Getting REAL

An interview with the students from Western University, Ontario who run the remarkable GetREAL project.

” If we could go back, for those of us that did the bullying, we would never have done that.”

London Mayoral Elections 2012.

Tim Bennett-Goodman looks at the forthcoming London Mayoral and Assembly elections from the LGBT perspective, with a not-entirely impartial eye …

“Of course, most of us cast our vote based on a much wider spectrum of issues than just sexuality (which is doubtless as it should be) but we surely want to support a candidate who will do us the most good, or possibly the least harm. “

Challenging homophobia in new ways

Get REAL is a university student-driven initiative aimed at eliminating homophobia in creative and dynamic ways.

“As Edward Everett the 20th US Secretary of State once astutely noted, “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army”.”

“Peaceful blogger” calls for an end to the 10%

A very angry young woman has been waging a campaign against LGBT people and in her desperation invokes the final solution. Does anyone have a strait-jacket handy?

“I do not like to throw around words like sociopath but it seems that this disturbed young woman is exactly that.”

Homophobia Goes Wild in the Twittersphere

On the trending #ToMyUnbornChild, and how hundreds of Twitter users said they’d kill their own child if it turned out to be gay.

“It’s all decidedly mediaeval, and rather like a virtual witch burning. But like so many music videos, it’s about displaying attitude, and not actually doing and/or being anything.”

John Amaechi

John Amaechi is selected for Polari Magazine’s list of LGBT Heroes. For UK LGBT History Month 2012.

“It is painfully illustrative of just how homophobic the world of sport is that most athletes like Amaechi come out after their retirement from their sport. “

The Trouble with Coming Out.

Paul Baker writes about the challenges that students face when they come out at university.

If you’re a straight teenager, in these godless ‘end times’, you’ve probably got a head-start on emotional growing up. You’ve probably fancied members of the opposite sex (and nobody’s bullied you because of it), you’ve probably had a boyfriend or girlfriend.

A report on being out in the entertainment industry.

Equity study finds that many UK actors are in the closet professionally but not personally.

57% of respondents reported that other performers were homophobic, 20% point to producers and 37% to backstage crew members.

Branson condemn’s homophobia of Nigerian Government

Richard Branson calls on those with influence to exert it to oppose the Nigerian laws against same-sex marriage and its accompanying prison sentence.

People are born gay. In countries where gay people are accepted, they are amongst the most creative and dynamic people in society and countries should embrace them not prosecute them.

Eight-year old stands up to bully Michele Bachmann

Elijah tells Bachmann that his mother is gay and doesn’t need fixing. Way to go!

It would be wrong to call Michele Bachmann evil. She’s ignorant. Willfully and loyally so. It’s what she does/says that is evil.