For many unfamiliar with the “trans” community, the announcement by Bradley Manning that he’ll now be “Chelsea Manning” raises a host of questions. Even mental health professionals who specialize in gender identity say there is much about it that is unclear, so classifying it for treatment is challenging for the transgender individual and doctors.
Mark O’Connell has made it to the longlist for the 2013 Polari First Book Prize with his debut book Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan. The list was announced 30th July. Mark will be at booQfest on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September so you can go and chat to him about his work and how he felt to be nominated. Paul Burston, Chair judge of the prize, will also be there on the Saturday talking about the prize and his other work. AND, if that wasn’t enough, Polari FBP judge VG Lee (nominated for Stonewall writer of the year 2012) will be there too!
Wentworth Miller, star of US TV hit ‘Prison Break’, has impressed many with the manner of his Coming Out. Invited to the ST Petersburg Film Festival as a guest of honour he declined simply saying “…as a gay man, I must decline.”
Alice Arnold, speaks about the Russian LGBT situation in today’s Telegraph, while reminding us that UK equality is still far from decided.
“The return of Section 28? This can’t be brushed aside as an ‘oversight’
If schools are basing policies on outdated laws, it is very much a problem.” Read Tony Fenwick’s article from today’s Independent, where he responds to this weekend’s revelation that as many as 45 schools may be implementing SRE policies lifted almost wholly from pre-2003, Section 28-era documentation.
Mervyn Kingston was a priest of the Church of Ireland who affirmed the Church as an integral part of the community life of South Armagh; and… Read More »Mervyn Kingston – August 17th, 1947 to August 2nd, 2013
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, is aware of homophobia and wants to do something about it, according to a response he gave at… Read More »Gove Tells Stonewall He Wants to Make Schools Safe
COMPETITION TIME!
If you receive the monthly HM Bulletin, you will have seen the beautiful new badges now on sale leading up to HM 2014 (if you don’t get our bulletin – why not? It’s free!) and the tie-in competition with your chance to win £100 (further details in the article). We have another fundraising opportunity, working in association with Child Reach International. So if climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya is on your to do list, read on….
This week has been a hugely busy one for Schools Out and LGBT History Month – and all of it good busy!
Dyke March 2013 – UPDATED 24th JUNE
After the success of last year’s first dyke march in over two decades, Dyke March London is back in 2013 for its second year. Dyke March London will take place on Saturday 22nd June 2013, meeting in Berkeley Square at 3pm.
