LGBTQ+

Throughout history, queer people, (that is anyone who identifies as anything other than ‘straight’), have had their whole lives politicised, simply by virtue of loving the ‘wrong’ gender. What should… Read more.

‘Sexuality’ tends to be used as an all-encompassing term, with the expectation that our sexual attraction (i.e, who we are romantically and/or sexually attracted to) is always in line with… Read more.

J.K. Rowling, British Author and the brains behind the best-selling book series of all time, Harry Potter, is no stranger to the limelight of fame. Having sold over 600 million… Read more.

Queer (adjective): ‘Having or relating to a gender identity or a sexuality that does not fit society’s traditional ideas about gender or sexuality.’ As perfectly described in the Queer Nation… Read more.

Consider some of the world’s greatest poets: Aside from them all being literary geniuses, what’s one thing that also ties them all together? Homosexuality. The evidence of homoeroticism that runs… Read more.

It’s all about context and intention. Take the ’N’ word, for example… Commonly used in grime music amongst black rappers for which we take no offence, yet if a white… Read more.

David Wojnarowicz, a gay American artist/writer/activist, was a figurehead in the 1980s New York art scene. Born in 1954 in New Jersey to a Polish/American marine from Detroit and an… Read more.

On Saturday the 11th February 2023, Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old transgender girl from Warrington, Cheshire, was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, back and chest in in North West… Read more.

The speech delivered by Rishi Sunak today (04/10/23) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester was shockingly bad, even for the Tories. ‘We shouldn’t get bullied into thinking that people… Read more.

Something that completely baffles me is how LGBTQ+ people have historically been treated in society, particularly in the context of the criminal justice system. As of 2023, only 34 countries… Read more.