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facebook
My previous facebook has died of death and annoying real name policies
If you were following and wish to continue doing so, my new one is here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011139543247&sk=about
As ever, I'm not much of a facebook or journaler any more -
I have no time or patience for "activism" that attacks marginalised people
I have no time or patience for people who decide to champion a marginalised cause - even a worthy cause - by attacking another marginalised group ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye Sir Terry
There was a time in my life where escapsim was all that made it endurable. And Discworld was always my first escape, my life raft, my sanctuary. I've read those books so often I could shuffle them
Thank you for that gift, Terry Pratchett; you will be missed more than you can ever know -
Teachable Moments
I’m breaking my annoying silence (so much to do, so little time) because something has annoyed me. Actually it’s a string of people annoying me the same way; that perennial call that we need to be nicer to bigoted straight people who do and say bigoted things and really aren’t we great big meanies for daring to judge people for using slurs or ( Read more... ) -
Broken Rainbows in Risk of Closure
Hammersmith and Fulham Council are considering closing their only shelter for domestic violence victims who are gay and bisexual men. This will leave gay and bisexual male victims of domestic violence in the borough forced to travel considerable distance ( Read more... ) -
UKIP MP Douglas Carswell is desperately trying to avoid what his party is
Douglas Carswell, UKIP MP who defected from the Tories seems to be finding his new home somewhat… uncomfortable. He’d quite like it if his new party could just stop spouting ridiculous racist, homophobic and misogynist bullshit; you can understand his plea since barely a week passes without yet another UKIP candidate spouting some really extreme, ( Read more... ) -
A Not-Always-Happy Holidays
The holiday season is always stressful, but I think for a lot of LGBT people it has a greater chance of being full of badness or being full of more badness. It occurred to me over the weekend when several friends and I ran round to another LGBT friend’s house as an emergency “it’s not all shit” party to remind him he had family, even if not in the ( Read more... ) -
Civil Partnership Conversion
It's now legal, it can now happen ( Read more... ) -
Bigger Labels Are Needed
*After some commotion ( Read more... ) -
A very unwise post
Let's put a trigger warning for rape on this one ( Read more... )