussed on banning angling and shooting sports.

New Book Explores the Idea of Gender in Brain

Posted on 17 Mar 2019 in Opinion

Gina Rippon, whose book, The Gendered Brain, is out now from Bodley Head Publishers, looks at several titles on gender and the brain for The Guardian newspaper.

Time for an "H" for Human Passport Category

Posted on 26 Feb 2019 in Opinion

Dec

The Woman Who Cared in the Face of AIDS

It is a truth for all minorities that we need to tell our stories and preserve our history, and no where is this more the case than in the case of the generation of largely gay, bisexual and polyam

Dec

Op Ed - Pogues Song Storm Obscures Real Issue

SO News Occasionally has Op Ed pieces we receive from listeners and bloggers. The opinions these pieces express are individual to the author and do not necessarily represent the views of ShoutOut'

Nov

Top Gay Mag Profiles Lives of Working LGBTs

The December issue of gay and bisexual lifestyle magazine Attitude is available now from all leading newsagents and gay bookstores.

Jul

B247: Carival and Pride are a Tonic for UK

Local DJ Ngaio Anyia write for B247 this month, on her experiences of Djing at events for St Paul's Carnival and Bristol LGBT Pride.

Jul

Our Thanks is Due to Local Chapel - Op Ed

A correspondent submitted this piece on the fact that fundamentalist religious groups are angry that there was a service of tolerance at the John Wesley Chapel ahead of Bristol Pride: