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Caring Starbucks Staff Came to Woman's Aid

Posted on 8 Sep 2023 in Other

The centre left daily paper the Mirror says that caring Starbucks employees, who are LGBTQ+ friendly, passed a subtle note to a young woman last year, who was being approached by an older man. One of the baristas whipped out a cup and filled it with hot chocolate. They walked up to the girl and handed it to her, calling it "an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up." But the barista was offering more than just an extra drink — the cup contained a handwritten note that read: "Are you okay? Do you want us to intervene?

Autumn Reads - Recommended by LGBTQIA Shops

Posted on 24 Aug 2023 in Other

With thanks to Queer Lit in Manchester, Paned O Ge in Cardiff and Gay's The Word Bookstore in London - AND REMEMBER to support LGBTQIA and independent bookstores where you can.

Number TEN

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
£9.99

Opting Out of UK Emergency Alert on Sunday

Posted on 22 Apr 2023 in Other

The BBC News Channel reports that some charities, including those working with people who experience domestic violence, say that some people could in theory be put at risk by the UK government's test of the Emergency Communications System on

Queer Women in Antiquity - Queer Spirit Site

Posted on 21 Feb 2023 in Other

The Queer Spirit website is geared towards this August’s celebration of new age, neo-pagan and esoteric LGBTQIA+ spirituality, but there is much more to enjoy on it, including several essays and blog posts to explore.

Right Wing Paper's Hypocrisy on Joke Placard

Posted on 5 Feb 2023 in Other

The profoundly anti-transgender newspaper The Daily Telegraph got its proverbial pants in a pickle at the beginning of the week, when it reported that at a rally in support of the Scottish government and gender recognition reform in the country had included someone carrying a placard reading “Dec

Nov

"Best Ever Batman" ever Passes On

Tributes from such stars as George Takei, Mark Hamill and Lynda Carter have been paid to Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, who has passed on to the realm of our gay ancestors at the age of sixty six

Nov

Co-operation and not Competition Helps Sperm

There’s new scientific evidence that will frustrate those heterosexual supremacists that champion notions of “survival of the fittest” and think that humanity is the product of a fierce competition

Oct

Exposing Anti-Trans Groups Tactics over ERCC

Open Democracy website reports on the activities of extremist groups in Scotland to try and discredit and disrupt the work of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, which has always worked with trans women

Oct

Pink News Marks Black History Month Heroes

Oct

Wishes Flood in for Dustin as He Recovers

Wellwishers have been sending their regards to Dustin Lance Black, the husband of Olympic hero Tom Daley after Dustin revealed that he had recently sustained a head injury and was starting a long r