What does LGBT mean? This is a question that many people have asked, and there isn’t always a clear answer. The acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, but it can also include other sexual orientations and gender identities. This term is used to describe people who are...
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 revenue and publicity, as well as the occasional sales, make it all worthwhile. I have actually made a...
Anti gay sentiment is something that has been around for a long time. In many cases, it is based on ignorance and fear. People who are anti gay may not understand what it means to be LGBT, and they may be afraid of something that is unfamiliar to them....
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...
Summer Camps for LGBT Children 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 safe spaces, and more-often-than-not...
What LGBT Means What does LGBT mean? This is a question that many people have asked, and there isn’t always a clear answer. The acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, but it can also include other sexual orientations and gender identities. This term is used to describe...
When we discuss trans people’s wellbeing and healthcare, it’s important not to forget issues that concern transgender children and teenagers, especially considering that there are multiple issues exclusive to these ages, such as bullying, dysphoria and mental health issues, the turbulence that puberty brings in the first place. Transgender...
Coming Out Movies Everyone Should Watch Coming Out is a complex and overwhelming process for most of us, a process that must only happen when we are ready and should never be rushed. Coming Out is a constant, repeated process, that bears with it many contrasting and powerful feelings,...
In the age of Grindr and Scruff, there may be people in the gay community who have not yet heard the terms cottaging or cruising, especially young members who haven’t encountered the necessity of meeting strangers for sex in public bathrooms or parks. As LGBT people, still fighting for...
HIV/AIDS Infection: Why Prison Romances Are Helping to Fuel the AIDS Pandemic There is a lot of blame to go around for the AIDS epidemic. Some of the explanations are so outlandish as to fall within the realms of conspiracy theories. Others are more practical and based on empirical...
Gaydar is a term used to describe a person’s ability to identify other people who are gay or lesbian. Some people believe that they have a natural gaydar, while others may develop it over time. There is no scientific evidence to support the existence of gaydar, but many people...
Transmasculine people are usually born with female reproductive organs. However, they may identify as men, masculine, or male-aligned. Many transmasculine people choose to transition by undergoing hormone therapy and/or surgery to align their physical appearance with their gender identity. Some transmasculine people may also choose to get pregnant and...
Gay Men Issues – In our movements for queer liberation, there are often people who remain underrepresented by the mainstream narratives, even though they belong in the LGBTQ Community and are affected by most of the issues LGBTQ people have to face. That mainstream narrative is often shaped based...
Inclusive Pride Events. Pride, by which we mean both the parades and all the other events, narrative, creations and discussions taking place in Pride month, are of vital importance. They may reasonably be criticized not being political enough, or for reducing the meaning of Pride to festivities and celebration,...
June is set to be LGBT Pride month, in commemoration of the Stonewall riots that took place in 1969 in Manhattan. Pride as an anniversary of Stonewall started by Brenad Howard, a bisexual woman who also introduced the tradition of a week-long festival with LGBT events. Gay & Lesbian...
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...
When Are You Officially a Gay Whore? The dating scene in the LGBT world is complicated to say the least. The idea that you can be in monogamous relationship for the rest of your life can be daunting, but it is not unheard of. Unfortunately; gay people have for...
Straight Pride and the reasons why don’t need it. June is over – and so is Pride month, leaving us wondering who was actually left hurt and violated by our community coming together to support each other and be slightly more visible – but never enough – in a...
Gay Community Solidarity: Do we really know how to look after one another? It is indeed a very touchy subject because it may sow the seeds of division within an already beleaguered community. You speak about it and you risk uncomfortable questions. As the LGBTIQ community did not have...
With the conservative government of Trump in the US, which will put the lives of thousands of LGBT+ people at risk, and the contrasting climate in bright examples such as that of Malta that made conversion therapy illegal, the debate on the so called “corrective”, “reparative”, or “ex-gay” therapies...
