Make your voice heard: an opinion on the futility of self-silencing

Rather than refuse to 'give oxygen' to toxic views and poisonous commentators, we need to play them at their own game. Jon B offers his view on why 'turning the other cheek' no longer seems to work.

Sheen’s HIV status is none of your concern

The ignorance surrounding the media frenzy around Charlie Sheen's HIV status shows we have much progress still to make. Stephanie Farnsworth offers her take on the situation.

Don’t feed the trolls! Time to boycott the media feminists

While newspaper and magazine columns dedicate pages to debate trans lives, Stephanie Farnsworth examines the issue and calls for a boycott. White, cis media feminists are doing everything they can to hold women back so it's time to stop funding them. A boycott of their ridiculous, self-indulgent and hate-filled Guardian and New Statesman columns and … Continue reading Don’t feed the trolls! Time to boycott the media feminists

Long Live the Queen

Conor Horgan’s new documentary The Queen of Ireland is intimate enough to get to know Panti and her male alias Rory O’Neill as friends, and reverential enough to get to respect them as national treasures. Danni Glover reviews.

LGBTQ+ domestic violence: the silenced issue

Despite statistics showing LGBTQ+ people are just as likely to experience domestic violence the issue has largely been hushed by the community - Stephanie Farnsworth examines why.

Trans visibility: who is it good for?

Increased transgender visibility is heralded as a "tipping point" for the transgender community, but is it helping the trans community? Aria Ehren offers her perspective.

Beyoncé and #HERO – a tale of misplaced outrage

In the aftermath of the rejection of #HERO, Jon B puts forward his view that whilst public figures such as Beyonce cannot be held responsible for the failure of such movements, they should still be subject to scrutiny for their failure to act.

But what if I want a ‘ladies’ handbag’?

It's more than just wanting a 'ladies' handbag'. Jon B explains why he's tired with traditional notions of gender and masculinity that no one chooses, but which still dominate how society at large views us.

Queer footballers and the politics of coming out

With the media suggesting that premiership footballers are set to come out, Marcus Stow looks at the politics of coming out and asks what our allies are doing to support us

The difficulties of ageing while LGBTQ+

Despite all that older generations of LGBTQ+ people have endured - from conversion therapy, experiencing a time when it was a crime to be who they are, to the AIDS crisis- their struggle remains. Stephanie Farnsworth examines what issues older LGBTQ+ people are facing and what can be done. The United Kingdom has a chronic … Continue reading The difficulties of ageing while LGBTQ+