During a conference hosted by the LGB Alliance in London on Thursday, quotes from anonymous NHS staffers who opposed the health service’s current LGBT policies were displayed by retired hospital CEO and “proud lesbian” Kate Grimes during a discussion. “I saw them advertising Pride week and I actually felt scared,” …
Read More »Flurry of complaints over lesbian writer sees organizers scrap Russian literary festival amid outrage from anti-LGBT+ activists
In a statement posted online earlier this week, the team behind the third annual installment of the meet-up in the central Russian city of Tula said that “due to the epidemiological situation with coronavirus, sanitary and technical conditions in the grounds [where it was set to be held] the festival …
Read More »As a lesbian version of Romeo and Juliet takes to the stage in Israel, and Robin comes out as bi, how about camping up Star Wars?
“O Rosemary, Rosemary! Wherefore art thou Rosemary?” It’s probably the most famous love story ever told, William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. You know, star-crossed lovers and all that. A tragic love, because Romeo and Juliet were members of opposing noble Italian families in 13th-century Verona. I don’t know what’s more …
Read More »Lesbian couple featured in Russia’s first-ever LGBT+ advert emigrate to Barcelona to start new life away from online backlash
Writing on Instagram, Yuma, the mother of two daughters, wrote that her family is now “safe” and “resting,” thanking those who gave them “support.” “Thanks to you, we did not give up,” she wrote. In June, grocery chain VkusVill published an article titled “Recipes for Family Happiness,” featuring Yuma, her …
Read More »As a new survey shows that more young people identify as trans than lesbian, is the Sapphic sisterhood facing a crisis?
In 2005, a friend of mine and I were watching a popular soap opera when a female character that had previously only dated men suddenly fell in love with a woman. My viewing companion thought it was a little strange that this sudden change in sexuality hadn’t been addressed in …
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