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.

The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 17 April 2016

In the latest addition of The Queerness' global news round-up Tom Ana shares some of the stories that might not have made headlines. From Argentina to Kenya, Australia to Norway; it's your weekly selection of the week's most important LGBTQ+ news.

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.

A Guide to Surviving Non-Monogamy

In this guest post for The Queerness, a reader contributes their experience of being a non-monogamous bisexual person and navigating what that means for them.

A vote for prejudice and discrimination

A new law in Tennessee proposes to allow therapists to refuse to see LGBTQ+ clients. Karen Pollock explores how this will protect, poor, incompetent and unethical practitioners.

#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

The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 10 April 2016

While big name issues in America continued to garner much media attention the world saw saw events and changes all across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. In his latest weekly instalment Tom Ana shares some of the most important news stories from the last seven days.

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.

Bad science

LGBTQ+ people have long had to fight against scientific theories which medicalise and pathologize. Karen Pollock argues it's time to leave the bad science behind.