Karen Pollock explores why in order to challenge the process of othering we have to accept we all have labels and identities.
Category: Essays
Boys and girls come out to play
Our curator Karen Pollock explores the sudden media fascination with trans kids, and trans masculine identities, and asks what it tells us about societies attitudes to gender diversity.
Queer Media; it’s time to do better bi us
In light of recent biphobic articles published by queer media outlets, Lois Shearing addresses some of the myths perpetuated both outside of and within the LGBTQ+ community.
Why Kevin Spacey’s abuse brought back painful memories of the closet
Ibtisam Ahmed looks at how the closet can play a toxic role in situations relating to sexual abuse.
Suffer little children
Karen Pollock takes issue with the latest gutter press article about trans young people.
National Coming Out Day: who is it really for?
On National Coming Out Day, Louise McCudden takes a critical look at “coming out” culture, and how it fuels heterosexism.
Are we OK? The performance of emotional labour in queer spaces
Karen Pollock explores who emotional labour is demanded of, and why this should be challenged.
The Australian marriage equality debate underlines the need to stay vigilant
Guest writer, Michal Astley, examines and deconstructs some of the main arguments in the debate on marriage equality in Australia.
We support the self-identification of gender
A selection of the curators at The Queerness discuss why they support self-identification of gender
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
