Gay-Straight Allies: Are They Good or Bad for the LGBT Community?
Gay-Straight Allies: New Horizons for The LGBTQ Community It was recently reported that none other than Prince William of Great Britain was being considered for an award for being a straight ally. Dial back a few decades and that would have been a real impossibility, let alone the ensuing hypothetical...
Things Trans People Are Tired Of Hearing
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...
The Missing Sex Education [LGBT Sex Education]
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...
I’d Rather Be Dead than Gay
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...
Gay, Discriminated Against and Homeless
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...
Human Rights
Date Rape in the LGBT Community
Sexual Assault: The Crime that Dare Not Speak its Name. One of the downsides of being part of an...
What Happens When You Change Your Gender Orientation?
Gender Orientation: The Explanations and Recriminations We have recently learnt that it is possible for someone to murder another...
Open Letter to Donald Trump: A Call for LGBT Equality
In our fight for LGBT Equality, we’ve written an open letter addressed to the newly-elected president of the United...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans Refugees: The Untold Story
Asylum Seekers: One of the most serious issues the world has faced in recent years, that can be compared...
An Open Letter to a Protester in Front of My City’s Planned Parenthood Clinic
Dear Planned Parenthood Protester Who Called Me a Baby-Killer, It was a fine, sunny morning shortly after Donald Trump’s...
Equality
The Significance of Gaydar in Queer Culture
Gaydar is a term used to describe a person’s ability to identify other people who are gay or lesbian....
Reason To Feel Proud During LGBT Pride Month And All Year
June is set to be LGBT Pride month, in commemoration of the Stonewall riots that took place in 1969...
Non-Binary People 101
Non-binary people are often forgotten and left out when discussing the issues, rights and demands of the LGBT community....
Cottaging
In the age of Grindr and Scruff, there may be people in the gay community who have not yet...
5 Things To Remember About The Fluidity Of Sexuality And Gender
Sexually Fluid – Labels such as bi, gay, straight, trans, asexual, pansexual, agender etc. serve a purpose, and this...
Diversity
WATCH: 10 Male Strangers Kiss For The First Time
Well, we’re pretty sure you’ve heard about the viral videos about First Kiss & First Hug. New Zealand’s Love Your Condom...
Being One Of Asexual People Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Form Romantic Relationships
I’m writing this list from a position of privilege. It’s the privilege of not being told I’m broken because...
I am not homophobic but…
Straight people who are homophobic: We live in a society that likes to believe that progress has been made...
Misconceptions About Non-Binary People
Non-binary people are not trans if they’re not transitioning, or hoping to transition, in either a physical or a...
How to Survive in Spaces Where You Can’t Come Out
General Uncertainty: How to Survive in Spaces Where You Can’t Come Out For gay, bisexual, asexual, trans or intersex...
Pride
Confessions of a God-Fearing Gay: The Struggle and Priesthood
Confessions God-fearing Gay: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and...
Being Pregnant As a Trans Man
Transmasculine people are usually born with female reproductive organs. However, they may identify as men, masculine, or male-aligned. Many...
Why LGBT Inclusive Sex Education Is Important.
I remember how one of my favorite parts of young adult novels was the one when a parent had...
Coming Out Stories: How Coming Out Changed My Life!
For our first entry in our series of coming out stories: In a society where discrimination, prejudice and social...
I Had My Own Anti-Gay Cake Moment
Anti gay sentiment is something that has been around for a long time. In many cases, it is based...
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