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Warning and Opportunities on Genetic Tech

Posted on 11 Jan 2025 in Opinion

Doctor Neal Baer is the editor of a new book about about the incredible promise and potential pitfalls of CRISPR gene-editing technology. Doctor Baer talks to the science web portal "Live Science" and discusses some of the arguments debated in this book comprising researches, bioethicists and philosophers. For example, Doctor Baer questions whether society has the right to decide if people with Downs' Syndrome should exist. He also explains "I did want to expand the viewpoints to positions that hadn't been written about, hear from people we hadn't heard from.

What Fuels one woman's Fixated Transphobia?

Posted on 4 Jan 2025 in Opinion

Henry Giardiana writing at LGBTQIA+ portal Them.com reports that, after two weeks of silence, the transgender fixated Joanne Rowling is "at it again", and appears to be goading Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who has already proven that she was born a woman. This i

Tide Turns Against Anti-LGBTQIA School Reps

Posted on 19 Dec 2024 in Opinion

LGBTQIA+ blogger Erin Reed, whose blog we recommend you subscribe to for latest incisive news and comment, reports some victories to celebrate in Florida. On Tuesday, several anti-queer and anti-transgender candidates backed by Governor Ron DeSantis lost their school board races

Dangers of School Book Silencing

Posted on 16 Dec 2024 in Opinion

Ellie Creamer for the Guardian newspaper reports that more than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books – many of which are LGBTQ+ titles – from school library shelves, according to new survey data. The Index on Censorship survey found that 28 of 53

LGBTQIA+ People Welcome Freethinking

Posted on 7 Dec 2024 in Opinion

Way back in the 1950's it was remarked on how gay and trans people were natural freethinkers, that every idea, every subject, could be up for civilised debate in their bars and cafes and people would make their views known. Unpopular and minority viewpoints were always welcome and people would b

Dec

A View from the North and Fighting Fascism

Declan Muholland, a Labour Party councillor in Burnopfield and Dipton, warns anti-fascists that racism is thriving in the dark and damp of deindustrialised and neglected northern t

Nov

Musk Told to Butt Out of Britain Commentary

Billionaire right wing extremist Elon Musk, who is considered by many mental health and neurological experts to be a sociopath if not a psychopath, has been sharply rebuked by the

Nov

Remembrance Day on ShoutOut Partner Station

One of the partner community stations which works with "ShoutOut" - South Bristol's BASE Radio, is at Dundry Church south of Bristol on Sunday 10th November, to

Oct

Groovy Intergenerational Relationships

The Pack Underwear maintains a blog of articles of interest to gay, bi, pan and gay trans men. This week, they offer for summer sizzling adventures, the advantages of dating an ol

Oct

Population is a Problem as UN Marks Day

Population Matters, which campaigns on issues of sustainability on a finite planet and the link with the number of humans, addresses its supporters for World Population Day