Pride Is
Pride is this:
the counter-march to prejudice
There’s a reason it was named:
Pride is refusal to feel ashamed.
Issues and campaigns: LGBT+ liberation
Campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* rights.
Witney Pride fundraiser: Do You Remember The Verse Time?
For poetry lovers, for poetry sceptics, for those who never appreciated the full force of verse until it’s been heard, this is the event for you. Join us for a special edition of Witney’s best and only spoken word night. … Read more
LGBT+ Educators hold largest-ever union conference
Report from National Education Union LGBT+ Educators Conference by Janine Booth, delegate Published in Solidarity 698 Last weekend (2-4 February), 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other non-straight education workers gathered in Birmingham for the National Education Union’s largest ever … Read more
Travesti
Opposing imaginary ribaldry Detestable protests at a library Serious, stern of jaw and dour Objecting to Drag Queen Story Hour Reckoning kids are groomed and primed – But why don’t they protest at pantomimes? Alarmed at the harmless, dressed-up take-up … Read more
Tonight I Went to Heaven
Tonight I went to Heaven after months of pain My friends held my hands, the man at the not-exactly-pearly gate checked my bag and the siren on the stage brought her dead pals to Heaven with her Tonight I went … Read more
Clerihew: J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling Is bawling and howling That a wolf can change into a human But a man can’t change into a woman
Clerihew: Nicola Adams
Nicola Adams Is dancing with Madams Instead of with Misters Ten points for the sisters
Clerihew: Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott jumps like a rabbit from homophobic bile to climate change denial
What a Croc
A response to an appallingly bigoted cartoon (pictured) which appeared in the Morning Star. An oversight has come to light our usual process transgressed, broke apart and through the cracks crept a carnivorous cold-blooded cartoon a hand-drawn saurian, fawning, crawling, … Read more
Stonewall Was a Riot
Stonewall Was a Riot It wasn’t the Stonewall focus group or the Stonewall business case It wasn’t the Stonewall let’s-present- our-most-acceptable-face Long years of asking nicely had not got us anywhere Our rulers did not hear us when we whispered: … Read more