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In May 2021, Pluto Press published Transgender Marxism, an important attempt to bring together Marxist writings by trans people about trans issues or from trans perspectives. The book’s editors Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O’Rourke answered some questions about the book and their political (…)
Proposals aimed at enabling trans people to more easily transition have met with attacks from the right, and sadly parts of the left. Laura Miles argues that socialists must support the fightback.
Transgender Day of Remembrance on 20 November 2018 commemorated 369 trans people murdered (…)
Lawmakers celebrate defeat of pro-LGBT motion at IPU meeting in Geneva
Muhammad Radityo Priyasmoro, Jakarta — The head of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKI) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) says that Indonesian lawmakers firmly rejected the legalisation and spread of Lesbian, (…)
It is high time ex-British colonies like India did away with discriminatory colonial laws that stand disowned by their originator – the United Kingdom
The relevance of the Commonwealth as an institution has become the subject matter of debate after the conclusion of the CHOGM 2018 in London. (…)
Ex-Muslims Out & Proud at Pride
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On 8 July, CEMB was at Pride in London in full force highlighting the plight of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule with bodypainting by the award-winning Victoria Gugenheim.
The march went ahead as planned, though police initially tried (…)
The emergence of anti-homosexuality politics in Africa is often explained with reference to religion. Although religion is a major factor in fuelling homophobia in Africa, the Bible and the Christian faith are not only sites of struggle but have also been appropriated by African LGBT activists (…)
Talk at the International Meeting Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Kaos GL, Ankara, 13 May 2017.
Thank you for inviting me. It’s an honour to be here. And in these difficult times for the Turkish people and especially for Turkish LGBTIQ people, I’m very glad to have a chance to stand in (…)
This year’s pride marches in Europe have taken place under the shadow of a threat, compounded by the recent terrorist attacks in Western Europe (Paris, Brussels and now Germany) and the slaughter at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. We have been urged not to give in to fear, while at the same time (…)
The attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 50 dead (including the shooter) and over 50 injured was the largest single violent attack on LGBT people U.S. history, with more victims than the 1973 arson at another LGBT nightclub in New Orleans that killed 32. This massacre (…)
On 12 June 2016, Omar Mateen killed 49 people in the LGBTIQ nightclub Pulse in Orlando, during a LatinX theme night introduced by trans performers. The overwhelming majority of the victims were LatinX or Black.
Mateen claimed to be motivated by Islamic fundamentalism, but his statements showed (…)
LGTBI people in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be criminalized and killed because of who they are and who they love.
Rainbow pride flags are flying throughout the hemisphere this week, in celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Recent (…)
Italy’s civil unions bill has finally cleared a hurdle in the Senate – but only after axing some of the bill’s most basic provisions.
Italy is currently discussing proposals for same-sex civil unions, but the legislation has attracted strong opposition from the Catholic church, sparking (…)
In an exclusive interview with Broadly, the beloved philosopher and author of “Gender Trouble” discusses extreme violence against transgender women in 2015.
There were 23 known killings of transgender women in the United States in 2015. That number nearly doubled from the 12 reported in 2014. (…)
Warped: Gay Normality and Queer Anti-Capitalism. By Peter Drucker. Brill/Haymarket 2015, 446 pages, $38 paperback.
FOR MANY, PRIDE Day 2015 turned into a celebration of the June 26 announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court had recognized lesbian and gay marriage rights. This decision marks an (…)
Ireland’s Victory for Marriage Equality
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The Irish electorate’s recent resounding “yes” to the question of marriage equality for LGBT people (62% of the electorate, approximately 1.2 million, voted in favour the (…)
Over the past forty years, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) movements over much of the world seem to have gone from victory to victory, to an extent that would have once seemed almost unimaginable. Given the furious opposition that the first anti-discrimination laws provoked only a few (…)
There are now many press and internet reports of rape by the Islamic State (ISIS). There are also reports of ISIS killing gays. These reports are being used to justify heavy bombing of ISIS fighters and civilians by the United States, Britain, France and other allies. These bombings are (…)
Magnus Hirschfeld: The Origins of the Gay Liberation Movement. By: Ralf Dose, translated by Edward H. Willis. Monthly Review Press, 2014. 144 pp., $23.00
In the mostly forgotten history of early twentieth-century movements for sexual freedom, Magnus Hirschfeld’s name is one of the most (…)
Intervention at the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) World Conference, Mexico City, Friday 31 October 2014.
It’s an honour and a privilege to be here at the ILGA World Conference; thank you for inviting me. The conference has given me a very rich (…)
LGBT rights in Brunei now have a face:
Well, sort of. When you see the Sultan-slamming headline that arcs over that pic in Queerty, “Why I Can’t Go Home Again: Young Activist Takes Stand Against Savage Antigay Policy,“ you naturally think it’s about a gay Bruneian driven into exile by the (…)
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