«Beyto», ménage à trois turco-suisse
L’amour triomphe des traditions dans le film de Gitta Gsell, qui croise les sujets de l’intégration et de l’homosexualité avec une bonne dose d’optimisme.
La population LGBTQ+ invitée à se laisser ausculter
Constatant des lacunes dans la prise en compte des problématiques LGBTQ+ en matière de politiques de santé, le Conseil fédéral a mandaté une nouvelle enquête nationale. Le questionnaire est en ligne.
«Tire-pipes»
Ma grand-maman Odette avait l’habitude de dire, lorsqu’elle voulait qualifier quelque chose de vulgaire: «Ça fait tire-pipes!» Adolescent, cette expression produisait chez moi une forte impression. Dans mon esprit surgissaient […]
Vieillir avec le VIH: «J’aimerais devenir grand-mère»
Le vieillissement de la population pose de nouveaux défis dans la lutte contre le VIH.
“Out of Time”: the diaries of painter Keith Vaughan previewed by Peter Scott-Presland and performed by Homo Promos this Tuesday 25th May
Keith Vaughan [1912-1977] was a painter, initially a post-war neoromantic, but later pushing towards a more abstract style. He painted men – and men in movement particularly – in a way which was utterly and unashamedly erotic. The extraordinary thing is that nobody noticed – or if they did, they didn’t comment on it – …
Equality and Human Rights Commission quits Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Scheme
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has left Stonewall’s Diversity Champions scheme. Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Commission, revealed the decision in a letter to the campaigning group Sex Matters. Baroness Falkner said “As a publicly funded organisation we have to ensure that we are making the best choices when it comes to our …
Julie Bindel sues Pink News for libel, by LGN legal commentator Dennis Kavanagh
Prominent lesbian campaigner and journalist, Julie Bindel is suing Pink News and its editor in chief Benjamin Cohen for aggravated damages in a libel claim over an article carried by the online journal on 17th May 2020. The article in question was an interview piece with Amy Dyess framed as a story of a woman …
Obituary: “The Head Lesbian” – singer and songwriter Alix Dobkin, remembered by Liza Cowan
“There are only two responses to freedom. One is trying to control everything. The other is to be creative and take risks.” Alix Dobkin, 1994 Alix Dobkin, singer, songwriter, and the face of the iconic “The Future is Female” t-shirt photo, died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by family, on May 19th from a brain aneurysm …
Tsunami Warning! Malcolm Clark on this Wednesday’s LGB Alliance panel discussion webinar on the worldwide wave of homophobia
Across the world we LGB people face a tsunami of homophobia. In the past few months, we have seen horrific murders in Iran, Latvia and South Africa, the criminalization of same-sex relationships in Uganda, and an ever harsher anti-gay climate in Indonesia, Hungary and Poland – to name just a few examples. But what makes …
The N.Y. Times Says Police Belong at Pride. Many Disagree
A Times editorial calling the limitation of police presence « a misstep » has drawn outrage.
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