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‘Compassionate’ Gulags: Goldsmiths’ LGBTQ Society’s Revisionism of Soviet Horrors

September 12, 2018 | by Ralph Leonard | 0 Comments

Students at Goldsmiths' LGBTQ society should be encouraged to read the actual history on soviet gulags and see them for what they really were–slavery. Read more

What Really Happened With Lesbian Protestors At Pride London Yesterday?

July 8, 2018 | by Jo Bartosch | 54 Comments

A campaigning group, called 'Get the L Out', protesting harassment of young lesbians for same-sex attraction are being smeared in the media as marching against 'against trans women'. Read more

Pride is a Safe Place for LGBT people of Muslim Heritage – A response to Al-Kadhi In The Guardian

July 5, 2018 | by Jimmy Bangash | 1 Comments

Pride is an important, welcoming place for LGBT people of Muslim heritage, including liberal Muslims and ex-Muslims. Amrou Al-Kadhi’s article in The Guardian paints a bleak picture of London Pride. It contains inaccurate citations of placards and, more menacingly, erases the bastion of hope and progress that the parade symbolises for many LGBT people of Muslim heritage. Life […] Read more

No, You Can’t Compare Discrimination Against Gay Couples to Turning Away Nazis

June 6, 2018 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

The sort of arguments being thrown around online insisting on the right of businesses to engage in discrimination are disingenuous–and dangerous. Read more

Atheist Woman Fleeing Persecution in Tunisia Seeks Refuge in Germany

April 20, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Trabelsi Zeineb is a bisexual atheist woman fleeing hostility and potential persecution in Tunisia, seeking refuge in Germany. Read more

Hate in the Motherland – Homophobia in Africa

October 13, 2017 | by Takudza Mazwienduna | 0 Comments

Homophobia and anti-LGBT sentiments are still widespread throughout Africa, despite rapid advances in LGBT rights worldwide. Read more

‘Gay and Born That Way’ – Should We Care?

September 24, 2017 | by Heather Brunkskell-Evans | 0 Comments

Our Western Christian heritage still determines aspects of homophobia, and Terri Murray urges us to keep thinking straight about being gay. Read more

Postal Ballots Sent Out Ahead of Australian Same Sex Marriage Vote

September 12, 2017 | by Scott Davies | 0 Comments

The long campaign to legalise same sex marriage in Australia is nearing its close and ballots for the non-binding, voluntary postal vote are being sent out. Following an unsuccessful challenge to its legality in the High Court of Australia last week, the same sex marriage postal vote was declared constitutional and able to proceed. Ballots […] Read more

Under Pressure: How Hegemonic Masculinity Kills Men

July 21, 2017 | by Angelos Sofocleous | 0 Comments

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? Read more

German Parliament Legalises Same-Sex Marriage In Historic Vote

June 30, 2017 | by Angelos Sofocleous | 0 Comments

The historic reform grants same-sex couples who were limited to civil unions full marital rights, and allows them to adopt children. Read more

It began with Rene Descartes and was called the Age of Enlightenment-Another Patriarchal mirror of truth.

You can see Hatun regularly on YouTube. They film her ongoing confrontations with Muslim men at Speakers Corner (wearing her…

It's good to be reminded of this courageous woman Stella, and would that the police had acted more alertly when…

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