I know I just made another post with youtube embeds, but. It's the 29th March in the UK now.

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Been ten years waiting ( Read more... )

I will write a thing for National Coming Out Day this year too.

I'm gay and ace. It took me several painful years and painful experiences before I knew that I was, and that I was allowed to be either of those things. But you probably already knew that about me. It's not the point of this post, really ( Read more... )

There is a growing prevalence at the moment for Neal/Diana fic. This upsets me a lot, and I'm going to talk about why.

Disclaimer: I am not censoring anyone (since I am not a government entity, it would be literally impossible for me to do so). It is everyone's personal choice to write what they write. I am just trying to explain why this ( Read more... )

Today at lunchtime, the conversation topic comes round to the elections. I proceed to have Feelings everywhere.

Matt: Oh, I didn't realise you liked talking about politics!
Me: Most people are surprised when I stop :P

On that note, if you haven't yet, please please vote. And please don't vote for Romney. Unless you enjoy fucking over women and ( Read more... )

I have some thoughts for (Inter)National Coming Out Day ( Read more... )

One exam down. I am very wiped out, but I answered questions, which is a good thing. Send pictures of baby animals and Neal Caffrey.

Because I wouldn't be me if I wasn't geeking out about random bits of biological experiments, this was my favourite question:

"In older experiments aimed at testing the hypothesis that bees estimate distance from energy ( Read more... )

Protest report!

( Lots of words and several pictures! )

Hello! This is mainly of use to people currently in Oxford. But I shall spam everyone with it anyway. Since I spend most of my LJ time spamming Ox-friends with fandom, it seems only fair :P

To copy the blurb I wrote for the Facebook event:"On the week beginning 25th March, Exeter College is hosting the group Christian Concern to hold a conference ( Read more... )

The UK government is currently running a public consultation on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

Go and reply to it. It's very quick - you can just check the boxes, even. (I'm assuming you're all in favour - if you aren't I have to wonder if I'm on your flist by accident :P ( Read more... )

Today, disabled campaigner Sue Marsh has released her Report for Responsible Reform -- the 'Spartacus report' -- into the proposed changes to DLA: a report entirely funded by a group of sick and disabled people who I'm proud to count myself as part of.

To quote from the press release to demonstrate why this report is so important:

Among the report’s ( Read more... )