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The UK House of Lords Passes Amendment to Classify Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes as Aggravated Offences
The House of Lords is the independent upper chamber of the UK Parliament (kind of like the US Senate) that works alongside the House of Commons to shape laws, scrutinize government action, and investigate public policy. It comprises over 670 members, primarily life peers, alongside hereditary peers and bishops holding office for life. Sometimes instead…
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At the EUROPEAN GAY SKI WEEK everyone is worthy of a ‘GOLD MEDAL’ one way or another
To a lot of snow-bound people ….. especially all those thousands on the US East Coast who have been trapped in their houses more than once this winter, the idea of going to the European Gay Ski Week may fall flat. Even cold. BUT the 18th Anniversary of Europe’s biggest LGBTQI+ Winter Sports Event…
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Queerguru’sRis Fatah previews Shooting From Below, the new show by Midgitte Bardot, on at London’s Southbank Centre …….from 9-11th April.
Fancy something different? Then check out Midgitte Bardot’s (great name!) new show, Shooting From Below at London’s Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room from April 9th -11th. Midgitte Bardot, aka artist Tamm Reynolds, explores just who is really dwarfing whom. For centuries, performance has been written into dwarf bones without consent. They are local celebrities with little…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews Caroline Litman’s memoir ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on how ‘the system failed’ her trans daughter
On the 26th May 2022, Caroline Litman received news that no parent should have to hear, news that would change everything: her youngest daughter had died by suicide. Alice was 20, and by that time had waited almost three years to get an appointment at a gender identity clinic. Caroline channelled her grief and wrote…
