Posts in 'Politics' Category
Allsorts Youth Project recognises International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
This year the theme for IDAHOBIT is ‘global voices against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.’ This theme is particularly poignant for the young people at Allsorts Youth Project who either attend school, or have done very recently. With this in mind Allsorts has launched a campaign asking LGBT young people to share their experiences and ideas on how schools could be made safer for LGBT young people.
The L Project UPDATE
So what’s been happening in the last month with The L Project? Who are The L Project? Really, you’re not already a fan? Okay, for those of you living in caves, here’s what you missed.. The L Project released an anti-bullying charity single entitled ”It Does Get Better” on Feb 11th 2012 recorded by 17 of the UK’s [...]
Update on the BHCC scrutiny on trans equality
Nick Douglas is the LGBT Health and Inclusion Project (HIP) Coordinator “I wanted to give you an update on the Council meeting Tuesday evening. The Council Overview and Scrutiny Commission agreed to carry out a trans equality scrutiny. Councillor Phelim MacCafferty made a brilliant speech in favour as the proposer. Councillor Warren Morgan also gave a [...]
Brighton & Hove: The UK’s First Zero-tolerance city for LGBT Hate Crime
On Wednesday night (21st March 2012 at the Queens Hotel) the LGBT Community Safety Meeting came together along with four guest speakers: Council Leader Cllr Bill Randall, Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett, Dr Kath Browne Count Me In Too Researcher, Sgt Alex Evans. Speaking at the launch of the resurrected LGBT Community Safety Forum, Council Leader [...]
More hated from the church as they fight same-sex marriage
Last week The Arch Bishop of Westminster, Vincent Gerard Nichols published a letter that warned plans to extend marriage to same-sex couples would be a ‘profoundly radical step’ that would reduce it to a vague commitment between two people. Now would be a good a time as any for Nichols and his cronies to step out of their ivory tower and see that for thousands of people the idea of love, be it between mixed or same sex couples is so much more palatable then his continuous onslaught of hate in the name of God.
The accretion of knowledge. Learning our LGBT history for World Book Day
Horrified was I to find out in conversation that a dear and definitely dyke friend – very prominent in the local scene and only recently gently slipped past her 30th year….. has never heard of The Gateways Club! Where have these young women been…..Granted the ability to read is vital – but what I do find to be often lacking is the following step. Learning! The accretion of knowledge.
“BORN IN FLAMES” (15) dir: Lizzie Borden USA 1983
There might be some connection – a coincidence of a cinematic kind perhaps – when a rare category, exempli gratia films made by women about women, follow each other to the box office. I am thinking of “The Iron Lady” re Margaret Thatcher (dir: Phyllida Lloyd) and “W.E.” re Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII (dir: [...]
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell. To some, Peter Tatchell is the People’s Protester, to other’s he is an annoyance, for this author he is a hero. Citing his constant campaigns for human rights, highlighting environmental issues with his role as the Green Party’s Parliamentary candidate for Oxford East, and for being the one man brave [...]
Homophobic Tweet
The way we can now all communicate via social networks, like Facebook, Twitter etc has opened the world to some great debates as well as some really banal tweets. I’m still puzzled why Stephen Fry’s tweet that he was stuck in a lift a few years back made the Six O Clock news, I guess [...]
Brighton LGBT Blogs
It can seem an overwhelming task to find what you’re looking for and Googling ‘lesbian or gay blog’ could lead you to hours of time spent down Alice’s Rabbit Hole in search for what you want. There are heaps of American blogs, so I thought I’d take a trip down the rabbit hole myself and unearth just who is LGBT and blogging in Brighton & Hove.
