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Fairytale of New York, 2020 and still as problematic as ever
It’s December 2020, and whilst there is some good news in the air surrounding three potential COVID vaccines, and yet, the age-old argument about the Fairytale of New York has reared its ugly head, because for six weeks of the year it’s apparently socially acceptable to be shouting across a bar, or nightclub: “You scumbag, […]
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COMMENT | “Straight men are an enigma for gay men. We want what we can’t have, and we go through periods of having feelings for people we shouldn’t”
The Straight Enigma
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COMMENT | Being homosexual is not a commodity you can buy online
I saw a homophobic comment on Twitter today that really made me angry and I just couldn’t keep my mouth shut. I had to retaliate. “I don’t mind you lot being gay as long as you don’t promote it to my children.” Oh yes, because it’s advertised on big billboards and television adverts. “BE GAY. […]
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These are the five most annoying things you can say to someone who is deaf
We asked DEAF IDENTITY entrepreneur Luke Christian what the most annoying thing you can say to a person who is deaf. Read his interview with us, in which he tells us why it’s not okay to fetishise people are deaf. So here are his most annoying AF thing to say to someone who hard of […]
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ASIFA LAHORE | Brown Drag Artists Exist, so start including us
SOAPBOX / South Asian Drag has been kept behind the veil for far too long. Brown Drag Exists and it is time for it to be made visible in all spaces, virtual and physical. On the 11th April Buzzfeed released a list compiled by The Drag Bible, an influential platform highlighting drag performers and drag […]
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OPINION | Why aren’t lesbians the default when it comes to ‘ground breaking’ decisions like Dancing On Ice’s same-sex couple reveal
Dr Gemma Commane, lecturer in Media and Communication at Birmingham City University, says it’s important to question what this Dancing On Ice on a same-sex couple introduction change really means and the conversations it will create. OPINION | Lesbians are often overlooked or are subject to ‘tragic’ storylines and they are given less space to […]
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Here’s what you should do if you ever find yourself in the centre of a Twitter storm
It can happen over the most seemingly innocuous thoughts and actions and can be incredibly distressing and sickening if you happen to be at the centre of people’s fury on social media. Twittersphere can be one mean place if you, in the eyes of some of its users, get things wrong. Being at the centre […]
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COMMENT | Parents, protests and the LGBT Programme, Inside Parkfield Primary School
It almost seems defunct now the No Outsiders programme has been pulled from the school but here’s how my informal meeting went with Andy Moffat, Deputy Headteacher at the centre of the storm in which parents protested about having their children being taught “gay lessons”.
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10 things every single gay man just doesn’t want to hear
Just don’t…
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Should Rita Ora Have Apologised for Girls?
Columnist Jack Strange asks, after the Twitter storm about the bisexual anthem, Girls – should Rita Ora really have apologised?
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COMMENT | The problem with snowflakes they “reach for Twitter and moan incessantly about the outrage they feel”
Quick my little snowflakes, reach for your twitter and moan incessantly about the outrage you feel. Or should that be “you think you feel” because as I seem to witness on a daily occurrence, there is a lot of young people moaning with outrage and I’m not sure why? Wikipedia has the definition sorted for […]