LGBT Sex Education: Why LGBTIQ Sexuality is Conspicuously Absent from the National Curriculum Any LGBTIQ person that assume they are over the darkest parts of discrimination are deluding themselves. Certainly, there have been major victories. It is no longer acceptable to imprison people for “sodomy” in most civilized states...
LGBTIQ People, Discriminated Against and Homeless, The Very Bottom of Deprived Communities Homelessness is something that you only read about in certain speciality papers. It is not something that you think will happen to you…until it actually happens to you. The downward slope to homelessness can begin as nonchalantly...
Discussions about reproductive rights have played a central role in gender equality movements around the world and through history. With Trump in the office and conservative voices still taking up much space in human rights dialogues everywhere today, with abortion still being illegal in Ireland and other countries around...
Gay Problems, A Lifestyle Dilemma I keep asking myself what could I have possibly spent the money on. If I had been clubbing and shopping my life away, I would at least have something to remember it by. Instead I am left with regrets and stress. Because I am...
Why Gay People Support Right-wing Candidates. The Right to Political Conscience. I was watching a program about Donald Trump supporters and could not quite believe my eyes or even ears. There was an “obviously gay” man telling us how Trump was very good for his business. Thep interviewer seemed...
LGBTQ People and The Suicide Rates within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Community. The affliction of suicides within the LGBT community has long fascinated social commentators and advocates for the community. I would like to take on a slightly different tack. We know that most of the suicides...
There are many problems and micro-aggressions that trans people have to deal with everyday, added to the danger of harassment and abuse that results from the transphobia in our society. One of the biggest such problems, is that cis people (people who aren’t trans) most of the time are...
Gender Identity: There are many intersecting factors in the life of LGBT people that may determine their well being and mental health. One of the most influential factors, especially in the life of LGBT youth, but also while growing up, is the support of one’s family. People’s first circle...
Gender Orientation: The Explanations and Recriminations We have recently learnt that it is possible for someone to murder another or even commit suicide, for no other reason other than to avoid the risk of being outed. Sexuality has become such a controversial issue that we are willing to go...
Intersex people must stand up against genital mutilation of children. Among all the current discussions centered around gender identity as a spectrum, whether or not people believe it is different from the sex binary male-female, there is often the misconception that biological sex can be divided in as rigid,...
Asylum Seekers: One of the most serious issues the world has faced in recent years, that can be compared to nothing else, neither historically nor in its simultaneity with other global issues, is the refugee crisis, considered to be the largest one to take place in over half a...
Sexual Assault: The Crime that Dare Not Speak its Name. One of the downsides of being part of an unprotected minority; is the possibility that few will care when you are a victim of crime. For quite some time, there have been stories of date rape within the LGBTIQ...
I remember how one of my favorite parts of young adult novels was the one when a parent had to go through the agonizingly awkward, for both parties, process of having The Talk with their teenage kid or kids. I remember how all the taboos I had developed around...
Why African Witches bewitching LGBT? Even voodoo refuses to work. The intersection between African traditional religion and the gay lifestyle is a complicated one. Although few of the traditional Africa mythologies specifically talk about homosexuality, it is nothing more than an omission of ignorance. It is certainly not a...
Forced Outing: “Disclosure is a process, not an event.” A forced outing is when someone is publicly revealed to be LGBT without their consent. This can be a very traumatic experience, as it can lead to discrimination and violence. Forced outings are often used as a form of blackmail...
Why The Loss of Obamacare (LGBT Affordable Health Care) Should Be a Cause of Concern At this point, it is no longer useful to express any outrage at what Donald Trump is doing. The man has successfully and skillfully broken virtually every taboo in American politics. My concern now...
Exploring the phenomena of anti-effeminate attitude in gay culture One of the most puzzling and yet compelling aspects of gay life, is the apparent discomfort with effeminate men. This is not about some straight homophobic ignoramuses, but rather people within the LGBTQ community who actually express this type of...
Dear Planned Parenthood Protester Who Called Me a Baby-Killer, It was a fine, sunny morning shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration to the White House that the two of us first met. I had just parked my battered old car at the parking lot of the Planned Parenthood clinic where...
LGBT Discrimination — “I certainly had the competitive advantage to get the job. But surprisingly, I did not make the cut. And I can’t really think of any reason, except that I disclosed during my final interview that I am gay.” My name is Trevor and I’m 36. I...
In our fight for LGBT Equality, we’ve written an open letter addressed to the newly-elected president of the United States, Donald Trump. Campaign and Election On November 8th, to the shock of a majority of the popular votes, you won enough electoral votes to become the 45th president of...
