Matelotage: The Pirate version of same-sex marriage
If you are anything like me and loved pirates from a young age, then you know a lot about them, and today we will talk about one of the least spoken subjects when it...
Category: LGBTQ+
Workplace Diversity: Lavender Ceiling
There has been massive progress in the gay rights movement in the United States these past few decades, but how much do you know about queer history and the gay rights movement in the...
Homophobia: a Subject At The Center Of All Controversies
When we hear homophobia, this word indicates the aversion, even the hatred of homosexuality and homosexuals. Discover in detail everything you need to know about this phenomenon. Hatred towards homosexuals: many people are victims...
Intersectionality: Drag and Politics
Like it or not, but drag is inherently political, always has been, and always will be. The art of drag has been ushered into the limelight thanks to Rupaul’s Drag Race, and this mainstreaming...
The New Australian Religious Discrimination Bill
For far too long, homophobia, transphobia, and queerphobia have been disguised under religious freedom, and with this new Australian bill, it seems like we are just adding kerosene to fire at this point. I’m...
The Ridiculously Thorough Guide to the Gay/Trans Panic Defense.
We live in the land of the free and in a country with laws that protect queer people from being discriminated against in the workplace, housing, and service industry. But did you know that...
The Ridiculously Thorough Guide to Gay Rights in the US
There has been massive progress in the gay rights movement in the United States these past few decades, but how much do you know about queer history and the gay rights movement in the...
Queer History: The Fruit Machine
If you are an older queer Gen Z like me, you most likely haven’t learnt about queer history at school, and you most likely haven’t heard the term Fruit Machine. Yes, another slur that...
Countries where it is illegal to be gay: Colonial legacy and change
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” —Harvey Fierstein. If you live in Canada or the US, you live...
Hays Code and its impact on queer representation in mainstream Hollywood.
Did you know that prior to 1930, queer people were present on our big screen? Granted, their representation was usually for comedic purpose and weren’t inclusive of the whole queer, trans and non-binary experience,...