Activism and Advocacy
New Book Showcases the AIDS "Day without Art" Initiative
Visual AIDS Collective reports that a forthcoming book will look at the "Day without Art" Initiative, which since 1989...
The giant technological companies, whom some in the left wing press have described as the fascists of the twenty first century, often claim that all they do is reflect free speech. However, the lie was given to this claim after a court case in Turkey. AllOut, an international LGBTQIA+ campaigns website reports: "On 12 September, a Turkish court ordered Meta and X to block the accounts of Kaos GL, SPoD and dozens of other Turkish LGBT+ organisations, journalists and human rights defenders. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk's companies complied within days. There was no pushback.
More than 110 people are now facing legal action in the crackdown around this censorship, and according to advocacy groups in Türkiye, the accounts are still blocked."
A petition has been started to demand that the banned organisations are given back their internet presences. https://action.allout.org/en/a/turkiye-meta-x/
LGBTQIA Election watchers and politicians have broadly welcomed the result of the Holborn and St Pancras By Election, which was triggered by the standing down of former Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer. Parties traditionally supportive of LGBTQI...
Visual AIDS Collective reports that a forthcoming book will look at the "Day without Art" Initiative, which since 1989...
One of the first out gay singers of the groundbreaking 1980's, Andy Bell of Erasure has been talking to both Channel...
