Results for: be the change
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Netflix’s “Heartstopper” Includes a Trans Girl in Its Sweet Coming-of-Age Tale
It’s nice that trans people are included in this saccharine world at a time when many are trying keep us excluded.
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“Sex Education” Continues to Grow In a Masterful Third Season
Sex Education keeps getting better because it approaches storytelling the way it teaches us to approach sex — with curiosity, excitement, and a willingness to learn.
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“Gentleman Jack” Invents The Endless Lesbian Breakup
RIP Mariana, you would have loved Taylor Swift.
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“Gentleman Jack” Is Not Keeping The Bed Warm For Some Man!
Anne Lister employs the ultimate lesbian tactic of wearing a low power ponytail so that men will cower before her. Ann Walker has had it up to here with her greedy family.
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Whatever You Thought “We Are Lady Parts” Was Going to Be, This Ain’t It
“Gone is Ayesha’s confidence. Gone is her swagger. All that’s left is a girl with a crush.”
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The New “Great British Bake Off”: Nothing’s Changed, Except Everything That Matters
Is Great British Bake Off even Great British Bake Off without Mary, Sue, and Mel? (No. Not really.)
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“Sex Education” Taught Me How to Masturbate
“I wanted to be single so I could explore my sexuality. Instead I was exploring other people’s.”
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Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime Soars in the UK
One in five lesbians and one in six bisexual women have experienced a hate crime in the last twelve months.
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The Conservatives’ DUP Deal Illustrates Their Consistently Cynical Support for LGBTQ Rights
After a decade of using our community to score votes, the Tories have shown that they were always waiting to throw us under the bus.
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Making Imaginary Wine While The World Burns
Taking on a virtual vineyard in “Terroir” turned out to be the best way to cope with 2017.
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Blame Conservatives and Their Austerity Measures for Why LGBTQ Healthcare Sucks in the UK
Seven years of cuts have left the NHS on its knees, and we’re all suffering.
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Doctor Who’s First Queer Companion Echoes My Own Gay Journey Through Space and Time
Ten years ago, Doctor Who was the first show to let me see myself, and to feel seen; when I felt entirely alone, it showed me a universe waiting for me.
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Northern Ireland Is Proof of How F*cked Abortion Access in the UK Really Is
“In the United Kingdom abortion is free on the NHS and available up to twenty four weeks — which is around when people stop listening and fail to notice the small print.”
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James Dawson Is Trans: Bestselling YA Author Comes Out as Trans Woman
“It was while writing This Book Is Gay that I realised I had far more in common with trans women than I did with gay men and started speaking to a gender therapist. I am now on a waiting list to receive treatment from specialist doctors and nurses.”
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I’m Not Happy About My Appearance In Ch4’s “Girls To Men” Trans Docuseries
Most trans stories on TV are forced into narrow, misguided and often inaccurate narratives. Here’s something you need to know about Channel 4’s “Girls to Men,” which airs tonight.
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More Brits Than Ever Are In Between on the Kinsey Scale, New Survey Shows
In poll results published Sunday by YouGov, a full 49% of 18-24 year olds identified as something other than exclusively heterosexual on the Kinsey scale.
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Teen Angst, Coming Out and Growing Up: “Secret Diaries” Touring the UK Now
“…diaries inspired me and I felt like I had to write something that fused together the pressure cooker of the 80s — being surround by excess — from neon spandex and political darkness to now, where even though Section 28 has been repealed, and same-sex marriage has been embedded into law, it still feels like society has a lot of catching up to do.”
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Asylum Seekers and “Dishonest” Sexualities: Bisexuality at the Border
The UK Home Office has a questionable track record when it comes to LGB asylum seekers, and for bisexual asylum seekers, narratives of “proving” sexuality or being “gay enough” can be deadly.
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Recent EU Court Ruling Might Make Life Less Miserable For LGB Asylum Seekers
Last week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice is being hailed as a “landmark” change for LGB asylum seekers – that is, if you’re willing to overlook how asylum seekers in the EU are regularly detained, demonised and deported.
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Casey Stoney Comes Out, Becomes UK’s Most Famousest Gay Soccer Player
The gayest thing in British women’s soccer since Bend It Like Beckham.