Above: A die-in queer protest in Israel against the state’s pinkwashing Growing up as a LGBTQ+ teen I cried out for mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities. As a pansexual, non binary adult every June I see institutions, companies, and even governments deck themselves out in the rainbow flag for Pride Month. I have just comeContinue reading “How Pinkwashing and Rainbow Capitalism harms marginalised communities”
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Left-Wing and the ‘Other’ History: Magnus Hirschfeld and the Sexology Institute
We are unfortunately seeing, mainly in the UK and US, a wave of transphobia and enbyphobia driven by an unholy alliance of fascists, conservative commentators, and self-described ‘radical feminists’ including former stalwarts like Germaine Greer. As a result, many trans and non-binary people have been facing greater hardships – as I non-binary person I haveContinue reading “Left-Wing and the ‘Other’ History: Magnus Hirschfeld and the Sexology Institute”
New York and the LGBTQ+ Community over a Century
This article was first published by Retrospect Journal on 09/02/2020, which you can read here. The anonymity of big cities allows persecuted sub-cultures and identities to find room to exist. London, Berlin, and Paris are just three examples of cities with flourishing LGBTQ+ communities, and in the United States New York was one of theContinue reading “New York and the LGBTQ+ Community over a Century”
History in Focus: The Stonewall Riots
The only photo actually taken during the Stonewall Riots Gay Pride this year has become very important – not only due to the rising bigotry against LGBTQ+ communities across the world in recent years – but also due to it being the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. On June 28 1969 police raided theContinue reading “History in Focus: The Stonewall Riots”
Lewis Twiby's Past and Present 