Our guest writer Alex Wainwright deconstructs privilege from a personal perspective and makes an important contribution to the ongoing discussion around why even within our own communities we need to check our privileges.
Category: Community
Talkin ’bout my generation; when generations hurt
Guest writer Chase Ledin explores whether AIDS is part of a shared queer history, or an unbridgeable divide between the generations
Pride: Why are we still having to ‘protest this shit’?
As the LGBTQ+ community heads into Pride month, Lee Williscroft-Ferris considers why exactly we are ‘still protesting this shit’.
The Bi flag turned 19 this week & you told us what it means to you
For the week of the bi flags 19th birthday (because lets be real, everyone loves a birthday week) Lois Shearing explores what the bi flags means to the community it represents.
The problem comparing trans people with blackface
The problem of comparing self-promoting white people doing blackface with the millions of trans people worldwide is explored by Sam Hope.
How to celebrate Bi Visibility Day if you aren’t bi
For Bisexual Visibility Day, Lois Shearing explores that ways that non-bisexual people can celebrate and be better allies to the bi+ community. Today is Bisexual Visibility Day, a day dedicated to highlighting the issues faced […]
The LGBTQ+ community only cares about one kind of love
Steph Farnsworth argues that the community needs to be more accepting of different kinds of queer love
Straight Pride Matters?
As the Pride season ends, Karen Pollock asks why some people keep demanding they be allowed to have a “Straight pride”
Dear cisgender feminists, trans women are not your enemy
Guest writer Chay Brown, an activist from the National Union of Teachers, responds to the assertions that the reforms to the gender recognition act are in contradiction to the rights of others.
Trump is attacking trans people and healthcare with one stone
Trans writer, campaigner, and mental health worker Sam Hope explores why there will always be trans people in the military, and why Trump’s tweets banning trans soldiers could signal a risk to everyone’s health.
