Playing the identity card: Why respect for self-identification matters

For our Mental Health Month series, Karen Pollock explores how some identities are seen as more valid than others, and the harm this causes to marginalised people. 

Give us your funding

Steph Farnsworth argues that if we're serious about mental health, we need to prioritise those most marginalised. 

All in the mind?

Karen Pollock introduces our theme for August, mental health.

The measure of a man

The theme for July is 'Masculinity', introduced by our curator Karen Pollock

LGBTQ+ is nothing to be ashamed of

As part of our Pride month series Karen Pollock looks at why pride, both as an event and an emotion, is important to LGBTQ+ people.

June: Pride

Karen Pollock introduces the theme for June, Pride.

Sport and identity

A guest writer, Gareth Davies explores how rejecting fixed ideas about what sport should look like, intertwine with a rejection of other fixed identity norms.

This queer sporting life

Karen Pollock introduces our theme for May: Sport

I am so sick of this shit; AFAB does not mean privileged

A guest writer explains why accusations of privilege levelled at assigned female at birth non binary people are rooted in misogyny and transphobia. This writer has asked to remain anonymous.

The price of spending a penny

Everyone seems to want to talk about toilets. Karen Pollock tries to look past the myths, and into the facts of public toilet provision.