First They Came
Mass shootings are a regualr occurrence in the United States, so it’s heartbreaking but not surprising when a 16-year-old high school student like Odessa Shlain Goldberg says she no longer trusts...
View ArticleBay Gays
TV station ABC7news dug up an interesting piece of history allowing us a look at how gay people were portrayed in the media in the America of the 1970s. The documentary was made in 1976 and is called...
View ArticleRammstein defy homophobic Russian laws
Many queer activists are working to expose and push back against the state-backed homophobia in Russia. This work is vital, and earlier this week, members of the German industrial metal band Rammstein,...
View ArticleSome accidental truth
You might have heard that some dickheads are planning a “Straight Pride” in Modesto City, California later this month. It’s the second attempt at such a thing this year after Boston. Don Grundmann, the...
View ArticleTestosterzone
That new study that revealed straight men avoid recycling to avoid looking gay? Stephen Colbert got something to say about it…
View ArticleBeaten up for being gay
I’m always debating if I should post videos like the one below. Many of us have so much to deal with in life as it is that it feels like a terrible idea to add to that anxiety by making gloomy posts...
View ArticleProve you’re gay
Most LGBTQ+ refugees get rejected when they apply for asylum because they cannot prove their sexuality, even when there is a threat to their life.
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The view on homosexuality in 1980s Sunderland is more diverse than you might...
A TV clip from 1980 showing people of Sunderland sharing their views on homosexuality reveals that public opinion was more divided than one might think. The footage was filmed a year before the first...
View ArticleWe still need Pride. Very much so.
Some people are calling for an end to Pride events because we supposedly don’t need them anymore. Meanwhile trans women are still being shot, gay couples are being beaten up in public and teenagers are...
View ArticleQueer teens need more than anti-bullying statutes
On October 20, 2010, offices, classrooms, and social media profiles around the world became awash in the color purple, the stripe of LGBTQ+ pride flag associated with “spirit.” It was the first...
View ArticleOpinions
Want to see what internalised homophobia looks like? Wait for the fem vs masc question :p
View ArticleWhen Florida had a committee to terrorise gay people
Starting in the 1950s, a Florida state committee spent years stalking, intimidating, and outing hundreds of LGBTQ people. And they got away with it. Amid a national witch hunt for communists and an...
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Gay teen slaps the homophobia out of his cowardly bully
High school student Jordan Steffy was bullied by homophobes at his school since 2nd grade. This week he decided that he had enough and fought back when a classmate called him a faggot. He posted a...
View ArticleThe gay 90s & sitcoms
TV is gayer than ever which is great news. But even back in the 90s there were plenty of queer characters on the small screen. But a lot of the representation 20+ years ago was more problematic than...
View ArticleBiological sex is a spectrum & many people are not happy about it
You know how people who deny the existence of more than two sexes or genders often claim to just care about the science when they spew their hateful and ignorant BS? It’d be extremely easy to prove...
View ArticleBullied gay teen explains why he decided to fight back
A video of Jordan, a 16-year-old high school student, punching a homophobic bully went viral this week. Jordan said later that the incident occurred after years and years of build-up. Jordan was a...
View ArticleDwyane Wade talks about supporting his queer kid
NBA player Dwyane Wade gave a moving speech about showing support and love for his queer kid and growing as a man by witnessing their strength. He was talking with Matt Barnes on the podcast All the...
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