“If monogamy is two married people who agree to only have sex with each other, there isn’t much of a history of it.” explains Isabella Rotman . I don’t practice monogamy because.. I don’t want to. Despite this being the case for longer than I can remember, I’m still asked the same reductive questions by friends […]
New K-pop star, Holland, is releasing his debut by ‘coming out’ to the music industry, and we are here for it! In the trailer video, that was released on the 15th, Holland made a captivating silent movie, with the lyrics ‘We are young and I love you’ as he’s rolling around in bed with his […]
Before the New Year I met up with Brendon Mayanja, a Zimbabwean student currently living in Florida for his studies. We spoke about his style inspirations, issues within the LGBT+ community and other experiences. What are your style inspirations? When I first got into fashion, I found that the people I was looking up to […]
The proposal They say every girl dreams of their perfect wedding day. For me, I dreamed of meeting my soul mate and spending a life of happiness together. I proposed to my girlfriend on a dreamy isolated beach in the Mediterranean. We couldn’t wait to go home and share the exciting news with our friends […]
As National Coming Out Day approaches, I’ve realized that not only was there not just one coming out moment for me, I never really stopped coming out. Much of it is because I present as femme. People that know me only on the surface or not at all have no idea that I am queer. […]
For many years, I struggled with depression and anxiety. Because I have learned to cope with it, sometimes I forget that this battle used to be my normal. But then when someone confides in me that they are experiencing the same issues with mental health that I did, it all comes rushing back. One thing that […]
Why an ‘Intersectional Community Event’? Last year, the Women’s Programme of LGBT Foundation consulted with the community and learnt that, in our Programme, the lesbian and bisexual women who were accessing our services were mainly white, cisgender and/or young(<50). Our job is to make sure our work is relevant and representative of all the lesbian […]
Gender seems to be the hot topic not only within the LGBT+ community but in the wider society. We’re in a time where Britain’s Next Top Model welcomed their first transwoman and Munroe Bergdorf became an ambassador for the major brand L’Oreal (we’re not going to talk the drama) and everyone is realising that gender […]
On this episode of #DecadesAZ, we talk about international volunteering, charity work and accepting her sexuality with Tanya Compas The Decades Project is a series focusing on LGBTQAI People of Colour. #DecadesAZ
50 years on from the Sexual Offences Act, and LGBTQ people are protected by a plethora of rights that are enshrined in law. Legally, we are now permitted an existence without fear of arrest or worse—which granted—is a small prize, but one which was not afforded to queer people in the 60s, and indeed the […]
