As the world marks IDAHOT Karen Pollock explores what being an ally actually means, in a world where so often its used as a term of abuse or derision
Category: Opinion
The face of evil: the terrible way we show aromantic and asexual identities
Stephanie Farnsworth takes a look at how we write about asexual and aromantic identities.
Language: The devil is in the detail
Guest writer, Hadley, discusses the ramifications of a controversial decision by a Paris tribunal in a case of homophobic language in the workplace.
Trans enough?
Stephanie Farnsworth takes issue with the arbitrary barriers we've placed to deny people's trans identities.
Queer and hijabi: It’s complicated
In the wake of the Channel 4 show, What Muslims Really Think, we look behind Islamophobic headlines and scaremongering, with a first person account of growing up gay and Muslim in the UK by Hannah Noor, a gay British Muslim woman.
#GayMediaSoWhite & why diversity in LGBTQ+ media matters
As the debate rages about diversity in LGBTQ+ media, Marcus Stow discusses how it's just part of a wider problem that can make anyone who isn't a cisgender white gay male feel excluded
PayPal is pulling out of North Carolina for its anti-LGBTQ+ laws. More companies should show such courage
PayPal is willing to place paramount importance on the safety of its LGBTQ+ staff in a state that puts their livelihoods - and lives - at risk. Lee Williscroft-Ferris praises their moral stance.
Queerbate: Are Levi’s milking non-binary people with their ‘gender neutral’ range?
Recently, Levi's launched a range of 'gender neutral' clothing named after the gay activist and politician, Harvey Milk. Stephanie Farnsworth and Karen Pollock discuss whether this is a step forward for mainstream recognition or shameless bandwagon-jumping.
Freedom of speech is no longer about ‘rights’, it’s about power
Jon B makes his latest 'attack' on freedom of speech, or put another way: he explores the power structures that underpin why people exercise their rights with no attention to their responsibilities.
Loose Women: ‘debating’ bisexuality as cishet members of the media Establishment
Steve Topple returns to The Queerness to vent his spleen about Loose Women and their 'debate' on bisexuality.
The Queerness 