This weekend, we witnessed the widespread support of same-sex marriage all around the world as parades took over the streets of Toronto, Sao Paulo and Mexico City. And let’s not forget New York. On Friday, June 24th, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill that will (in 30 days) give same-sex couples the right to ...
Today is Pride Day in London and everyone is out having a gay old time. Pride is now in its 40th year and we have seen a lot of changes to gay rights since this event first began. But in spite of the increasing gay rights around the world, there is still a lot of discrimination ...
June has been declared Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month by Presidential Proclamation. “As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities… An important chapter in our great, unfinished story is the movement for fairness and equality on behalf of the lesbian, gay, ...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
