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LGBT Media: Love, Victor (2020) — The Avocado

Love, Victor follows a Latinx teen who transfers to Creekwood High School in Atlanta, GA. This was the setting for Becky Albertalli’s Creekwood novels and Greg Berlanti’s 2018 film Love, Simon. Simon was embraced by friends and family after being outed as gay. He’s since graduated. Victor’s unsure of his sexuality and fears he won’t […]… Continue reading LGBT Media: Love, Victor (2020) — The Avocado

Take Action: Black Lives Matter Resources (MASTER LIST) — Lesbiapart

Hello all, I am going to be brief. As we all know, the first Pride was a riot. We have the ability to celebrate Pride every year because the first individual to throw a brick at Stonewall was a Black trans woman named Marsha P. Johnson. We cannot celebrate freedom until we are all free. […]… Continue reading Take Action: Black Lives Matter Resources (MASTER LIST) — Lesbiapart

Celebrating Black Beauty in Film — Lesbiapart

June 19th, 1865— The American Civil War, a war between the Union and the Confederacy over the abolition of slavery in the United States, had been over for well over two months with the eventual surrender of General Robert E. Lee. President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation over two years ago on January […]… Continue reading Celebrating Black Beauty in Film — Lesbiapart

‘Street Hassle,’ or the Queer Negotiation Between the Public and the Private — Lesbiapart

Staff Writer, Elena. L, writes about the balance between the “Private” and the “Public” when it comes to queer identity during Pride. Photo credit: “I Am Out Therefore I Am” by Adam Rohlston, 1989. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. via ‘Street Hassle,’ or the Queer Negotiation Between the Public and the Private — Lesbiapart

Polish president calls LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism — Jaacto Mist

The election is scheduled for June 28, with a second round featuring the two top candidates two weeks later on July 12 if none of the contenders wins at least 50% outright. While there are now 10 candidates in the race, polls predict a runoff between Duda and Trzaskowski, who belongs to the centrist and… Continue reading Polish president calls LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism — Jaacto Mist

Doctors told to hang rainbow flags to make waiting rooms more welcoming to gay and transgender patients — Laughing at Feminists (it’s a civic duty)

A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in January 2018: Another piece for our “You couldn’t make this s*** up!!!” filing cabinet. Extracts: Doctors have been told to hang rainbow flags in their waiting rooms to… Continue reading Doctors told to hang rainbow flags to make waiting rooms more welcoming to gay and transgender patients — Laughing at Feminists (it’s a civic duty)

The best ally you can be — BASIC † SNITCH

Being an ally is active, not passive. It sounds absurd now, but I’ve only just internalised that you can’t rely on simply knowing that you’re a person with good intentions who isn’t racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist. Because allyship isn’t about intention. Because declaring “I am an ally” is insufficient. Listening is vital […]… Continue reading The best ally you can be — BASIC † SNITCH

Homosexuality: Colours of Love — Helical

Homosexuality is a word that has been once written in horrid, pitch black letters in the golden pages of history and has struggled its way towards the light, now to be recognized in rainbow colours throughout the world. Homosexuals of various ages as well as religions have faced punishments, honor killings, bans, social stigma, bodily […]… Continue reading Homosexuality: Colours of Love — Helical