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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 interchangeably with non-binary or queer identities. Quispe Lopez at the website writes the following crucial definition: "Prior to colonization, gender-variant people were often revered in their communities, commonly responsible for maintaining sacred traditions — but centuries of European imperialis

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

Daniel Radcliffe on JK "Tantrum"

Posted on 16 Jun 2024 in Opinion

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 tantrum" by fixated internet ranter Joanne Rowling. Radcliffe was interviewed by The Atlantic earlier

Disability Activists Slam Express Partnership

Posted on 9 Jun 2024 in Opinion

The Disability News Service reports that disability campaigners, including LGBTQIA disabled activists, have reacted with horror at the news that the charity Scope has partnered with the transphobic and anti-asylum seeker right wing rag the Daily Express

Hypocrisy of "Free Speech Warrior" Musk

Posted on 2 May 2024 in Opinion

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 is a hypocrite, defending the right wing's dubious ability to attack other people whilst having an ex

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

Mar

British Public's Mixed Opinions on Sex Work

Pink News reports on a new survey of public attitudes towards sex work conducted by the respected opinion following website YouGov. The results are positive for sexual freedom act

Mar

Tories are the "Real Extremists" - Mirror

Darren Lewis, writing in the centre left paper The Daily Mirror, says that 'The extremists we should really fear taking over the country are in the Conservative Party'. In an essa

Mar

Movie Prompts Discussion on Limits of Freedom

The film Wicked Little Letters, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, deals with the strange case of the Littlehampton Letters of 1920, when the quaint seasid