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Historical Afternoon On PBS Deals in Change

Posted on 4 Jul 2021 in Other

The years between 1903 and 1923 saw major change, socially and politically, and revolution was in the air. The old order of society in Britain was crumbling and there was the distinct possibility of major political upheaval, as women exerted their political power, trade unions went on strike, and radicalism of various types flourished. Of course, in Russia, there was a revolution, although it later went horribly wrong and became one of the most oppressive states the world has known.

Litha - Summer Festival as Solstice Arrives

Posted on 24 Jun 2021 in Other

This last Monday saw the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It is known by many pagans as the festival of Litha, or high summer. The Glastonbury based pagan and New Age shop Goddess and the Green Man poetically notes the high point of the year and the

Progress for Progress Flag

Posted on 15 Jun 2021 in Other

Pink News reports that the “Progress Pride Flag”, one of the recent iterations of the longstanding LGBTQ symbol, designed in the seventies, has been updated with the purple circle on yellow emblem of the Intersex community.

Scandal of Moralist Forced Adoption Exposed

Posted on 31 May 2021 in Other

The BBC News Channel and BBC-1's News at Ten reported on the scandal of forced adoption of children born to women living out of wedlock during the fifties, sixties and in to the seventies, when the changing morality of the sexual revolution brought the heinous pr

De Jagger is First Eurovision Trans Presenter

Posted on 27 May 2021 in Other

Dutch icon Nikki de Jagger, a You Tube star with around fourteen million followers on the internet, became the first trans person to present at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, when there were an unusual four hosts representing differing backgrounds

May

Corrie Plotline Charts "Normal" Violence

It's been fourteen years since the murder of Sophie Lancaster.

May

Could Famous Corpse Have Been Ancient Gay Man

For centuries, strange bodies have been dug out of boglands that can be found across the ancient lands of Celtic Europe, from Denmark to Ireland.

Apr

Princess Diana Would Have Been 60 This Year!

“Remembering the Queen of Hearts”, is the headline on gossip magazine Hello this week, as the magazine marks the year that will see the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of Diana,

Mar

Amazon Celebrates International Women's Month

Amazon is sometimes portrayed as the sheer epitome of an evil multinational corporation, and certainly many lGBTQ people within trade unions will be aware of criticisms of its styl

Mar

Women's Day Gets Good Reception Across Media

International Women’s Day was celebrated on Monday, March 8th. Many community media projects marked the day with programming by women for the whole community, including BCFM, Ujim