Remembering bell hooks, by Claire Heuchan
Anybody who lived through the Kennedy assassination can tell you where they were when they learned that JFK died. I learned this from my grandparents; my grandmother is still fond of telling her JFK story. As a child, I found it a morbid remembrance. And in more recent years I bristled against the Americentric expectation …
What’s the definition of a gay slut?
It’s late at night in a downtown gay bar, and we’ve all had a bit too much to drink. There’s me and boyfriend K, my old friend D his husband W, and a relatively new friend called N with his young boyfriend R. « R just asked me if you’ve ever been a slut? » N asks …
Julie Bindel: “This link between men who push the trans extremist demand for access to female-only facilities, and child sexual abuse and exploitation is a clear one.”
“Rowling seems to imagine a world in which trans women are privileged predators working with a compliant police force to assault innocent cis women. In fact, trans women are a small, marginalized, vulnerable minority, who face terrifying rates of sexual violence from the police who are supposed to help them,” wrote Noah Berlatsky in a …
Lush withdraws decision to fund two lesbian groups after cosmetics retailer feared backlash by trans activists
The cosmetic retailer Lush reversed a decision to fund two lesbian groups on the grounds that they were “anti-trans” and it feared a backlash by trans activists, Lesbian and Gay News has learned. Lush has a fund called the Charity Pot, which it draws on to provide grants to worthy causes in three areas: animal …
A Grandmother Is Going to Jail For Harassing Her Gay Neighbors
The 64-year-old would play music featuring lyrics about killing gay men, put up posters that read the couple would burn in hell, and even seem to film them.
GOP Candidate Claims Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Not Gay, Is Abuser
Danielle Neuschwanger, who hopes to win the Republican nomination to face Gov. Polis in 2022, has made a series of outlandish and false statements about him.
Founder of Ex-LGBTQ+ Group Admits to Having Gay Sex Again
Advocates say his group, Freedom March, is “a fraudulent organization that preys on vulnerable and desperate LGBTQ people.”
France Outlaws Discredited Practice of LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy
Those found offering the harmful practice could be jailed for two years and fined almost $34,000.
How Out Texas Rep. Celia Israel Put Voting Rights First in 2021
The legislator put her wedding plans on hold when duty called and is one of The Advocate‘s People of the Year.

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