As the row over Germaine Greer refuses to go away, Jon B writes in response to New Statemen commentator Helen Lewis about the continued failure of cis people to truly empathise with what's at stake here.
Category: Opinion
LGBTQ+ youth homeless: forgotten on all fronts
As LGBTQ+ youth homelessness continues to soar, Stephanie Farnsworth examines this silent issue. While the middle class gay leaders of our community may applaud same sex marriage as our last great battle they are insulting those who have been completely left behind, particularly in the midst of the LGBTQ+ youth homelessness crisis. 'Crisis' may seem … Continue reading LGBTQ+ youth homeless: forgotten on all fronts
Eastenders and the responsibility of language
What responsibility do soap operas have to use sensitive language? Danni Glover takes issue. Content note: this post discusses and directly references transphobic language.
‘No-Platforming’ the privileged is not ‘silencing’, it’s doing the right thing
As Cardiff University comes under pressure to cancel a lecture by Germaine Greer on account of her unapologetic transphobia, Jon B offers his view on why so-called 'no-platforming' is a thoroughly justifiable standpoint.
“I don’t fancy Black or Asian people, it’s just a preference” – or is it?
There's been renewed media interest in "sexual racism" in queer spaces and how it impacts our dating lives. Marcus Stow ponders: shouldn't we be asking some deeper questions about what it says about our society in general?
Brave Man: rejecting ‘allyship’
With the release of Will Young's Brave Man came a discussion about what it means to be a trans ally. Our guest writer 'How Upsetting' takes issue with the concept of allyship and asks who does it really benefit?
‘Asexual Awareness Week’ – Thoughts
We're in the midst of Asexuality Awareness Week, and guest writer Pip Williams shares her thoughts on the subject.
Thicker than water: challenging Northern Ireland’s blood donation ban
A year without sexual activity for MSM is a pointless and alienating gesture, and the lifetime ban on blood donation in Northern Ireland egregiously so. Danni Glover shares her thoughts.
The different stories of LGBTQ+ media representation
While cis lesbian women and cis gay men are facing greater acceptance than ever before in the media it is a very different story for bisexual and transgender people, as Stephanie Farnsworth examines.
On the selfishness of the white cis gay male
As LGBT+ equality moves forward, we are increasingly presented with the selfishness of the white cis gay man. Jon B gives his opinion on why gay men need to do better by the rest of the LGBT+ community.
The Queerness 