We support the self-identification of gender
A selection of the curators at The Queerness discuss why they support self-identification of gender
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Playing the identity card: Why respect for self-identification matters
For our Mental Health Month series, Karen Pollock explores how some identities are seen as more valid than others, and the harm this causes to marginalised people.
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Karen Pollock introduces our theme for August, mental health.
Read more "All in the mind?"The General Synod and a curate’s egg of protection for LGBTQ+ people
Whilst welcoming the agreement cis LGB people should be protected from the harms of conversion therapy, Karen Pollock questions why the Church of England does not extend the same protections to trans people
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The theme for July is ‘Masculinity’, introduced by our curator Karen Pollock
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As part of our Pride month series Karen Pollock looks at why pride, both as an event and an emotion, is important to LGBTQ+ people.
Read more "LGBTQ+ is nothing to be ashamed of"Moving the consent conversation forward: TQ speaks to Kitty Stryker
Karen Pollock interviews Kitty Stryker – queer sex educator, writer and activist – about her latest book, and what consent should look like from a queer, kink and sex worker-positive perspective.
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Karen Pollock introduces the theme for June, Pride.
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CN Lester’s first book has been published by Virago Press, and Karen Pollock reviews it for The Queerness.
Read more "Book Review: CN Lester – Trans Like Me"What’s going on? Netflix chooses the first day of Pride month to cancel Sense8
Our curator, Karen Pollock, questions the decision to cancel Sense8 on the first day of Pride month.
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