The Editor comments on the upcoming tory leadership election, the implications for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and how it might not all be bad thanks to some [not so] quiet heroes.
Tag: politics
No separation of Church and State for Northern Ireland
Guest writer Claire Mullaly discusses the Supreme Court's decisions to uphold discrimination on religious grounds in the provision of goods and services.
The fight to decriminalise same-sex intimacy in the Commonwealth
As part of our monthly theme of politics, Ibtisam Ahmed looks at the campaign to decriminalise same-sex intimacy at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Why I do not support a ban on “conversion” therapy
As part of our politics month Karen Pollock challenges the idea legislation is always the best tool for protecting LGBTQ+ peo
Politics is personal; Why LGBTQ+ people need to be represented at all levels of government
Politics is personal; Why LGBTQ+ people need to be represented at all levels of government.
USA, Japan and China among 13 countries failing to support UN condemnation of the death penalty for homosexuality
Ibtisam Ahmed examines the voting patterns in a historic UN resolution supporting LGBTQ+ rights.
Being queer isn’t a moral question – how you vote is
Is coming out as a Tory comparable to coming out as queer? Short answer: no. Louise McCudden explores why.
What do you believe in, Tim Farron?
Guest writer and Biblical scholar, Jo Henderson-Merrygold, takes a look at the stated reasons behind Tim Farron's resignation as Liberal Democrat leader.
Who are the DUP and why should we worry?
On the back of the announcement of the hung parliament Dónal Murray-Ferris profiles just who exactly the DUP are, and why this doesn't promise a good future for the LGBTQ+ community
Leo Varadkar’s ascendency and the need for an intersectional lens
An openly gay Prime Minister in Ireland should be a cause for celebration. Lee Williscroft-Ferris looks at Leo Varadkar's dubious record and suggests otherwise.
The Queerness 