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Day Without a Gay

Milly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:32:18 +0000

There’s an old joke that goes: if homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work: “Sorry, can’t work today, still queer.” But now in a strange case of life imitating art, some American workers really are planning to call in gay to work. December 10 2008 is the international Human Rights Day and [...]

Say it to Sappho: I’m scared of sex with women

Sappho — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:37 +0000

“Dear Sappho. I am bi but have only ever slept with one woman when I was 16. I have been with guys ever since. I have started to really really like a woman and I think she likes me too… Problem is, I am being held back by my fear of sex - or more [...]

‘Offensive language police’ at Canadian university

Milly — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:54 +0000

Students at a university in Canada who make offensive remarks in public may now be officially challenged about their actions. Queens University in Kingston, Ontario has hired six student facilitators to step in when they overhear remarks which are homophobic, sexist, racist or otherwise offensive. The initiative, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, [...]

Christian dating service side-steps lawsuit

Milly — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:20:24 +0000

A dating service set up by an evangelical Christian is to offer a service for gay people to avoid prosecution. Legal action was brought against US dating site eHarmony by two gay people who were denied access to the service. eHarmony has now agreed to create a new website for gay and lesbian clients to avoid the [...]

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Milly — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:59:08 +0000

Today (20 November) is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Transgender Day of Rembrance is an annual memorial to the people who are killed because of transphobia. In the last 12 months 29 trans people have been murdered. Vigils are taking place across the world to mark the day. The following events are taking place [...]

Win £300 in queer writing competition

Milly — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:30:58 +0000

What does your queer London look like? Untold London is running a writing competition to uncover some of the untold stories of queer life in London. Entries can be stories, poems or non-fiction writing such as essays or comment. “We want the pride and the prejudice, the sensible and the highly senseless,” said Sara Wajid, Untold [...]

New lesbian events calendar

Milly — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:25:23 +0000

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Lesbilicious Events Calendar. The Events Calendar is a listing of events taking place across the UK which will be of interest to lesbian and bisexual women. You can search events by date, location or category, and then view the results in 3 modes: list view, map view and [...]

Police allow Bounty Killer to play London

Milly — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:57:22 +0000

The Metropolitan Police are facing criticism from gay rights groups by allowing homophobic dancehall singer Bounty Killer to play a concert in London. The Met Police have previously said that no ‘murder music’ singer would be allowed to perform unless they sign the Reggae Compassionate Act (RCA) whereby singers promise to not incite homophobic hatred and [...]

8,000 protest against Prop 8 in San Francisco

Milly — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:21:17 +0000

Thousands of people across the world this weekend protested against California’s Proposition 8 ruling, which took away gay people’s right to marry in the state. One of the largest rallies was in San Francisco, where police estimate that 8,000 people turned out to protest. Comedian Wanda Sykes, who recently took part in an anti-homophobic bullying campaign, [...]

“This is where the best music is” - interview with drummer/producer Laura Fares

Milly — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:34:05 +0000

Laura Fares, aka Sam Sparro’s drummer, is the electro-dance scene’s best kept secret. We caught up with her for a quick chat about drumming, producing and getting chatted up by every girl in town. Laura Fares was born and bred in Argentina, only moving to the UK when she was 21 and hungry for a new [...]