Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners: A Case of Solidarity and Resistance

In the 1980s the government of Margaret Thatcher had been targeting the rights of various communities. Stricter controls on immigration were put in place, black and Asian communities were being over-policed, and neoliberal policies cut the welfare keeping many poor and working class families from falling into poverty. As mining communities faced destitution during the

Comics Explained: Jon Kent, Superman/Superboy

It is Pride Month 2023 and to mark the occasion we are looking at one of the recent superheroes to come out of the closet – Superman’s son Jon Kent. Originally introduced as Superboy, he is now the current Superman which marks him as the first canonical LGBTQ+ Superman. Despite having a very recent debut

Zoopedia: Bonobo

It’s the last day of Pride Month 2022, and I thought it would be nice to look at one of our closest relatives: the bonobo. Sometimes referred to as the pygmy chimpanzee, the bonobo is such an interesting ape. Linking to Pride Month is this aspect of them, it seems that bonobos are entirely bisexual

How Pinkwashing and Rainbow Capitalism harms marginalised communities

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 come

Zoopedia: Chinstrap Penguin

It’s Pride Month as of writing, so we’re still looking at animals exhibiting behaviour which we would class as LGBTQ+ if exhibited in humans on Zoopedia. This week’s post is special because of a pair of chinstrap penguins called Roy and Silo. In 1998 these two penguins in Central Park Zoo, New York, began doing

Myths, Legends, and Faith: Shikhandi, the Trans Warrior of the Mahabharata

Gender plurality and non-conformity is a common aspect of world faiths and mythologies. Thor once cross-dressed to get his hammer back, Teirasis in Greek mythology was transformed into a woman and then back into a man, Achilles was dressed as a woman and made to hide in a woman’s convent, and in Ireland a young

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 have

Comics Explained: Northstar

Northstar, aka Jean-Paul Beaubier, is not one of Marvel’s best known heroes, but he is certainly one of the most important. First appearing in 1979 he was a mutant who would veer between the X-Men and Canada’s superhero team Alpha Flight. It was in 1992 when three simple words made Northstar one of the most