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LGBTQIA+ Celebrities Advocate for Gaza Peace

Posted on 2 Aug 2024 in Opinion

LGBTQIA+ magazine Out.com reports that "Now more than ever, high-profile figures in the LGBTQ+ community are using their platforms to show support for Palestine and react to the latest massacre in Rafah." Among the many LGBTQIA+ public celebrities who have been urging peace and reconciliation in the current Middle East war crisis, have been Eurovision Entrant and gay actor Olly Alexander as well as singer and international pop star Ricky Martin. Out.com quotes from Jewish Voice for Peace — described as the largest progressive Jewish anti-

Edinburgh Protests Homophobe Hopkins

Posted on 1 Aug 2024 in Opinion

The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker reports that homophobic and racist lunatic Katie Hopkins was protested against in Dùn Èideann / Edinburgh on 24th May. Protester Lorna told Socialist Worker that there was “vibrant and lively protest tonight where showed K

Election Rout - Rejection of National Service

Posted on 29 Jul 2024 in Opinion

LGBTQIA+ activist groups affiliated to the wider peace movement, have slammed plans outlined by the Conservative Party, to implement compulsory National Service if they win the forthcoming General Election. In the first major announcement of his election campaign, Rishi Sunak said a future Tory

Defining and Clarifying "2 Spirit" Identities

Posted on 7 Jul 2024 in Opinion

LGBTQIA cultural magazine Them reports that it is time to clarify the use of the term "Two Spirit" to describe native American people who are somewhere under the LGBTQIA rainbow banner. Importantly, they say that the term is highly culturally specific and should not be used inte

Can Nakedness Liberate People from Hang Ups?

Posted on 28 Jun 2024 in Opinion

Jamie Valentino writing at Gay Culture website So.Gay reports that sharing nakedness, with other people in either a sexual or a non sexual environment, can be a liberating experience. Valentino says "as I stepped beyond this scene to explore other diverse nude-o

Jun

Daniel Radcliffe on JK "Tantrum"

Pride.com reports that actor Daniel Radcliffe has made a dignified summary of his support for LGBTQIA+ people after what the website described as a latest "TERF ta

Jun

Disability Activists Slam Express Partnership

The Disability News Service reports that disability campaigners, including LGBTQIA disabled activists, have reacted with horror at the news that the charity Scope

May

Hypocrisy of "Free Speech Warrior" Musk

Arwa Mahadawi writing in the Guardian, says that the homophobia defender and self proclaimed "free speech absolutist", billionaire Elon Musk, is nothing of the sort. In fact, he i

Apr

Remembering Gay Hero George's Political Acts

In the current issue of the centre left to left wing magazine Tribune, the voice of the progressive faction within Labour, Shahla Omar praises the late great gay hero pop star

Apr

Devon Strikes Blow for Bodily Autonomy

David Oliver at USA Today, a top selling broadsheet in the States, meets with Devon Price, who wants to open up discussions around the politicised issue of transit