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Life Story of Intersex Person Shows Bravery

Posted on 18 Nov 2024 in Community

Gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell publishes on his personal website an essay by Yvonne Grey, detailing her experiences as an intersex person who has suffered erasure most of her life. It is a shocking and uncomfortable read, as few institutions are not implicated in the violent suppression of Yvonne's true identity as what she later learned, that she was what the medical profession called a "true hermaphrodite". The NHS comes off extremely badly, with malpractice, violence, cruelty and sadism all in the mix. Yvonne writes "At last, I got the tru

Edinburgh Radical Bookfare Gives Xmas Cheer

Posted on 16 Nov 2024 in Community

The Edinburgh Radical Bookfayre takes place over the long weekend of 21st to 24th November and there will be several symposia on LGBTQIA life and culture which will interest and inspire. The venue is the full accessible Roxy. The organisers say that "The theme for this year's f

UK Black Pride is Huge Success - QX Mag

Posted on 16 Nov 2024 in Community

QX Magazine, the guide to all things LGBTQIA+ in London, reports that UK BLack Pride marks its nineteenth anniversary on Sunday 11th August. Their correspondents note "This year’s theme for UK Black Pride will be Freedom & Justice to mark its 19th year as th

Hold the Press! Hats Raise Money for Bookshop

Posted on 11 Nov 2024 in Community

Chicago's intersectional feminist bookstore, Women and Children First, which stocks a comprehensive range of LGBTQIA+ literature as well, says that they have a new range of supporters hats in stock. The independent little bookstore reports "

Summer Sunshine Fun with Park Day

Posted on 31 Oct 2024 in Community

Gay London Life magazine reports that "As One in the Park", a celebration of all things LGBTQIA+ will be taking place on Sunday 21st July. You can join the thousands of people uniting for a day of pride, diversity, and festivities at London’s Walpole Par

Oct

Agony Aunt Dr Ruth Passes On

The Guardian newspaper reports that Ruth Westheimer, an ally of minorities and LGBTQIA+ people, a humanitarian and frank promoter of sexual health, has passed on at the age of nine

Oct

Websites Welcomes Non Binary Awareness Week

LGBTQIA online magazine Pride.com welcomes us to Non Binary Awareness Week. To celebrate, they say that The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute’s latest “Out for America” re

Oct

Pop Culture Icon Fox Comes Out to Applause

Jude Cramer writing at Queer culture blog Into reports that "Pop culture icon Julia Fox just casually came out as a lesbian in a new TikTok". Cramer goes on "Fox was seemingly ins

Oct

Gay Rodeo Unites Wild West LGBTQIA+ people

News is Out reports on the history and development of the National Gay Rodeo, held in Denver, Colarado over many decades. Indeed, the movement is almost fifty yea

Oct

Gay Actor Mike Passes on To Tributes

The Daily Mirror shares the heartbreaking news that gay actor from the Lioness franchise, Mike Heslin, has passed on at the age of just thirty. Scotty Dynamo revealed on Friday th