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L’égocentrisme va-t-il foutre en l’air 2022 comme 2021 ?

Pas encore sorti du placard… … ou militant par tous les temps. Le président Emmanuel Macron, a déclaré la semaine dernière: « Les non-vaccinés, j’ai très envie de les emmerder. Et donc on va continuer de le faire, jusqu’au bout. » En hébreu, Immanu’el signifie Dieu avec nous. Imaginez ce qu’un humoriste, inspiré par cette déclaration cracra, …

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Claire Heuchan talks to lesbian feminist author and academic Janice Raymond about her new book Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism

Few political thinkers can claim the foresight of Janice Raymond. Back in the 1970s, decades before transgenderism entered the mainstream, Raymond predicted the widespread medicalisation of gender identity. She was also an early critic of commercial surrogacy, anticipating that poor women would be at risk of reproductive trafficking to meet demand created by the wealthy. …

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Bev Jackson from LGB Alliance: Choose your battles

If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that we should choose our battles carefully when promoting the legal rights of LGB people. A good example of wasted energy was the seven years of legal battles between an LGBTQ+ activist and a Belfast cake-maker – which only serves to remind us that differences of …

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The accidental step mum by Deborah Evans: “Here’s the strange thing, children allow you to heal those childhood wounds. In parenting them, I parent myself.”

There are moments – usually early in the morning at weekends, when groggily watching a TV programme about felt hamsters which also happen to be cars – that I find myself asking: how did I get here? I have spent all my life feeling utterly immune to maternal urges. Feeling smug about my lack of …

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It’s Not Only the Left Taking Lessons From January 6, Trump Is Too

Expect Republicans to put forward extreme, anti-LGBTQ+ candidates who would gleefully subvert an election or allow an insurrection.

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NASCAR Partners With LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce for Diversity Training

“We know that fans of NASCAR look different, they love different, they’re differently able … This gives us an opportunity to let them know that we see them as well as support them.”

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Watch the First 10 Mins of ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14 Premiere

Seven new queens make their grand entrance and provide us with pure TV serotonin.

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Elvira Says ‘Horny Old Men’ Ditched Her After She Came Out

But it was her queer fanbase that the Mistress of the Dark was most worried about alienating. 

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Senegal Rejects Draft Bill Toughening Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

If passed, the law would have broadened the current law that makes same-sex sexual activity illegal. 

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Lesbian Couple From Netflix Doc ‘A Secret Love’ Made Into Bobbleheads

The couple’s more than 70-year romance was featured in Ryan Murphy’s 2020 documentary.

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