Written by Elle Windsor A-spec history is a little tricky to pin down. It’s a pretty nebulous thing, by it’s nature. It’s not really possible to know someone is or was asexual or aromantic unless they tell us. And the language we use today is specific, complex and fairly new which make searching for […]
Month: June 2021
Internalised Biphobia and existential “Bi-sis”
I was sixteen when I first found, between my recommended videos on Youtube, a video of a girl talking about her experience in the LGBT+ community, her journey to discovering her sexuality, and coming out as a lesbian. It was all very new to me. Of course, I knew that there were gay people and […]
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Pride Month: The ongoing fight for LGBT+ liberation
Written by Lee Booker It is easy for many to assume that the struggle for LGBT+ equality has been achieved in Britain when we see the adoption of the rainbow and Pride branding by major corporations, banks and companies within their logos. But the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s recent research on LGBT+ […]
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Transitioning through bisexual erasure – a transmasc perspective
Written by Daryl Hodge (they/them) My GP was flicking through pages and pages of computer records. I was at my one-month check-up after starting testosterone and she was trying to find the results of my previous smear test. “Of course,” she said, “You don’t need to worry about contraception.” I was confused for a […]
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The Importance of Community
Written by Luanne Thornton (she/her) Pride month comes not only as a moment of celebration for the LGBTIQA+ community but also a moment of reflection. We take this opportunity to question what do LGBTIQA+ individuals need to recognise, accept, and celebrate their most authentic selves? The LGBTIQA+ community need and deserve a knowledge of LGBTIQA+ […]
What is ‘Normal’ anyway?
Written by Lollie Melton (she/her) “One of the deadliest tools of powerful systems is narrow definitions of what is “normal” and the reduction of difference to deviance.” ~ James Arpin-Ricci There are power structures present in our society. The world is designed to favour some people over others, based on facets of our identities that we […]