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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

Can you name a gay scientist? Being able to see a part of yourself in someone else who has succeeded in your field can make a big difference. For this reason, a part of our oSTEM (Out in STEM) mission is to increase visibility of LGBTQ+ people in STEM. Here we present four figures in […]… Continue reading Kenyon oStem presents: LGBT+ Scientists — Lyceum

Via Breitbart In the latest instance of left-wing cancel culture, a virtual LGBT pride parade in the UK has been shut down after activists discovered that the organiser was a supporter of Brexit and had liked tweets from Nigel Farage and free speech campaigner Toby Young. Keep reading at source… Patriotify: The social network built […]… Continue reading Cancel Culture: Virtual LGBT Pride Event Shut Down Because Organiser Supported Brexit | Breitbart — Patriotify

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman Many thanks to Abram’s Books for Young Readers for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review 3.5 stars This is going to be a (very) short review. I enjoyed The Stonewall Riots. As a gay young adult, it definitely resonated […]… Continue reading history of gay rights | The Stonewall Riots | Book Review — Tucker The Reader