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Trans-owned bookshop invites customers to vandalize JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels
There are so many ways we can fight back.against homophobia and transphobia, and an bookshop in the UK has come up with a brilliant idea. The Bookish Type, a trans-owned bookstore in Leeds and the only trans woman-owned bookshop in England, is offering visitors the chance to deface copies of Harry Potter for just 25p. …
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Want MORE of CLAYBOURNE ELDER? Here’s his debut album ‘IF THE STARS WERE MINE’
I didn’t believe in God. Until now, that is. The proof was sitting there in QUEERGURU’S inbox. It was a note that Grammy-nominated music artist and Broadway performer Claybourne Elder has unveiled his debut solo album, If the Stars Were Mine. I mean, how can one person be so handsome, so very talented and cool…
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Queerguru’s Lifestyle Editor Peter Minkorf : Common Health Mistakes Senior LGBTQ Individuals Should Avoid
Aging has its own set of health challenges for everyone, and for LGBTQ seniors, there might be additional challenges in terms of social, psychological, and medical issues. These might include gaps in culturally sensitive care, lack of social support networks, and past experiences that might have discouraged them from seeking help in the first place.…
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Tennis players set up new league for trans women forced out of sport
Valerie Witherspoon and Christine Delisle have just co-founded Tennis with Friends to start their own new recreational tennis league in Las Vegas in direct respinse to repeated attacks against trans athletes who could no longer play in existing leagues, and they want to make the sport more inclusive. Many trans athletes were left without clubs…
