Before going to see this film I had read up as much as possible about it, even though I was always going to watch it after having seen Desiree Akhavan’s debut Appropriate Behaviour a number of equally entertaining times. Akhavan’s work is creative, entertaining and relatable; notably, it is queer. However, while Appropriate Behaviour is […]
Tag: lgbtq
Infamous Afropunk Takes Over Brixton
AFROPUNK, the festival that celebrates blackness and everything alternative has returned to London and where else would be better than Brixton to host this culture filled extravaganza. The Afropunk takeover will span over a week from 1st to 8th September with a week of panels, workshops, talks, club nights and live shows! The prodigious lineup […]
Gender preference in unborn children, is it unhealthy/toxic?
Gender preference in unborn children is a common thing. Most people seem to have some idea of whether they want a daughter or son, long before a baby is even on the way. I did. These days I wonder, how healthy is gender preference in unborn children? It’s likely we’ve all heard these sentiments: ‘I […]
Choose One
“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 […]
And The Rest of Me Floats Review
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 […]
Summer Is Coming So Hide
I have just been travelling in Venice, it was hot and white. My friends and I walked around the city looking like a portable tv show. There was the guy who was writing a “style blog” that filmed us as we walked passed as was suitably affronted when I asked him to delete it, there […]
Decades: Martina
On this episode of #DecadesAZ, we talk coming out, youth work and black queerness with teacher and youth work, Martina. The Decades Project is a series focusing on LGBTQAI People of Colour. #DecadesAZ
Counterfeit Personality
I couldn’t bear to imagine how the vicar and his wife would react when in fact, their offspring has breached the rules and regulations, ignored the terms and conditions of the contract.How will they react when in fact, their offspring is a homosexualwho would rather spend her Sunday morning nursing a hangover?rather than reading the bible […]