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Ancient Warriors and Modern Footballers: An Evolutionary Explanation for Homophobia

Although pernicious in any form, prejudice against gay people is not evenly distributed. Men hold more anti-gay attitudes than women, and these attitudes are particularly directed toward gay men rather…

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Queer Majority

Why Everyone Is a Little Bit Queer

Queer, before it was associated with the LGBT community, meant simply: strange, peculiar, unusual, out of the ordinary. Implicit in this meaning is the fact that most people, in most…

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The Colour Purple: Bisexual Representation

In the past few years, a phenomenon I call purple washing has grown uncomfortably common. Even though the term is new, the practice of selectively representing bisexual people and issues…

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4 min

Queer Majority

Feminist in the Streets, Chauvinist in the Sheets: Politics and the Bedroom

When my wife was in graduate school, it gave her enormous pleasure to go to class with her arse so sore from my spankings that I stayed on her mind…

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3 min

Queer Majority

Activism as Celebration, not Victimhood

When I came out as bi in 1999, I was living in San Diego. I had no idea at the time how lucky I was. Thanks to the work of…

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9 min

Liberalism and Our Sexual Rights and Freedoms

In an increasingly global knowledge economy, the middle and working classes of developed countries are feeling the pinch. This economic stress has inspired a resurgence of extremist political movements. Once…

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6 min

Queer Majority

The More the Merrier: A Christmas Tale

Christmas is my favorite holiday by far. It’s more than a mere holiday or celebration. It’s about life, love, family, generosity, and—yes (I don’t care if it sounds cheesy) peace…

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Two for Tea Podcast

Nowt as Queer as Folk: A Conversation with Rio Veradonir

22/12/2022
Rio Veradonir and Iona Italia

In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, our editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to Rio Veradonir about the challenges of celebrating sexual diversity and standing up for the rights…

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5 min

Queer Majority

Maricón: What’s In a Name?

When I moved to the United States as a teenager, I couldn’t speak much English. I struggled to have basic conversations, even though I had studied the language for years…

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8 min

Queer: A New Narrative

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.—Ludwig Wittgenstein When early twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote the above quotation, he was cautioning readers that…

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4 min

Politics

Muslims Against Gay Rights: The Battle for Batley and Spen

From the overt intimidation of schoolteachers to the heckling and egg-pelting of politicians, the recent chaotic by-election campaign in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen has laid bare…

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8 min

Politics

LGBT Rights in America: Incremental Progress, Ongoing Problems

To a significant number of Americans, the quest for gay rights is either over or mostly over. On 28 June of this year, for example, the Atlantic ran an article by James…

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6 min

Politics

Multiculturalism Cannot Include Respect for Homophobia

Multiculturalism has been described as a melting pot and as the best alternative to assimilationist policies, which have been perceived as fraught, due to the fear that people from cultural…

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LGBT Rights

Ancient Warriors and Modern Footballers: An Evolutionary Explanation for Homophobia

Why Everyone Is a Little Bit Queer

The Colour Purple: Bisexual Representation

Feminist in the Streets, Chauvinist in the Sheets: Politics and the Bedroom

Activism as Celebration, not Victimhood

Liberalism and Our Sexual Rights and Freedoms

The More the Merrier: A Christmas Tale

Nowt as Queer as Folk: A Conversation with Rio Veradonir

Maricón: What’s In a Name?

Queer: A New Narrative

Muslims Against Gay Rights: The Battle for Batley and Spen

LGBT Rights in America: Incremental Progress, Ongoing Problems

Multiculturalism Cannot Include Respect for Homophobia

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