Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
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You know, people often come down hard on the Kardashian family. Critics of the world's most famous reality TV clan often slate them as nothing more than shameless self-promoters and self-obsessed socialites who embody everything vacuous and vain about modern society. But isn't that just being cynical for the sake…
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It's a sad fact that LGBTQ+ people routinely experience harassment, prejudice and abuse in the world of work. Indeed, this is doubly true for queer people who choose to work in the education sector. Gay teachers are often accused by bigoted parents of all manner of conspiracies against heteronormative society: apparently…
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A lot of people might think that, in 2018, homophobia isn't something people have to worry about anymore - especially not in the western world where we have Pride Months, equal marriage, and RuPaul's Drag Race. Unfortunately, that's not quite true. Sure, a lot of countries have made steps towards…
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It's summer, which means that it's pride season. Yes, when the sun comes out it's the time of year when the LGBT+ community takes to the streets to celebrate their identity, and also strike back against persecution. As gay issues have become more mainstream, and representation in the media has…
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Pride month has only just ended in the USA, and already we're being reminded of how desperately we still need it. Every day we hear incidents of transgender individuals being denied entry to bathrooms or dressing rooms, LGB couples experiencing physical and verbal abuse for holding hands or being affectionate…
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Each person's coming out story is completely unique. For some, it takes decades to slowly come to the realisation that they're attracted to people of the same sex. Others have known their entire lives and it comes as little shock to them to say the words "I'm gay" out loud. But,…
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Everyone knows Ellen DeGeneres. While many know her now as the host of one of the biggest talk shows on television, it's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her illustrious career. Before The Ellen DeGeneres Show began in 2003, she had a successful career in stand-up…
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Years ago, the idea of a pregnant man was completely unheard of - not to mention, thought to be biologically impossible. Skip to 2018 and transgender men are challenging the norm, with news of their pregnancies helping to provide higher visibility for those whose sense of personal identity and gender does…
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A 12-year-old boy who was born a girl has changed his name by deed poll, after he realised that he had been assigned the wrong gender at birth. As he grew up, Gabriel Buttress realised that his birth gender was not the one that he was supposed to live with for…
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In a dream world, we'd live in a society where everyone was accepted for who they were and treated equally no matter what. Unfortunately for all of us, instead, we live in a world where lesbian couples are reportedly chucked out of their Ubers for sharing a peck and black…
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This week marks the two-year anniversary of the shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, which was the deadliest mass shooting in the USA at the time. 49 people lost their lives that day, while many others were affected by the incident, whether they were survivors or loved ones of…
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A young lesbian couple has claimed that they were chucked out of their Uber by the driver after he saw them sharing "a peck" in the back seat of his car. Alex Lovine, 26, and her girlfriend Emma Pichl, 24, were riding in the car on Saturday night in Manhattan when…
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When Donald Trump ran for president, he said he would embrace the gay community. At the Republican Convention, he promised he would "do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens." At a campaign event, he held a rainbow flag. (Sure, it was upside down, but the gesture counts).…
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Jazz Jennings is a teenage YouTube personality, LGBTQ rights activist and star of the TLC reality series I Am Jazz. At age five, she was diagnosed with gender identity disorder, which Psychology Today defines as "strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with one's own assigned…
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By 2018, we've come a long way with regards to how we treat gender. The idea that all girls should love pink and play with Barbies, while boys love the color blue and G.I. Joe is quickly becoming a thing of the past. While much of the world is coming…
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Erin Anderson is a 22-year-old knockout blonde bombshell from Kentucky. But she was actually born as Aaron, and grew up living as a boy. Even when she was three, Erin felt like she was born in the wrong body. As a child, she wore her grandma's high heels, put on…
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When RuPaul's Drag Race first hit TV screens back in 2009, it was a groundbreaking celebration of all things queer. Yet, although the show is now a cornerstone of reality TV, things weren't always like this. Years ago, drag queens exactly like the ones on the show were regularly subject to…
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Questioning your sexuality is a part of growing up that most people go through, but it's not always easy. Trying to figure out exactly who you are, as well as trying to ace your exams, find a good job, have a decent social life, drink enough water, text everyone back…
Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
