Some statistics have come out from the US saying that  only 43% of people think being gay is wrong.  There is also this nifty little table showing that over a quarter of Americans wouldn‘t want gay neighbours (sadly, most of the people looking at that seem to be utterly indifferent to the fact that having gay neighbours is considered the worse ( Read more... )

One of the cornerstones of the GBLT movement has been the concept of Pride. And I applaud it with all my heart, because it is exactly what I feel was and is so needed.

The world denies GBLT Pride. The world suppresses it. And for such a long time - and still today - GBLT Shame has been the standard, not pride. We should be ashamed for what we are. ( Read more... )

It would seem that Australian Jason Akermanis has opened his mouth and let a whole load of foolishness fall out
Basically, he is concerned about gay men outing themselves in sport. That the media attention and hype would be bad for the sport, the player and the team. And particularly that teams aren’t ready for it - certainly not since teams have to ( Read more... )

This is something I have been debating ever since the Uganda genocide law was proposed (and, to the people trying to distract from the evils of that law - yes it IS genocide. Just because GBLT people are the target or because it’s being justified by the religion you share doesn’t make it any less genocidal) and is only strengthened by the ( Read more... )

I’ve said before that asylum is very much an LGBT issue. The case of  Kiana Firouz makes this very sadly clear

Kiana Firouz is an Iranian lesbian. She is also an incredibly courageous woman and GBLT activist.

She has acted in a video documentary that highlighted the persecution of GBLTs in Iran. She also has a starring role in the film Cul de Sac ( Read more... )

With several coffees and a morning’s work under my belt, I look with trepidation at the new government - and already I’m very very worried.

Theresa May has been appointed as the new Home Secretary and Minister for Equality. A nice combination that means a lot of equality and justice in this country rests on her shoulders.

This is the woman in ( Read more... )

Because looking at your politics for a second let’s me ignore the trainwreck on my doorstep

Kagan looks to be the next Supreme Court judge and there’s considerable kafuffle about her around the place. Namely because there’s a lot of speculation about her being ZOMG A LESBIAN!

Is she a Lesbian? I’m not going to speculate. She hasn’t spoken about it ( Read more... )

Asylum seekers - or, as I much refer to say, refugees. I know it’s not strictly accurate, but the British press has so demonised “Asylum Seekers” that it has become a convenient avoidant term. We use asylum seekers to imply fakers and slackers coming here to steals our monies and our jobz while being too lazy to work. Yeah, whatever. Call them ( Read more... )

This piece originally appeared at Womanist Musings where Renee has very generously allowed my random musings to appear on her excellent blog

It seems like a silly thing to say - it certainly seems even sillier to treat this as a guilty admission - but, yes, I confess, my relationship isn’t perfect. And it does feel like a confession.

Sometimes ( Read more... )

I have a need for information about GBLT organisations in Germany. Unfortunately I don’t have a great deal of links and info for Germany.

If anyone has some good orgs they can recommend or links thery can give me, I’d appreciate it greatly. Sooner the better
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