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One of the things we often overlook when we get nostalgic about classic film noir is how shockingly cheap the genre was, at least the bulk of it. Slicker, major studio noir films like The Maltese Falcon packed the screen with gruffly handsome leading men & gorgeous femme fatales, but most noir pictures were from […]… Continue reading Detour (1945) — Swampflix

A new article extends the social psychological study of citizenship to consider the issue of sexual citizenship, and its boundaries. The article presents research from Cyprus that adopted a critical approach to analyse discourses of citizenship in Greek Cypriot newspapers. The article is co-authored by Dr Eleni Andreouli, the Director of Research in the School. […]… Continue reading Sexual citizenship: a critical social psychological issue — OU Psychology

This book is a comprehensive guide for schools to undertake the work required to make inclusive spaces for all sexualities and genders. The author Shaun Dellenty invests significant pages in the book to showing mindfulness, compassion and respect to all aspects of the approach making it read more as a philosophy that is accessible for […]… Continue reading Celebrating Difference: A Whole-School Approach to LGBT+ Inclusion — Cargill’s Classroom

Pages upon pages of photos of Nazi soldiers… in drag – that’s what’s in Martin Dammann’s book Soldier Studies: Cross-dressing in der Wermacht. Were the Nazis more diverse than we ever thought? Or is there something more insidious lurking here? Today we take a look at the situation in which cross-dressers found themselves in the… Continue reading Wolves in Women’s Clothing? Cross-dressing in the German Army: Sex in the Third Reich – Short Shorts, German History — History of Sex

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. via We are not all the same, but we are all equal — Capgemini Australia

Dr. Richard/Rachael Levine, transgendered Health Secretary strikes again in Pennsylvania. Last week I posted how she/he had forced nursing homes to take COVID patients. The news comes as Levine, the nation’s first openly transgender health secretary, comes under fire over the department’s handling of nursing homes — particularly a March guidance that essentially […] via PA… Continue reading PA transgendered Sec of Health focusing on LGBT, Trannny on COVID data collection — BUNKERVILLE | God, Guns and Guts Comrades!

We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (5/11/20-5/17/20). Annamarie’s Reading Picture Books & Readers: The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Jane Cabrera Dolly Parton by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara (biography) Everybody Potties! by Cheri Vogel Greta Thunberg by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara (biography) […]… Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? — Book Cart Queens

by Phoebe Clothier Think you’ve seen enough of these? I don’t think you have! Honestly, I don’t know why you’re complaining. One of the few things I’m able to focus on these days is television’s sweet embrace, and the pleasure of re-watching old favourites is like a warm, electronic blanket. However, if you find yourself […]… Continue reading This Year in Television: Six (and a half) shows to watch in Lockdown — other/conversations

17 May marks IDAHOBIT – the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia First observed in 2004, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), and intersex (LBGTQI) people around the world, raising awareness of, and standing out against, the discrimination still experienced by […]… Continue reading Standing out against discrimination — M&S Bank