Can pressure to conform to a certain masculine ideal be one of the factors leading to a high suicide rate among men? How harmful is hegemonic masculinity?
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At its core, LGBT rights are simply about affording all other human beings the right to live with dignity and without pain, as any of us would like to.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May dropped a huge bomb a few weeks ago, calling for general elections. Therefore, the next UK election will be held on Thursday 8th June 2017, despite the fact that it wasn’t originally scheduled to take place until 2020. If you’re an ideological liberal like me, then you may find it […]
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The West is apparently sexually liberated. I say apparently because I would argue that on closer examination we have the most bizarre, dangerous hang ups I can think of. The secrecy and shame surrounding sex and sexuality is still alive and well. If not, how would one explain the fact that the following statements are […]
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It’s easy to point out the failings of others; it’s harder to do so for the failings in ourselves. There was a recent poll which showed that almost a majority of people in the UK see the British Empire favourably, reminding us that coming to terms with the atrocities of the past is incredibly difficult. […]
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LGBT activist groups and human rights watch organisations are uncovering the systematic targeting of homosexual men in Chechnya. Distressingly, there are reports of prison camps in which gay men are being murdered. Chechnya’s current leader, Kadyrov, has made a number of statements that could be interpreted as either utterly delusional, or duplicitous and poorly calculated. […]
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Tunisians must speak about LGBT rights in the media to convince the public of the seriousness of the situation. Europeans and Americans must help.
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