Jesse Thompson can't wait until hockey season starts again, facing only his on-ice opponents. Hockey Canada has agreed to make changes to protect young players in Ontario from discrimination and harassment based on a player's transgender status. These changes resolve a human rights application Jesse filed after facing difficulties at his local arena. Read More
Japanese "Condom Meals I Want to Make for You" Cookbook Promotes Safe Sex and Questionable Cooking Methods
I never thought I would have cause to use the words “condom” and “cookbook” in conjunction with each other, but, well… I was wrong. A condom cookbook actually exists; it’s called Condom Meals I Want to Make for You, and it’s available on Amazon Japan. For reals. I am not making this up.
Created by manga writer Kyosuke Kagami, who's best known for the title Sentou Hakai Gakuen Dangerous, Condom Meals I Want to Make for You features 11 recipes that use condoms as cooking or serving tools. Condom meat stuffing? It’s got that. Condom escargot cooked with butter? It’s got that, too. There’s some condom sushi in there, too, and condom cookies are on the menu for dessert. Uh… yum? Or something? Read More
Padmini Prakash is India’s first transgender news anchor
The United States isn’t the only place experiencing something of a cultural transgender revolution. It’s happening in India, too, where the country recently witnessed a broadcast by Padmini Prakash.
Prakash, 31, is India’s first transgender news anchor. She works at the Tamil language channel based in Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu.
She’s done all sorts of work — everything from transgender rights activism to teaching dance to acting in a soap opera to competing in transgender beauty pageants. Prakash worked for Lotus News, based in Coimbatore for about a month before she was promoted in August to anchor its 7 p.m. broadcast. Read More
15 Responses To The Question: “What Does The Word ‘Queer’ Mean To You?”
Fifteen people in their 20s and 30s describe what 'queer' means to them.
“Queer is what you make it.”
“I know many people use ‘queer’ as an umbrella term, and I understand why they do, but I think it’s really reductive to forget that while it may be an umbrella term for some, it’s very specific for others. Queer is what you make of it — and, for me, being queer means that my sexuality is not fixed, that it can evolve over years and that I can be sexually and romantically attracted to various degrees to the spectrum of gender identities that exist. When people ask me what my sexuality is, I say queer, and if they don’t know what that means, I’ll say that I don’t label my sexuality at all — I have a very complicated relationship with the term ‘bisexual’ because of the associations of promiscuity that my LGBT-phobic straight peers attached to it. In that instance, bisexual felt like a word that I could not control in my own social circles. Queer feels like a term that I can make my own.” —Andrea Garcìa-Vargas, 23
Jeffrey Tambor: ‘I have never been so scared in my life’
Transparent is being hailed as the TV show of the year. Hadley Freeman talks to its star Jeffrey Tambor about his ‘most transformative role’ yet – and the night he went clubbing as a woman.
As chance would have it, the week before I interviewed Jeffrey Tambor I spoke to two other actors, both of whom brought up Tambor and promptly went gooey-eyed.
“Jeffrey set the tone for the whole of Arrested Development,” said Tambor’s co-star and on-screen son, Jason Bateman. “We all watched him when we filmed on the first day, and he did it totally straight. He was so bold and completely unconcerned with being likable. He taught me what you can get away with in comedy.” Read More
Would you have sex in this latex nappy to protect against STIs?
The Scroguard claims to provide users with “less worry, more fun”, as it covers all of the skin in the genital area not normally covered by a condom. Read More
‘Pride’ Warmly Epitomizes The LGBT Movement’s Success In Partnering With Other Causes
UK film, Pride tells the very true story of how a group of gay and lesbian activists from London raised money to support striking coal miners in the small Welsh village of Dulais Valley.
The story conveys the sincerity of gay and lesbian activists' intentions: even though its members were facing their own struggles related to their identities, they remained firmly committed to supporting the miners. The rapid success of LGBT rights over the last half-century is largely due to the partnerships LGBT people have made with other movements. Read More
LGBTQ….I? Intersex Awareness
Intersex Awareness Day was last week and it was brought to our attention by aqueens college student who stressed it’s importance and why we should take notice of it. Since many of us knew very little on the subject, I felt compelled to research and talk about it. What does it mean to be intersex [otherwise known as hermaphrodite]? Why it’s so important and whyshould it be LGBTQI verses LGBTQ?
The Intersex Society of America defines Intersex as :
“….a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.” Read more
Meet Television’s Groundbreaking Intersex Character
In the Season 2 premiere of MTV’s Faking It, which explores the spectrum of sexuality, a main character reveals that she was born with an intersex condition. Here’s what went into that decision — and why it was so important to get it right. Read More
Facebook Apologizes To LGBT Community For Controversial Name Change Policy
After weeks of negotiation with drag queens and transgender people whose accounts were targeted as using "fake" names, the site now claims it will honor chosen names stating: "The spirit of our policy is that everyone on Facebook uses the authentic name they use in real life." Despite the announcement no changes have been made. Read More
Arrests via Facebook in Iran
Iranian authorities confirmed the arrest of a suspected gay men for setting up romantic dates on Facebook. President of Azerbaijan UF police arrest people with their mobile phone number on Facebook to prevent immoral relations. Read more
Solidarity with Egypt LGBT Protests Initiative
We invite you to participate in the demonstration that will take place on 18 October 2014 in front of every Egyptian embassy around the world (If accessible) to protest against human rights violations committed by the Egyptian government, relying on unlawful and unethical media tools, towards those of differing sexual orientations and gender identities. Read more