The Lesbian and Gay News Summary
How children can order life-altering transgender drugs from their bedroom “Foreign doctors are prescribing powerful sex change hormones to 15-year-olds in England without their parents’ involvement, a Telegraph investigation has found. GenderGP, an online transgender healthcare services clinic, uses a legal loophole to flout NHS rules to issue valid prescriptions which can then be used …
Quotes and Notes – Sunday 21st February
“Chestfeeding is not a word. That’s because human infants cannot extract nourishment from a chest. The only body part that produces milk is called a breast.” Lionel Shriver points out that even Microsoft’s spellcheck underscores “chestfeeding” with a “chiding red squiggle”. The new “inclusive” term is one of many being introduced by Brighton and Sussex …
The Gay Spot on 25th February 2021 – LGB History Pub Quiz from LGB Alliance
LGB History Pub Quiz from LGB Alliance Take a wander through the past, with questions covering a variety of LGB topics and events, as the team explore the firsts, the fictions, and the forgotten facts of LGB history. The post The Gay Spot on 25th February 2021 – LGB History Pub Quiz from LGB Alliance …
Being Gay in the Thirties (‘Gay Life’ TV series)
In this outstanding episode of pioneering 1980s TV series Gay Life, Gifford Skinner describes what it was like to be a gay man in the 1930s. Illuminating and nostalgic, Gifford recalls picking up guardsmen in Hyde Park as well as some of the homosexual ‘characters’ he encountered in London’s West End. The gay activist, historian …
India’s best gay coming-out story premieres at London Indian Film Festival this Sunday 28th February
With the legalisation of gay sex in India recently, a whole swathe of new lesbian and gay filmmakers are finding their voice. London Indian Film Festival has been championing these pioneers and this weekend it’s showing the must-see drama Evening Shadows. Available on the festival’s new digital player the film’s director Sridhar Rangayan, blends Bollywood …
En attendant la prochaine réouverture des musées
Albrecht Dürer. Salvo Minuti: Todo penes ! « Il en est de certaines caves comme des musées. On souhaiterait de s’y laisser enfermer après l’heure; d’entendre claquer la serrure et s’éloigner les pas du gardien pour surprendre les conciliabules de la nuit. » Pierre Veilletet. Kaws. Cacho Falco. « Pourquoi construire des déchetteries quand les musées d’art contemporain …
Ammonite review by Jack Cline: “An earthy same-sex romance, this time on England’s Jurassic Coast in the mid-19th century”
From award-winning writer-director Francis Lee (God’s Own Country), Ammonite is another beautifully detailed depiction of an earthy same-sex romance, this time on England’s Jurassic Coast in the mid-19th century. Once again, Lee takes an elemental approach, connecting his characters to the location and the earth itself while exploring intense, deep passions. So while the film …
Professional Judy: What does LGBTplc do when it has been exposed with its pants around its ankles? It goes on the attack.
Scrolling through Twitter, even though banned for human rights abuses like saying rape porn is wrong, I stumbled upon the latest LGBTplc scandal. If you’re fragile you need to prepare yourselves. Grab the smelling salts. Fetch the fainting couch. Put on your best pearls and prepare to clutch them with a death grip. Load the …
Potato Head, Now Gender-Neutral, Can Be Played as a Gay Spud
The toy company is dropping the « Mr. » and rebranding its famous plastic spud with play sets that can be customized for same-sex parents.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Hangs Sign Trolling Pol With Trans Child
The Republican affixed an anti-transgender poster on her office door reading, “There are TWO genders: Male & Female. Trust The Science!”
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