I am a gay man and have suffered all sorts of terrible things at the hands of bigots who know very little about. I have been there and done that. It is therefore surprising how much I detest political correctness. How did it all start and what was the purpose . . . read more
Free Speech: Prejudice online is the answer Having been in the online marketing business for nearly a decade, I think I pretty much know the score. You get good interesting content and people click on it. The advertising . . . read more
Cake Shop: Vignettes of LGBT discrimination There were stories in England of the “no blacks, no dogs, no Irish” signs being put up at the entrances to restaurants and boarding houses. I am not naïve about the capacity of human beings to be douchebags. It is just that you . . . read more
Do trans women get periods? Most people, cis and even trans, would reply that no, they don’t. That is actually incorrect. Short answer: yes, they very likely do, if they are on hormone replacement treatment (HRT). If? If is right. Not . . . read more
The forms of discrimination trans – binary and non-binary – people face both in everyday life and on multiple legal level vary. While most people are aware of the alarming truth when it comes to harassment, violence, and marginalization, we also need to consider the disheartening lack of progress when it . . . read more
General Uncertainty: How to Survive in Spaces Where You Can’t Come Out For gay, bisexual, asexual, trans or intersex people, coming out can be many important things. Few could call coming out an important “moment” given that, for most of us, coming out is a constant process rather than . . . read more
Summer Camps for LGBT Children – A Love is a Rainbow Article Where do LGBT people go to socialize, meet other LGBT people and feel like they belong? Gay bars and clubs, right? While for many this may be true and sufficient, unfortunately such spaces – that constitute the majority of LGBT . . . read more
What is online activism? Internet activism is a form of activism that uses tools offered by online technologies: that is social media, e-mail, e-campaigning, and other internet tools. This may include protesting, campaigning, fundraising, lobbying, mobilizing and organizing . . . read more
It’s 2017 and the Big Picture of activism certainly is not what it used to be a few years ago. With technology advancing every day, we have passed in a new era: that of social media activism, hashtag activism, or “hashtivism”. It is much easier today than it once . . . read more
