Category: LGBTQ
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Super Straight – Let's talk about Transphobia in 2021
TikTok has platformed this Nazi movement and allowed it to spread exponentially all over the world and, as more and more cishet men decide they are super straight, the more work the trans community has done since ’69 gets reversed along with the progression we’ve made as a society.
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Keir Starmer is reluctant to stand with Non-Binary Trans People
How an influential and exciting candidate for Labour Leadership’s fall from grace set the tone for transphobia in years to come
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LGBTQ+ Defined
TLDR Provided by ChatGPT The blog post explains various identities and labels that people might use to identify themselves in terms of their sexual and romantic attraction, as well as gender identity. The article highlights the difference between sexual attraction and romantic attraction and provides definitions for commonly used terms such as allosexual, asexual, graysexual,…
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Claim: “Transgender isn’t a thing, being trans is just a trend”
I’ve seen this argument thrown about more and more on the online space. The idea that being transgender is a trend. This is an essay response.
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Pronouns: A Startup Guide
So, your friend/family member has just come out as trans and they have disclosed to you that they want to use a new name and/or set of pronouns. Going off the assumption that you’re reading this, I’m glad to see you’re accepting of them. New pronouns can be difficult to get your head around, especially…
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Transgender Predatory Behaviour – Fascist Myth?
We currently have the biggest transphobic party in power here in the UK. Now, they are proposing one of the most significant attacks on transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) people in the UK. According to their consultation, “Women are also likely to feel less comfortable using mixed-sex facilities and require more space”, and so, therefore,…
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What is Gender?
There is an abundance of arguments against the existence of transgender people. From “there are only two genders” to “trans is a mental disorder” all the way to “I don’t care how you dress, I don’t want men in my bathroom”. I believe that this kind of fear-mongering and hate that trans people receive is…
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Coming Out
I have spent years looking into every possible label under the sun. I’ve read books on gender identity and its difference with sex; the history and relationship between religion and gender and surrounded myself with a variety of different identities and sexualities in my social life to 1. Help me better understand my queer peers…
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