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Gay, Single Dad Is Not A Pedophile

Gay, Single Dad Is Not A Pedophile

May 16, 2012 No Comments

Last year, prominent Los Angeles photographer Paul Rusconi was arrested on suspicions of lewd acts with a minor and possession of child pornography. Rusconi had posted a photo of him with his two young daughters in a bathtub on Twitter. The girls’ nanny saw the snapshot and immediately called the police, accusing Rusconi of rape. The accusers were given ...

Anti-Homophobic Bullying Bill Criticized

Anti-Homophobic Bullying Bill Criticized

May 8, 2012 No Comments

Anti-bullying legislation is under attack by religious groups in Ontario. The proposed bill seeks to challenge homophobic bullying in schools but the religious groups opposing it say that it is an attempt to push a “gay lifestyle” on their children. Passing a bill to stop bullying in schools may sound a bit extreme. You might ...

Homophobia Linked To Denied Same-Sex Feelings

Homophobia Linked To Denied Same-Sex Feelings

April 11, 2012 No Comments

The belief that homophobes and those who commit hate crimes against gays are lashing out against their own homosexual feelings is not new. But a new study has offered valuable evidence to the speculation. The study links feelings of homophobia with repressed same-sex attraction. It also adds new insight by showing the role strict, homophobic parents have ...

An Empowering Book About A Girl

An Empowering Book About A Girl

March 13, 2012 No Comments

Much talk of girls and girlhood on International Women’s Day 2012 inspired me to re-read the most inspirational book of my own girlhood, Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Matilda is not unusual for a Roald Dahl character — a small person who turns the tables on the big people — but she is unusual amongst girls in ...

Killing A Woman For Being Gay Is Not OK

Killing A Woman For Being Gay Is Not OK

February 2, 2012 1 Comment

  Four men in South Africa have been sentenced for the murder of a 19-year-old lesbian woman. She was stabbed and stoned to death in 2006. The court found that the girl was targeted due to her sexual orientation. Cases like this sadly are not uncommon in South Africa. The Human Rights Watch claimed that ...

Homophobia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Homophobia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Laws against acts of hatred based on sexual orientation are being tested in the first case being brought to court this week in the UK. The first case involves five men accused of handing out leaflets calling for the death penalty for homosexuals outside a Mosque. Hatred laws have included acts against homosexuals since March ...

Jail For Murderer Of Ugandan Gay Activist

Jail For Murderer Of Ugandan Gay Activist

November 11, 2011 No Comments

David Kato was murdered in January this year in what was a controversial case. He was an active gay rights activist in Uganda, a country where homosexuality is illegal and where a bill is waiting to be decided on that will give the death penalty for being gay or for having HIV. Other activists claimed ...

Why Can’t We Let Gay Penguins Love Each Other?

Why Can’t We Let Gay Penguins Love Each Other?

November 9, 2011 No Comments

Meet Buddy and Pedro. They are two adorable little penguins at the Toronto Zoo. They also happen to be gay lovers. Zoo keepers claim they spend their nights together instead of with females and exhibit many mating behaviours and sounds. Buddy and Pedro have caused somewhat of an outrage with their homosexuality. The Toronto Zoo ...

Vancouver’s Gay Scene Hidden From Chinese

Vancouver’s Gay Scene Hidden From Chinese

November 9, 2011 No Comments

Gay tourism in Vancouver has been banned for Chinese marketing campaigns. An agreement between the Chinese and British Columbia authorities was apparently made last year but details were only released before a recent trade envoy trip to China and were hidden away within a 60 page document. The document stipulated that, along with gambling, gay ...

Churches Open To Same-Sex Partnerships

Churches Open To Same-Sex Partnerships

November 3, 2011 No Comments

Same-sex civil partnership ceremonies will be now be allowed to take place in any church in England and Wales, so long as the church agrees and is happy to do it. Gay marriage is still illegal in the UK, and until now same-sex partnership ceremonies have been purely secular, civil occasions. Whilst it seems very ...

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Labour Guilt From A Dad-To-Be

So, we’re having this baby.  It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...

The 40-Year-Old Japanese Virgin

I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...

The Ladder Conspiracy

Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...

Watching Porn During Sex Is A Turn-Off!

Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...

Repressed Sexuality And Feminism

Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...

A Jolly Good Beer Festival

Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...

Lingerie For The Masses

Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...

The Brave Kick-Ass Disney Princess

All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...

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